Memphis Theatre Newsroom

Tickets for the Memphis premiere of SOME LIKE IT HOT at the Orpheum Theatre go on sale Friday, November 22. The show will run from April 8 to 13 as part of the 2024-2025 Broadway Season.

A Christmas Carol will be back on stage, December 6 - 23, 2024, in the Lohrey Theatre at Theatre Memphis for its 47th consecutive production of the holiday classic.

Tennessee Shakespeare Company (TSC) will bring William Shakespeare's holiday celebration Twelfth Night to the newly configured Tabor Stage in December.

Tennessee Shakespeare Company has announced the publication release of Poetic Justice 2024: Works by Incarcerated Youth in Memphis, a powerful collection of poetry written by young people at Shelby County detention centers. 

Truth. Beauty. Freedom. Love. The Bohemian ideals combined with a spectacular medley of tunes, some incredible choreography, and a love story for the ages. 

What did our critic think of THE SMELL OF THE KILL at Germantown Community Theatre?

Time is running out to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Memphis Awards. Don't miss Thursday's October 31st deadline!

The Rhodes Theatre Guild has announced its upcoming production of MYSTERY AT GREENFINGERS by J.B. Priestley, running November 1-3 and 8-10 2024.

WHO'S HOLIDAY returns to the Circuit Playhouse Memphian Room this season.

Time is running out to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Memphis Awards. Don't miss next week's October 31st deadline!

THE WIZARD OF OZ will be performed at Playhouse on the Square, offering audiences a chance to experience the classic tale live on stage.

When A CHORUS LINE opened on Broadway in 1975, no one could have predicted that it would go on to earn the distinction of being the longest running Broadway show of its time. It ran for almost 15 years and played over 6,000 performances! Since then, five other musicals have gone on to pass that Broadway milestone (LES MISERABLES, CATS, WICKED, THE LION KING, CHICAGO).

HAMILTON is set to return to the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis from February 18 to March 2 as part of the 2024-2025 Broadway Season.

There are just two weeks left to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Memphis Awards. The 2024 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Let me start off by saying, never have I left the theatre feeling so confused. That, apparently, is to be expected from 'Girl from the North Country', the latest Orpheum Memphis feature. My companion turned to me and said, 'do you understanding anything that just happened?' And as we walked to our cars, the women in front of us were going back and forth about how very lost they were and how 'it felt like being in Anatevka all night' (A Fiddler on the Roof reference) 

On October 5, 2024, Theatre Memphis will hold the 18th Annual Memphis Children's Theatre Festival on the Theatre Memphis campus. Learn more about the event here!

The Orpheum Theatre Group has announced “We All We Got: A Binghampton Play” written by local actor and writer Ann Perry Wallace and conceived by the Orpheum Theatre Group and the Binghampton community.

What did our critic think of WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME at Circuit Playhouse?

The Roxy Regional Theatre is celebrating 42 years of live theatre in the heart of historic Downtown Clarksville with Gala 42. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Tickets for the all-new production of the Tony Award-winning Broadway classic, PETER PAN will go on sale Friday, September 13 at 10am for its premiere Memphis engagement at the Orpheum Theatre November 26 through December 1 as part of a major national tour.

Her music inspired generations… and beginning September 20, Cumberland County Playhouse will present Beautiful: The Carole King Musical!

Nominations are now open for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Memphis Awards. The 2024 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Circuit Playhouse, Inc. revealed the winners of the 2024 NewWorks@TheWorks playwriting competition, highlighting emerging playwrights and their innovative works. Learn more about the winners!

TN Shakespeare Co. announced its 8th Annual FREE Shout-Out Shakespeare Series featuring THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. Performances will be held at various outdoor locations, offering accessible theater to the community.

Musical theatre is known for showcasing the extraordinary. From GYPSY to MOULIN ROUGE to an ogre named SHREK, the most unusual protagonists imaginable are what are on display. Phantoms, witches, cats and even puppets (AVENUE Q) are what audiences have come to expect. Musicals are built for “transportation.”