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Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at Centennial Park Bandshell
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Review: I’M PROUD OF YOU at Studio 615
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Review: THE WOODSMAN at Barbershop Theatre
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Review: UTOPIAS at Kindling Arts Festival
For nine years, the Kindling Arts Festival has been bringing audiences together by giving local artists the chance to display their creativity. From July 23rd to the 26th this year, over one hundred and fifty local artists got to perform twenty-two shows spread across eight venues in Nashville.…
Review: EDGAR ALLAN POE SPEAKEASY: CHAPTER TWO at The Franklin Theatre
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Review: TEDXNASHVILE MIXTAPE: LESLIE FRAM AND MANUEL CUEVAS at Analog
What did our critic think of TEDXNASHVILE MIXTAPE: LESLIE FRAM ANDMANUEL CUEVAS at Analog?…
Review: THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED at Analog
“Politics have no place in theatre,” says a person who has no idea that some of the first-ever plays from Ancient Greece were political. From Antigone by Sophocles to Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, there has been no shortage of bold theatre spreading a message. …
Review: TEDXNASHVILE MIXTAPE WITH EIMAN JAHANGIR AND BLESSING OFFOR at Analog
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Review: THE FIRST STAGE: OIL & WHISKEY/JOHNNY AND THE DEVIL'S BOX. at Analog
What did our critic think of THE FIRST STAGE: OIL & WHISKEY AND JOHNNY AND THE DEVIL'S BOX. at Analog?…
Review: THE VIEW UPSTAIRS at Barbershop Theatre
What did our critic think of THE View UPSTAIRS at Barbershop Theatre? Street Theatre Company opened their final show of their 20th season. Max Vernon’s play was inspired by the 1973 attack at the UpStairs Lounge, a gay bar in New Orleans.…
Past Shows
19 total · showing 1–10

Dear Miss Barrett
A musical theater production telling the story of the romances of Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning, and a modern young couple, Sarah Martin & Henry Lane. Music, Lyrics, Arrangements, and Book by Michael Kurek. Rated G

Dear Miss Barrett
Sarah Martin, 24, manages a rare-book shop / tearoom in an American city. She adores all things Victorian and dreams of living in a more civilized era. Her kindred spirit across time is Victorian English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning. In 1845, Elizabeth dreams of escaping the...

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Based on the Victor Hugo novel and songs from the Disney animated feature, The Hunchback of Notre Dame showcases the films Academy Award-nominated score, as well as new songs by Menken and Schwartz. Peter Parnells new book embraces story theatre and features verbatim passages...

Noises Off
Called the funniest farce ever written, Noises Off presents a manic menagerie of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called Nothings On. Doors slamming, on and offstage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious and classically comic play.

Mamma Mia!
ABBA's hits tell the hilarious story of a young woman's search for her birth father. This sunny and funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter's quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother's past back to...

Dogfight
The hauntingly beautiful musical, Dogfight, by Pasek and Paul (Edges, James and the Giant Peach, A Christmas Story) and Peter Duchan, was praised by countless critics and nominated for numerous awards, winning the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical. Based on the 1991 Warner...

Little Women the Musical
Produced nationally and internationally, Little Women has been praised by critics for its ambition in adapting such a well-known story for the stage. This timeless, captivating story is brought to life in this glorious musical filled with personal discovery, heartache, hope and...

The Diary of Anne Frank
Few more poignant true stories emerged from World War II than the diary of young Anne Frank. Published long afterwards by her father, the only family survivor, it records the minutiae of twenty-five months that two Jewish families spent in hiding from the Gestapo in an Amsterdam...

Aida
Winner of four 2000 Tony Awards, Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida is an epic tale of love, loyalty and betrayal, chronicling the love triangle between Aida, a Nubian princess stolen from her country, Amneris, an Egyptian princess, and Radames, the soldier they both love.An...
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Moon Over Buffalo Tellico Community Playhouse (9/03-9/20) |
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Disney's Frozen Playhouse on the Square (11/13-12/20) |
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America Through the Tempest Scenic City Shakespeare (10/25-10/25) |
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Playhouse Pours Playhouse on the Square (10/08-10/08) |
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Cyrano Watershed Public Theatre (9/10-9/19) |
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The Best Gift: A Christmas Carol Musical Ramsey Theatre Company (12/05-12/06) |
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Purpose The Circuit Playhouse (2/19-3/14) |
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Alison Krauss and Union Station Alison Krauss and Union Station at Ryman Auditorium (9/18-9/18) |
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The Secret Garden Hendersonville Performing Arts Company (12/03-12/20) |
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Barefoot in the Park Hendersonville Performing Arts Company (1/29-2/14) |









