The AM/DM podcast: How Broadway gets to Memphis
Every year, The Orpheum Theatre brings about seven Broadway shows to Memphis. They might be comedies, dramas, musicals.
But they aren’t just the shows that are on tour that year. The Orpheum shows are carefully selected for Memphis by Orpheum President and CEO Brett Batterson.
In fact, for the upcoming season, which starts in September, the Orpheum is staging two non-musical plays in Memphis — for the first time in nearly 30 years.
So how does Batterson decide what he’ll bring to Memphis?
Today we’re joined by reporter John Klyce, who recently answered this very question.
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AM/DMMary Cashiola
Mary Cashiola has been a Memphis journalist for nearly two decades, beginning her career covering city government and local neighborhoods at the Memphis Flyer before being hired by Memphis Mayor A C Wharton’s administration.
Before joining The Daily Memphian, she was the managing editor of the Memphis Business Journal, which was named one of the top 10 Best Designed Newspapers in the world by the Society of News Design while she was there.
She also has a background in advertising, with a focus on higher education and the hospitality industry.
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