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Strong Inside: A courtside look at the story of a Nashville hero in sports and civil rights

By Magnolia McKay

September 18, 2023

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Nashville Children’s Theatre presents the world premiere of “Strong Inside,” the story of Perry Wallace, a Nashville pioneer on the basketball court and civil rights leader.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: basketball, performing arts, theatre, Vanderbilt

How the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes are hitting Nashville

By Elizabeth Burton

August 22, 2023

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The Writers Guild of America has been on strike since May 2, and SAG-AFTRA joined them on July 14. It’s easy to think of this as a Hollywood problem, but Nashville’s creatives are also feeling the impact.

Filed Under: Programs, WPLN News Tagged With: Freddie O'Connell, Labor unions, performing arts, SAG-AFTRA, strike, WGA

Nashville Youth Theater Troupe Confronts A Year Behind Screens In ‘Selfie The Musical’

By Paige Pfleger

July 28, 2021

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An original play about what it’s like to be a kid online is being performed in Nashville through Aug. 1. The director of the Theater Bug troupe says this show felt timely, because the pandemic made a generation who grew up online even more reliant on it.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Arts, Arts and Culture, performing arts, Theater, Theater Bug

Arts Groups Depend on Christmas Shows

By Nina Cardona

December 10, 2012

Familiar holiday plays, ballets, and concerts seem to fill Nashville’s arts calendars every December. Those traditional shows make a big impact on the bottom line of the performing groups that stage them.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Christmas, holiday, Nashville Ballet, Nashville Symphony, performing arts, Tennessee Repertory Theater

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