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Nashville Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ Broadcasts Begin This Week
For the first time in company history, Nashville Ballet will present a televised premiere of “Nashville’s Nutcracker” on NewsChannel 5. This historic performance will feature […]
Theater Review: The Loving Grace of Good Art in Nashville Rep’s Relevant ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’
“The world is violent and mercurial – it will have its way with you. We are saved only by love – love for each other […]
Theater Review: A Handsome ‘My Fair Lady’ Revival Tour
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Lincoln Center Theater national tour of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s “loverly” classic “My Fair Lady” is in handsome residence […]
Theater Review: The ‘Ravaged Wasteland’ of Nashville Shakespeare Festival’s Intriguing ‘Macbeth’
“What things in our lives tempt us to deny the humanity in others, and by doing so, throw away part of our own? Is what […]
#HAM4HAM Nashville Digital Lottery For Dec. 31-Jan. 19 TPAC ‘Hamilton’ Run Begins This Sunday: 40 $10 Tickets Per Show
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Producer Jeffrey Seller and Tennessee Performing Arts Center announce a digital lottery for “Hamilton” tickets will begin with the show’s first performance […]
Theater Review: God Bless You, Merry Nashville Rep! ‘A Christmas Carol’ For Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Nashville Repertory Theatre’s production of Patrick Barlow’s “A Christmas Carol” adaptation is the maximum of minimalism – maximum holiday pleasure from the clear theatrical crucible […]
Theater Review: NCT’s ‘Auntie Claus’ Is a Glittering Gift
You’d have to be a mix of pre-conversion Scrooge and Grinch to not feel your heart warmed by the ecstatic joy of Nashville Children’s Theatre’s […]
An Appreciation: Laughing Through The Tears At Nashville Rep’s Rhythmic Rendition Of ‘Every Brilliant Thing’
“If you have no tragedy, you have no comedy. Crying and laughing are the same emotion. If you laugh too hard, you cry. And vice […]
Theater Review: ‘Return To Sender’ Is A Superb NCT World Premiere Where Humanity Takes Center Stage
“There can’t be any such thing as civilization unless people have a conscience…” from “The Ox-Bow Incident” “We’re all born human beings,” one of the […]
Film Review: Renée Zellweger Beautifully Flies Over the Rainbow in ‘Judy’ Bio Drama
“I’ve always taken ‘The Wizard of Oz’ very seriously, you know. I believe in the idea of the rainbow. And I’ve spent my entire life […]
Theater Review: So Happy They’re Still Here As Delightfully Droll ‘Urinetown’ Opens 35th Nashville Rep Season
Elaine Stritch may sadly be gone, but Nashville Repertory Theatre is happily still here. The company’s 35th season opened splendidly Saturday with the rousing absurdity […]
‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Has $25 Digital Lottery For TPAC Run
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Described by the Los Angeles Times as a “cultural phenomenon,” “Dear Evan Hansen” makes its Nashville debut Sept. 10-15 at Tennessee Performing […]
Theater Review: Thrills and Love in Entertaining Chaffin’s Barn ‘Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure’ Presentation
The game is delightfully afoot once more in Chaffin’s Barn Theatre‘s entertaining presentation of “Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure.” Prolific play writing genius Steven Dietz […]
Theater Review: Nashville Shakes’ ‘Tempest’ Is Feeling Good
What’s the state of Nashville Shakespeare Festival after three decades? It’s heartily proclaimed in a lovely production of “The Tempest” in its shimmering new “Summer […]
Pictorial: ‘Bennett’s War’ Nashville Red Carpet Screening
Regal Green Hills Cinema 16 was the site of a Nashville red carpet screening for the new film “Bennett’s War” on Monday. The film features […]
An Appreciation: Plenty of Smiles From Chaffin’s Barn’s ‘Annie’
It was raining as I drove to Chaffin’s Barn for Saturday’s closing performance of “Annie.” Thankfully the rain ended just before I parked and exited […]
The Virtue of Active Listening at Nashville’s Destiny Theatre Experience, Actors Bridge Ensemble and Pipeline-Collective
What constitutes “good play writing,” “good directing” and “good acting” are obviously highly subjective, and seemingly endless, discussions. But clear communication between playwrights, directors, actors, […]
Review: The Terrible Cost Of Inhumanity In Searing ‘Maidens’
“Life is a pleasure. And pleasures, like life, are short.” – Jenny-Wanda Barkmann NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The quote above seems quite positive, and certainly harmless […]
Film Review: The Pain & Peace of Connecting in ‘Luke and Jo’
At the 2014 Nashville Film Festival I had the pleasure of seeing the Tennessee premiere of “As It Is In Heaven,” the feature-directing debut of […]
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