On a rainy Friday evening in late September, Kenny Dozier convenes a group of actors in the basement of his house. Everyone is sitting on couches in a warmly-lit room he calls the “man cave.”
NashVillager Podcast: TPAC’s plans to level up
How can the next Tennessee Performing Arts Center improve on the one we’ve got now? Plus the local news for September 6, 2024.
You can’t stop the beat! Hairspray’s 20th anniversary tour dances into TPAC
The Tony award-winning Broadway musical Hairspray comes to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center this week. The current national tour celebrates the show’s 20-year history and stars Belmont University graduate Caroline Eiseman in the role of Tracy Turnblad, a teenager in the ’60s who’s determined to change the world and end prejudice.
Here’s how project leaders expect the East Bank to unfold
As it is now, the east bank of the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville consists of the soon-to-be-replaced Nissan Stadium, a sea of concrete and not much else. But, that’s not for long.
En pointe: Nashville’s dance and choreography scene
Nashville’s dance scene is the result of a growing number of performing groups, collaboratives and training opportunities. From classical to contemporary, you can find all types of dance here.
‘Annie’ brings sunshine and the return of a hometown actress to TPAC
The story of orphan Annie has captured hearts for generations, and the version at TPAC through Saturday is a homecoming of sorts for one of the featured actors: Julia Nicole Hunter, who plays Grace Farrell.
‘Mrs. Krishnan’s Party’ immerses audiences in the stage play — and cooking a meal to eat later
Immersive theater directly engages the audience with the performers, the set and the story. Add to that the ingredients of preparing and cooking a celebratory meal as part of the play and you have the premise of “Mrs. Krishnan’s Party,” which runs this week at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center.
‘Indecent’ at Nashville Repertory Theatre
Jewish people, lesbians, and sex workers — oh my!
As you like it: Improvised Shakespeare comes to TPAC this weekend
Friends, Nashvillians, countrymen, lend me your ears: The Improvised Shakespeare Company will be at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center for two performances on Nov. 10 and 11. It’s improvised theater — unscripted, unpredictable and funny — using the language and rhymes of Shakespeare.
A new TPAC is closer to reality, but Metro still must decide how it fits into Nashville’s East Bank development
A new Tennessee Performing Arts Center is one step closer to reality. The State Building Commission approved $200 million for the project. Metro officials and TPAC are in talks to see if it can be constructed in East Bank, the same area that will house the new Titans Stadium.
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