Author: G E Tipton

Jagged Little Pill Comes to Nashville

Jagged Little Pill is a musical based on Alanis Morissette’s world-changing music which premiered on Broadway in 2019 and received 15 Tony nominations.  Directed by Tony Award winner Diane PaulusRead More

From Belmont's Department of Theater and Dance

Blue Stockings

Tuesday evening, February 20th, I saw the Belmont Department of Theatre and Dance performance of Blue Stockings. It was a very enjoyable evening: the play is fantastic. It is aboutRead More

Coming to Darkhorse Theater: The African Company Presents Richard III

This play, written by Carlyle Brown, is about an actual historic event: In 1821, forty years before Lincoln ended slavery, and fifty years before black Americans earned the right toRead More

The MCR Interview:

The African Company Presents Richard III: Interview with Director Lawrence James

Dr Lawrence James is directing a staged reading of The African Company Presents Richard III with the Nashville Shakespeare Festival at the Darkhorse Theatre February 22-24. This is a slightlyRead More

Tina Turner – The Tina Turner Musical

Tina – The Tina Turner Musical is a biographical jukebox musical, covering her life from her childhood to her fifties, ending at her record-breaking performance in Rio De Janeiro inRead More

Tina: The Tina Turner Musical Coming to Nashville

Tina–The Tina Turner Musical is the inspiring journey of a woman who broke barriers and became the Queen of Rock n’ Roll. One of the world’s best-selling artists of allRead More

The Lion In Winter; the Circle Players Impress

This is the first production by the Circle Players that I have seen. They are Nashville’s oldest all-volunteer performing arts organization, and it’s clear by the quality of their productionRead More

Preview of ‘Indecent’ coming at TPAC

  Inspired by the true events surrounding a controversial 1923 Broadway play, Paula Vogel’s Indecent tells the behind-the-scenes story of the courageous artists who risked their lives to perform aRead More

From the Nashville Shakespeare Festival

Pop-Upright Shakespeare’s Richard III: Historical Tragedy for Fun

The Nashville Shakespeare Festival does more than their Summer Shakespeare. Besides partnering with local universities for winter or spring plays, they do staged readings. Or in this case, a “pop-upright”Read More

The Simon and Garfunkel Story at TPAC

An immersive concert-style theater show, The Simon and Garfunkel Story chronicles the journey shared by the folk-rock duo, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. Telling the story from their humble beginningsRead More