Opinion: Theatre Memphis’ leading lady, a force in high heels and sequins
Theatre Memphis Executive Producer Debbie Litch (in a file photo) talks about some of the new features of the lobby as Theatre Memphis undergoes a multi-million-dollar renovation in advance of its 100th year. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway is a lifelong Memphian, fascinated and frustrated with his city, but still in love. A columnist since 2010, his distinguished advertising career has branded ribs in the Rendezvous and ducks in The Peabody, pandas in the zoo and Grizzlies in the NBA. Stories in Memphis tend to write themselves. He’s helped a few along. Two book collections of his columns have been published.
When she took over as executive producer, Theatre Memphis was full of debt with no endowment. Now the theater is in the black, full of hope, with an endowment, and a major capital campaign nearing completion.
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