Author: G E Tipton

Frozen: Coming to TPAC

This musical needs absolutely no introduction; those who were alive when the film came out in 2013 heard the soundtrack on repeat (willingly or unwillingly), and those who have beenRead More

Now My Favorite Color is Purple

  Sitting down in TPAC’s Polk Theater, the stage is distinctive, all dark, wide, wood planks. There is a slight platform in the center of the stage, and all entrancesRead More

The Color Purple Coming to TPAC

The Color Purple by Alice Walker won the Pulitzer Prize and was adapted into the 1985 hit, which starred Oprah Winfrey and featured Whoopie Goldberg’s breakthrough role. In 2005 theRead More

Annie at TPAC

Little Orphan Annie debuted as a comic strip in 1924: one hundred years ago. It became a radio show (you may have seen Ralphie decode its secret message in theRead More

Annie: New Broadway coming to TPAC

Annie has been around since the Little Orphan Annie comic strip started in 1924. It was adapted into a Broadway musical in 1977, which won 7 Tony Awards, and wasRead More

Beetlejuice: The Musical Is Better Than The Movie

On tour since 2022, Beetlejuice: The Musical is at TPAC March 12-17, and sold out almost every performance. I attended opening night, and despite the half-hour interruption due to someRead More

From the Street Theatre Company

Nashville’s Trail to Oregon!

Before I can get to the performance by Nashville’s Street Theatre Company, we must first discuss the subject of the parody, and the creators of this musical. First, The OregonRead More

Beetlejuice at TPAC

Tim Burton’s classic film Beetlejuice came out in 1988, the movie score done by Danny Elfman. A nice childless couple dies in a tragic car accident, slowly realizing they’re deadRead More

The Trail To Oregon! Coming to The Barbershop Theater

Many of us remember playing The Oregon Trail video game as kids, with its strangely successful mixture of children’s education with frequent fatalities (I don’t recall mortality featuring in Freddi Fish).Read More

The African Company Presents Richard III: Unbelievably True

  For their Spring Shakespeare presentation, the Nashville Shakespeare Festival did a staged reading of Carlyle Brown’s play The African Company Presents Richard III. Based on true events, the playRead More