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BWW Review: ACT 1's Outdated ARSENIC AND OLD LACE

BWW Review: ACT 1's Outdated ARSENIC AND OLD LACE

by Jeffrey Ellis — October 16, 2016

Joseph Kesselring's Arsenic and Old Lace, a genteel and sometimes beguiling 'suspense comedy,' is a favorite among the nation's various and sundry community theater companies.

ARSENIC AND OLD LACE Next Up As ACT 1's 2016-17 Season Officially Opens

ARSENIC AND OLD LACE Next Up As ACT 1's 2016-17 Season Officially Opens

by Jeffrey Ellis — September 28, 2016

ACT 1's 2016-17 season officially opens with the Daniel DeVault-directed production of Joseph Kesselring's classic comedy Arsenic and Old Lace, playing Nashville's Darkhorse Theatre October 7-22, and starring Debbie Kraski and Linda Speir as the daffy yet dastardly Brewster sisters.

Nashville's Best Honored at Midwinter's First Night

Nashville's Best Honored at Midwinter's First Night

by Jeffrey Ellis — January 11, 2016

Nashville actor and NFL Hall of Famer Eddie George, who makes his Broadway debut Tuesday night in the iconic musical Chicago, was named First Night's Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play for his searing portrayal of a former slave haunted by the spectre of abuse in Nashville Repertory Theatre's The W

CRITIC'S CHOICE: Get Ahead of the Holiday Rush

CRITIC'S CHOICE: Get Ahead of the Holiday Rush

by Jeffrey Ellis — November 13, 2015

Turkeys are on-sale at your local supermarket, so there's no better way to know Thanksgiving is just around the corner - yep, less than two weeks away! - which means that local theater companies will be unleashing their holiday season productions with enough productions of A Christmas Story (both th

Nashville Theater Calendar 11/09/15

Nashville Theater Calendar 11/09/15

by Jeffrey Ellis — November 8, 2015

Thus, we are happy to present the return of one our most popular features: The Nashville Theater Calendar, a comprehensive - maybe even exhaustive (lord knows we're exhausted from putting it together, gathering all the info from all over the interwebs!) - listing of theatrical openings for the 2015/

BWW Review: ACT 1's AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

BWW Review: ACT 1's AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

by Jeffrey Ellis — November 8, 2015

Might I offer some perhaps unsolicited advice? If you are dreading the upcoming holidays - Thanksgiving is just under three weeks away and Christmas is fast on its heels - and the typical upheaval precipitated by a trip 'over the river and through the woods' into the bosom of your family's particula

THE FRIDAY FIVE: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY's Kraski, Osborne and Sasser

THE FRIDAY FIVE: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY's Kraski, Osborne and Sasser

by Jeffrey Ellis — November 6, 2015

Leading the cast are three stage veterans who have been delighting local audiences for years: Debbie Kraski, Dietz Osborne and Layne Sasser, three names that are sure to attract the attention of theater-goers in the Nashville area.

CRITICS CHOICE: We Could Make Believe

CRITICS CHOICE: We Could Make Believe

by Jeffrey Ellis — November 6, 2015

Halloween's all done in, there are still three weeks ahead before we officially give thanks, and Christmas - and all its accompanying frenzy and frivolity - is about seven weeks away! So what's there to do for all the theatrical types jonesing for a trip to make believe? Plenty! Theater companies al

Moore Directs All-Star Cast in AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

Moore Directs All-Star Cast in AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

by Jeffrey Ellis — October 23, 2015

Tracy Letts' acclaimed play about a dysfunctional family coming to terms with one another - August: Osage County - opens at Nashville's iconic Darkhorse Theater on November 6, directed by Bradley Moore and featuring a veritable who's who of Nashville actors.

BWW Reviews: A GENTLEMAN & A SCOUNDREL at Chaffin's Barn

BWW Reviews: A GENTLEMAN & A SCOUNDREL at Chaffin's Barn

by Jeffrey Ellis — January 20, 2015

Much has been made of late about a reviewer for the Wall Street Journal - by the name of Joanne Kaufman - who recently wrote a column in which she fairly chortled about regularly sneaking out of shows she was being paid to review in order to go home early, rather than sit through sub-par productions

It's Back! MUSIC CITY CONFIDENTIAL Number 8

It's Back! MUSIC CITY CONFIDENTIAL Number 8

by Jeffrey Ellis — November 24, 2014

You will not believe it! The last time we gave you a Music City Confidential (number seven), the London Olympics were winding up, LaToya Gardner and Kevin Mead were starring in Circle Players' Aida, Maggie Richardson and Cody Rutledge were headlining Xanadu at the Arts Center of Cannon County, and M

BWW Reviews: Chaffin's Barn's A CHRISTMAS CAROL Rings in the Holiday Season

BWW Reviews: Chaffin's Barn's A CHRISTMAS CAROL Rings in the Holiday Season

by Jeffrey Ellis — November 21, 2014

Funny and irreverent, Chaffin's Barn's A Christmas Carol-featuring a witty new adaptation by Lydia Bushfield-gives audiences the perfect entree into the whole crazy-wonderful holiday season, replete with sentimental carols, fruitcake jokes, horrid Christmas sweaters and Warren Gore on his knees.

BWW Reviews: Chaffin's Barn's SPREADING IT AROUND is Less Filling, Tastes Great

BWW Reviews: Chaffin's Barn's SPREADING IT AROUND is Less Filling, Tastes Great

by Jeffrey Ellis — October 21, 2012

Lisa Marie Wright's impeccable timing and on-target comic performance-not to mention her cantilevered breastworks-are reason enough to book your favorite table at Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre for Spreading It Around, a formulaic comedy about seniors spending their kids' inheritances that actually p

Tennessee Audiences Have A Lot of Theater Options This Weekend

Tennessee Audiences Have A Lot of Theater Options This Weekend

by Jeffrey Ellis — October 4, 2012

For Tennessee theater audiences, this weekend presents a bounty of theatrical riches, with six shows opening: Blackbird Theatre's Red, Sideshow's Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake), Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre's Spreading it Around, Boiler Room Theatre's Parade, Tennessee Women's Theater Pro


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