This Charlie Vergos doesn’t cook ribs for a living, but the stand-up comedian might tickle your funny bone with his high/low humor.

New Ballet' "Nut Remix" resets the story of the "Nutcracker" ballet on Beale Street, and mixes in a little Booker T. & the MG's and Duke Ellington with the familiar Tchaikovsky music. This year's performances are Nov. 15-17 at the Cannon Center.

“If there had been a Camp SAY in the ‘60s, that would have been a lifesaver for me,” says Vince Vawter, novelist and fluency advocate. 

Collage Dance Collective kicks off its 10th anniversary season this fall, and those in the company hope to accomplish even more in the years to come. 

The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers Sept. 26-Oct. 2.

In the mid-1970s it was the final hit record of a Memphis soul empire. In 2019, it's an adored meme. But for Shirley Brown, "Woman to Woman" was the song that changed her life.

The concert is an exhilarating mix of the fresh and the familiar, from 'The William Tell Overture' to 'You'll Never Walk Alone.' 

LeAnthony Douglas, a teaching and performing artist at New Ballet Ensemble and School, started in the organization’s first cohort of Dunbar Elementary School students. 

Mempho Music Festival returns to Shelby Farms Park for a third year, and festival organizers say the park itself will be this year's biggest star.

U of M professor taps student to help him with set design for 2020 presidential primary debate this week in Houston.

Thanks to active residents and city representatives, a new arts center serving youth will soon be constructed at a former fire station site.

"Hamilton," the stage production that's been a hot commodity across the country, opens a Memphis run at the Orpheum Theatre Tuesday with secondary market tickets selling for up to about $2,000 – even though Orpheum officials say tickets are still available at much lower prices through the theater.

At age 63, Memphis theatre power — and longtime FedEx employee — Cecelia Wingate has made it to the Kennedy Center. Here's the story of how she and Memphis playwright Evan Linder arrived on the nation's stage.

According to Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland’s office, $4.25 million in incentives were given to the project from state and local sources.

"On Stage at the Halloran Centre" will add two new series to its lineup, one featuring local songwriters, the other featuring the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. 

Temmora Levy, who runs a talent development academy in Memphis, is the subject of an eight-episode Lifetime television network series that starts in June. 

Crystal Brothers has been Giselle, Juliet, Tinkerbell and Odette in her 23-year career performing with Ballet Memphis. “I've lived many a little girl’s dream.”

Starting July 1, Steven McMahon will take over a job held for 32 years by Ballet Memphis’ founder, Dorothy Gunther Pugh.

As it approaches its 100th anniversary, Theatre Memphis' facility on Perkins Extended will be getting upgraded. 

The North Mississippi Allstars will open the first half of the Levitt Shell's annual summer concert series on May 30. The free concert series will continue through late July, before returning again at the end of August. 

Volunteers answered the call from the Coliseum Coalition to help "pre-vitalize" the Mid-South Coliseum, turning out Saturday to clean up the storied Memphis landmark.

The state Senate has pulled $2.5 million from Gov. Bill Lee’s planned $10 million Memphis riverfront redevelopment grant, with plans to redirect the money to a Germantown Performing Arts Center amphitheater.

The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers April 10-16.

The Doobie Brothers returns to the Memphis Botanic Garden concert series in a lineup that also includes Lionel Richie, Toby Keith and Brett Young. 

Seven Memphis playwrights talk about how they got their start, their goals and their perceptions of the local industry.