The Orpheum Theatre is now under private ownership after the Orpheum Theatre Group officially signed the deed Monday, March 28.

 The performance will feature choreography inspired by the long-hidden images Robinson snapped in the late ’60s and ’70s. 

“Tina — The Tina Turner Musical” is the 12-time Tony-nominated musical written by native Memphian Katori Hall. 

Stax, National Civil Rights Museum and gear up to celebrate Black History Month.

At least a couple of venues are reacting to the COVID surge by canceling their New Year’s Eve events, but so far the Beale Street festivities are still on.

Sibling trio, Girl Named Tom, is The Voice’s Season 21 winner. Wendy Moten comes in second.

Wendy Moten closes the first night of the “Voice” finale home with “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”

Dancer Velvetina Taylor masters the old-fashioned art of the tease.

Orpheum Theatre officials said remaining performances of “Disney’s The Lion King” have been canceled due to positive COVID-19 cases among members of the touring company as well as local crew.

The sixth-grader at Evangelical Christian School will continue his studies while on the national tour with the show. 

Following the premiere in Memphis, the jookin’ crew will go on a national tour. 

Acclaimed author and memoirist Carmen Maria Machado will appear at the University of Memphis Nov. 11 and 12. 

Music Export Memphis’ annual Tambourine Bash brings local musicians together, showcases them for local fans, and helps them take their music on the road. 

With impromptu choreography and no pre-chosen music, talent from Louisiana and Memphis competed Sunday using styles of jookin’, krumping, locking, popping and more with the audience serving as judges. 

Broadway theater has returned to the Orpheum, starting with “Come From Away,” a musical production about airplane passengers diverted to a small town in Newfoundland following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. 

Barbecue fest was actually held at Liberty Park in 2011 after flooding on the Mississippi River necessitated it be moved. 

BPACC begins its 23rd season on Saturday, Oct. 2, running through May 7, 2022.

The former Memphian “had no qualms” about the project. “I grew up in Tennessee. Tina (Turner) grew up in Tennessee. I know that place. I know the culture.” Hall is up for two Tony Awards at the ceremony Sunday, Sept. 26.

With an emphasis on Memphis and regional music, River City Records will be the only Downtown record shop north of the Beale, and the biggest since Pop Tunes closed more than a decade ago.

There will also be a lottery for 40 $10 seats for each performance; details will be announced.

“The tribute artists are not the parody,” said Angie Marchese, vice president of archives and exhibits at Graceland. “These guys are true artists. They’re singers, they’re craftsmen, paying tribute to someone who has changed their lives.”

The local 12-year-old is getting his shot at the big time as the understudy in a production by the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.

After making a splash with last fall’s BVOE, Off the Walls Arts returns with FIREBIRD, blending modern dance and sculpture at its unconventional South Memphis arts space.

The Levitt Shell’s fall concert season lineup has a Memphis-first bent.