Theater Archives | Focus Middle Tennessee

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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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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.

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.

Elijah Malcomb, Joseph Morales, Kyle Scatliffe, Fergie L. Philippe and the company of the HAMILTON National Tour. Photo by Joan Marcus.

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TPAC’s 2019-20 Season Announced; To Feature Nashville Premieres of Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen

TPAC’s 2019-20 Season to feature Nashville premieres of HAMILTON and DEAR EVAN HANSEN. The new blockbuster season also includes the hottest Broadway titles, including ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL, MY FAIR LADY, ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE, SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL and Roald Dahl’s CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

The cast of the ROCK OF AGES National Tour.

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Decadence & Debauchery: Rock of Ages Does not Disappoint

The Rock of Ages 10th Anniversary tour has landed in Nashville and the cast is ready to take us back to a sexier time, the Regan Era! That’s right, through music, dance, and swift set changes, we are transported back to the age of sex, drugs and rock & roll – Hollywood’s Sunset Strip in 1987.

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HAMILTON is Coming to Nashville

Performances Dec. 31, 2019 – Jan. 19, 2020 at TPAC’s Jackson Hall

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O-M-Gosh! “The Book of Mormon” Does not Disappoint in its Third Visit to Music City

From golden plates to scrotal maggots and even Johnnie Cochran, there is something for (almost) everyone. In its third appearance in Nashville, “The Book of Mormon” continues to draw crowds. This sometimes vulgar, occasionally offensive musical comedy tells the tale of Mormon missionaries and their plight to convert people to follow the teachings of the “All-American Prophet” Joseph Smith.

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Get On Your Feet at TPAC

The musical featured a wonderful band performing all of her greatest hits including “Conga”, “Live for Loving You” and of course “Get On Your Feet.” The story begins as a young Gloria and Emilio make their way from Cuba to Miami to live a better life.

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Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Twirls its way to TPAC on Feb. 21

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, hailed by “The Guardian” as “the funniest night you’ll ever have at the ballet,” comes to Nashville for a one-night engagement on Feb. 21 at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center’s Jackson Hall.

Theater

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

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

REVIEW: Miss Saigon – An Immersive Experience

TPAC’s 2019-20 Season Announced; To Feature Nashville Premieres of Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen

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Decadence & Debauchery: Rock of Ages Does not Disappoint

HAMILTON is Coming to Nashville

O-M-Gosh! “The Book of Mormon” Does not Disappoint in its Third Visit to Music City

Get On Your Feet at TPAC

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Twirls its way to TPAC on Feb. 21

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