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Street Theatre Presents SPRING AWAKENING, 5/10-5/26
by BWW News Desk - Apr 03, 2013
Winner of 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, SPRING AWAKENING takes its inspiration from one of literature's most controversial masterpieces - a work so daring in its depiction of teenage self- discovery, it was banned from the stage and not performed in its complete form in English for nearly 100 years. (more...)
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Photo Coverage: The 2013 First Night Honors Gala Concert
by Jeffrey Ellis - Sep 06, 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. Hosted by Holly Shepherd and Joel Diggs, the gala evening honored the eight leading lights of Tennessee theater as they were recognized as members of the First Night Class of 2013 Honorees. (more...)
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Photo Coverage: The 2013 First Night Honors Red (actually Orange) Carpet Arrivals
by Jeffrey Ellis - Sep 06, 2012
Dressed to the nines-despite forecasts of thunderstorms and a tornado watch that hung over the region-theater people from throughout Tennessee gathered at Belmont University's Bill and Carole Troutt Theatre on Sunday night for the 2013 First Night Honors. Hosted by Holly Shepherd and Joel Diggs, the gala evening honored eight leading lights of Tennessee theater as they were recognized as members of the First Night Class of 2013 Honorees. (more...)
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MUSIC CITY CONFIDENTIAL #6: All The News from Onstage, Offstage, Backstage and Beyond
by Jeffrey Ellis - Jul 29, 2012
We've been doing our part to prepare ye the way, watching the action onstage, taking some furtive peeks backstage, listening to all the offstage gossip and venturing beyond the confines of the theater to gain the informed knowledge to see more shows in the Volunteer State than you ever thought possible. So, good people of the theaterati, read on and get all the information you need to know in this, our latest installment of Music City Confidential. This is #6… (more...)
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Class of 2012 First Night Honors Revealed at Monday's Preview Party
by Jeffrey Ellis - Jul 23, 2012
Eight individuals, whose names attest to the depth and breadth of live theatrical performance in Nashville, have been named as members of the 2012 Class of First Night Honorees and will be feted with a special tribute concert on Sunday, September 2, at Belmont University's Troutt Theatre. (more...)
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Photo Coverage: First Night: The After-Party 2011
by Jeffrey Ellis - Sep 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 Cafe. (more...)
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Photo Coverage: First Night: The Red (Orange) Carpet Event
by Jeffrey Ellis - Sep 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. (more...)
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BWW Reviews: A CHORUS LINE at The Keeton Theatre
by Jeffrey Ellis - Jun 10, 2011
There comes a moment, very early on in Kate Adams-Johnson's A Chorus Line (which opened last night at The Keeton Theatre) in which, one by one, each of the actors is caught in the spotlight, with some portentous musical underscoring that heightens the emotional impact of the moment. But what's really telling about that sequence of illumination is how evocatively it telegraphs the stories of each of the actors in the cast. You can tell, almost imperceptibly, what it is that separates the pretenders from the contenders... (more...)
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BWW Interviews: On The LINE with Ryan Garrett of Keeton's A CHORUS LINE
by Jeffrey Ellis - Jun 05, 2011
Director Kate Adams-Johnson, aka Nashville's busiest choreographer, is putting yet another cast through its paces in preparation for yet another opening night (this one's fast approaching on Thursday, June 9). Only this time, she's serious. Very serious. The show she's helming for this particular opening night, you see, is every dancer's holy grail: A Chorus Line. In the cast, there's a blend familiar faces from local theater productions and a whole slew of newcomers. During the run-up to the show's June 9 opening night, we've introduced you to members of Kate's cast - and next up is a relatively new actor on the Nashville theater scene, where he made quite the statement in Circle Players' recent 13 The Musical, the confident, composed Ryan Garrett... (more...)
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BWW Reviews: Circle Players' 13 at The Keeton Theatre
by Jeffrey Ellis - Apr 24, 2011
Nashville's Circle Players, now in its 61st season and the oldest community theatre in Middle Tennessee, has scored one of its biggest hits ever with the current production of Jason Robert Brown's 13. Who'd have ever thought that the musical tale of a 13-year-old Jewish boy from NYC who is transplanted to Indiana could be so enormously entertaining or - perhaps more importantly and more significantly - acted and sung so amazingly well? Seriously, who knew? (more...)
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Baldwin-Wallace College Presents LA BOHÈME And RENT In Repertory, 2/15-2/27
by BWW
News Desk - Feb 15, 2011
Baldwin-Wallace College presents ground-breaking, in repertory productions of La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini and Rent by Jonathan Larson being held Feb. 15-27 at the Kleist Center for Art & Drama, 95 E. Bagley Rd., Berea. Rent is based on the story of La Bohème, a tale of struggling young artists facing poverty and the dangers of living life on the edge. (more...)
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Baldwin-Wallace College Presents LA BOHÈME And RENT In Repertory, 2/15-2/27
by BWW News Desk - Feb 04, 2011
Baldwin-Wallace College presents ground-breaking, in repertory productions of La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini and Rent by Jonathan Larson being held Feb. 15-27 at the Kleist Center for Art & Drama, 95 E. Bagley Rd., Berea. Rent is based on the story of La Bohème, a tale of struggling young artists facing poverty and the dangers of living life on the edge. (more...)
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Pull-Tight Players Present OKLAHOMA!, 7/15-25
by BWW
News Desk - Jul 25, 2010
The skies are blue, the corn is 'high as an elephant's eye,' and the cowboys and their girls are dancing and singing now at Pull-tight in preparation for the opening of Rodgers and Hammerstein's perennial favorite, Oklahoma! This exuberant and tuneful production tells the familiar story of Laurey (Rachel Melius) and Curly (Zach Pless) against the background of Oklahoma territory at the turn of the century. Curly is vying for Laurey's affections with Jud (Cody Muller), the brooding farmhand, as his rival. A secondary romance between Ado Annie (Megan Roddick) and Will Parker (Peter Horecka) is also developing, while the Persian peddler, Ali Hakim (Ryan Garrett), plays Ado's other suitor. Laurey's Aunt Eller (Christen Sottolano) acts as matriarch to all. (more...)
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Pull-Tight Players Present OKLAHOMA!, 7/15-25
by BWW News Desk - Jun 30, 2010
The skies are blue, the corn is 'high as an elephant's eye,' and the cowboys and their girls are dancing and singing now at Pull-tight in preparation for the opening of Rodgers and Hammerstein's perennial favorite, Oklahoma! This exuberant and tuneful production tells the familiar story of Laurey (Rachel Melius) and Curly (Zach Pless) against the background of Oklahoma territory at the turn of the century. Curly is vying for Laurey's affections with Jud (Cody Muller), the brooding farmhand, as his rival. A secondary romance between Ado Annie (Megan Roddick) and Will Parker (Peter Horecka) is also developing, while the Persian peddler, Ali Hakim (Ryan Garrett), plays Ado's other suitor. Laurey's Aunt Eller (Christen Sottolano) acts as matriarch to all. (more...)
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