Author: G E Tipton

The Cher Show at TPAC This Weekend

The Cher Show is a multi-Tony Award-winning jukebox musical which features 35 of her hit songs and tells her life story. Covering such a lengthy career calls for more thanRead More

Funny Girl: Broadway at TPAC

Most of us know Funny Girl from the 1968 movie starring Barbra Streisand, who also starred in the original Broadway production of the musical. It’s a semi-autobiographical musical based onRead More

Coming to TPAC

Funny Girl At TPAC!

Featuring one of the most iconic musical scores of all time, including classic songs “Don’t Rain On My Parade,” “I’m the Greatest Star,” and “People,” this bittersweet comedy is theRead More

The MCR Interview

Denice Hicks on Her Career and The Nashville Shakespeare Festival

As actress and administrator, Denice Hicks has been one of the most pivotal players in Nashville theater for several decades. This year she announced her imminent departure from the NashvilleRead More

The Ghosts Come to TPAC

A Christmas Carol from the Nashville Repertory Theatre

Hyped for this play since I first saw it listed on the Nashville Repertory Theatre’s plan for the season, my interview with Artistic Director Micah-Shane Brewer (Nashville Reps ‘Christmas Carol’Read More

From the Nashville Repertory Theater

A Christmas Carol Preview

As the Christmas season begins, the Nashville Repertory Theatre starts December with performances of its new adaptation of A Christmas Carol. This Dickens story is the archetypal Christmas tale ofRead More

The MCR Interview

Nashville Rep’s ‘Christmas Carol’ (Interview with Micah-Shane Brewer, Artistic Director)

As part of the MCR Interview series journalist Grace Tipton asks Micah-Shane Brewer about his design for the new production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at the Nashville RepRead More

Running at TPAC:

Mrs. Doubtfire

Mrs. Doubtfire is a musical based on the 1993 film, which itself is an adaptation of the 1987 book Madam Doubtfire. The musical adaptation (with Nashville’s Wayne Kirkpatrick a co-authorRead More

In Nashville Premieres:

Mrs. Doubtfire Coming to TPAC!

Fans of classic movies have another musical reason to go to TPAC this season; Mrs. Doubtfire is now a Broadway musical! This is an internationally acclaimed hit musical critics callRead More

At the Darkhorse Theater

The Crucible

Elite Studio Works performed The Crucible, Arthur Miller’s play that is permanently on the nose in the best possible way, portraying the archetypal witch-hunt. Written in 1953 as a responseRead More