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Theatre Memphis Closes Its Centennial with PUTTIN' ON THE GLITZ Gala

At the end of the year-long, celebratory 100th anniversary season of Theatre Memphis, a long-awaited black tie gala event, Puttin' on the Glitz, May 20, 2022, will be what Executive Producer Debbie Litch calls, “the party of the century”.
Photo Flash: First look at BRASSED OFF at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre

Wolverhampton Grand Theatre presents BRASSED OFF. The play marks the venue's return to producing theatre in-house for the first time in almost 40 years, it is now open and runs until Saturday 2 September 2017. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Photo Flash: In Rehearsals for BRASSED OFF at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre

Today, rehearsal images have been released for Wolverhampton Grand Theatre's production of BRASSED OFF. The play marks the venues return to producing theatre in-house for the first time in almost 40 years from Wednesday 23 August - Saturday 2 September 2017.
Photo Flash: Full Casting Announced for BRASSED OFF at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre

For the first time in almost 40 years, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre will produce a full-scale production in house. Jeffrey Holland will play ex-miner and veteran conductor of Grimley Band, Danny in BRASSED OFF, from Wednesday 23 August - Saturday 2 September 2017.
Photo Flash: New Shots from INTO THE WOODS at Theatre Memphis

Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's INTO THE WOODS runs now through April 3, 2016, on the Lohrey Stage at Theatre Memphis. This storybook fantasy is a musical journey with an original story based on several Brothers Grimm fairy tales. A childless baker and his wife set out on a mission to begin a family but must break a Witch's curse. Their travels bring them to interact with characters from Little Red Riding Hood, Jack & the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, Cinderella and more. The show is a delightful romp with a dose of reality thrown in the mix that makes one question happily ever after. BroadwayWorld has a fresh set of production photos below!
BWW Review: Theatre Memphis Astonishes With INTO THE WOODS

Stephen Sondheim himself is kind of a 'GIANT,' if you think about it. Over the last decades he has been responsible for raising the (musical) bar in musical theater with lyrics and music that can take an audience far beyond Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'bright golden haze on the meadow.' SWEENEY TODD, FOLLIES, PACIFIC OVERTURES, COMPANY -- all of these entertain and even challenge an audience; and even though ANYONE CAN WHISTLE, the composer/lyricist isn't just satisfied with that. His INTO THE WOODS (one of my two or three favorite musicals of all time) is evidence of that. Had he only conceived that first act (with that amazing Book by James Lapine), INTO THE WOODS would have had a show complete unto itself: Familiar characters from children's literature -- Cinderella, the Baker and his Wife, Jack (sans his Beanstalk), Rapunzel, and Red Riding- hood -- come alive, and the story of each overlaps with another, all held together by a cohesive Narrator (performed here by the indispensable Joseph Lackie, himself a former 'Sweeney Todd'). If you walked out during intermission, you would have done so with an entirely pleasant level of satisfaction; however, it's that second act that catapults the musical onto an altogether higher plane. By the time the gorgeous 'No One Is Alone' closes the performance, audience members are moved to be reminded that 'sometimes people leave us / Half way through the woods.'
Photo Flash: First Look at INTO THE WOODS, Opening This Week at Theatre Memphis

Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's INTO THE WOODS will open March 11 and run until April 3, 2016, on the Lohrey Stage at Theatre Memphis. This storybook fantasy is a musical journey with an original story based on several Brothers Grimm fairy tales. A childless baker and his wife set out on a mission to begin a family but must break a Witch's curse. Their travels bring them to interact with characters from Little Red Riding Hood, Jack & the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, Cinderella and more. The show is a delightful romp with a dose of reality thrown in the mix that makes one question happily ever after. Scroll down for a first look at the cast onstage!
Photo Flash: First Look at INTO THE WOODS, Opening This Week at Theatre Memphis

Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's INTO THE WOODS will open March 11 and run until April 3, 2016, on the Lohrey Stage at Theatre Memphis. This storybook fantasy is a musical journey with an original story based on several Brothers Grimm fairy tales. A childless baker and his wife set out on a mission to begin a family but must break a Witch's curse. Their travels bring them to interact with characters from Little Red Riding Hood, Jack & the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, Cinderella and more. The show is a delightful romp with a dose of reality thrown in the mix that makes one question happily ever after. Scroll down for a first look at the cast onstage!
Theatre Memphis to Present INTO THE WOODS

Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods will open March 11 and run until April 3, 2016, on the Lohrey Stage at Theatre Memphis. This storybook fantasy is a musical journey with an original story based on several Brothers Grimm fairy tales. A childless baker and his wife set out on a mission to begin a family but must break a Witch's curse. Their travels bring them to interact with characters from Little Red Riding Hood, Jack & the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, Cinderella and more. The show is a delightful romp with a dose of reality thrown in the mix that makes one question happily ever after.
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN Storms the Stage at Theatre Memphis, Now thru 6/30

Singin' in the Rain, a cloned stage version of the 1957 film classic, will open on the Lohrey Stage at Theatre Memphis tonight, June 7 and run through June 30, 2013.
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN to Storm the Stage at Theatre Memphis, 6/7-30

Singin' in the Rain, a cloned stage version of the 1957 film classic, will open on the Lohrey Stage at Theatre Memphis on June 7 and run through June 30, 2013.
Theatre Memphis Presents A SONDHEIM CELEBRATION, Now thru 7/22

The Summer Showcase Series at Theatre Memphis this year will include a restaging of a Sondheim review first performed in November of 2011 and a newly envisioned compilation of Broadway songs performed by young people. Both are being performed in the Next Stage at Theatre Memphis and are not part of the season ticket membership.

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