2015 First Night Preview Party Set for 7/27

Members of The First Night Honors' Class of 2015 will be announced during Nashville Theater's Big Reveal: The 2015 First Night Preview Party on Monday, July 27, at 6 p.m. at Music City's iconic venue Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre.

In addition to the 2015 First Night Honorees, the names of the First Night Star Award winners will be revealed, along with the 2015 Most Promising Actors.

"We'll also reveal some of the dazzling plans we have in store for people at the 2015 First Night Honors Gala," said producer Kate Adams. "We'll introduce our emcees for the event and we'll feature performances from some of the summer's biggest musical theater productions."

According to Jeffrey Ellis, First Night founder and executive producer, among shows represented at the event will be The Larry Keeton Theatre's Nunsense; Center for the Arts' West Side Story; Arts Center of Cannon County's Ghost; VWA Theatricals' The Last Five Years; and Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre's All Shook Up.

This year's First Night poster, designed by David Arnold, who was responsible for the 2013 art, is also being unveiled during today's preview party announcement. "We're introducing some new elements, a different concept this year, for First Night and we can't wait to let everyone know about the compelling new things we have planned for 2015," Ellis said.

Admission to the preview party is free and a cash bar will be available to party-goers on July 27.

For more information, call The First Night Honors at (615) 892-4044.

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