Judith Wood

GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI! It's Thursday, June 1, 2017 - or, as we like to call it #TheaterThursday, 'June is busting out all over…' as a song from Carousel reminds us, and there's no better way to kick off a new month than by planning our theater outings for the weekend! Tomorrow night at Cumberland County Playhouse, the company, cast and crew unveil the 2017 model of Smoke on the Mountain, which marks the 24th year of the musical playing in Crossville. Weslie Webster directs and her cast includes Daniel W. Black and Lauren Marshall as Sanders family father and mother Burl and Vera.

Hear ye, hear ye…Music City Confidential is back! Which means, of course, that I've heard an awful lot of scuttlebutt since last week's column went live on the interwebs - or, more likely, that I am trying to avoid boring and mundane stuff like packing - I'll let you decide what my motivation truly is...

One of the most exciting and original classical singers in the world today, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli returns to The National Concert Hall on Tuesday 30 November 8pm with Kammerorchester Basel to perform to a sell-out house as part of the International Concert Series 2010/2011.

One of the most exciting and original classical singers in the world today, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli returns to The National Concert Hall on Tuesday 30 November 8pm with Kammerorchester Basel to perform to a sell-out house as part of the International Concert Series 2010/2011.