Peter Kurland

The Cinema Audio Society announces their newly elected CAS Board of Directors. Taking the helm as CAS President is Peter Kurland CAS. Re-elected to their executive positions were Vice President Steve Venezia CAS, Secretary Frank Morrone CAS, and Treasurer Lee Orloff CAS.

Following the triumphant return of the 58th CAS Awards as an in-person event, the Cinema Audio Society announced the results of their March election for the CAS Board of Directors.

The CAS Board of Directors (Production) re-elected are Amanda Beggs, Jeffrey S. Wexler, Mary H. Ellis, and Peter Kurland.  Mark Ulano will be returning to the CAS board and filling the seat left vacant by Peter Devlin.

At the 56th Annual CAS Awards held at the Intercontinental Downtown Los Angeles the CAS President, Karol Urban announced the results of the CAS Board of Directors election. 'It fills me with pride and confidence to see the incredible selection of community leaders and sound professionals our membership has chosen as their newly elected board,' said Urban. 'We are solidified in our commitment to serve our community. I am excited for the future of our organization.'

Nashville theater has always been progressive. There have always been people and companies focused on the cutting edge, delivering productions that challenge and compel their audiences to think and to consider where they are now and where they will go in the future, and there is no question that such forward-thinking creative types will continue to wield influence in the theater community for as long as theater is to be created here, there and everywhere.

BAFTA has revealed the intake of new members for 2018.

Looking into the future, you'll find a number of new productions on tap for your entertainment pleasure, thanks to the efforts of theater companies all over Middle Tennessee. Here's our calendar for October 15, 2018, to help you plot your course through the end of the year...

An Adult Guide to the Orchestra is described as 'a fun and witty look at symphony orchestras and the musicians who create the music.' Written by Sheldon Kurland, a classically trained musician who studied at Juilliard and was later known for his influence in bringing the lush string sound to Country Music in Nashville (Music City), during the heyday of "the Nashville Sound," this irreverent book casts a humorous light to the somewhat serious world of classical music.

A cast of more than 125 performers took to the stage of the Troutt Theatre at Belmont University to fete the eight members of the 2010 Class of First Night Honorees in a production that featured the best of the best of Nashville theater and included a surprise appearance by Joseph Mahowald, winner of a 1989 First Night Award, now playing the role of Franklin Hart Jr. in the national tour of 9 to 5: The Musical, which opened in Nashville at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, September 21.