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Nashville Children's Theatre's World Premiere of FINDING NEMO Musical Is Captivating and Heartwarming
by Jeffrey Ellis - April 18, 2024
Captivating, heartwarming, colorful, imaginative and down-right magical, Nashville Children’s Theatre’s world premiere production – it’s 19th in the past few years since executive artistic director Ernie Nolan’s arrival – of the theatre for young audiences version of Disney-Pixar’s Finding Nemo is j...
Nashville Repertory Theatre's Stellar 39th Season Continues With Superb Prooduction of THE COLOR PURPLE
by Jeffrey Ellis - April 09, 2024
Led by a bravura performance from Carli Hardon, Nashville Repertory Theatre’s production of The Color Purple – the musical based on the beloved Alice Walker novel – is yet another extraordinary success from the professional company in the midst of its 39th season. Directed with complete self-assuran...
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Chris Cooper And Cast Present 'Sublime' Version of [title of show] at MTSU
by Jeffrey Ellis - April 03, 2024
Cooper’s clear and focused direction of [title of show] ensures that the action that transpires over the course of 90-plus minutes holds your attention, reminds you of people you know and delivers a pretty spot-on depiction of what real life is all about. With the able assistance of musical director...
Could LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL Be Belmont University Musical Theatre's Best-Ever?
by Jeffrey Ellis - April 01, 2024
With its silver anniversary year within sight, Belmont University Musical Theatre concludes its 24th season with what is perhaps its best show yet: Legally Blonde, The Musical. Featuring a remarkable cast of student performers, including most of the Class of 2024, which is arguably the most accompli...
Street Theatre Company's THE TRAIL TO OREGON May Be Hard to Describe, But It's More Fun Than A Bout of Dysentery
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 12, 2024
The answer is none of the above, obviously – you and I are showing our age with those ridiculous suggestions – and any effort to explain The Trail to Oregon to you would contain spoilers, which people oftentimes don’t want to know, sending particularly disturbing and frankly threatening emails to cr...
Studio Tenn's DRIVING MISS DAISY Beautifully Captures The Spirit of Alfred Uhry's Play
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 11, 2024
Alfred Uhry is a Southern writer who knows our region better than most and he uses the power of his words and the artistry of his pen to create moments and scenes in plays and musicals that are as authentic as the little rivulets of condensation that snake their way down the outside of a glass of ic...
Review Round-up: JAGGED LITTLE PILL, THE 39 STEPS, MRS. KRISHNAN'S PARTY and THE REVOLUTIONISTS
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 11, 2024
In the aftermath of experiencing the Nashville premiere of Jagged Little Pill — the musical inspired by and featuring music from Alanis Morissette’s 1995 album of the same name, other songs written by her and including two created expressly for the production, and featuring a compelling, biting and ...
IS Productions' Inaugural Staging of Patrick Marber's CLOSER, or Four Brits Behaving Badly
by Jeffrey Ellis - February 21, 2024
Just wondering: Do people still engage in cybersex, or has it – like electronic pagers, AOL and video rental stores – gone the way of the dodo? I ask because cybersex provides a salient plot point in Patrick Marber’s 1997 play Closer, which currently is the inaugural production from Nashville’s IS P...
TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL Dazzles Nashville Audiences With Tribute to 'The Queen of Rock and Roll'
by Jeffrey Ellis - February 16, 2024
Now onstage at Tennessee Performing Arts Center’s Andrew Jackson Theatre, through Sunday, February 18, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical gives the full biographical jukebox musical treatment to one of Tennessee’s most talented exports and favorite daughters.
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Beki Baker Infuses Lipscomb University's ADA AND THE ENGINE With Sensitivity, Wit and Understanding
by Jeffrey Ellis - February 15, 2024
Meghan Wombles’ spirited portrayal of 19th century British genius Ada Byron Lovelace provides the very heart of Lipscomb University Theatre’s Ada and The Engine, currently onstage through February 18 at the Shamblin Theatre, in a beautifully conceived production directed by Beki Baker....
Past Shows
LIONEL BART'S OLIVER!
6/5 - 6/14/2020
Shows times are: 8:00pm Thursday , Friday Saturday 2pm Saturdays and Sundays Orchestra = $35 Mezzanine = $29 FOR MORE INFORMATION ...
INTO THE WOODS
8/9 - 8/25/2019
What happens after Happily Ever After, after all? In Sondheim and Lapine’s beloved musical retelling of the Grimm classics, a parade of familiar folktale figures ...
IF/THEN
3/22 - 4/7/2019
If/Then is a contemporary new musical that follows two distinct story lines in the life of Elizabeth, a city planner who moves back to New ...
AVENUE Q
1/10 - 1/20/2019
On Avenue Q, puppets and people intermingle in this show about the trials and tribulations of life as a grown-up: love, sex, money, race, and ...
NEWSIES
8/10 - 8/26/2018
Read all about it! Paper Mill Playhouse is proud to present the premiere of a brand new musical, NEWSIES, adapted for the stage from the ...
DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
6/1 - 6/17/2018
Disney's Beauty and the Beast, an international sensation that has been produced in 37 countries worldwide. Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature, the stage ...
THE FULL MONTY
1/12 - 1/28/2018
Seeing how much their wives enjoy watching male strippers during their “Girls’ Night Out,” unemployed steelworkers in Buffalo, New York come up with a bold ...
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
10/24 - 11/12/2017
Based on the Victor Hugo novel and songs from the Disney animated feature, The Hunchback of Notre Dame showcases the film’s Academy Award-nominated score, as ...
BRING IT ON
8/11 - 8/27/2017
BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL explodes on stage as one of the most remarkable scores in years unites breathtaking dance and the thrilling, cutthroat world ...
DISNEY'S THE LITTLE MERMAID
6/3 - 6/19/2016
In a magical kingdom fathoms below, a beautiful young mermaid longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. Adapted from Disney’s ...
BONNIE & CLYDE
5/27 - 6/12/2016
The narrative of Bonnie and Clyde, transformed into the musical by Frank Wildhorn, is a captivating tale that delves deep into the lives of two ...
CHILDREN OF EDEN
3/11 - 3/27/2016
Children of Eden is a sweeping musical that brings the stories of Genesis to life. With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, the renowned composer ...
SISTER ACT
1/15 - 1/31/2016
Sister Act, the jubilant musical based on the hit film, blends humor, gospel music, and a whole lot of glitter. Deloris Van Cartier, a sassy ...
AMERICAN IDIOT
8/20 - 9/6/2015
American Idiot is a sung-through rock musical based on the concept album of the same name by rock band Green Day. After a run at ...
AMERICAN IDIOT
8/20 - 8/30/2015
American Idiot is a sung-through rock musical based on the concept album of the same name by rock band Green Day. After a run at ...
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
5/21 - 5/31/2015
Winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has charmed audiences across the country ...
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
5/21 - 5/29/2015
Winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has charmed audiences across the country ...
RAGTIME
1/15 - 1/25/2015
Written by the award-winning composer/lyricist team of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (Once on This Island, Seussical and Lucky Stiff), noted playwright Terrence McNally, and ...
SHREK
3/6 - 3/16/2014
SHREK THE MUSICAL , based on the Oscar ® winningDreamWorks film that started it all, brings the hilarious story ofeveryone's favorite ogre to dazzling new ...
BAND GEEKS!!-EXPANDED CAST VERSION
5/3 - 5/12/2013
In the tradition of "Glee" and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, comes Band Geeks, a celebration of the tribulations of the millions who ...
NEXT TO NORMAL
3/29 - 4/14/2013
Pulitzer-Prize winning rock musical NEXT TO NORMAL , with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt, explores how one suburban household ...
HAIRSPRAY
5/4 - 5/20/2012
HAIRSPRAY delighted audiences by sweeping them away to 1960's Baltimore, where the 50's are out -- and change is in the air.nbsp; Loveable plus-size heroine, ...
COMPANY
1/6 - 1/22/2012
The clashing sounds and pulsing rhythms of New York City underscore this landmark "concept" show, considered by many to have inaugurated the modern era of ...
ROALD DAHL'S WILLY WONKA
10/14 - 10/30/2011
Roald Dahl?s timeless story of the world-famous candy man and his quest to find an heir comes to life in this stage adaptation of ?Charlie ...
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MARY POPPINS
FSSD Performing Arts Center (4/20 - 4/21)
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Minnie Pearl's Chicken
Nashville Dinner Theater (4/18 - 4/19) | |
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Shiners Nashville Cirque Comedy Show
Woolworth Theatre (10/5 - 11/11) | |
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I Shot My Rich Aunt - A Stiff Upper Lip Comedy
Hendersonville Performing Arts Company (5/10 - 5/25) | |
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium (6/7 - 6/9) | |
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Hairspray
Tennessee Performing Arts Center (6/11 - 6/16) | |
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Frozen
Tennessee Performing Arts Center (5/7 - 5/18) | |
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Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles (Non-Equity)
SKyPAC (4/21 - 4/21) | |
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