Theatre Memphis’ 2026-2027 season lineup features some favorites — familiar and new. 

What to do when you reserved no plans for Valentine’s Day. Plus, Memphis musicians and music lovers curate a playlist to set the mood. 

Hattiloo Theatre will bring Black theater companies from Norway, Nigeria and South Africa to Memphis for two-week residencies.

Memphis productions adjust to winter’s disruptions. 

When Oscar nominations were announced Thursday, Jan. 22, one relative surprise was a Best Actress nomination for Kate Hudson, who plays Milwaukee tribute singer Claire Sardina in “Song Sung Blue.”

Andrew Goldberg, the new executive director of Ballet Memphis, has more ticket stubs to Michael Jordan games than anyone in the world.

Grab your besties and head to the theater for shows that will tickle your funny bone, move your body and possibly scratch that itch in Memphis theaters this month.

The all-Memphis cast will spend a month in South Africa, with support from Hattiloo. 

Music, museums, moviemakers. When it comes to Memphis, there is plenty to check out. And we aren’t the only ones who think so. 

The bilingual theater troupe teaches theater and ballet classes and puts on several shows and major events each year. 

What’s coming in 2026? Museums, band reunions, new concert venues, landmark anniversaries, a handful of funny guys and portals to parallel universes. 

This week, paint and sip at the Rumba Room, laugh at Flyway Comedy Club and listen to Alex Chilton’s hits at Memphis Listening Lab. 

From arts shows, concerts, to theater productions and beyond, the Memphis art scene blossomed in 2025. Here’s a recap of some of our top arts and culture moments. And some staff favorites.

The TV show stars three women and an Orange Mound skating rink, with appearances from local musicians and shots of Memphis streets and neighborhoods. But the story, like the city it’s based on, is much more complex. 

Rudolph, Annie, Scrooge and the Grinch star in shows across Memphis.

Among the cast of “Never Alone for Christmas: Memphis” are Memphis singer K. Michelle and actor Tom Arnold.

See a campy Christmas comedy, hit Broadway musical “& Juliet” and a heartfelt take on “A Christmas Carol” in Memphis theaters.

A descendant of the von Trapp family will perform Saturday night at the Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center, including songs from “The Sound of Music.”

Filmmaker Craig Brewer directed Crosstown High School’s “12 Angry Jurors,” and, as the student who played Juror Number Nine put it, “Not a lot of people can say they’ve gotten this opportunity.”

Are you ready to get a little bit wacky? Then this weekend’s events are for you. 

Before Ira Sachs studied film and literature at Yale, he grew up in Memphis. And before he found a filmmaking groove in New York, he cut his teeth back home.

The revitalization project is the latest in the Orpheum Theatre Group’s work to modernize the Downtown campus.

Thursday is once again movie night in Memphis, this week with a particular Halloween flavor. 

Throughout the years, plenty of people have claimed to see a ghostly little girl roaming the historic theater. She even has a reserved seat. But is there a story behind the hauntings?

Also, opening this month: “The Notebook” at the Orpheum, a children’s musical at Circuit and a farce about how we view Thanksgiving.