Patty Payne News

CRITICS' CHOICE: What's Coming Up This Week?

by Jeffrey Ellis — May 19, 2015

It's been a busy spring in Tennessee and as we head into summer, you can rest assured that things are only going to get busier - and more interesting.

Cumberland County Playhouse's 2015 Season to Feature THE WIZARD OF OZ, MARY POPPINS & More

by Tyler Peterson — November 26, 2014

Cumberland County Playhouse's 2015 Golden Anniversary Season features stories of Tennessee, the South, and families, in new comedies and musicals by nationally recognized Tennessee playwrights and songwriters.

BWW Previews: Cumberland County Playhouse Celebrates 50th Anniversary with 2015 Season

by Jeffrey Ellis — November 26, 2014

First Night Award winning playwrights Dietz Osborne and Nate Eppler's Southern Fried Funeral will be featured among productions celebrating the Golden Anniversary of Crossville's Cumberland County Playhouse in 2015.

A SANDERS FAMILY CHRISTMAS Begins Tonight at Cumberland County Playhouse

by BWW News Desk — October 31, 2014

Beginning tonight, October 31, A Sanders Family Christmas, the heartwarming sequel to Connie Ray and Alan Bailey's wildly successful bluegrass/gospel musical Smoke on the Mountain, returns to Cumberland County Playhouse for its sixteenth year! It's Christmas Eve, 1941, and America is going to war.

A SANDERS FAMILY CHRISTMAS Begins 10/31 at Cumberland County Playhouse

by Tyler Peterson — October 24, 2014

Beginning Friday, October 31, A Sanders Family Christmas, the heartwarming sequel to Connie Ray and Alan Bailey's wildly successful bluegrass/gospel musical Smoke on the Mountain, returns to Cumberland County Playhouse for its sixteenth year! It's Christmas Eve, 1941, and America is going to war.

Cumberland County Playhouse to Present SHREK, 6/13-8/31

by Tyler Peterson — June 5, 2014

Starting June 13, Cumberland County Playhouse will present what just might be its most spectacular production yet, Shrek The Musical! Featuring 19 all-new songs, big laughs and amazing special effects, Shrek The Musical is part romance, part fairy tale and all fun! Based on the Oscar winning DreamWo

SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN Returns to Cumberland County Playhouse, Now thru 8/8

by BWW News Desk — May 30, 2014

The ever-popular Smoke on the Mountain returns to Tennessee's Family Theater today, May 30th.

SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN to Return to Cumberland County Playhouse, 5/30-8/8

by BWW News Desk — May 17, 2014

The ever-popular Smoke on the Mountain returns to Tennessee's Family Theater on May 30th.

Cumberland County Playhouse Presents New Adaptation of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, Beg. Tonight

by BWW News Desk — March 28, 2014

Beginning tonight, March 28, Cumberland County Playhouse will present a thrilling new adaptation of one of the most widely read books in the world, The Diary of Anne Frank.

Cumberland County Playhouse to Present New Adaptation of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, Begin. 3/28

by Tyler Peterson — March 25, 2014

Beginning March 28, Cumberland County Playhouse will present a thrilling new adaptation of one of the most widely read books in the world, The Diary of Anne Frank.

SANDERS FAMILY CHRISTMAS Onstage At Cumberland County Playhouse For 15th Year

by Jeffrey Ellis — November 4, 2012

Curtain's up on Cumberland County Playhouse's 15th annual presentation of A Sanders Family Christmas-the holiday-flavored sequel to the enormously popular Smoke on the Mountain-a down-home musical filled with faith, family and old-fashioned fun and starring a cast of Playhouse favorites.

Price, Smith Star in BIG RIVER Revival at Cumberland County Playhouse

by Jeffrey Ellis — October 2, 2012

Austin Price and Horace Smith star as Cumberland County Playhouse brings one of the most popular-and most frequently requested-titles its almost 50-year history back to the with an exciting new production of Big River, directed by BWW Nashville Theatre Awards winner Britt Hancock.

Lindy and Greg Pendzick Star in World War II-era Themed SEE ROCK CITY, Opening 5/31

by Jeffrey Ellis — May 31, 2012

Real-life acting spouses Lindy and Greg Pendzick play a fictional romantic couple in Arlene Hutton's See Rock City, described as "a tender, moving play" that opens at Crossville's Cumberland County Playhouse tonight, May 31.

Lindy and Greg Pendzick Star in World War II-era Themed SEE ROCK CITY, Opening 5/31

by Jeffrey Ellis — May 22, 2012

Real-life acting spouses Lindy and Greg Pendzick play a fictional romantic couple in Arlene Hutton's See Rock City, described as "a tender, moving play" that opens at Crossville's Cumberland County Playhouse on Thursday, May31.

A SANDERS FAMILY CHRISTMAS Returns for 12th Year to Cumberland County Playhouse

by Jeffrey Ellis — November 15, 2011

The Sanders Family of Smoke on the Mountain trilogy fame returns to Crossville's Cumberland County Playhouse November 18 for their 12th season of A Sanders Family Christmas, taking audiences back to Mt Pleasant Baptist Church to celebrate Christmas 1941, just weeks after Pearl Harbor, for their fin

BWW Tennessee Awards Update 11/14 - Vote Now!

by BWW — November 14, 2011

Voting is now open for the 2011 Tennessee Awards! Now it's time for you to get out and vote for your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Tennessee Award.

BWW Reviews: MY FAIR LADY at Crossville's Cumberland County Playhouse

by Jeffrey Ellis — May 21, 2011

Nicole Begue Hackman is so perfectly cast as Eliza Doolittle in Lerner and Loewe classic My Fair Lady at Cumberland County Playhouse that all those other characters that people the musical may seem superfluous, despite the splendid performances of the rest of the cast.