Nashville Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 19

BWW Reviews: Geoff Davin's REPENTANT PROSTITUTE Debuts
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 30, 2015

For, make no bones about it: The First Church of Mary, The Repentant Prostitute's Fifth Annual Benefit Concert, Revival and Pot Luck Dinner (or “Prostitute's Picnic,” as it was called by director Martha Wilkinson in her pre-show welcome to the congregants gathered at BLDG Nashville for opening night...

BWW Reviews: Circle's 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 29, 2015

No matter how well you know a show - how easily you can recall plot points or parrot dialogue - it's sometime good to revisit a musical even if you've seen it countless times. Oftentimes it rekindles your love for a show or, hell, it just reminds you how much fun you have every time you see a new re...

BWW Reviews: NEWSIES Chock Full of Amazing Dancers at TPAC
by Cara Richardson - May 27, 2015

It often seems today that life is fraught with apathy and complacency and Newsies becomes a great conversation starter for young and old alike. This musical essentially becomes what the original newsboys strike of 1899 was: a call to action....

BWW Reviews: Verge Theater's THE NINA VARIATIONS
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 27, 2015

You don't have to be a devotee of Chekhov - you don't even have to be a fan of live theater necessarily - but it clearly helps if you are in the audience for Verge Theater Company's production of Steven Dietz's The Nina Variations, which is sometimes whimsical and oftentimes dramatic in the rich tra...

BWW Reviews: NEWSIES' National Tour Lands in Music City
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 27, 2015

Christopher Gattelli's superb choreography - spirited and athletic, amazingly theatrical and awe-inspiring - may be reason enough to see Disney's Newsies, the show now ensconced at TPAC's Andrew Jackson Hall through Sunday, where it's entertaining audiences and eliciting some of the loudest response...

BWW Reviews: MOTHERHOOD THE MUSICAL at TPAC
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 07, 2015

Just in time for Mother's Day, Fabisch and her Faby Baby Productions LLC bring their rollicking – and oh-so-entertaining – revue, Motherhood the Musical, to TPAC's Andrew Johnson Theatre. Featuring dynamic direction by Kim Nygren and starring a quartet of winning singer/actresses, it's a superbly pe...