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ANNIE Takes the Stage at Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre, 7/28-9/3

ANNIE Takes the Stage at Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre, 7/28-9/3

by Jeffrey Ellis — July 18, 2011

Annie, the irrepressible orphan of newspaper comics-fame who has been delighting audiences onstage since the 1970s, makes her return to Nashville's Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre this summer, running July 28-September 3, in a new production of Annie directed by Martha Wilkinson, with music direction

Photo Coverage: First Night: The Tony Concert

Photo Coverage: First Night: The Tony Concert

by Jeffrey Ellis — June 8, 2011

Tennessee's best and brightest stage stars took to the stage at Franklin's Boiler Room Theatre Monday night, June 6, for First Night: The Tony Concert, to kick-off the 2011 First Night season in Nashville.

Nashville celebrates the Tonys at FIRST NIGHT: THE TONY CONCERT 6/6

by BWW News Desk — June 6, 2011

Tennessee's best and brightest theatrical stars will take to the stage of the Boiler Room Theatre -to celebrate The Tony Awards during First Night: The Tony Concert, presented by Keeping Scores Concerts on Monday, June 6 - and to perform an evening of songs from Broadway musicals that have won the T

NO DAY AT THE BEACH Plays Street Theatre 5/14

by Jeffrey Ellis — May 14, 2011

Murder, music and fun? Sounds like the perfect spring recipe for Street Theatre Company's newest murder mystery musical event - Murder: It's No Day at the Beach - set for Friday and Saturday, May 13 and 14 at Nashville's Tulip Street Methodist Church, 522 Russell Street.

NO DAY AT THE BEACH Plays Street Theatre, 5/13 & 5/14

by BWW News Desk — May 13, 2011

Murder, music and fun? Sounds like the perfect spring recipe for Street Theatre Company's newest murder mystery musical event - Murder: It's No Day at the Beach - set for Friday and Saturday, May 13 and 14 at Nashville's Tulip Street Methodist Church, 522 Russell Street.

Nashville celebrates the Tonys at FIRST NIGHT: THE TONY CONCERT 6/6

by Jeffrey Ellis — May 6, 2011

Tennessee's best and brightest theatrical stars will take to the stage of the Boiler Room Theatre -to celebrate The Tony Awards during First Night: The Tony Concert, presented by Keeping Scores Concerts on Monday, June 6 - and to perform an evening of songs from Broadway musicals that have won the T

The Theater Bug plans 'extreme theatre' program in May

by BWW News Desk — May 1, 2011

Cori Laemmel has announced a new initiative for The Theater Bug, her educational and training program for younger people interested in pursuing the theater, called The Extreme Theatre Series: Theatre as an Extreme Sport, running April 30-May 1 and May 13-15.

Twelve actresses cast as Keeping Scores' Nashville FUNNY GIRLs

by BWW News Desk — May 1, 2011

A perfect dozen of Nashville's favorite - and best-singing - actresses will claim the role of the iconic Fanny Brice in Keeping Scores Concert's upcoming Funny Girl in Concert, the inaugural production of the continuing concert series to be staged at Franklin's Boiler Room Theatre.

BWW Reviews: Keeping Scores' FUNNY GIRL in Concert

BWW Reviews: Keeping Scores' FUNNY GIRL in Concert

by Jeffrey Ellis — May 1, 2011

Of course, one way around that theatrical conundrum is to take the route that director Scott Logsdon and Keeping Scores Concerts at Franklin's Boiler Room Theatre have embarked upon for three performances this weekend: Cast 12 different actresses as Fanny Brice, each one well-qualified to take on a

Nashville's FUNNY Fannys: Stephanie Jones Benton of Keeping Scores' FUNNY GIRL

Nashville's FUNNY Fannys: Stephanie Jones Benton of Keeping Scores' FUNNY GIRL

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 28, 2011

In the upcoming concert version of Funny Girl, set for April 29-May 1 at Franklin's Boiler Room Theatre, director Scott Logsdon has cast 12 very different, very funny and somehow uniquely qualified women to take on the iconic role of Fanny Brice, first brought to national, then worldwide, acclaim by

BWW Interviews: Nashville's FUNNY Fannys: Laura Thomas Sonn

BWW Interviews: Nashville's FUNNY Fannys: Laura Thomas Sonn

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 26, 2011

In the upcoming concert version of Funny Girl, set for April 29-May 1 at Franklin's Boiler Room Theatre, director Scott Logsdon has cast 12 very different, very funny and somehow uniquely qualified women to take on the iconic role of Fanny Brice, first brought to national, then worldwide, acclaim by

NO DAY AT THE BEACH Plays Street Theatre, 5/13 & 5/14

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 26, 2011

Murder, music and fun? Sounds like the perfect spring recipe for Street Theatre Company's newest murder mystery musical event - Murder: It's No Day at the Beach - set for Friday and Saturday, May 13 and 14 at Nashville's Tulip Street Methodist Church, 522 Russell Street.

Nashville's FUNNY Fannys: Heather Trabucco of Keeping Scores' FUNNY GIRL

Nashville's FUNNY Fannys: Heather Trabucco of Keeping Scores' FUNNY GIRL

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 24, 2011

The dozen Fannys are, of course, my current 12 favorite singing actresses (I remind you, gentle reader, that I am contractually required to make that statement at least 12 times a day), and as you've gotten to know each Fanny one-by-one, we continue the series with a Q&A with one Heather Trabucco (w

Nashville's FUNNY Fannys: Cori Laemmel of Keeping Scores' FUNNY GIRL

Nashville's FUNNY Fannys: Cori Laemmel of Keeping Scores' FUNNY GIRL

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 13, 2011

In the upcoming Keeping Scores' concert version of Funny Girl, set for April 29-May 1 at Boiler Room Theatre, director Scott Logsdon has cast 12 very different, very funny and somehow uniquely qualified women to take on the iconic role of Fanny Brice, first brought to national, then worldwide, accla

The Theater Bug plans 'extreme theatre' program in May

The Theater Bug plans 'extreme theatre' program in May

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 13, 2011

Cori Laemmel has announced a new initiative for The Theater Bug, her educational and training program for younger people interested in pursuing the theater, called The Extreme Theatre Series: Theatre as an Extreme Sport, running April 30-May 1 and May 13-15.

Twelve actresses cast as Keeping Scores' Nashville FUNNY GIRLs

Twelve actresses cast as Keeping Scores' Nashville FUNNY GIRLs

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 5, 2011

A perfect dozen of Nashville's favorite - and best-singing - actresses will claim the role of the iconic Fanny Brice in Keeping Scores Concert's upcoming Funny Girl in Concert, the inaugural production of the continuing concert series to be staged at Franklin's Boiler Room Theatre.

BWW Reviews: Boiler Room Theatre's CRIMES OF THE HEART

BWW Reviews: Boiler Room Theatre's CRIMES OF THE HEART

by Jeffrey Ellis — March 28, 2011

A favorite of theater audiences since its debut at the 1979 Humana Festival of New American Plays at the Actors' Theatre of Louisville, Crimes of the Heart is given a faithful and elegantly staged revival at Franklin's Boiler Room Theatre.

BWW Interviews: Cori Laemmel, A Life in the Theater

BWW Interviews: Cori Laemmel, A Life in the Theater

by Jeffrey Ellis — March 25, 2011

Cori Laemmel is one of those actresses you're instantly drawn to onstage: When she comes on, there's an indefinable quality about her that rivets your attention to her, regardless of the role she's playing.


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