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Annie
Annie
3/27 - 3/30/2024


Holding onto hope when times are tough can take an awful lot of determination, and sometimes, an awful lot of determination comes in a surprisingly ...

Frozen
Frozen
5/7 - 5/18/2024


Frozen, a full-length stage work told in two acts, expands upon and deepens the tale's indelible plot and themes through new songs and story material ...

Hairspray
Hairspray
6/11 - 6/16/2024


It's 1962, and pleasantly plump Baltimore teen Tracy Turnblad has only one desire - to dance on the popular Corny Collins Show. When her dream ...

Shucked
11/5 - 11/10/2024


RELATED STORIES

Sara Bareilles' WAITRESS To Open Nashville Repertory Theatre's 40th Season in September


by Jeffrey Ellis - March 18, 2024

Nashville Repertory Theatre’s 40th Season will open with its staging of Waitress, the Tony Award-winning musical by Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson, running September 13-22 at the James K. Polk Theatre at Tennessee Performing Arts Center....

Prepare For The Uniquely 'Joyous Fun' of MRS. KRISHNAN'S PARTY


by Jeffrey Ellis - March 06, 2024

Indian Ink Theatre Company’s Justin Lewis promises that Mrs. Krishnan’s Party – which will be celebrated over four days at Tennessee Performing Arts Center’s Andrew Johnson Theatre March 6-9 – will lift your spirits and help you feel connected to a community of new friends who may have been actual s...

KIMBERLY AKIMBO, SHUCKED And More Announced for Tennessee Performing Arts Center's 2024-2025 Broadway Season


by A.A. Cristi - February 20, 2024

Tennessee Center for the Performing Arts has announced the lineup for its 2024-2025 Broadway season, including engagements of Tony Award-winners Moulin Rouge the Musical!, Shucked, MJ The Musical, and Kimberly Akimbo! The season also includes engagements of the touring companies of Peter Pan, Clue, ...

TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL Dazzles Nashville Audiences With Tribute to 'The Queen of Rock and Roll'


by Jeffrey Ellis - February 16, 2024

Now onstage at Tennessee Performing Arts Center’s Andrew Jackson Theatre, through Sunday, February 18, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical gives the full biographical jukebox musical treatment to one of Tennessee’s most talented exports and favorite daughters. ...

Frist Art Museum Elects Five New Members to Board of Trustees


by Stephi Wild - February 13, 2024

Five new board members have been elected to the Frist Art Museum Board of Trustees. The new members are Phillip G. Billington, Ramon L. Cisneros, Donald R. Hardin Jr., Dee Patel, and Tara Scarlett....

Paula Vogel's INDECENT Is Nashville Repertory Theatre's Best Production of The Last 10 Years


by Jeffrey Ellis - February 05, 2024

It is a chilling reminder of the hardships of life, the capricious nature of humankind and the cruelty to which people are still subjected today. And that, quite frankly, is why you should make it a point to see Nashville Repertory Theatre’s stunning production of Indecent, which is at once warmly a...

Review: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY May Have Been Created Expressly For Nashville Audiences


by Jeffrey Ellis - February 02, 2024

Perhaps without knowing it, McPherson, the show’s creative collective and everyone involved with bringing Girl From The North Country to the stage have created the perfect musical for Nashville’s discerning theater audiences, people who know a thing or two about appreciating music, art and live perf...

GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY's Jennifer Blood On 'A Show Like No Other You've Ever Seen'


by Jeffrey Ellis - January 30, 2024

Calling Girl From The North Country a 'jukebox musical' is not only a misnomer, but it completely misses the point of Irish playwright/director Conor McPherson’s acclaimed Broadway musical that features a score by Bob Dylan, according to actress Jennifer Blood, who plays Elizabeth Laine in the natio...

Daniel Catán's FLORENCIA EN EL AMAZONAS Comes to the Nashville Opera


by Stephi Wild - January 23, 2024

Nashville Opera launches the second half of its 23.24 Season - JOURNEY - with Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas....

Video: Meet the Actors from MRS KRISHNAN'S PARTY at Tennessee Performing Arts Center


by Joshua Wright - January 22, 2024

Meet the cast of Mrs. Krishnan's Party before the production comes to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, with performances beginning March 6th, 2024. ...

Past Shows

Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice
3/12 - 3/17/2024


It's showtime, folks! The ghost-with-the-most makes his Broadway return in this edgy and irreverent musical comedy based on Tim Burton's dearly beloved film. BEETLEJUICE tells ...

Tina: The Tina Turner Musical


Experience Tina Turner’s triumphant story live on Broadway at the exhilarating, undeniable mega hit: TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL. The Hollywood Reporter raves, “It’s ...

Girl From the North Country
Girl From the North Country
1/30 - 2/4/2024


Written and directed by celebrated playwright Conor McPherson and featuring Tony Award-winning orchestrations by Simon Hale, GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY reimagines 20 legendary songs ...

The Cher Show
The Cher Show
1/19 - 1/20/2024


For six straight decades, only one unstoppable force has flat-out dominated popular culture - breaking down barriers, pushing boundaries, and letting nothing and no one ...

Funny Girl
Funny Girl
1/2 - 1/7/2024


This bittersweet comedy is the story of the indomitable Fanny Brice, a girl from the Lower East Side who dreamed of a life on the ...

Mrs. Doubtfire
Mrs. Doubtfire
11/7 - 11/12/2023


Daniel Hillard, a struggling, out-of-work actor, will do anything for his kids. After losing custody in a messy divorce, he creates the kindly alter ego ...

Wicked
Wicked
10/11 - 10/29/2023


Winner of over 50 major awards including the Grammy Award and three Tony Awards, WICKED is the untold story of the witches of Oz. Long ...


She was a girl from Boston with a voice from heaven, who shot through the stars from gospel choir to dance floor diva. But what ...

The Nutcracker
11/27 - 12/24/2021


The heart is a child awakening to the magic of the season. Light the fire in a child’s heart (and spark your own childhood wonder) ...

Mandy Patinkin
Mandy Patinkin
1/29 - 12/29/2019


Mandy Patinkin in Concert: DIARIES, presents the acclaimed actor / singer / storyteller in his most electrifying role: concert performer. Mandy Patinkin is in the ...

Hello, Dolly!
Hello, Dolly!
4/30 - 5/5/2019


In the grand tradition of stage superstars who have played the iconic role of Dolly Gallagher Levi around the world, the Tony Award-winning Broadway legend ...

Anastasia
Anastasia
3/19 - 3/24/2019


Inspired by the beloved films, Anastasia transports audiences from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s, as a ...

The Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon
3/12 - 3/17/2019


THE BOOK OF MORMON features book, music and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone. Parker and Stone are the four-time Emmy Award-winning ...

A Bronx Tale
A Bronx Tale
2/12 - 2/17/2019


Based on the critically acclaimed play that inspired the now classic film, this streetwise musical will take you to the stoops of the Bronx in ...

On Your Feet
On Your Feet
1/15 - 1/20/2019


ON YOUR FEET! is the inspiring true story about heart, heritage and two people who believed in their talent—and each other—to become an international sensation: ...

Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Irving Berlin's White Christmas
11/13 - 11/18/2018


Based on the classic film of the same name, the musical has a score full of Irving Berlin classics and a book by David Ives ...

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
10/24 - 11/4/2018


Following an acclaimed sold-out tour of the United Kingdom, Cameron Mackintosh's spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's phenomenal musical success, THE PHANTOM OF THE ...

The Play That Goes Wrong
The Play That Goes Wrong
10/9 - 10/14/2018


The time is right to see THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, Broadway's funniest and longest-running play! This Olivier Award-winning comedy is a hilarious hybrid of ...

School of Rock
School of Rock
9/11 - 9/16/2018


Based on the hit film, this hilarious new musical follows Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock star who decides to earn a few extra bucks ...

Love Never Dies
Love Never Dies
6/19 - 6/24/2018


The year is 1907. It is 10 years after his disappearance from the Paris Opera House and the Phantom has escaped to a new life ...

Waitress
Waitress
6/5 - 6/10/2018


Brought to life by a groundbreaking all-female creative team, this irresistible new hit features original music and lyrics by 6-time Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles ("Brave," ...

Wicked
Wicked
3/28 - 4/22/2018


Winner of over 50 major awards including the Grammy Award and three Tony Awards, WICKED is the untold story of the witches of Oz. Long ...

The King and I
The King and I
1/30 - 2/4/2018


Lincoln Center Theater’s critically acclaimed production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s THE KING AND I directed by Tony Award® Winner Bartlett Sher won four 2015 Tony ...

Jersey Boys
Jersey Boys
1/9 - 1/14/2018


How did four blue-collar kids become one of the greatest successes in pop music history? Find out at Broadway's runaway smash-hit, Jersey Boys. The Tony ...

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical


Long before she was Carole King, chart-topping music legend, she was Carol Klein, BROOKLYN girl with Passion and Chutzpah. She fought her way into the ...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time


THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME transferred to London's West End, following a sold-out run at the National's Cottesloe Theatre in 2012. ...

The Bodyguard
The Bodyguard
3/21 - 3/26/2017


Former Secret Service agent, Frank Farmer is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown stalker. Each expects to be in charge – what ...

The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music
2/14 - 2/19/2017


A brand new production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, directed by Jack O'Brien, will tour North America beginning September 2015. The spirited, romantic and beloved ...

If/Then
If/Then
6/7 - 6/12/2016


If/Then is a contemporary new musical that follows two distinct story lines in the life of Elizabeth, a city planner who moves back to New ...

Disney's Beauty and the Beast


Disney's Beauty and the Beast features the animated film's Academy Award-winning score with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by the late Howard Ashman, with ...

The Bridges of Madison County


THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, one of the most romantic stories ever written, is now an irresistible, two-time Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. Based on the ...

A Night With Janis Joplin
A Night With Janis Joplin
4/15 - 4/16/2016


Broadway's A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN will take the stage, touring 34 cities across the U.S. and Canada for a total of 70 shows, kicking ...

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
3/9 - 3/20/2016


Following an acclaimed sold-out tour of the United Kingdom, Cameron Mackintosh's spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's phenomenal musical success, THE PHANTOM OF THE ...

Motown the Musical
Motown the Musical
2/16 - 2/21/2016


MOTOWN THE MUSICAL is the true American dream story of Motown founder Berry Gordy's journey from featherweight boxer to the heavyweight music mogul who launched ...

Bullets Over Broadway: The Musicals


Based on the screenplay of the acclaimed 1994 film by Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath, BULLETS OVER BROADWAY brings the talents of Woody Allen and ...

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella


With its fresh new take on the beloved tale of a young woman who is transformed from a chambermaid into a princess, this hilarious and ...

Dirty Dancing
Dirty Dancing
9/22 - 9/27/2015


Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage is an unprecedented live experience, exploding with heart-pounding music, passionate romance and sensational dancing. Seen by millions ...

Newsies The Musical
Newsies The Musical
5/26 - 5/31/2015


NOW IS THE TIME TO SEIZE THE DAY with NEWSIES, Disney's triumphant, smash-hit New York musical. It's the record-breaking, Tony Award -winning Broadway phenomenon that ...

Pippin
Pippin
3/10 - 3/15/2015


Royal heir Pippin is spurred on by a mysterious group of performers to embark on a death-defying journey to find his "corner of the sky." ...

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat


One of the most enduring shows of all time, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the irresistible family musical about the trials and triumphs ...

Kinky Boots
Kinky Boots
2/3 - 2/8/2015


Kinky Boots took home six 2013 Tony Awards, the most of any show in the season, including Best Musical, Best Score (Cyndi Lauper), Best Choreography ...

The Book of Mormon- 2nd National Tour


THE BOOK OF MORMON features book, music and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone. Parker and Stone are the four-time Emmy Award-winning ...

Chicago
Chicago
10/21 - 10/26/2014


A true institution, CHICAGO has everything that makes Broadway great: a universal tale of fame, fortune and all that jazz; one show-stopping song after another; ...

War Horse
War Horse
6/3 - 6/8/2014


The winner of five 2011 Tony Awards including Best Play, WAR HORSE will embark on a national tour in June 2012, bringing the hit play ...

Million Dollar Quartet
Million Dollar Quartet
5/6 - 5/11/2014


Million Dollar Quartet is the electrifying new musical inspired by the famed recording session that brought together rock 'n' roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, ...

Wicked (1st National Tour)
Wicked (1st National Tour)
3/26 - 4/20/2014


If you think you know the two iconic witches from Oz - the Wicked Witch (Elphaba) and the Good Witch (Glinda) - think again....

Sister Act
Sister Act
3/11 - 3/16/2014


When disco diva Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a murder, she is put in protective custody in the one place cops are sure she won't be ...

Ghost the Musical
Ghost the Musical
2/25 - 3/2/2014


Set in modern day New York City, Ghost The Musical is a timeless fantasy about the power of love. Walking back to their apartment one ...

Anything Goes
Anything Goes
10/23 - 10/28/2012


As the S.S. American heads out to sea, two unlikely pairs set off on the course to true love…proving that sometimes destiny needs a little ...

The Nutty Professor
The Nutty Professor
7/24 - 8/19/2012


TPAC proudly presents the world premiere of The Nutty Professor, a new musical comedy directed by the King of Comedy himself, Jerry Lewis! Featuring music ...

Princess and the Frog
Princess and the Frog
5/19 - 5/20/2012


Nashville Ballet presents The Princess and The Frog. For tickets and more information, visit the website....

Emergence
Emergence
5/17 - 5/19/2012


Nashville Ballet presents Emergence. For tickets and more information, visit the website....

Rain - A Tribute to the Beatles


RAIN, the internationally-acclaimed Beatles concert, returns by popular demand! As "the next best thing to seeing The Beatles!" (Associated Press), Rain performs the full range ...

Rite of Spring
Rite of Spring
4/27 - 4/29/2012


Nashville Ballet presents Rite of Spring. For tickets and more information, visit the website....

Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins
3/20 - 3/25/2012


Mary Poppins is bringing its own brand of Broadway magic to theaters across the country, which has Variety raving, "This is the rare touring production ...

God of Carnage
God of Carnage
2/2 - 2/18/2012


Tennesse Repertory Theatre presents God of Carnage. For tickets and more information, visit the website....

Salsa Dreams
Salsa Dreams
2/10 - 2/12/2012


Nashville Ballet presents Salsa Dreams. For tickets and more information, visit the website....

South Pacific
South Pacific
2/7 - 2/12/2012


"Simply Wonderful! Beguiling Theatrical Magic!" hails the New York Post for Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific. This breathtaking new production of South Pacific is based ...

Spamalot
Spamalot
1/27 - 1/28/2012


The funniest show on earth is back to taunt TPAC for a second time! Winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best Musical, Monty Python's ...

The Addams Family
The Addams Family
1/3 - 1/8/2012


The weird and wonderful family comes to devilishly delightful life in The Addams Family. This magnificently macabre new musical comedy is created by Jersey Boys ...

Nashville's Nutcracker
Nashville's Nutcracker
12/9 - 12/18/2011


Nashville Ballet presents Nashville's Nutcracker, a family holiday favorite. For tickets and information, visit the website....

Memphis
Memphis
11/15 - 11/20/2011


Turn up that dial... From the underground dance clubs of 1950s Memphis, Tennessee, comes a hot new Broadway musical that bursts off the stage with ...

Wicked
Wicked
10/19 - 11/6/2011


Back by "Popular" demand. Entertainment Weekly calls Wicked "the best musical of the decade," and when it first played Nashville in 2009, it broke box ...

Cinderella
Cinderella
10/28 - 10/30/2011


Nashville Ballet presents Cinderella at the James K. Polk Theater. For tickets and more information, visit the website....

All My Sons
All My Sons
9/29 - 10/15/2011


Winner of the 1947 Tony Award for Best Play. During the war Joe Keller and Steve Deever ran a machine shop which made airplane parts. ...

Blast!
Blast!
9/27 - 10/2/2011


Blast!, winner of the 2001 Tony Award for "Best Special Theatrical Event" and the 2001 Emmy award for "Best Choreography," is comprised of 35 brass, ...

The Screwtape Letters
The Screwtape Letters
9/30 - 10/1/2011


Fellowship for Performing Arts presents C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters at Polk Theater - TPAC. For tickets and more information, visit the website....

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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium (4/2 - 4/3)
Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles (Non-Equity) in Nashville Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles (Non-Equity)
SKyPAC (4/21 - 4/21)
Musical Theater Audition Workshop: Successful Song and Dance Auditions in Nashville Musical Theater Audition Workshop: Successful Song and Dance Auditions
Women in Theatre Nashville (4/6 - 4/6)
Minnie Pearl's Chicken in Nashville Minnie Pearl's Chicken
Nashville Dinner Theater (4/18 - 4/19)
Shiners Nashville Cirque Comedy Show in Nashville Shiners Nashville Cirque Comedy Show
Woolworth Theatre (10/5 - 11/11)
Annie in Nashville Annie
Tennessee Performing Arts Center (3/27 - 3/30)
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