Author: G E Tipton

From the Nashville Repertory Theatre

Sunday in the Park with George

I had been looking forward to this show since they’d first announced it. Sondheim! Sunday in the Park with George won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama (one of onlyRead More

Broadway at TPAC

Kimberly Akimbo

The premise to this show is both common and strange. Kimberly is a 16 year old dealing with her dysfunctional family, teenage aspirations, and high school. What is strange isRead More

The Nashville Rep

Sunday in the Park with George

Inspired by Georges Seurat’s famous painting, “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte,” Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s masterpiece Sunday in the Park with George is aRead More

Coming to Nashville

Kimberly Akimbo

Kimberly is about to turn 16 and recently moved with her family to a new town in suburban New Jersey. Kim is forced to navigate family dysfunction, a rare geneticRead More

At the Darkhorse Theater

A Tiny Beautiful Play

I hadn’t heard of the book Tiny Beautiful Things or its TV and stage adaptations before Women in Theatre Nashville announced this show. I had, however, heard of Cheryl Strayed’sRead More

Tiny Beautiful Things This Weekend

Based on the best-selling book by Cheryl Strayed (author of the memoir Wild), Tiny Beautiful Things is a celebration of the simple beauty of being human. This funny and deeplyRead More

Mamma Mia!

A mother. A daughter. Three possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget! Set on a Greek island paradise where the sun always shines, a tale ofRead More

Hadestown: Orpheus and Eurydice in Nashville

Reworking ancient archetypes with new angles is perineally interesting; the Percy Jackson series has sold 180 million books, Madeline Miller’s Circe is a great popular read, and The Return isRead More

This Weekend: Hadestown

Welcome to Hadestown, where a song can change your fate. Winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, this acclaimed new showRead More

Nashville, Meet Chicago

In 1920’s Chicago, two murderers try to use their celebrity and femininity to win sympathy from the press, the public, and the justice system to avoid the death penalty. AboutRead More