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‘Kimberly Akimbo’ comes to TPAC with a joyful musical about growing up and growing old

LaTonya Turner

April 8, 2025

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Adolescence and old age can be challenging periods in life. So, imagine experiencing both at the same time. That’s the story of “Kimberly Akimbo,” the Tony award-winning musical at Tennessee Performing Arts Center through Sunday, April 11.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: aging, Broadway, Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Theater, TPAC

Some Nashville theatre companies are always auditioning — for space

Char Daston

October 15, 2024

Four actors sit on couches and armchairs and read scripts set in front of them on tables in a warmly-lit living room.
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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.”

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Nashville Repertory Theater, performing arts, Tennessee Performing Arts Center, theatre, TPAC

NashVillager Podcast: TPAC’s plans to level up

Nina Cardona

September 6, 2024

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How can the next Tennessee Performing Arts Center improve on the one we’ve got now? Plus the local news for September 6, 2024.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Tennessee Performing Arts Center, TPAC

You can’t stop the beat! Hairspray’s 20th anniversary tour dances into TPAC

LaTonya Turner

June 13, 2024

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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.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Belmont University, Broadway, Hairspray, musicals, Sixties, theatre, TPAC

Here’s how project leaders expect the East Bank to unfold

Cynthia Abrams

April 21, 2024

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.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: East Bank, East Bank Development, Nissan Stadium, Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Titans stadium, TPAC

En pointe: Nashville’s dance and choreography scene

Mary Mancini

April 18, 2024

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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.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: ballet, dance, performing arts, TPAC

‘Annie’ brings sunshine and the return of a hometown actress to TPAC

LaTonya Turner

March 26, 2024

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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.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Annie, Arts, Broadway, musical theatre, TPAC

‘Mrs. Krishnan’s Party’ immerses audiences in the stage play — and cooking a meal to eat later

LaTonya Turner

March 5, 2024

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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.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Arts, food, immersive theatre, Onam, theatre, TPAC

‘Indecent’ at Nashville Repertory Theatre

Elizabeth Burton

February 7, 2024

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Jewish people, lesbians, and sex workers — oh my!

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Nashville Repertory Theater, performing arts, theatre, TPAC

As you like it: Improvised Shakespeare comes to TPAC this weekend

LaTonya Turner

November 10, 2023

The cast of Improvised Shakespeare
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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.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Arts, comedy, improv, Improvised Shakespeare, improvised theater, Nashville, performing arts, Shakespeare, Tennessee, theatre, TPAC

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