Kevin J. Thornton News

Carol Irvin, who has been a mainstay at Crossville's Cumberland County Playhouse for more than 20 years, is the latest recipient of The First Night Robe,presented on Saturday, November 17, prior to curtain of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Earlier in the same week, Bralyn Stokes received the robe at Rhubarb Theater's Birds in Church, and Michael Holder and Josh Waldrep claimed it at Street Theatre Company's Miss Saigon in Concert.

Clay Steakley, who plays the role of F. Scott Fitzgerald in the Actors Bridge Ensemble's world premiere production of Bill Feehely's Outside Paradise, is the latest recipient of The First Night Robe. Jeffrey Ellis, founder and executive producer of The First Night Honors, presented the robe to Steakley on Saturday, November 10, prior to curtain of Outside Paradise at Belmont University's Black Box Theatre.

Kelsey Porter, who plays the role of Nettie in Circle Players' production of The Color Purple, is the latest recipient of The First Night Robe. Jeffrey Ellis, founder and executive producer of The First Night Honors, presented the robe to Porter on Thursday, October 25, prior to the opening night performance of The Color Purple, a joint production of Circle Players and Tennessee State University, at TSU's Performing Arts Center.

On September 2, 2012-during the presentation of The First Night Honors-a new Nashville and Tennessee theater tradition was unveiled with the presentation of the First Night Robe. Fashioned after and inspired by the legendary Broadway Gypsy Robe, the First Night counterpart is presented to someone who is making their first appearance on a Nashville-area stage.

Write this down in your journals, post it on your Facebook, tweet it to your tens of followers, theaterati: Kevin Thornton and Enoch Porch are ridiculously talented! And there's no better way to celebrate the festive Halloween season than with these two-and their gorgeous and versatile cohort/partner-in-theatrical crime Jennifer Richmond-in a performance of Into the Darkness: A Vampire Musical, now onstage at Chaffin's Backstage at the Barn through October 27.

Know Theatre and the Cincinnati Fringe Festival have announced a fall mini-Fringe Festival comprised of four encore performances from 2012 Cincinnati Fringe Festival artists! These Fringe encores will feature two returning shows: Audience Pick of the Fringe, On Her Pillow by Honour Pillow of Cincinnati, OH and Producers' Pick of the Fringe, The Screw You Revue by Screw You Entertainment of Olrando, FL as well as two new shows by 2012 Fringe Artists Kevin Thornton and Tommy Nugent. Kevin Thornton (of Nashville, TN) will present Kevin J. Thornton: UNFRINGED and Tommy Nugent (of Detroit, MI) will present OCCUPY This: Tales of an Accidental Activist. In addition, OTR Improv, Know Theatre's house improv team and member of the Jackson Street Market, will also present an encore of their Festival performance.

WaterTower Theatre's Producing Artistic Director and Out of the Loop Fringe Festival Producer Terry Martin today announced that for the first time in the Festival's history many of the performances will be streamed live on WTT's Ustream channel. In addition to the live streaming of shows, the channel will also feature backstage interviews with several artists.

WaterTower Theatre Producing Artistic Director Terry Martin today announced the line-up for the 2012 Out of the Loop Fringe Festival, March 1-11 at the Addison Theatre Centre.

Know Theatre has announced that Kevin Thornton will be returning to Cincinnati to present An Evening With Kevin J. Thornton.

Know Theatre has announced that Kevin Thornton will be returning to Cincinnati to present An Evening With Kevin J. Thornton.

Beowulf Alley Theatre at 11 South 6th Avenue presents An Evening with Kevin J. Thornton on Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:30 p.m.

The San Francisco Fringe Festival returns for its 20th year with over 40 shows that promise to uphold the Festival's reputation for pushing the envelope of imagination.

Beowulf Alley Theatre at 11 South 6th Avenue presents An Evening with Kevin J. Thornton on Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:30 p.m.

Beowulf Alley Theatre, 11 South 6th Avenue in Downtown Tucson, presents a collection of activities for the 2011-2012 Fall Season of Performances. Offering various programs and activities suitable for a wide range of ages, Beowulf Alley Theatre is committed to reaching out to our community and encouraging participation as audience, performer and volunteer support. For more information about our programs, please explore our website at www.beowulfalley.org or call (520) 882-0555.

The San Francisco Fringe Festival returns for its 20th year with over 40 shows that promise to uphold the Festival's reputation for pushing the envelope of imagination.

Kevin J. Thornton releases a 7 song EP,"January Dream," engineered and mastered by Marc Chevalier at Ravensound in Nashville, TN.

If Sandra Bernhard and Ryan Adams had a love child and hired Hedwig as a nanny it would be Kevin J Thornton. This musician, storyteller and stand-up comic will be will be making his world premiere in New York City and the Frigid New York Festival with his brand new one man hilariousness 'I Love You (We're F*#ked)' The production will close March 6 (Sunday) 1 p.m. at Under St Mark's Theatre, 94 St. Marks Place, between 1st Avenue and Avenue A, New York, NY, 10009 in the East Village.