REVIEW: 'The Adventures of Tom Saywer' at Nashville Children's TheatreSeptember 23, 2009Nashville Children's Theatre opens its 2009-2010 season in high style with its production of the Ken Ludwig-Don Schlitz musical, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. With the mischievously appealing Patrick Waller in the title role, backed up by an ensemble of some of the most talented actors to be found in Nashville, NCT's staging is far more successful than the Broadway version mounted in 2001, thanks in large part to the skillful editing that was necessary to create a more accessible work for younger audiences.
'The Homecoming' Auditions Slated for Hendersonville's Steeple PlayersSeptember 22, 2009Auditions for the second production of Steeple Players' 16th season, The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, based on the novel by Earl Hamner Jr. and adapted by Christopher Sergel, will be held Monday, September 21, and Tuesday, September 22, at Steeple Players Theatre, 260 West Main Street in Hendersonville.
Patrick Waller is Tom Sawyer for Nashville Children's Theatre 9/22-10/11September 22, 2009Patrick Waller plays the title role in the Nashville Children's Theatre production of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, running September 22-October 11. Part of Twain and Twang , Nashville's Citywide Celebration of Mark Twain, a year-long salute to the work of writer Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer is a companion piece to the Tennessee Repertory Theatre production of Big River, slated for a run in spring, 2010.
'jeff obafemi carr' is Up on the Roof for Amun Ra Theatre fundraiserSeptember 21, 2009Beginning Monday, September 21, 'at high noon,' carr said he 'will stay there until we have collected the funds needed for us to close out 2009 and enter 2010 ahead of the game, with our Youth Performing ARTs Academy leading the way. Iwant to expand the Academy into a YEAR-ROUND program, and to do that, I need your help, from wherever you might be in this world.'
'Annie Get Your Gun' Opens Friday 9/25 at Senior Center for the ArtsSeptember 21, 2009Featuring a veritable 'greatest hits' list of Berlin's music-including 'There's No Business Like Show Business,' 'Moonshine Lullaby,' and 'Old-Fashioned Wedding'--Annie Get Your Gun is loosely based on the life story of sharpshooting star Annie Oakley and her husband, crack shot Frank Bulter. Debuting on Broadway in 1946, Annie Get Your Gun enjoyed long-running success in New York City and London and most recently was revived on Broadway with Bernadette Peters and Tom Wopat in the lead roles.
'The Homecoming' Auditions Slated for Hendersonville's Steeple PlayersSeptember 21, 2009Auditions for the second production of Steeple Players' 16th season, The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, based on the novel by Earl Hamner Jr. and adapted by Christopher Sergel, will be held Monday, September 21, and Tuesday, September 22, at Steeple Players Theatre, 260 West Main Street in Hendersonville.
Circle Players Schedules Auditions For MAME 9/19 & 9/20September 20, 2009Director Macon Kimbrough will hold auditions at Circle Player's rehearsal space in Madison (801 N. Gallatin Pike, between Due West Avenue and Old Hickory Boulevard, behind Madison Square Shopping Center). Auditions are scheduled from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 19, and from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 20. Callbacks are slated for Tuesday, September 22, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Tulip Street United Methodist Church, 522 Russell Street, in East Nashville. All times are CDT.
Actors Bridge Stages 'The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later (An Epilogue)' on 10/12September 19, 2009'The Laramie Project is a play with tremendous historical and cultural impact,' said Vali Forrister, producing artistic director of Actors Bridge Ensemble. 'Actors Bridge was pleased to be the first theater company to bring this important work to Nashville back in 2002. And now, to be part of this nationwide unveiling of its epilogue is an honor, but also a reminder to ourselves, our audience and our community that Matthew Shepard's story still reverberates. Unfortunately, many of the issues the murder brought up are unresolved both at a local and national level.'
REVIEW: 'Warriors Don't Cry' Presented by Tennessee Women's Theater ProjectSeptember 19, 2009In just over an hour, Steele takes her rapt audience on an informative and entertaining, if too heart-breakingly real, tour through the 1957-58 school year at Little Rock's Central High School. As she becomes Melba Pattillo, one of nine African-American students chosen to challenge entrenched racial roles by integrating the public school 'where the wealthiest of Little Rock's citizens sent their children to be educated,' Steele ably educates her audience about our country's darker days. It's a moving experience that elicits both tears and laughter and results in new pictures of bravery and heroism etched upon your heart.
Circle Players Schedules Auditions For MAME 9/19 & 9/20September 19, 2009Director Macon Kimbrough will hold auditions at Circle Player's rehearsal space in Madison (801 N. Gallatin Pike, between Due West Avenue and Old Hickory Boulevard, behind Madison Square Shopping Center). Auditions are scheduled from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 19, and from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 20. Callbacks are slated for Tuesday, September 22, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Tulip Street United Methodist Church, 522 Russell Street, in East Nashville. All times are CDT.
'25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee' opens 9/18 at Roxy Regional TheatreSeptember 18, 2009'Combine the awkward trials of adolescence with incredible intelligence and obscure words and you have a recipe for a great night at the theatre,' according to Katherine Kolodzie, director of public relations and development for the Clarskville theatre company. 'Catchy tunes comically lamenting the woes of puberty and special onstage guests will leave audience members in stitches.'
Gilbert, Blanchard and Lindsay Star in 'Little House on the Prairie' at TPACSeptember 17, 2009Melissa Gilbert, Steve Blanchard and Kara Lindsey star in Little House on the Prairie, a new musical based on the classic Laura Ingalls Wilder series of beloved American books, which opens at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew Jackson Hall October 27, as part of the HCA/TriStar Broadway at TPAC series.
Mother/daughter Actresses Take to the Tennessee Rep Stage for 'Steel Magnolias'September 13, 2009With Tennessee Repertory Theatre celebrating its 25th year as one of the nation's premier regional theatres, it's only appropriate that the season kicks off with a revival of Robert Harling's iconic Southern comedy Steel Magnolias, running October 3-24 at the Andrew Johnson Theatre at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center.
Steeple Players Stage 'SchoolHouse Rock Live!' Through 9/27September 13, 2009SchoolHouse Rock Live!, the Emmy Award-winning 1970s Saturday morning cartoon series that taught history, grammar, math, science and politics through clever, tuneful songs, is now instructing a whole new generation to 'Unpack Your Adjectives' and 'Do the Circulations' in the theatre production now onstage at Hendersonville' Steeple Players Theatre through September 27.
'Dearly Beloved' Opens at Towne Centre Theatre 9/25September 13, 2009Towne Centre Theatre of Brentwood continues its 2009 season with its upcoming production of Dearly Beloved, by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten. The comedy is set in a small Texas town and centers around a catastrophe-stricken wedding day.
'The Homecoming' Auditions Slated for Hendersonville's Steeple PlayersSeptember 13, 2009Auditions for the second production of Steeple Players' 16th season, The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, based on the novel by Earl Hamner Jr. and adapted by Christopher Sergel, will be held Monday, September 21, and Tuesday, September 22, at Steeple Players Theatre, 260 West Main Street in Hendersonville.
Australia's Strange Fruit Launches 35th Anniversary Season of Great Performances at VanderbiltSeptember 13, 2009Four free performances by Australia's Strange Fruit, the international outdoor festival performers, will launch the 35th anniversary of Great Performances at Vanderbilt this week, with shows at Nashville's Centennial Park and on the Alumni Lawn on the Vanderbilt University campus. Other events in the 2009-2010 season include a radio documentary performance by L.A. Theatre Works and the social revolutionary group, Grupo Cultural AfroReggae with Anderson Sa himself on-site direct from Rio de Janeiro including among residency activities the screening of Favela Rising, recipient of 36 international film festival awards.
Street Theatre Company's 'Parallel Lives' Reprised for Weekend Run at Bongo Java 9/10 - 9/13September 13, 2009Fresh off a sold-out run in Wilmington, North Carolina, over the Labor Day holiday weekend, Street Theatre Company reprises its critically acclaimed production of Parallel Lives for three performances Upstairs at Bongo Java, Thursday through Sunday, September 10-13. Starring Holly Allen and Cathy Sanborn Street, Parallel Lives is based on the comedy act of Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy, and is directed by Lauren Shouse.