ATHENS COMMUNITY THEATRE

by Carolan Trbovich - March 17, 2025

Studio Tenn brings yet another delightful production to their stage in Mischief Theatre’s, The Play That Goes Wrong, a masterclass in comedic chaos, blending slapstick humor, impeccable timing, and rapid delivery of theatrical mayhem. ...

by Carolan Trbovich - March 13, 2025

What did our critic think of EDGAR ALLAN POE SPEAKEASY at Franklin Theatre?...

by Carolan Trbovich - December 07, 2024

What did our critic think of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET CHRISTMAS at Turner Theater?...

by Carolan Trbovich - October 18, 2024

What did our critic think of ODDITY IMPROV at Mockingbird Theater?...

by Carolan Trbovich - August 19, 2024

It All Comes Out in the Wash, is a warm, humorous, and skillfully written story staged by Backlight Productions, Theater Arts for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities....

by Jeffrey Ellis - June 20, 2024

Over and over again, that has happened to me for the almost half a century during which I’ve been reviewing theater. No matter if it’s a play I have seen countless times, I find myself excited to witness a new take on a much-loved title or to find new and expressive meaning in something I know like ...

by Jeffrey Ellis - May 12, 2024

Nashville Repertory Theatre closes out its 39th season with one of the best laugh-out-loud comedies we’ve ever seen on a Tennessee Performing Arts Center stage: Selina Fillinger’s uproariously funny, if all-too-real, POTUS or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive. Dire...

by Jeffrey Ellis - May 11, 2024

Paul Vasterling, the longtime CEO and artistic director of Nashville Ballet, makes his debut as a director of musical theater with his revival of Cabaret – which he also choreographs – in a much-heralded and eagerly anticipated production for Franklin-based Studio Tenn. The timely and sumptuous revi...

by Jeffrey Ellis - May 04, 2024

Meanwhile, theater aficionados, bachelorette parties (aka “WOO! girls”), fun-seekers and all the assorted denizens of Music City’s Broadway district will be buying up all the sunglasses in order to protect their eyes from the over-the-top glitz and glamour provided by the physical production of Yes,...

by Jeffrey Ellis - April 18, 2024

Captivating, heartwarming, colorful, imaginative and down-right magical, Nashville Children’s Theatre’s world premiere production – it’s 19th in the past few years since executive artistic director Ernie Nolan’s arrival – of the theatre for young audiences version of Disney-Pixar’s Finding Nemo is j...