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Love and Loss, Life and Death: Opening Night of “Once on This Island” Entertains Nashville

There was scattered controlled chaos in the theater Tuesday night for the opening of “Once on This Island”. Chattering, cell phones, music… but as soon as the lights went dark the show was on.

dear evan hansen production company on stage

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Sky for Forever: “Dear Evan Hansen” Lands in Music City

“I wish everything was different. I wish that I were a part of something.” At one time or another, we have all felt this. Some of us feel it more often or for a longer period of time. Others feel it all the time. One thing is for sure, Dear Evan Hansen brings those feelings to the surface.

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Abandoned: Capturing Fleeting Moments With Jay Farrell

Raw, profound, unsullied: This is just how Jay Farrell likes his emotions. These are also just some of the words you might use to describe the Tennessee-based photographer’s latest book “Abandoned Nashville: Dark Corners of Music City.”

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Dear Evan Hansen Makes Music City Debut Sept. 10-15 at TPAC

Winner of six 2017 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, Dear Evan Hansen makes its Nashville debut with a one-week engagement Sept.10-15 at Tennessee Performing Arts Center’s Jackson Hall.

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Steff Mahan’s new Album ‘Enough’ Proves she is More Than Enough

Longtime Nashville resident singer-songwriter Steff Mahan is releasing a new album — her first since 2014 — at the end of June with a celebratory CD release party.

The helicopter lands in “The Nightmare” in the North American Tour of Miss Saigon.

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REVIEW: Miss Saigon – An Immersive Experience

The epic “Miss Saigon”, showing at TPAC through June 9, vividly and historically takes you back in time. Every detail about the production mesmerizes as it captures the essence of Saigon in the 1970s and the atrocities people faced.

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Unbreakable Bond: A Review of Birthday by Meredith Russo

Birthday by Meredith Russo draws you in and you don’t want to put the book down. Being part of the LGBT+ community myself, I could understand the fear, anger, grief, sadness and happiness that envelops the main characters, Eric, and even more so, Morgan.

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Pansexual Musician Elisabeth Beckwitt Releases ‘FREE FALL’

Nashville’s Pansexual East Side Queen, Elisabeth Beckwitt expresses that rush of euphoria one feels before opening Pandora’s box. “Free Fall” is about taking a chance on something new, even if it means the world will end.

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Madonna Unveils Visually Stunning Music Video “MEDELLÍN” With Maluma

Madonna today unveiled the video for “Medellín” with Maluma, the first track from her highly-anticipated 14th studio album Madame X to be released on June 14th globally.

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“Different in a Small Town” Guaranteed to Bring all the Feels

Cejay, an out, country/pop artist, held a single release listening party for his newest single “Different in a Small Town” from his latest EP “Who You Love” at Canvas Lounge on Saturday, April 20, 2019.

Arts+Entertainment

Love and Loss, Life and Death: Opening Night of “Once on This Island” Entertains Nashville

Sky for Forever: “Dear Evan Hansen” Lands in Music City

Abandoned: Capturing Fleeting Moments With Jay Farrell

Dear Evan Hansen Makes Music City Debut Sept. 10-15 at TPAC

Steff Mahan’s new Album ‘Enough’ Proves she is More Than Enough

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REVIEW: Miss Saigon – An Immersive Experience

Unbreakable Bond: A Review of Birthday by Meredith Russo

Pansexual Musician Elisabeth Beckwitt Releases ‘FREE FALL’

Madonna Unveils Visually Stunning Music Video “MEDELLÍN” With Maluma

“Different in a Small Town” Guaranteed to Bring all the Feels

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