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50 Nashville actors with disabilities will star in Backlight Productions’ ‘Beauty and the Beast’

Andrea Tudhope

May 25, 2023

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On a Monday afternoon inside Backlight Productions in Brentwood, everyone is abuzz.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Features, WPLN News Tagged With: Backlight Productions, disabilities, musical, Nashville Children's Theater, Theater, theatre

On this World Aids Day, we look at the legacy of a Nashville advocate for those living with HIV

LaTonya Turner

December 1, 2022

The Calling in the Body
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Much has changed about the prevention and treatment of AIDS, but there’s still work to do. That’s why local artist and health educator Cynthia Harris wrote the play, “The Calling is in the Body.”

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: AIDS, health, HIV, Nashville, theatre

Local actors join Broadway stars to perform Elton John’s musical ‘AIDA’ at TPAC

Khalil Ekulona

September 29, 2022

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This weekend, Studio Tenn and TPAC will present the Elton John and Tim Rice musical AIDA at the James K. Polk Theater for a two-night run. It brings together local actors and Broadway stars to perform the Tony and Grammy Award winning pop opera.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Broadway, Elton John, musical, Studio Tenn, theatre, TPAC

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