There are 40 article(s) tagged Playhouse on the Square:

• May 2022

  • Circuit Playhouse Inc. announces 54th season lineup

    The 2022-2023 season will feature 11 regional and two world premieres. 

    By Jasmine McCraven May 02, 2022

• April 2022

  • The To-Do List: Stax soul fest, jookin meets Philip Glass, and a puppet fashion show

    This week, The Subteens get the band back together, Bodywerk plays electronic music at Silly Goose and Memphians of all ages share their stories at Storyfest. Plus, it’s Beale Street Music Festival weekend.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry April 28, 2022

  • Curtains up on a new normal at Playhouse

    After shutting down its regular theater program in March 2020, Playhouse on the Square reopened last summer at only 32% audience capacity. Last month, it went back to 100%.

    By Jordan Arellano April 22, 2022

• March 2022

  • Guest column: And the crowd erupts

    During the downtime of the pandemic, our reliance on artistic expression became very clear to all of us — both performers and audiences — and so did our interdependence. Do not let our pandemic habits become our permanent ones.

    By Elizabeth Rouse March 28, 2022

• February 2022

  • The To-Do List: Servers dish, Chucky plays and dancers honor Patsy Cline

    This week, Memphis native filmmakers screen films on racism and civil rights. “Child’s Play” screens at Time Warp Drive-in. Luna Nova presents a free concert, and the Band CAMINO plays the Orpheum.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Chris Herrington February 24, 2022

• December 2020

  • Theaters deliver ‘A Christmas Carol’ and holiday shows to your living room

    We’re not just going to be home for the holidays, but also homebound by COVID-19. Still you’ll be able to see “A Christmas Carol” performed by Memphis actors and other seasonal shows.

    By Peggy Burch December 03, 2020

• September 2020

  • See Inside: Metal Museum

    As the Metal Museum eyes a potential move to Rust Hall in Midtown with the hopes of offering more space to host galleries, work carried on as usual for the museum’s resident blacksmiths who remained busy during the pandemic with several projects including this one for the Playhouse on the Square. 

    By Patrick Lantrip September 18, 2020

• August 2020

  • Stages are dark, but performance theaters are plotting their returns

    Live theater companies in Memphis endured a long exercise in improv in the second half of the 2019-20 theater season. And 2020-21 is shaping up as more of the same.

    By Peggy Burch August 27, 2020

• April 2020

  • Playhouse preps for comeback with ‘Little Shop of Horrors’

    A full house at Playhouse may look different than it did in the days prior to COVID-19. Executive producer Michael Detroit said a 'working plan' might be to sell every other seat.

    By Jill Johnson Piper April 27, 2020

  • A moviegoer’s guide to the arts

    With stages, theaters and galleries dark, turn to movie streaming platforms for works on the arts.

    By Jill Johnson Piper April 19, 2020

• March 2020

  • Coronavirus daily blog, March 16: SCS extends closure to April 6

    Confirmed cases

    Tennessee

    52

    Shelby County

    2

    • Tunica casinos close temporarily
    • Catholic Diocese of Memphis decree cancels Eucharist celebration, excuses people from mass
    • U of M may postpone spring graduation 
    • Dow experiences worst day since 1987
    • Gov. urges all Tennessee schools to close

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 20, 2020

• November 2019

  • The history and future of Playhouse on the Square

    Playhouse on the Square is more than just one building in Midtown, it’s a series of theaters and theater groups, as well as a business that has to be run successfully. Mike Detroit talks about all that and more on the Extra Podcast with Eric Barnes.

    By Eric Barnes November 06, 2019

• July 2019

  • Nelson: ‘Hamilton’ moved on, but Memphis’ theater scene still dazzles

    Memphis theaters have reasonable prices, easy access and, above all, superb talent. When you see a play at one of these venues, you are seeing the theatrical equivalent of the Memphis Grizzlies. Not a team playing in the NBA finals. But definitely major league.

    By Michael Nelson July 30, 2019

  • Being polite doesn’t work in the fight against Alzheimer’s

    Alzheimer’s disease is a major health concern in the African-American community. Yet people do not talk about it. Our family excused Gran’s forgetfulness as just getting old. 

    By Marcus Cox July 17, 2019

• November 2018

  • Playhouse announces NewWorks@TheWorks playwriting finalists, readings schedule

    Playhouse on the Square has announced the 2018 NewWorks@TheWorks Playwriting Competition finalists.

    By Elle Perry November 15, 2018