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BWW Review: Circle Players' Sweeping and Epic HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME

BWW Review: Circle Players' Sweeping and Epic HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME

by Jeffrey Ellis — November 8, 2017

With a sense of the sweeping epic about it and a darkly romantic story to tell The Hunchback of Notre Dame ( a new musical based on the Victor Hugo novel and songs from the Disney film ) offers an intriguing retelling of the story of Quasimodo, the hideously deformed and often reviled bellringer

GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI for June 2, 2017

GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI for June 2, 2017

by Jeffrey Ellis — June 2, 2017

GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI: Welcome to Friday, June 2, 2017! The weekend is upon us (thank you, very much) and we cannot conceive of a better way to live life dramatically than by catching a first night performance of a show? It's opening night for several new shows and we send out warm wishes of "bre

BWW Review: ACT 1's Otherworldly ANGELS IN AMERICA: PERESTROIKA

BWW Review: ACT 1's Otherworldly ANGELS IN AMERICA: PERESTROIKA

by Jeffrey Ellis — March 16, 2017

Make no bones about it: the mind and imagination of playwright Tony Kushner (whose Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes is playing at Nashville's Darkhorse Theatre, in a new production of from ACT 1) is nothing like yours or mine or that guy sitting at the table by the window at your

BWW Reviews: Keeton Theatre's LEGALLY BLONDE Is As Good As It Gets

BWW Reviews: Keeton Theatre's LEGALLY BLONDE Is As Good As It Gets

by Jeffrey Ellis — September 17, 2012

Legally Blonde, the Musical is as tuneful and entertaining as any musical could ever hope to be, and while the story seems lighthearted and fun, there's a definite message to be found in Heather Hach's book and the music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Neil Benjamin.

Photo Coverage: The 2013 First Night Honors Gala Concert

Photo Coverage: The 2013 First Night Honors Gala Concert

by Jeffrey Ellis — September 6, 2012

Theater people from throughout Tennessee gathered at Belmont University's Bill and Carole Troutt Theatre on Sunday night for the 2013 First Night Honors to pay tribute to a group of eight remarkable people who have made indelible marks on the theater scene throughout their storied careers.

Photo Coverage: The 2013 Class of First Night Honorees

Photo Coverage: The 2013 Class of First Night Honorees

by Jeffrey Ellis — September 6, 2012

Theater aficionados from throughout Tennessee gathered at Belmont University's Bill and Carole Troutt Theatre on Sunday night for the 2013 First Night Honors, paying tribute to a group of eight remarkable people who have made indelible marks on the theater scene throughout their storied careers.

BWW Reviews: How'd They Do That? Circle Players Delivers Fresh Take on HAIRSPRAY

BWW Reviews: How'd They Do That? Circle Players Delivers Fresh Take on HAIRSPRAY

by Jeffrey Ellis — May 11, 2012

Luckily (for me and for you, the rest of the audience who may or may not have seen the show in any of its multiple onstage incarnations), director Patrick Kramer, choreographer Kate Adams-Johnson and musical director Randy Craft have fashioned a rendition of Hairspray-that indomitable musical about

Photo Coverage: Midwinter's First Night 2012

Photo Coverage: Midwinter's First Night 2012

by Jeffrey Ellis — January 11, 2012

With a capacity crowd of 200 people on hand at The Keeton Theatre, First Night founder and executive producer Jeffrey Ellis, who covers theater, opera and dance throughout Tennessee for BroadwayWorld.

BWW Reviews: Plodding WRITER'S BLOCK Debuts At Chaffin's Barn

BWW Reviews: Plodding WRITER'S BLOCK Debuts At Chaffin's Barn

by Jeffrey Ellis — September 17, 2011

There's nobody who loves a tautly written thriller more than I - you know, the type of mystery where there's much conniving going on, one's baser desires are satiated, intelligence triumphs over the dull and commonplace.

Photo Coverage: First Night: The After-Party 2011

Photo Coverage: First Night: The After-Party 2011

by Jeffrey Ellis — September 12, 2011

When the last performers had sung the final song and the late honoree had been feted, the crowds at Belmont University's Troutt Theatre for the presentation of First Night, the Nashville Theatre Honors' 2011 Gala Concert, headed downtown to Cummins Station for the After-Party at The Listening Room C


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