A current National Tour of ‘Les Misérables’ is making an 8-performance stop in Knoxville through August 3 at the Tennessee Theatre. Read the review.
A Glimpse Ahead: 2025-26 Knoxville Music and Theatre Season
Waiting anxiously in the wings for its entrance cue, the 2025-26 season of theatre and music is yet another one packed with classics and new works—gems of both history and the latest efforts of playwrights, composers, and authors. Subscriptions to…
Review: ‘Harvey’ at TKD — Chasing the White Rabbit
Maybe some of you have that one friend that no one else seems to understand. No matter how many introductions you make to a variety of different people, your other friends just don’t seem to “get” this person. That’s the case with poor Elwood P. Dowd and his dear friend that no one seems to see. Director Jill Stapleton Bergeron introduces us to this unlucky friend in TKD’s production of Mary Chase’s 1953 play Harvey that keeps both actors and audiences on their toes and at their wit’s end.
Marble City Opera Announces Ryan Colbert as Associate Executive Artistic Director
Marble City Opera has announced that Ryan Colbert will be joining the company as its Associate Executive Artistic Director. She will begin her new role with MCO effective August 1, 2025. Founding Executive Artistic Director of MCO, Kathryn Frady offered:…
Review: Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’ and his desperate call for decency
With his latest film, ‘Eddington’, Ari Aster borrows more culture critic tendencies. Joaquin Phoenix once again plays a man—this time much less afraid of himself and others—who is married to a woman (Emma Stone) who is both intertwined in a sexless marriage with him and on her spiritual journey of destiny. Yet in Eddington, Phoenix’s character is a much stronger encapsulation of the modern American psyche.