There are 29 article(s) tagged Playhouse on the Square:

• October 2023

  • New, Memphis-set ‘La Boheme’ featured in Opera Memphis’ latest season

    The show will be inspired by the time in Memphis when W.C. Handy and William Grant Still were working together on Beale Street.

    By Žak Ozmo October 17, 2023

• September 2023

  • Review: ‘The Prom’ is filled with ‘tenderness, sarcasm and humor’

    “If you feel that inclusion, acceptance and kindness are something we’ve been lacking as of late, please go and see this funny, relatable show. The world might just become a better place.”

    By Žak Ozmo September 07, 2023

• August 2023

  • The To-Do List: The apocalypse, Sweatfest and The Doobie Brothers (for real this time)

    This week, MEMFix comes to Frayser, a mayoral forum tackles the arts and wrestling stars tackle each other as the WWE brings “Monday Night Raw” to the FedExForum.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry, Holly Whitfield, Kelsey Bowen August 24, 2023

• July 2023

  • Playhouse on the Square cuts ticket prices by half for its 55th season

    Playhouse on the Square has cut ticket prices by 50% from $50 to $25 per ticket to expand accessibility to live theater.

    By Alicia Davidson July 22, 2023

• January 2023

  • Artist tells Scottsboro story with acrylic, reverence

    “I wanted to catch them at their most authentic before the prison system had gotten a hold of them, before they had been changed by this trial. I wanted to see their actual faces,” artist Charles Shipp said. 

    By Jane Roberts January 23, 2023

  • The To-Do List: Photos at Tone, AI at MoSH and two Dolly Parton parties

    This week, the late George Hunt has a posthumous exhibition, Playhouse presents the story of Alabama’s “Scottsboro Boys” and Black Lodge hosts a showtunes rave.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry January 19, 2023

• December 2022

  • Playhouse on the Square phasing out internship program

    Playhouse on the Square will end its internship program in favor of more full-time staff and better compensation for contractors through its new Associate Theatre Company.

    By Alicia Davidson December 18, 2022

• September 2022

  • ‘Pass Over’ tackles race and police brutality head on

    “We are wanting to tell more stories about Memphis and who we are. It’s just so important that we humanize everyone,” said the director of a new production from Playhouse on the Square. 

    By Jordan Arellano September 14, 2022

• August 2022

  • Ostrander Awards returns to celebrate best in Memphis theater

    The awards ceremony returns Sunday, Aug. 28, following a two-year pause due to the pandemic.

    By Alicia Davidson August 27, 2022

  • The To-Do List: Splash down and drink beer with a mastodon

    This week, Cowboy Mouth brings roots rock to Railgarten, Black Lodge turns back time and Emerald Theatre Company tackles anti-LGBTQ sentiment with humor.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington August 18, 2022

• July 2022

  • Vitalant’s David Williams’ nonprofit journey comes full circle

    David Williams is a longtime dynamo in the city’s nonprofit sphere with a career dating back to the 1970s. At 68, he persists in his personal mission of serving nonprofits that serve disadvantaged populations in Memphis. 

    By Aisling Mäki July 25, 2022

  • The To-Do List: Party with Yo Gotti, watch a movie with Craig Brewer and Al Kapone

    This week, Hattiloo Theatre opens its 16th season with a jazzy jukebox revue, singer-songwriter John Darnielle’s alter-ego “Mountain Goats” climbs onstage at Minglewood and Darius Rucker plays Live at the Garden (for the third time!).

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington July 15, 2022

  • Playhouse on the Square offers ‘A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline’

    Midtown theater is showcasing a jukebox musical based on the life and times of country music legend Patsy Cline, with a couple of Jordanaires gospel tunes.

    By Alicia Davidson July 04, 2022

  • Local high schooler places in national playwrighting contest

    Mary Jade “MJ” Learned is already a five-year veteran of local theater, beginning her stage acting career at age 12.

    By Sam Hegenheiser July 01, 2022

• 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