| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | R.O.P.E. Breakfast with the StarsPresented by Reunion of Professional Entertainers June 6, 2012 "BREAKFAST WITH THE STARS"
The following artists are confirmed to appear:
Jim Ed Brown Jean Shepard T.G. Sheppard Jimmy C. Newman George Hamilton IV Mel Tillis
Moe Bandy Tommy Cash Charlie McCoy Jan Howard Mac Wiseman Larry Black
Ronnie McDowell Dickie Lee ... | Reunion of Professional Entertainers | 06/06/12 | Nashville |
The Altos...a little lower than the Sopranos Presented by Mel O'Drama Theater May 30, 2012 The Altos!! A Little Lower than the Sorpranos
Written by: Mary Brasased & Monque Derr
with special arrangement by Hunt Mysteries
It's Big Louie's anniversary dinner. All are here to celebrate. "Big" intends to announce his successor this evening.
Is Blood thicker than water? Who will be the next in line to head the family? BANG! You got to see it to believe it! The audience will determine (vote) on the punishment....it... | Mel O'Drama Theater | 05/30/12 | Gallatin |
The Altos...a little lower than the Sopranos Presented by Mel O'Drama Theater June 7, 2012 The Altos!! A Little Lower than the Sorpranos
Written by: Mary Brasased & Monque Derr
with special arrangement by Hunt Mysteries
It's Big Louie's anniversary dinner. All are here to celebrate. "Big" intends to announce his successor this evening. Is Blood thicker than water? Who will be the next in line to head the family? BANG! You got to see it to believe it! The audience will determine (vote) on the punishment....it might be... | Mel O'Drama Theater | 06/07/12 | Goodlettsville |
The Altos...a little lower than the Sopranos Presented by Mel O'Drama Theater June 15, 2012 The Altos!! A Little Lower than the Sorpranos
Written by: Mary Brasased & Monque Derr
with special arrangement by Hunt Mysteries
It's Big Louie's anniversary dinner. All are here to celebrate. "Big" intends to announce his successor this evening. Is Blood thicker than water? Who will be the next in line to head the family? BANG! You got to see it to believe it! The audience will determine... | Mel O'Drama Theater | 06/15/12 | Pleasant View |
The Altos...a little lower than the Sopranos Presented by Mel O'Drama Theater June 16, 2012 The Altos!! A Little Lower than the Sorpranos
Written by: Mary Brasased & Monque Derr
with special arrangement by Hunt Mysteries
It's Big Louie's anniversary dinner. All are here to celebrate. "Big" intends to announce his successor this evening. Is Blood thicker than water? Who will be the next in line to head the family? BANG! You got to see it to believe it! The audience will determine (vote) on the punishment....it might be... | Mel O'Drama Theater | 06/16/12 | Hendersonville |
GHS presents Les MiserablesPresented by Greenbrier High School May 17-May 19, 2012 Greenbrier High School presents Les Miserables - School Version. Advance tickets can be purchased at Greenbrier's F&M Bank, Greenbrier High School and through any cast member. This is the only spring high school production in Robertson County this year so don't miss this exciting opportunity!
| Greenbrier High School | 05/17/12-
05/19/12 | |
| Artober 2012 | Metro Arts | 10/01/12-
10/31/12 | |
Damn YankeesPresented by Towne Centre Theatre at Towne Centre Theatre June 8-June 30, 2012 Book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop
Music and Lyrics by Richard Alder and Jerry Ross
Faust meets professional baseball in this Broadway classic from the creators of The Pajama Game. Middle-aged baseball fanatic Joe Boyd trades his soul to the Devil (the charming but devious Mr. Applegate) for a chance to lead his favorite team to victory in the pennant race against the New York Yankees. As young baseball sensation Joe Hardy, he transforms the hapless Washington Senators... | Towne Centre Theatre | 06/08/12-
06/30/12 | Brentwood |
The Real Inspector HoundPresented by Towne Centre Theatre at Towne Centre Theatre August 3-August 25, 2012 by Tom Stoppard
Rave reviews greeted this masterpiece of farce when it was recently revived in London. Feuding theatre critics Birdboot and Moon, the first a fusty philanderer and the second a pompous and vindictive second stringer, are swept into the whodunit they are viewing. In the hilarious spoof of Agatha-Christie-like melodramas that follows, the body under the sofa proves to be the missing link. As mists rise about isolated Muldoon Manor, Moon and Birdboot become dangerously... | Towne Centre Theatre | 08/03/12-
08/25/12 | Brentwood |
The Last Night of Ballyhoo Presented by Towne Centre Theatre at Towne Centre Theatre September 28-October 20, 2012 by Alfred Uhry
Alfred Uhry's delightful takes place in Atlanta, Georgia, in December of 1939. Gone with the Wind is having its world premiere, and Hitler is invading Poland, but Atlanta's elitist German Jews are much more concerned with who is going to Ballyhoo, the social event of the season. Especially concerned is the Freitag family: bachelor Adolph, his widowed sister, Beulah (Boo) Levy, and their also widowed sister-in-law, Reba. Boo is determined to have her dreamy,... | Towne Centre Theatre | 09/28/12-
10/20/12 | Brentwood |
Scrooge: The MusicalPresented by Towne Centre Theatre at Towne Centre Theatre November 30-December 22, 2012 book, music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse
In 1970, renowned writer-composer-lyricist Leslie Bricusse adapted the classic Charles Dickens tale A Christmas Carol into the hit screen musical Scrooge! Now available as a charming stage musical, Scrooge! has enjoyed a hugely successful tour of England and a season at London's Dominion Theatre starring the late Anthony Newly. Included are six new songs not performed in the film. | Towne Centre Theatre | 11/30/12-
12/22/12 | Brentwood |
| The Wedding Singer | Roxy Regional Theatre | 05/25/12-
06/23/12 | Clarksville |
| Happy Days: A New Musical | Roxy Regional Theatre | 07/13/12-
08/18/12 | Clarksville |
| Captain Louie | Roxy Regional Theatre | 06/22/12-
07/07/12 | Clarksville |
A Sanders Family ChristmasPresented by Cumberland County Playhouse at Cumberland County Playhouse November 1-December 22, 2012 The holiday sequel to the wildly popular Smoke on the Mountain! It’s Christmas Eve, 1941 and the always unpredictable Sanders Family gathers at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church for one last holiday singing before son Dennis ships out for boot camp. Celebrate the holidays with faith, family and old-fashioned fun with this heavenly evening of music, laughter and a romantic surprise!
Come to the Cumberland County Playhouse for its performance of A Sanders Family Christmas!... | Cumberland County Playhouse | 11/01/12-
12/22/12 | Crossville |
The Moving of Lilla BartonPresented by Cumberland County Playhouse at Cumberland County Playhouse March 1-May 25, 2012 Showbiz bible Variety called this heartwarming play “a warm, witty, well-made comedy that delighted an audience deeply familiar with its cast of Deep South characters.” You won’t want to miss Patty Payne’s delightful portrait of an unforgettable Southern woman who defies small-town church politics and rediscovers the courage that’s waiting to be found in each of us.
Come to Cumberland County Playhouse for a... | Cumberland County Playhouse | 03/01/12-
05/25/12 | Crossville |
Bob Gunton in Walking on Water: A Journey in Musical Theater & SongPresented by Cumberland County Playhouse at Cumberland County Playhouse May 18-June 16, 2012 Bob shares his life in song and story, from a high school gymnasium where he was a guitar-playing folk singer, to a seminary science lab in Baltimore where he first sang for Paul Crabtree, to the stage of the Playhouse where the role of Johnny Timberlake made him a teenage heartthrob in 1965. His journey takes him – and his audience --back to Vietnam, back to the loss of a first love, on to Broadway and his becoming a husband and father, then on to Hollywood, a new career, and a... | Cumberland County Playhouse | 05/18/12-
06/16/12 | Crossville |
| See Rock City | Cumberland County Playhouse | 05/31/12-
08/17/12 | Crossville |
Smoke on the MountainPresented by Cumberland County Playhouse at Cumberland County Playhouse June 7-August 10, 2012 The great bluegrass and gospel favorite, in its longest run ANYWHERE! Rated G except for "one word that ought not to be used in church." But Mama and the family must have something to forgive Uncle Stanley for in the second act. | Cumberland County Playhouse | 06/07/12-
08/10/12 | Crossville |
The Music ManPresented by Cumberland County Playhouse at Cumberland County Playhouse June 22-September 1, 2012 One of the most popular musicals of all time, this lilting tribute to Small Town America is bursting at the seams with comedy, romance and an award-winning score of unforgettable hits like “Till There Was You,” “76 Trombones,” and the show-stopping “Ya Got Trouble.” Put some celebration in your summer and join the lovable rogue Harold Hill as he sets out to swindle the good townsfolk of River City Iowa with a scheme to create a children’s band, but... | Cumberland County Playhouse | 06/22/12-
09/01/12 | Crossville |
| Backwards in High Heels | Cumberland County Playhouse | 07/27/12-
11/02/12 | Crossville |
Little House on the PrairiePresented by Cumberland County Playhouse at Cumberland County Playhouse September 27-November 9, 2012 The premiere production of the musical that swept the country in a recent national tour, now newly revised and ready for its next step - to get it ready for Broadway!
You loved the books. You loved the series. Now fall in love with the musical! Follow the Ingalls family‘s journey westward to South Dakota where Ma and Pa Ingalls strive to make a better life for their children. You and your family will love this life-affirming story that celebrates the pioneering spirit and... | Cumberland County Playhouse | 09/27/12-
11/09/12 | Crossville |
Five Guys Named MoePresented by Cumberland County Playhouse at Cumberland County Playhouse September 6-October 27, 2012 His woman left him, he's broke, and it's almost five o'clock in the morning. But things are about to change for our hero Nomax when “five guys named Moe” suddenly pop out of his radio! They proceed to cajole, wheedle, comfort and jazz him with the whimsical hit songs of Louis Jordan, beloved songwriting talent of the 20th century, and one of the first African-American musical artists to cross over into the mainstream. Now his unforgettable ‘30s and ‘40s era hits are... | Cumberland County Playhouse | 09/06/12-
10/27/12 | Crossville |
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor DreamcoatPresented by Cumberland County Playhouse at Cumberland County Playhouse November 16-December 23, 2012 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s joyous retelling of the Biblical saga of Joseph and his brothers returns to the Playhouse stage in a glorious holiday production. Set to a vibrant mix of musical styles, from country-western and calypso to bubble-gum pop and rock 'n' roll, this Old Testament tale proves both timely and timeless… and is one theatrical experience you won’t forget!
Come to the Cumberland County Playhouse for its performance of Joseph and the... | Cumberland County Playhouse | 11/16/12-
12/23/12 | Crossville |
Koresh Dance CompanyPresented by Cumberland County Playhouse at Cumberland County Playhouse October 9, 2012 The Playhouse is pleased to present this internationally-renowned, contemporary dance company, known for superbly trained dancers, exciting choreography, and big, explosive finales.
"For both Koresh and the eight dancers, there are no movements without eloquence. That they are technically superb is a given; what sets them apart is their explosive energy, their big-heartedness, and their humor." — Reading Eagle
Come to the Cumberland County... | Cumberland County Playhouse | 10/09/12 | Crossville |
Father's Day Lunch & Show: Bye Bye BirdiePresented by Renaissance Center of the Jackson Foundation at Renaissance Center of the Jackson Foundation June 17, 2012 This is a special Father's Day Lunch & Show of "Bye Bye Birdie", a high energy, light-hearted, comedic stage musical with fun singing & dancing and memorable characters. The satire on American society is set in 1958 and was inspired by the phenomenon of popular singer Elvis Presley and his draft notice into the Army in 1957. The rock star character's name, "Conrad Birdie," is word play on the name of Conway Twitty who was a rock n' roll idol at... | Renaissance Center of the Jackson Foundation | 06/17/12 | Dickson |
Lunch and Show: Bye Bye BirdiePresented by Renaissance Center of the Jackson Foundation at Renaissance Center of the Jackson Foundation June 9, 2012 This is a special Lunch & Show of "Bye Bye Birdie", a high energy, light-hearted, comedic stage musical with fun singing & dancing and memorable characters. The satire on American society is set in 1958 and was inspired by the phenomenon of popular singer Elvis Presley and his draft notice into the Army in 1957. The rock star character's name, "Conrad Birdie," is word play on the name of Conway Twitty who was a rock n' roll idol at the time. | Renaissance Center of the Jackson Foundation | 06/09/12 | Dickson |
Church Basement LadiesPresented by Renaissance Center of the Jackson Foundation at Renaissance Center of the Jackson Foundation April 24-May 26, 2012 "Church Basement Ladies" is a musical written by Jim Stowell and Jessica Zuehlke with music and lyrics by Drew Jansen. This Gaslight Dinner Theatre production features Holly Wooten, Kiersten Vorheis, Marilyn Fair, Michelle Valenti and Pacer Harp. The musical comedy, based on recipes, food, and the Lutheran church, is funny, heart warming, and down to earth. Rated: appropriate for general audiences. | Renaissance Center of the Jackson Foundation | 04/24/12-
05/26/12 | Dickson |
Next To Normal (Tennessee Premiere)Presented by Boiler Room Theatre at Boiler Room Theatre May 25-June 16, 2012 The most talked about new show on Broadway is Next To Normal -- the acclaimed, groundbreaking musical "that pushes Broadway in new directions" (Rolling Stone). With a thrilling contemporary score, Next To Normal is an emotional powerhouse of a musical about a family trying to take care of themselves and each other. | Boiler Room Theatre | 05/25/12-
06/16/12 | Franklin |
PippinPresented by Boiler Room Theatre at Boiler Room Theatre July 6-July 28, 2012 Once upon a time, the young prince Pippin longed to discover the secret of true happiness and fulfillment. He sought it in the glories of the battlefield, the temptations of the flesh and the intrigues of political power (after disposing of his father King Charlemagne the Great). In the end, he found it in the simple pleasures of home and family.
This hip, tongue-in-cheek, anachronistic fairy tale captivated Broadway audiences and continues to appeal to the young at heart everywhere... | Boiler Room Theatre | 07/06/12-
07/28/12 | Franklin |
Steel MagnoliasPresented by Boiler Room Theatre at Boiler Room Theatre August 17-September 1, 2012 A first play which met with immediate critical and popular acceptance in its premier production by New York's WPA Theatre. Concerned with a group of gossipy southern ladies in a small-town beauty parlor, the play is alternately hilarious and touchin -- and, in the end, deeply revealing of the strength and purposefulness which underlies the antic banter of its characters. "Harling has given his women sharp, funny dialogue…The play builds to a conclusion that is deeply... | Boiler Room Theatre | 08/17/12-
09/01/12 | Franklin |
ParadePresented by Boiler Room Theatre at Boiler Room Theatre October 12-November 3, 2012 The tragic, true story of the trial and lynching of a man wrongly accused of murder is brought to emotional and theatrical life by acclaimed playwright Alfred Uhry ("Driving Miss Daisy") and Jason Robert Brown, one of Broadway's most promising young composers ("Songs For A New World").
In 1913, Leo Frank, a Brooklyn-raised Jew living in Georgia, is put on trial for the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan, a factory worker under his employ. Already guilty in the eyes... | Boiler Room Theatre | 10/12/12-
11/03/12 | Franklin |
A Year With Frog and ToadPresented by Boiler Room Theatre at Boiler Room Theatre November 24-December 23, 2012 Arnold Lobel's well-loved characters hop from the page to the stage in Robert and Willie Reale's musical A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD. Conceived by Mr. Lobel's daughter, Adrianne Lobel, A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD remains true to the spirit of the original stories as it follows two great friends, the cheerful and popular Frog and the rather grumpy Toad through four fun-filled seasons. Waking from hibernation in the spring, they proceed to plant gardens, swim, rake leaves and go sledding,... | Boiler Room Theatre | 11/24/12-
12/23/12 | Franklin |
Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas BingePresented by Boiler Room Theatre at Boiler Room Theatre November 30-December 22, 2012 Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge is a playful, cracked look at the perennial Dickens Christmas classic about mean Ebenezer Scrooge and his discovering the true meaning of Christmas through the visitation of Three Ghosts. In Duran's giddy version, the Ghost's magic is off, and Scrooge and the Ghost keep showing up at Bob Cratchit’s house way too early, where Mrs. Bob Cratchit – a long suffering saint in the Dickens – is in a state of fury, hating her life and... | Boiler Room Theatre | 11/30/12-
12/22/12 | Franklin |
Swing Magic RevuePresented by John Pyka Productions and The Palace Theatre at The Palace Theatre June 16-June 17, 2012 It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing, so get In The Mood to Jump, Jive & Wail and feel that Old Black Magic in this high octane time travel trip to the 20s, 30s, and 40s!
Big Daddy Cool & The Swing Kittens return to the stage with The Swing Magic Revue!
Starring:
Brandy Sunshine as Lana LaMoore
Sohia Prose as Rose LaMoore
Crystal Bumpus as Ginger Lee | John Pyka Productions | 06/16/12-
06/17/12 | Gallatin |
| Heaven Can Wait | Steeple Players Community Theatre | 05/31/12-
06/10/12 | Hendersonville |
Into the Woods Jr.Presented by Mt. Juliet Middle School at Mt. Juliet Middle School May 18, 2012 Into the Woods Jr. is a Sondheim production. It is a Broadway musical that is full of life and wishes. Cinderella, Rapunzel, Jack (from the beanstalk), Little Red, the Baker and his wife all go into the woods to fulfill their wish and to lift the Witches spell. The wolf has his own agenda. The princes both find their damsels. All is well, everafter. | Mt. Juliet Middle School | 05/18/12 | Mount Juliet |
The Color PurplePresented by The Center for the Arts at The Center for the Arts May 11-May 27, 2012 The Color Purple takes place in the early part of the twentieth century in rural Georgia. Celie, a young girl of 14, is abused by her father daily. Celie’s father forces her into marrying Mister, a mean and cruel farmer who verbally and physically abuses Celie. The only solace and comfort Celie has in the world can be found in her sister, Nettie. However, after allowing Nettie to stay with him and Celie, Mister sends her away. This traumatizes Celie. Her outlook seems bleak and... | The Center for the Arts | 05/11/12-
05/27/12 | Murfreesboro |
Beauty and the Beast, Jr.Presented by The Center for the Arts at The Center for the Arts June 8-June 24, 2012 Rated G
The brainy and beautiful Belle yearns to escape her provincial life...and her brute of a suitor, Gaston. However, Belle gets more adventurous than she wanted when she becomes a captive in the Beast's enchanted castle! Dancing flatware, menacing wolves, and singing furniture fill the stage with thrills in Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST JR., a beloved fairy tale about very different people finding strength in one another and learning how to love. | The Center for the Arts | 06/08/12-
06/24/12 | Murfreesboro |
AUDITIONS: EvitaPresented by The Center for the Arts at The Center for the Arts May 20-May 21, 2012 The Center for the Arts is proud to announce auditions for its upcoming production of Evita, directed by Cyndie Verbeten. Auditions will be held May 20th and 21st 6:00pm-8:30pm. Callbacks will be held on May 22nd 7:00pm-8:30pm. The show will run August 10th thru August 26th with shows on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:00pm and matinees on Sundays at 2:00pm.
Evita is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. It concentrates on the life of Argentine... | The Center for the Arts | 05/20/12-
05/21/12 | Murfreesboro |
| The Nutty Professor | Tennessee Performing Arts Center, TPAC | 07/24/12-
08/12/12 | Nashville |
| Anything Goes | Tennessee Performing Arts Center, TPAC | 10/23/12-
10/28/12 | Nashville |
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumPresented by The Larry Keeton Theatre at The Larry Keeton Theatre June 7-June 23, 2012 "Tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight!" Broadway's greatest farce is light, fast-paced, witty, irreverent and one of the funniest musicals ever written-the perfect escape from life's troubles. A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum takes comedy back to its roots, combining situations from time-tested, 2000 year old comedies of Roman playwright Plautus with the infectious energy of classic vaudeville. The result is a non-stop laugh-fest in which a crafty slave (Pseudolus)... | The Larry Keeton Theatre | 06/07/12-
06/23/12 | Nashville |
| Shakespeare Allowed: The Comedy of Errors | The Nashville Shakespeare Festival | 06/02/12 | Nashville |
| Shakespeare Allowed: The Taming of the Shrew | The Nashville Shakespeare Festival | 07/14/12 | Nashville |
| Outside Paradise: A New Play by the members of the Actors Bridge Ensemble | Actors Bridge Ensemble | 07/27/12-
08/05/12 | Nashville |
| Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour presented by Cirque du Soleil | Bridgestone Arena | 06/12/12-
06/13/12 | Nashville |
Boom by Peter Sinn NachtreibPresented by Actors Bridge Ensemble at Belmont University - Black Box Theatre in Troutt Theatre Complex June 14-June 17, 2012 Directed By Mitch Massaro; Featuring the SIDESHOW Ensemble
Jules, a grad student in marine biology, and Jo, a journalism student, meet one Saturday night in Jules’s small underground laboratory on a university campus, after Jo answers Jules’s online personal ad offering an encounter that promises “to change the course of the world.” During his research on a deserted tropical island, Jules discovered patterns among the behavior of fish that seemed to portend a... | Actors Bridge Ensemble | 06/14/12-
06/17/12 | Nashville |
Time Stands Still By Donald MarguliesPresented by Actors Bridge Ensemble at Belmont University - Black Box Theatre in Troutt Theatre Complex May 11-May 20, 2012 Following Sarah and James, a photojournalist and foreign correspondent trying to find happiness in a world that seems to have gone mad. Theirs is a partnership based on telling the toughest stories, and together, making a difference. But when their own story takes a sudden turn, the adventurous couple confronts the prospect of a more conventional life... and everything changes -- in a flash.
"A powerful drama... crackles with bright wit and intelligence." -- The... | Actors Bridge Ensemble | 05/11/12-
05/20/12 | Nashville |
PARALLEL LIVESPresented by Street Theatre Company at Street Theatre May 22-July 3, 2012 In the opening scene, two Supreme Beings plan the beginning of the world with the relish of two slightly sadistic suburban wives decorating a living room. Once they've decided on the color scheme of the races, a little concerned that white people will feel slighted being such a boring color, they create sex and the sexes. Afraid women will have too many advantages, the Beings decide to make childbirth painful and to give men enormous egos as compensation. From this moment, the audience is... | Street Theatre Company | 05/22/12-
07/03/12 | Nashville |
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