By Alan Sherrod It is said that there is a moment in a person’s life—usually in the adolescent or teenage years—when music begins to speak to them in a personal way, with that specific music magically acting as a…
Review: Life Goes On in ‘Circle Mirror Transformation’ at Flying Anvil Theatre
By Alan Sherrod What could be simpler—five men and women take a six-week acting class at a community center somewhere in Vermont, engaging in exercises designed to help them explore the projection of their feelings. For the audience of…
UT Theatre MFA Program Moves Up To 11th In National Ranking
By Alan Sherrod It should come as no surprise that theatre graduate schools in and around New York City benefit tremendously from their proximity to the epicenter of professional theatre in the United States. As it turns out, though,…
Review: Marble City Opera’s ‘Suor Angelica’ – A Magic Hour in Every Sense
Marble City Opera’s production of ‘Suor Angelica’ has two more performances on Friday and Saturday evenings, May 31 and June 1, at 7:30 PM, in the courtyard of St. John’s Cathedral in downtown Knoxville. Tickets By Alan Sherrod …
Knoxville Museum of Art Receives $40K Grant for Beauford Delaney Exhibition
As part of the National Endowment for the Arts’ recent announcement of awards granted to arts organizations across the United States, the Knoxville Museum of Art was one of several local entities receiving significant grants in support of specific activities.…
This Week: Marble City Opera Moves Outdoors for Puccini’s ‘Suor Angelica’
By Alan Sherrod It really was inevitable. Having performed operas of all sizes and shapes in a variety of non-theatre Knoxville venues including coffeeshops, hotel bars, converted freight depots, church naves, and historic mansions over its six years of…
Review: Knoxville Choral Society Heads for the Future With “Sing! Knoxville”
By Alan Sherrod It is fair to say that the last dozen years or so have seen a rise in enthusiasm for choral music in the United States, both on the performance side and in audiences. What could possibly…
Review: ‘The Man From Earth’ at Theatre Knoxville Downtown
By Alan Sherrod If you like your theatrical dramas with a bit of intriguing debate, you’ll want to check out Theatre Knoxville Downtown’s latest, The Man From Earth by Jerome Bixby, which opened last weekend and runs through June…
Review: Guitarist Vieaux and KSO Offer a Fascinating and Entertaining 2018-19 Season Finale
By Alan Sherrod For the previous two seasons, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra music director Aram Demirjian has concluded those seasons with programs that mixed repertoire stalwarts with exciting newer works that had the effect of flinging open the door to…
Summer Evenings: “Concerts on the Square” for 2019
Concerts on the Square are back for the 2019 season. Knoxville’s Market Square is the site for free entertainment on Tuesday and Thursday evenings courtesy of the City of Knoxville and First Century Bank. “Jazz Tuesdays” began on May 7…
