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    Here’s how local directors, actors make six plays in one day

    A local production this weekend will feature playwrights, directors and actors aiming to create six new plays in the span of 24 hours. 

    By Kambui Bomani June 28, 2024
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    Bus shelter art of jookin’ dancers ‘like the Rocky statue for Memphis’

    Muralist Brandon Marshall said he designed the Hickory Hill images to inspire drivers and bus riders with uplifting pictures of “a strong cultural asset for the city.”

    By King Jemison June 21, 2024
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    ‘Something for everybody’ at the Tone Juneteenth Festival

    Horseback rides and the chance to hear live music were some of the ways attendees enjoyed themselves during the Tone Juneteenth Festival. 

    By Kambui Bomani June 17, 2024
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    A final bow: Theater to stage Memphis playwright’s work one last time

    Playwright and Memphis theater stalwart Howell Pearre wrote 46 plays during his life, and his longtime friend will direct one of his dramatic, Southern tales in Pearre’s honor.

    By Alys Drake June 14, 2024
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    Memphis hosts a variety of Juneteenth celebrations

    One event, Tone’s music festival, features Memphis rap legend Juicy J and Memphis producer HitKidd.

    By Kambui Bomani June 13, 2024
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    Memphis theater company’s seventh season includes three firsts

    Quark Theatre is known for thoughtful and provocative shows that challenge the audience. But one thing the company has not done is a musical. 

    By Alys Drake June 08, 2024
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    Tumble out of bed, stumble to Memphis stages in June

    In June, Memphis theaters will perform a familiar fairy tale, a slick con-man’s life story, a Dolly Parton musical and more.

    By Alys Drake June 11, 2024
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    Collage Dance bringing ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ ballet back

    The Memphis-based company begins its 2024-2025 season with the return of its free Memphis Dance Festival Saturday, Sept. 21 — which is also National Dance Day. 

    By Elle Perry June 05, 2024
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    Hattiloo leader graduates from Morehouse

    “That was the rite of passage from what we call a man of Morehouse to a Morehouse Man,” said Ekundayo Bandele, founder and CEO of Hattiloo Theatre.

    By Alys Drake May 23, 2024
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    Opera Memphis sets ‘La Bohème’ on Beale Street in 1915

    The Metropolitan Opera tenor who stars as Rodolfo believes “La Bohème' serves as an archetype for modern TV sitcoms that also center around six friends. Like “Living Single.”

    By Elle Perry May 15, 2024
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    An ogre, a king, a blonde and a bunch more stars come to Memphis

    “Shrek the Musical” and “Legally Blonde” are some of the shows coming to theater stages across Memphis. Plus, a Pulitzer Prize winning comedy-drama makes its regional premiere at Circuit Playhouse.

    By Alys Drake May 04, 2024
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    Germantown graduate turned Broadway actor found dead

    Thay Floyd, who performed on Broadway in “Waitress” and “A Christmas Story,” got his start in Germantown High School fine arts department. 

    By Jane Roberts May 02, 2024
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    Memphis playwright pours herself into project honoring literary hero

    For two decades, Ann Perry Wallace collected stories of pluck and moxie about her hero. Stringing them together and performing all herself, she tells the life of Zora Neale Hurston, author of “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” 

    By Jane Roberts April 29, 2024
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    Playhouse resurrects a forgotten Broadway musical

    The Tony-winning musical “Your Arms Too Short to Box with God” hasn’t been officially produced since 1982 but will return to the stage in Memphis.

    By Alys Drake April 27, 2024
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    Americana star Allison Russell opens for Hozier in Southaven

    Since her last Memphis-area show 18 months ago, the multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter has won a Grammy Award, headlined an international tour and hosted a fundraising concert with Jason Isbell.

    By Elle Perry April 26, 2024
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    Overton Park Shell concerts include Black Opry, Bar-Kays, Bodywerk

    Shows include Cyrena Wages, Aaron James, MonoNeon, Talibah Safiya with MadameFraankie, Blvck Hippie and Lukah with Hope Clayburn & The Fire Salamander.

    By Elle Perry April 21, 2024
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    Calkins: A Memphis theater producer found a brother he never knew about. A story straight from the stage.

    After nearly four decades, Memphis theater producer Mike Detroit found a full brother he never knew existed. It’s a mystery that could be a miniseries. But even Detroit warns: “There are parts you may not believe.”

    By Geoff Calkins April 16, 2024
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    ‘Wicked,’ ‘Hamlet,’ ‘Steel Magnolias’ and more on Memphis stages in April

    The month starts with a “Wicked”(ish) witch defying gravity in a musical that’s coming to the big screen this year. Also, fairy-tale friends take a journey “Into The Woods” and “Hamlet” is reimagined in the 1920s.

    By Alys Drake April 08, 2024
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    Giving it a twirl: More Memphis schools offer ballet classes

    “If I wanted to have a sophisticated school, I would have ballet,” Principal Louis Padgett said. “I want (the) boys and girls to be more sophisticated than myself. I said I’d never leave this school until it had ballet.” 

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    New Ballet’s new leader brings ‘talent, aspiration, hope’ to young dancers

    By Sarah Dassinger March 27, 2024
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    New Ballet’s new leader brings ‘talent, aspiration, hope’ to young dancers

    “No matter what I’m doing, I spend (time) investing in kids and neighborhoods. At New Ballet, I get to do it in a way that’s fresh and exciting.”

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    Giving it a twirl: More Memphis schools offer ballet classes

    By Sarah Dassinger August 19, 2025
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    Playhouse on the Square’s 56th season includes ‘Wizard of Oz,’ ‘A Bronx Tale’

    Playhouse on the Square’s latest season includes family favorites, plays examining social and political issues, musicals and comedies. 

    By Elle Perry March 12, 2024
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    GPAC’s new season includes Lyle Lovett, The War and Treaty, Meshell Ndegeocello

    Award-winning Americana, jazz and gospel acts; a local roots favorite; an all-female tap group; a tribute to Tony Bennett; modern dance and a Guinean acrobatic troupe are all part of GPAC’s 30th season. 

    By Elle Perry March 08, 2024
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    Hattiloo’s 18th season includes ‘Carmen Jones,’ ‘The Lion King Jr.’

    The new season features nine shows from July 26, 2024, to June 8, 2025.

    By Kambui Bomani June 05, 2024
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    ‘Awadagin Pratt: Black in America’ presented at University of Memphis

    The film is a candid look at the challenges and experiences of being a person of color in the United States.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 03, 2024
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    ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’ adds performance at Theatre Memphis

    Theater fans can catch ‘Charlie Brown,’ ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,’ Broadway’s hit ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ and other shows on stages in Memphis this March.

    By Alys Drake March 12, 2024

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