| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | | 5th Annual Gimme Awards | Miss Jeanne's Dinner Theatre | 05/19/12 | Nashville |
| 5th Annual Gimme Awards | Miss Jeanne's Dinner Theatre | 05/26/12 | Nashville |
| 5th Annual Gimme Awards | Miss Jeanne's Dinner Theatre | 06/30/12 | Nashville |
| 5th Annual Gimme Awards | Miss Jeanne's Dinner Theatre | 06/23/12 | Nashville |
| 5th Annual Gimme Awards | Miss Jeanne's Dinner Theatre | 06/02/12 | Nashville |
| 5th Annual Gimme Awards | Miss Jeanne's Dinner Theatre | 06/14/12 | Nashville |
| 5th Annual Gimme Awards | Miss Jeanne's Dinner Theatre | 06/16/12 | Nashville |
9 to 5: The MusicalPresented by The Larry Keeton Theatre at The Larry Keeton Theatre February 7-February 23, 2013 February brings the exciting presentation of 9 to 5.
What a way to make a living! Full of laughter and side-splitting Southern sass and with Dolly's Grammy-nominated score, this musical comedy comes direct from Broadway based on the hit movie starring Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin.
This sensational musical, guaranteed to delight audiences young and old, tells the story of three unlikely friends who scheme to take control of their company and learn there's... | The Larry Keeton Theatre | 02/07/13-
02/23/13 | Nashville |
CabaretPresented by Tennessee Repertory Theatre at TPAC - Andrew Johnson Theater February 14-March 9, 2013 Book and lyrics by Joe Masteroff and Fred Ebb, music by John Kander.
Willkommen to the Kit Kat Club. Take your seat at a bar table, order a little something from your fetching cocktail waitress, and immerse yourself in the musical theatre event of a lifetime. You’re not just at the show... you’re in the show as Tennessee Rep transforms Johnson Theater into 1930s Berlin. Inside the cabaret, Sally Bowles and the beguiling Emcee live in a seedy, sexy world of delicious... | Tennessee Repertory Theatre | 02/14/13-
03/09/13 | Nashville |
CinderellaPresented by Nashville Opera Association at TPAC - James K. Polk Theater January 25-January 29, 2013 With this hilarious comic opera, Rossini (the composer of The Barber of Seville) gives us his madcap version of the classic fairy tale Cinderella. Will the beautiful Cinderella make it to the royal ball and capture the heart of the handsome prince? Will her evil stepsisters stand in the way of her dreams? Rossini’s opera tells the beloved story, while adding some original twists and unexpected turns. It’s a perfect opera for the entire family or your favorite Fairy... | Nashville Opera Association | 01/25/13-
01/29/13 | Nashville |
Clybourne ParkPresented by Tennessee Repertory Theatre at TPAC - Andrew Johnson Theater September 6-September 22, 2012 by Bruce Norris.
It is said that home is where the heart is. But Clybourne Park—a “buzz saw sharp comedy” which won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama—questions that in ways that are every bit as provocative as they are entertaining.
Picking up where Lorraine Hansberry left us in A Raisin in the Sun, a white community in 1950s Chicago splinters over the black family about to move in. Fast-forward to our present day,... | Tennessee Repertory Theatre | 09/06/12-
09/22/12 | Nashville |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydePresented by Tennessee Repertory Theatre at TPAC - Andrew Johnson Theater October 11-November 3, 2012 Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher, based on the classic novella by Robert Louis Stevens.
Sex, drugs, violence... A psychological thriller that makes a familiar horror story scary again.
On the fog-bound streets of Victorian-era London, Henry Jekyll experiments with exotic “powders and tinctures” have brought forth his other self—Edward Hyde, a sensualist and villain free to commit the sins Jekyll is too civilized to comprehend. As Jekyll himself falls prey to... | Tennessee Repertory Theatre | 10/11/12-
11/03/12 | Nashville |
Madame ButterflyPresented by Nashville Opera Association at TPAC - Andrew Jackson Hall October 11-October 13, 2012 Japanese geisha Cio-Cio San, “Butterfly,” abandons her faith and family for the dashing American sailor, Lieutenant Pinkerton. But Pinkerton's love is temporary and Butterfly’s happiness short-lived. In the end, Cio-Cio San pays the ultimate price for her selfless devotion. For more than a century, audiences have been thrilled by Giacamo Puccini's haunting, poignant music and touched by the lovely Butterfly, who sacrifices everything for love.
FEATURING THE... | Nashville Opera Association | 10/11/12-
10/13/12 | Nashville |
The Difficulty of Crossing a FieldPresented by Nashville Opera Association at The Noah Liff Opera Center November 9-November 11, 2012 A plantation owner in the antebellum American South walks across his field and disappears - in plain view of his family, his neighbors and the slaves - forever altering their world. Everyone has his or her own theory of what that “disappearance” means, of why it had to happen, and of what will happen now that there is a “hole” where a man used to be. But where does the truth lie? Based on an Ambrose Bierce short story, David Lang’s mysterious chamber opera... | Nashville Opera Association | 11/09/12-
11/11/12 | Nashville |
The Magic FlutePresented by Nashville Opera Association at TPAC - Andrew Jackson Hall April 11-April 13, 2013 The genius of Mozart shines bright in this masterfully diverse mix of unforgettable melodies, majestic choruses, and stratospheric, show-stopping coloratura singing. Follow the adventures of Prince Tamino and Papageno the Bird Catcher as they set forth to save the captured Princess Pamina. One of the most imaginative entertainments ever created, The Magic Flute blends myth, enchantment, and the fight between good and evil to deliver the life-affirming message: love conquers... | Nashville Opera Association | 04/11/13-
04/13/13 | Nashville |
Time Stands StillPresented by Tennessee Repertory Theatre at TPAC - Andrew Johnson Theater April 18-May 4, 2013 By Donald Margulies.
Adventurous couple Sarah and James–a photographer and a journalist–share a passion for reporting from the world’s deadliest war zone and documenting the realities of war. That is, until Sarah is seriously wounded. Her recovery thrusts her into the safe, comfortable world of New York colleagues and couples–a world that could prove more dangerous than a battlefield.
Time Stands Still offers layers of emotional... | Tennessee Repertory Theatre | 04/18/13-
05/04/13 | Nashville |
A Christmas Carol, The MusicalPresented by The Larry Keeton Theatre at The Larry Keeton Theatre November 29-December 16, 2012 For Christmas, the Keeton Theatre presents A Christmas Carol, The Musical written by Lynn Ahrens and Alan Menken.
This spectacular musical extravaganza ran for ten years at Madison Square Garden and was the basis of an NBC Hallmark Entertainment special.
Touting the optimistic sentiment that “it’s never too late to change” A Christmas Carol, The Musical will be a delight for Keeton audiences, both young and old. | The Larry Keeton Theatre | 11/29/12-
12/16/12 | 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 |
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 |
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 |
| Anything Goes | Tennessee Performing Arts Center, TPAC | 10/23/12-
10/28/12 | Nashville |
| Artober 2012 | Metro Arts | 10/01/12-
10/31/12 | |
Audition Notice: Into The WoodsPresented by The Larry Keeton Theatre at The Larry Keeton Theatre June 11-June 12, 2012 Open auditions for Into The Woods will be held on:
Monday, June 11th at 7:00 - 8:30 pm, and 8:30 - 10:00 pm
Tuesday, June 12th at 7:00 - 8:30 pm and 8:30 - 10:00 pm.
Production Dates July 12 - 28
The show will be directed by Kate Adams Johnson with Musical Direction by Ginger Newman.
People auditioning should prepare 16 bars of a Broadway show tune and come prepared to move. Cold readings will be assigned from the script by the director.
Into the... | The Larry Keeton Theatre | 06/11/12-
06/12/12 | Nashville |
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 |
AUDITIONS: White Orchid TheaterPresented by Bongo After Hours Theatre at Bongo After Hours Theatre May 20, 2012 The Caretaker is a play about three generations and their perplexing relationships by Harold Pinter.
“It is a triangle plot: an old tramp falls in with two incalculable young men, brothers, fancies himself siding with one against the other, overreaches himself. Harold Pinter has devised a dazzling series of comic and sinister variations. The brothers live in a state of disconnection from the outside world and from one another. The tramp, homeless... | Bongo After Hours Theatre | 05/20/12 | Nashville |
| Backwards in High Heels | Cumberland County Playhouse | 07/27/12-
11/02/12 | Crossville |
Bank of America Pops Series: Cirque MusicaPresented by Nashville Symphony at Schermerhorn Symphony Center May 23-May 25, 2013 Nashville Symphony
Albert George Schram, conductor
Cirque Musica
Take a journey to a faraway land of dazzling beauty, mystery and suspense! Cirque Musica blends the grace and thrills of the world’s greatest circus performers with stunning symphonic music — including pieces by Tchaikovsky, John Williams and a salute to The Beatles. You’ll be treated to a full sensory experience that will have you on the edge of your seat and in awe of the thrills and... | Nashville Symphony | 05/23/13-
05/25/13 | Nashville |
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 |
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 |
Boo's Black History BluesPresented by American Negro Playwright Theatre at The Next Level-Arts & Entertainment Mindset May 26, 2012 A children’s show written and directed by Mary McCallum. Boo has one thing she loves more than anything—watching TV! And she hates when her granny comes over to talk about people from Black History such as Mae Jemison, Jackie Robinson and Marian Anderson. When Boo loses her TV privileges, she wakes up in the Land of Awk where Black History has been banned. Join Boo in this Wizard-of-Oz-like adventure as she tries to find her way home and learns a little Black History along the... | American Negro Playwright Theatre | 05/26/12 | 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 |
Bye Bye Liver: The Nashville Drinking PlayPresented by Blue Bar and Rack Room at Blue Bar and Rack Room May 19-December 29, 2012 Bye Bye Liver: The Philadelphia Drinking Play is back and better than ever! Performing every Saturday at Blue Bar and Rack Room until further notice at 8:00pm.
The show offers a rowdy evening of drinking paired with entertainment. The instant classic distills the best and worst of the bars into 75-min of booze-culture themed skits,... | Blue Bar and Rack Room | 05/19/12-
12/29/12 | Nashville |
| Captain Louie | Roxy Regional Theatre | 06/22/12-
07/07/12 | Clarksville |
CAROLINE, OR CHANGEPresented by Street Theatre Company at Street Theatre September 7-September 30, 2012 Set in 1963 Louisiana, Caroline, or Change centers its action on the Gellman family and their African-American maid, Caroline, who is drifting through her life, nearly paralyzed by her circumstances - a single mother of four working in a service job to a white family. She spends her days in the basement laundry room with an afternoon visit from the young Gellman son, Noah, who is just as isolated upstairs in his home as Caroline is downstairs. The thunder of the civil rights movement and... | Street Theatre Company | 09/07/12-
09/30/12 | Nashville |
| Catch Me If You Can | Tennessee Performing Arts Center, TPAC | 01/22/13-
01/27/13 | Nashville |
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 |
Creativity Moves NashvillePresented by Playing By Air Productions at Belmont University - Black Box Theatre in Troutt Theatre Complex May 24-May 27, 2012 Creativity Moves Nashville is a 4-day event that will bring the Nashville community together around a vision of giving back through creativity. The event serves as a catalyst for creative professionals, entrepreneurs, non-profits and the entire community to develop lasting programs and relationships that will shape and transform the city throughout the year.
The event features a half-day conference and networking for creative leaders and non-profit organizations, city-wide creative... | Playing By Air Productions | 05/24/12-
05/27/12 | Nashville |
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 |
Dirty Rotten ScoundrelsPresented by The Larry Keeton Theatre at The Larry Keeton Theatre March 21-April 6, 2013 March ushers in the internationally acclaimed hit - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Based on the popular 1988 film, DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS centers on two con men living on the French Riviera. The first is the suave and sophisticated Lawrence Jameson, who makes his lavish living by talking rich ladies out of their money. The other, a small-time crook named Freddy Benson, more humbly swindles women by waking their compassion with fabricated stories about his grandmother's failing... | The Larry Keeton Theatre | 03/21/13-
04/06/13 | Nashville |
| Disney's The Lion King | Tennessee Performing Arts Center, TPAC | 05/07/13-
06/02/13 | Nashville |
Don't Tell Me I Can't FlyPresented by Nashville Children's Theatre at Nashville Children's Theatre January 24-February 10, 2013 An original play by Y York, commissioned by First Stage
Inspired by the life and art of Milwaukee collage artist Della Wells
*For families and children ages 8 and older
Meet Tonia – an artistic 9 year-old with fantastic dreams of a giant future. Tonia's mom wants her to be like a doll, perfectly mannered and always the same size. Tonia's dad wants her to blend into the crowd in a world where African-Americans who stand tall are easier to cut... | Nashville Children's Theatre | 01/24/13-
02/10/13 | Nashville |
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 |
FIDDLER ON THE ROOFPresented by Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre at Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre May 31-July 8, 2012 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, the Tony Award® winning musical that has captured the hearts of people all over the world with its universal appeal. Based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF has been lauded by critics again and again. Filled with a rousing, heartwarming score, which includes "Tradition," "Matchmaker, Matchmaker," "If I Were A Rich Man" and "Sunrise, Sunset," FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is a timeless classic. No other musical has so... | Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre | 05/31/12-
07/08/12 | Nashville |
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 |
| Flashdance | Tennessee Performing Arts Center, TPAC | 03/19/13-
03/24/13 | Nashville |
Forbidden BroadwayPresented by Bongo After Hours Theatre and Act Too Players at Bongo After Hours Theatre May 18-May 19, 2012 Hosted at the Bongo Java After Hours Theatre, the teens (ages 13-17) with the Act Too Players will be performing this campy off beat musical. In this long-running Off-Broadway hit musical revue, Broadway's greatest musical legends meet Broadway's greatest satirist in this hilarious, loving, and endlessly entertaining tribute to some of the theatre's greatest stars and songwriters. Rated PG. (Recommended for ages 10+) Bongo After Hours Theatre has been known as "Nashville's Most Intimate... | Bongo After Hours Theatre | 05/18/12-
05/19/12 | Nashville |
Fresh Amish Produce presents: "Go Fetch!" improv comedyPresented by Fresh Amish Produce at The Building (formerly Billups Art) May 25, 2012 Fresh Amish Produce offers comedy improv based on audience suggestions. Man's best friend is the inspriation for our next show, "Go Fetch." There are plenty of "dog-gone" puns we could throw in but instead, we ask that you check us out for the comedy and if you bring dog food, we'll donate it to the East C.A.N. Dog Rescue and knock $2 off your price of admission.
| Fresh Amish Produce | 05/25/12 | Nashville |
Future Break OutdoorsPresented by Southern Word at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art May 19, 2012 This event features the work of poet Bill Brown and other top youth and adult writers.
In Future Break, Nashville's writers, musicians, & thinkers come together for 7 unique performances to determine the city's future 10 to 10,000 years from now. Presented by Southern in collaboration with the Frist Center for Visual Arts, Nashville Public Library, Sigourney Cheek Literary Garden at Cheekwood, and Dark Horse Theater, the performances will be a series of staged monologues,... | Southern Word | 05/19/12 | Nashville |
Future Break Reception and Night at the LibraryPresented by Southern Word at Nashville Public Library - Main Library May 17, 2012 This event features the original work of Minton Sparks, Phil Madeira, Kent Agee, Stephanie Pruitt, and other top writers.
In Future Break, Nashville's writers, musicians, & thinkers come together for 7 unique performances to determine the city's future 10 to 10,000 years from now. Presented by Southern in collaboration with the Frist Center for Visual Arts, Nashville Public Library, Sigourney Cheek Literary Garden at Cheekwood, and Dark Horse Theater, the performances will... | Southern Word | 05/17/12 | Nashville |
| General Jackson Evening Cruise: Heart of Tennessee: A Musical Journey | General Jackson Showboat | 03/08/12-
12/23/12 | Nashville |
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