Theater/Dance

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 Rep this December.  

Peter Pan: Neverland in Nashville

Peter Pan has a more varied origin story than I had imagined. The Scottish author J. M. Barrie told stories of a flying baby to family friends with five boysRead More

Coming to the Nashville Opera

H.M.S. Pinafore to Set Sail!

As the Nashville Opera prepares to stage H.M.S. Pinafore (formally titled H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor), the Music City Review is happy to offer a previewRead More

Martha Graham returns to Nashville—at least in spirit!

On January 31 and February 1, as part of their amazing International Dance Series Season Package, the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) is presenting the Martha Graham Dance Company. FoundedRead More

Start 2025 with Peter Pan!

Already almost entirely sold out, Broadway’s Peter Pan is coming to TPAC to start 2025 off with fairy dust and pirates! This high-flying musical has been thrilling audiences of allRead More

Over in OZ:

Symphony of Rats by The Wooster Group reaffirms the Nashvillian thirst for unconventional stage work

A home committed to international contemporary and experimental stage work; last weekend OZ Arts hosted the first ever staging of The Wooster Group’s productions in the south of the U.S.Read More

Not Your Average Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol in 1843. Its popularity has continued for almost 200 years now, and shows no sign of waning. What is often underplayed in adaptations isRead More

From the Street Theatre Company

Don’t Be a Scrooge, See A VHS Christmas Carol

The Street Theater Company have produced arguably one of the best shows of the holiday season. Originally written and performed by the theater company Team StarKid, A VHS Christmas CarolRead More

Women in Theatre’s Topical Political Play: What the Constitution Means to Me

Women in Theatre (WIT) Nashville have chosen a perfectly topical play for November in an election year: Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me. It was a 2019 finalistRead More

Shucked: Corny Fun

Shucked is a 2022 Broadway musical comedy which ran until January this year. Its North American tour began in October and is planned to travel through September of next year.Read More

From the Nashville Rep.

Our Town at TPAC: “Nice town, y’know what I mean?”

Running from October 25 through November 3 at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center is the Nashville Repertory Theatre’s production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. The production is excellent, and itRead More