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Review: Studio Tenn Collaborates with TPAC for 2022-23 Season Opener of AIDA IN CONCERT at Polk Theatre
by Jeffrey Ellis - Oct 1, 2022

Studio Tenn – the Franklin-based professional theater company – launches its 2022-23 season in collaboration with Tennessee Performing Arts Center for a concert staging of Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida, playing for just two nights at TPAC’s James K. Polk Theatre September 30 and October 1. Under the direction of Studio Tenn artistic director Patrick Cassidy (who shares duties with co-director and choreographer Gerry McIntyre), Aida features a starry cast of actors with Broadway pedigrees (Jackie Burns and Rex Smith), along with some of Music City’s most beloved stage veterans (Bakari Jamal King and Mark Cabus) and featuring the stunning triumph of a young woman who audiences have watched grow up on Nashville stages (Maya Riley) in the title role.

Review: Oh, Brother! MAY WE ALL: A New Country Musical Cast and Characters Deserve a Better Book<br><br>
by Jeffrey Ellis - Jun 18, 2022

A jukebox musical featuring songs from a plethora of country music artists, May We All has all the charm of a pedal-tavern powered by a dozen drunk “woo-woo” girls debauching themselves all the way down Broadway, while displaying all the emotional complexity and dramatic intensity of a rejected script from a Hallmark Network Christmas movie.

TPS Presents 2020 (Virtual) Reading Festival
by Stephi Wild - Jan 2, 2021

The pandemic has not stopped Tennessee Playwrights Studio's 2020 Fellows from creating six interesting and thought-provoking new works, which have been developed throughout the year at monthly TPS workshops and will be performed by favorite local Nashville actors on January 27-29 and February 3-5, 2021.

The Theatre Guild of Laguna Woods Village Will Present a Staged Reading Of a New Play With Music
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 16, 2020

The Theatre Guild of Laguna Woods Village, founded in 1966 and whose home theatre is one of the largest performing arts venues in Orange County, the 823-seat Laguna Woods Village Performing Arts Center, will be presenting a staged reading on February 20 of an abridged version of 'Big Al, Freddie, & Barry.'

Cast Complete for 5th Avenue Theatre's New Staging of RAGTIME
by BWW News Desk - Oct 13, 2017

The 5th Avenue Theatre has announced full casting for its evocative new production of Ragtime, which begins rehearsals today. A tale of family, heart and perseverance at the turn of the 20th century, Ragtime is a vital story about the headstrong and determined individuals and their families who helped make the United States a diverse and thriving nation.

Cast Complete for 5th Avenue Theatre's New Staging of RAGTIME
by BWW News Desk - Sep 19, 2017

The 5th Avenue Theatre has announced full casting for its evocative new production of Ragtime, which begins rehearsals today. A tale of family, heart and perseverance at the turn of the 20th century, Ragtime is a vital story about the headstrong and determined individuals and their families who helped make the United States a diverse and thriving nation.

BWW Interview: ONCE's John Gardner On His Band Common Jack & New Album
by Kevin Pollack - Sep 7, 2016

Brooklyn based indie folk-rock outfit Common Jack was formed by singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist John Gardner during a two and a half year world tour with the actor-musician Broadway show, ONCE.

BWW Review: Current ONCE Tour Ends in Boston December 27
by Jan Nargi - Dec 21, 2015

People have been 'Falling Slowly' in love with ONCE ever since composers Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova first enchanted audiences in 2007 with their tender, surprise hit indie romance. Now fans of the film and equally successful Tony Award-winning Broadway musical adaptation have one last chance to fall in love all over again as the current Broadway national tour comes to an end in Boston on December 27.

ONCE THE MUSICAL at the Kennedy Center - Seeing it Once is not enough!
by Charles Shubow - Jul 13, 2015

Winner of 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical in 2012 is a must see.

ONCE National Tour Comes to Kennedy Center Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Jul 7, 2015

The Kennedy Center presents the musical Once from tonight, July 7 - August 16, 2015, in the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater.