Theater/Dance

The MCR Interview

Nashville Rep’s ‘Christmas Carol’ (Interview with Micah-Shane Brewer, Artistic Director)

As part of the MCR Interview series journalist Grace Tipton asks Micah-Shane Brewer about his design for the new production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at the Nashville Rep this December.  

Nashville Opera is:

”Shining’ a Light on Horror in Opera

Ghosts, goblins, and ghouls are old friends of the opera scene. Don Giovanni by W. A. Mozart, Faust by Charles Gunuod, The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten, andRead More

Bar Dykes at Darkhorse Theater to Celebrate the Queer Resilience

Darkhorse Theater in Nashville has a capability to foster cozy atmospheres. Formerly a Presbyterian church, it is an intimate proscenium theater with a welcoming vibe that seats less than 150Read More

Theatre in Franklin

Lucky Stiff: Murder Mystery Fun

Review of Lucky Stiff at Pull-Tight Players Theatre Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the dress rehearsal of Lucky Stiff at the Pull-Tight Players Theatre in Franklin. DirectedRead More

Nashville Ballet Announces 40th Anniversary Season

Nashville Ballet has unveiled its 2025–26 season, a milestone year the company is calling The Ruby Season in recognition of its 40th anniversary. The season will highlight both classical traditionsRead More

About Town

The 56th Annual Nashville Film Fest

The Nashville Film Festival occurs every September at various venues across Nashville that vary from year to year, from historic places like the Belcourt and the Franklin Theater to SohoRead More

The MCR Interview: Nick Mullikin and Travis Bradley

Nashville Ballet’s 40th Season Brings Elvis Presley, Sherlock Holmes, and Local History to the Stage

Nashville Ballet launches its landmark 40th Anniversary Season with a bold mix of tradition, innovation, and local storytelling. In this interview with Audrey Conley of Music City Review, Artistic DirectorRead More

Coming to Nashville Opera

The Sounds and Conventions of Madness in Moravec’s The Shining

In 2016, composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell premiered their adaptation of Stephen King’s The Shining at St. Paul’s Ordway Center for Performing Arts with great success and excitement.Read More

Blacklight Productions Presents First-Ever Masquerade Gala

Backlight Productions, Tennessee’s leading theatre company for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), will host its inaugural fundraising gala on Saturday, Oct. 26, at Liberty Hall in The FactoryRead More

The Nashville Rep at TPAC

Come to Come From Away

About 30% of the US population was born after September 11, 2001. I was born in the early 90’s, so I remember that day, but my memory is that ofRead More

East Nashville Facebook Page: The Musical

To summarize this review: unequivocal praise.  I saw Cherry Bomb’s first East Nashville Facebook Page: The Musical back in 2023 as part of the Kindling Arts Festival at the DarkhorseRead More