Drama Review

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

From the Circle Players

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf

Ntozake Shange’s acclaimed 1976 choreopoem For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf opened Circle Players’ 75th season. Middle Tennessee’s oldest non-profit community theatre group is committed to inclusivityRead More

Moulin Rouge! The Musical

Ten years ago I saw Moulin Rouge! for the first time on my friend’s laptop in our college dorm. I enjoyed the film, and when it was announced that theRead More

from Franklin Light Opera

The Pirates of Penzance

It’s easy on the one hand to write off the dramatic merits of Gilbert and Sullivan’s operettas, especially when they’re compared against much of the rest of the standard operaticRead More

From Playhouse615

Sordid Lives: A Captivating Production

“A tale of Southern pride,” Del Shores’ 1996 play Sordid Lives is affectionately described as a white-trash black comedy. It juxtaposes conflicting, often humorous themes that reflect Southern life. WhileRead More

Waitress: The Nashville Rep’s Fantastic Musical Comedy

Although I’d heard of the 2007 film Waitress and always meant to watch it, I hadn’t heard of the musical adaptation until the Nashville Repertory Theatre announced it as theirRead More

Clue

I have to admit from the start that I’m biased in favor of this play: it’s a faithful and spirited adaptation of the 1985 cult classic Clue. I grew upRead More

As You Like It

The Nashville Shakespeare Festival performed As You Like It for their very first show in 1988. As Executive Artistic Director Denice Hicks says in her program notes, she was inRead More