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Utech, McGraw and Wilkinson Star in Chaffin's Barn's SISTER ACT

Utech, McGraw and Wilkinson Star in Chaffin's Barn's SISTER ACT

by Jeffrey Ellis — May 19, 2017

Meggan Utech and Gracie McGraw will make their Chaffin's Barn debuts this summer, joining Barn favorite Martha Wilkinson in Sister Act, the hilarious, five-time Tony Award-nominated musical, opening June 8 and running through July 22.

BWW Review: The Barn's Southern-fried and bred SEEING STARS IN DIXIE

BWW Review: The Barn's Southern-fried and bred SEEING STARS IN DIXIE

by Jeffrey Ellis — March 17, 2017

Featuring a quintet of charming and engaging players, under the deft and focused direction of Everett Tarlton, Seeing Stars in Dixie (which winds up a month-long run at The Barn this coming Sunday, March 19) is the kind of laugh-out-loud funny that only comes from the heart, as it relates the story

FRIDAY 5 (+1) On Wednesday: SEEING STARS IN DIXIE

FRIDAY 5 (+1) On Wednesday: SEEING STARS IN DIXIE

by Jeffrey Ellis — February 15, 2017

The 2017 season continues at Nashville's historic and iconic Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre with Ron Osborne's Seeing Stars in Dixie, an affectionate comedy set in a small Southern town in 1956, where the film Raintree County - starring Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift, no less - is being shot!

BWW Review: 'Merry Christmas!' from Chaffin's Barn

BWW Review: 'Merry Christmas!' from Chaffin's Barn

by Jeffrey Ellis — November 29, 2016

While there are always rumors of closings and real estate transactions happening willy-nilly, Chaffin's Barn continues to thrive and to entertain and to give both audiences and theater folk an opportunity to get to know one another better and to be transported and transformed via the magic of live t

Nashville's Theater Calendar 5/30/16

Nashville's Theater Calendar 5/30/16

by Jeffrey Ellis — May 31, 2016

Summertime is here, what with Memorial Day and all that it encompasses, and we can think of no better seasonal activity than taking in some local theater.

CRITIC'S CHOICE: The (Summer) Game's Afoot, Y'all!

CRITIC'S CHOICE: The (Summer) Game's Afoot, Y'all!

by Jeffrey Ellis — May 27, 2016

Is it just me or is everyone else amazed by how quickly 2016 seems to be moving - in a theatrical sense, at least - and what with Memorial Day Weekend upon us, we're gobsmacked (gobsmacked, I tell ya!) by the wide range of productions offered up by Tennessee theater companies this weekend.

Nashville's Theater Calendar 5/23/16

Nashville's Theater Calendar 5/23/16

by Jeffrey Ellis — May 23, 2016

'Spring is here! Why doesn't my heart go dancing?' - or at least to the theater to be transported to a different world, another time and place where life is transformed and magic happens before your very eyes.

Critic's Choice: Rumor-Mongering and Pageant-Hopping in Nashville

Critic's Choice: Rumor-Mongering and Pageant-Hopping in Nashville

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 29, 2016

They're dishing up some tasty Rumors at Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre - along with the bountiful buffet of Southern delicacies - while at Donelson's The Larry Keeton Theatre, the last two performances of Beth Henley's The Miss Firecracker Contest are served up this weekend, and the national touring

BWW Review: Real Housewives of Sneden's Landing: RUMORS

BWW Review: Real Housewives of Sneden's Landing: RUMORS

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 29, 2016

Neil Simon's Rumors - one of the most popular stage farces of the late 20th century - is given its due with the fourth production at Nashville's iconic and I daresay historic Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre.

Wilkinson, Whittaker Return for Chaffin's Barn's RUMORS

Wilkinson, Whittaker Return for Chaffin's Barn's RUMORS

by BWW News Desk — April 28, 2016

Widely regarded as one of the most successful, prolific and performed playwrights in the world, Neil Simon might well be considered the best comedy playwright in American Theater and Nashville audiences at Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre will be able to revel in the coming weeks as one of Simon's best

MUSIC CITY CONFIDENTIAL: What's This Week's Gossip?

MUSIC CITY CONFIDENTIAL: What's This Week's Gossip?

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 26, 2016

At long last, Music City Confidential is back to help you get caught back on the talk of the town - all the news that's fit to print about the Nashville theater community - and to immerse you in the minutiae of life in Theater City (a term we've been trying to copyright since we were in junior high

Celebrating 25 Years of RUMORS at Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre

Celebrating 25 Years of RUMORS at Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 26, 2016

Opening night quickly approaches at Nashville's historic Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre - which this year celebrates its 50th season - for Neil Simon's Rumors, first produced on the iconic and completely magical floating stage in 1991.

Wilkinson, Whittaker Return for Chaffin's Barn's RUMORS

Wilkinson, Whittaker Return for Chaffin's Barn's RUMORS

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 21, 2016

Widely regarded as one of the most successful, prolific and performed playwrights in the world, Neil Simon might well be considered the best comedy playwright in American Theater and Nashville audiences at Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre will be able to revel in the coming weeks as one of Simon's best

Gaslight Stages Regional Premiere of Ludwig's BASKERVILLE, 3/31

Gaslight Stages Regional Premiere of Ludwig's BASKERVILLE, 3/31

by BWW News Desk — April 9, 2016

The regional premiere of Ken Ludwig's comedic take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of The Baskerville - Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery - continues the 16th anniversary season of Dickson's Gaslight Dinner Theatre as the company's 74th show debuts March 31, running through April 9

Critic's Choice: People to See, Shows to Do

Critic's Choice: People to See, Shows to Do

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 7, 2016

Shows are opening, shows are closing and Fiddler on the Roof is back onstage for Actors Pointe Theatre Company while Tom Sawyer takes a bow at Springhouse Theatre in Smyrna! Obviously, the 2016 theater season continues to reveal itself at a breakneck pace, giving audiences a veritable buffet of offe


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