Having spent the first half of 2014 working on David Rush's one man play about Leonard Bernstein, I was excited to learn that The Roxy Regional Theatre in Clarksville had Bernstein's first musical, ON THE TOWN, as the opening show for their 2014-2015 season.
Waiting for cabaret in Nashville is a lot like waiting for Godot. In this city of singers and songwriters, it's bound to come along eventually - and with the growing legions of young musical theatre artists (and their mentors) it would seem an art form that has a natural place here in Music City.
casey-stampfield-musical-300CASEY STAMPFIELD: THE MUSICAL, is a satirical musical about Tennessee's "Don't Say Gay" conservative Senator - that would be Stacey Campfield.
BARBARA'S BLUE KITCHEN is a two person one woman show - kind of a solo Steel Magnolias a la Lily Tomlin - small town Southern diner cabaret in which the multi talented Lori Fischer takes us through a day in the life of a country eatery,
Rachel Rodriguez is headed to New York to sing Classic Country at the Metropolitan Room September 3rd and 4th. You can find out what that's all about at www.metropolitanroom.com
Theatrically, the school year couldn’t have gotten off to a better start than it did last night at Belmont, when three of Music City’s most accomplished divas kicked up their heels on the stage of Massey Concert Hall with an evening of amazing songs that haven’t been done to death.
