David Landon

News spread quickly among Nashville-area theaterati in January 2016: Denice Hicks would be taking the stage of Belmont University’s Troutt Theater to take on what could conceivably be her greatest theater challenge: Playing King Lear in the Nashville Shakespeare Festival’s production of the Shakespeare tragedy which had opened a week earlier.

Karissa Wheeler's senior year at The University of the South/Sewanee has only just started, but already she's caught up in the whirlwind of a typical – for her, especially – packed and rather crazy schedule, immersed in classes while moving into rehearsals for what may be the most demanding role in which she's ever been cast: Sally Bowles in the iconic Kander and Ebb musical, Cabaret, which is based on John Van Druten's play I Am A Camera, which in turn is inspired Christopher Isherwood's memoir (Goodbye to Berlin) of his years as a struggling young writer in the heady days of Weimar Germany.

News spread quickly among Nashville-area theaterati last week: Denice Hicks would be taking the stage of Belmont University's Troutt Theater to take on what could conceivably be her greatest theater challenge: Playing King Lear in the Nashville Shakespeare Festival's production of the Shakespeare tragedy which had opened a week earlier.

Once again, it's that time of year: a period of reflection and introspection that gives us all the perfect opportunity to express our gratitude for the things in our lives that have meant the most to us in 2015. We reached out to members of our theater community, to inquire about that which they are thankful for and we got some very heartfelt, considered romances that, leavened by the humor injected from some of our favorite people, gives us added insight into the psyche of the artistic and creative-minded people who make theatrical magic every day…

The Nashville Shakespeare Festival will bring Shakespeare's King Lear to the stage for its ninth annual Winter Shakespeare season at Belmont University's Troutt Theater Jan. 8-31.

Nashville Repertory Theatre's REPaloud (Reading Excellent Plays Aloud) series begins for the 2015-16 season with a special staged reading of Hamlet on September 25 and 26, 2015.

Raymond McAnally is the playwright and star of 'Size Matters' produced by American Theater Group. It will br on the Hamilton Stage of Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway from November 12th through November 23rd.

The Stella Adler Studio of Acting and Irondale Center co-present the World Premiere of IS IT ALREADY DUSK?, a new movement theater piece by Joan Evans and Harry Rubeck based on a true story. Performances begin previews tonight, February 21 at Irondale Center with opening set for Tuesday, February 26.

The Stella Adler Studio of Acting and Irondale Center co-present the World Premiere of IS IT ALREADY DUSK?, a new movement theater piece by Joan Evans and Harry Rubeck based on a true story. Performances begin previews February 21 at Irondale Center with opening set for Tuesday, February 26.

The Stella Adler Studio of Acting and Irondale Center co-present the World Premiere of IS IT ALREADY DUSK?, a new movement theater piece by Joan Evans and Harry Rubeck based on a true story. Performances begin previews February 21 at Irondale Center with opening set for Tuesday, February 26.

The Stella Adler Studio of Acting and Irondale Center co-present the World Premiere of IS IT ALREADY DUSK?, a new physical theater piece by Joan Evans and Harry Rubeck based on a true story. Performances begin previews February 20 at Irondale Center with opening set for Tuesday, February 26.

A staged reading of Dutchess featuring Mary Bacon, John Daggett, Francesca Faridany, Delphi Harrington, David Landon, Alex Morf, Alexander Sovronsky, Elliot Villar, and Nick Westrate will take place at the Theater at St. Clement's on Monday, March 22 at 7:30pm.

A staged reading of Dutchess featuring Mary Bacon, John Daggett, Francesca Faridany, Delphi Harrington, David Landon, Alex Morf, Alexander Sovronsky, Elliot Villar, and Nick Westrate will take place at the Theater at St. Clement's on Monday, March 22 at 7:30pm.