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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

BWW Reviews: KISS ME, KATE at The Keeton Theatre is Musical Theatre At Its Best

BWW Reviews: KISS ME, KATE at The Keeton Theatre is Musical Theatre At Its Best

by Jeffrey Ellis — February 4, 2012

With a score filled with so many Cole Porter tunes that you're fairly drunk with delight after hearing them, the expert direction and choreography of musical theatre aficionado Kate Adams-Johnson, and a cast of extraordinarily gifted performers breathing vigorous life into the time-honored text, the

First Night's Top 11 of 2011 Winners Announced at Midwinter's First Night Event

First Night's Top 11 of 2011 Winners Announced at Midwinter's First Night Event

by Jeffrey Ellis — January 10, 2012

Playwright Nate Eppler, Mas Nashville's FIVE, the Boiler Room Theatre, Lipscomb University's Hairspray, ACT 1's American Buffalo and the national touring company of Memphis, the Musical were the top winners at Sunday night's Midwinter's First Night at Nashville's Keeton Theatre, which also featured

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

CHICAGO opens '11-'12 season at The Keeton Theatre

CHICAGO opens '11-'12 season at The Keeton Theatre

by Jeffrey Ellis — September 12, 2011

Tonya Pewitt and Stacie Riggs star as Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly as The Keeton Theatre will present Chicago, the first show of its 2011-2012 season, running September 15 - October 1 at the theatre in Donelson.

Photo Coverage: First Night: The Red (Orange) Carpet Event

Photo Coverage: First Night: The Red (Orange) Carpet Event

by Jeffrey Ellis — September 11, 2011

Hosted by Jennifer Richmond and Trey Palmer, First Night, the Nashville Theater Honors Gala was preceded by the Red Carpet Event just before the tribute concert on a rainy Sunday, September 4, at Belmont University's Troutt Theatre.

Photo Coverage: First Night: The Women In Theatre Luncheon

Photo Coverage: First Night: The Women In Theatre Luncheon

by Jeffrey Ellis — September 10, 2011

One of the new events added to the line-up for 2011 First Night, The Theatre Honors was The Women In Theatre Luncheon - which saluted the inaugural eight recipients of The First Night Star Award - held Tuesday, August 30, at The Listening Room Cafe in Cummins Station.

First Night 2011 Gears Up to Celebrate Live Theater in Tennessee

by BWW News Desk — August 27, 2011

Six of the leading lights of the theater world in Tennessee will be recognized as members of the 2011 Class of First Night Honorees August 27-September 4 as First Night, the Nashville Theatre Honors hosts a series of theatrical events to celebrate their achievements and accomplishments.

Photo Coverage: 2011 Class of First Night Honorees' Official Portraits

Photo Coverage: 2011 Class of First Night Honorees' Official Portraits

by Jeffrey Ellis — August 5, 2011

Five of the six honorees - Brewer, Hoff, Proctor, Sasser and Shute-Pettaway - gathered on the East Bank of the Cumberland River on Wednesday, August 3, to have their official First Night photographs taken by acclaimed Nashville photographer Barry A.

First Night 2011 Gears Up to Celebrate Live Theater in Tennessee

First Night 2011 Gears Up to Celebrate Live Theater in Tennessee

by Jeffrey Ellis — August 2, 2011

Six of the leading lights of the theater world in Tennessee will be recognized as members of the 2011 Class of First Night Honorees August 27-September 4 as First Night, the Nashville Theatre Honors hosts a series of theatrical events to celebrate their achievements and accomplishments.


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