Photo Coverage: It's Intermission at ARSENIC AND OLD LACE and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

Shows are opening all over Tennessee and theater companies are offering up all manner of fun and frivolity this summer, which means there's all sorts of foolishness going on backstage during intermission. Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre offers its sparkling revival of Fiddler On The Roof, starring Derek Whittaker, Debbie Kraski, Jennifer Richmond, Mia Rose, Erica Haines, Luke Denison, Bryan Fisk, Zack McCann, Jaclyn Lisenby Brown, Daron Bruce, Amanda Lamb, Corey Caldwell and a host of others, while down in Woodbury, the Arts Center of Cannon County is offering its production of Joseph Kesselring's Arsenic and Old Lace, directed by Matt Smith.

In the coming weeks, we'll give you a sneak peek to what happens backstage as we presents photographs taken during intermission at some of the hottest shows to be mounted during these hot summer months (which always leads to mischief). Today, we continue our series with photos from Daron Bruce (our lensman at Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre's Fiddler on the Roof) and Matthew Hayes Hunter (who's clicking away backstage at Arts Center of Cannon County's Arsenic and Old Lace). 

Enjoy the photos and keep checking back throughout the season for more photos from Intermission At...

Jeffrey Ellis is a Nashville-based writer, editor and critic, who's been covering the performing arts in Tennessee for more than 25 years. He is the recipient of the Tennessee Theatre Association's Distinguished Service Award for his coverage of theatre in the Volunteer State and was the founding editor/publisher of Stages, the Tennessee Onstage Monthly. He is a past fellow of the National Critics Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center and is the founder/executive producer of The First Night Honors, held during Labor Day Weekend, which honor oustanding theater artists in Tennessee in recognition of their lifetime achievements and includes The First Night Star Awards and the Most Promising Actors. Midwinter's First Night, held the first Sunday in January after New Year's Day, honors outstanding productions and performances throughout the state. Further, Ellis directed the Nashville premiere of La Cage Aux Folles, The Last Night of Ballyhoo and An American Daughter, as well as award-winning productions of Damn Yankees, Company, Gypsy and The Rocky Horror Show, with Ellis honored by The Tennessean as best director of a musical for both Company and Rocky Horror.

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