Clarence Brown Theatre: Knoxville
Is Knoxville Broadway bound? We’re talking about the new musical Knoxville, music by composer Stephen Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens with a book by the late Frank Galati, that opens at the Clarence Brown Theatre on Friday, September 6, after previews on September 4 and 5. The musical was adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Death in the Family by James Agee.
Clarence Brown Theatre on the UT Campus
Through September 22 — Tickets and Information
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Theatre Knoxville Downtown: The Revolutionists
Written by Lauren Gunderson and directed by Courtney Woolard, The Revolutionists is a new play about four very real women who lived boldly in France during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. September 6 through September 22 — Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:30 PM; Sundays at 3 PM
Theatre Knoxville Downtown: The Revolutionists
800 S. Central Street
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River and Rail Theatre Company: Thornton Wilder’s Our Town
Winner of the 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Thornton Wilder’s Our Town has become a classic of the American theatre. Directed by Joshua Peterson, Our Town runs at the Old City Performing Arts Center (111 State Street) from Thursday, September 12 through Sunday, September 29—Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 PM and Sundays at 2:30 PM.
River & Rail Theatre Company: Our Town
Old City Performing Arts Center, 111 State Street
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Theater 23: Dr. Biscotti and the Human Condition
Written and directed by Lisa Soland, Dr. Biscotti and the Human Condition has four performances at the Knoxville Convention Center, 701 Henley Street: Friday and Saturday, September 20 and 21, at 7:30 PM; Saturday and Sunday, September 21 and 22 at 2:30 PM.
Theater 23: Dr. Biscotti and the Human Condition
Knoxville Convention Center, 701 Henley Street – September 20-22
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The Wordplayers: A Doll’s House
Directed by Christi Watson, this production of Ibsen’s classic gets six performances at Erin Presbyterian Church, 200 Lockett Road: Friday and Saturdays, September 12, 13, 19, 20 at 7:30 pm; Sundays, September 15 & 22 at 2:30 PM
The Wordplayers: A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
Erin Presbyterian Church, 200 Lockett Road
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Clarence Brown Theatre – Lab Theatre: Cry It Out
Molly Smith Metzler, a screenwriter for Orange Is the New Black and Shameless is also a highly sought-after playwright. Her play Cry It Out debuted in 2017 at The Actors Theater of Louisville’s Humana Festival and has received numerous productions around the U.S.
“This heart-warming comedy finds divergent young mothers strike up a friendship during precious nap time. The comedy takes a sharp and honest look at the power of female friendship, the paradox of working motherhood, and the effects that economic and social class has on parenthood in America. “
Directed by Jessica Holt, Cry It Out will open in CBT’s Lab Theatre on Friday, September 20 after two preview performances on September 18 and 19, and run through Saturday, October 5.
Clarence Brown Theatre’s Lab Theatre
Cry It Out by Molly Smith Metzler
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Knoxville Children’s Theatre: Magic Tree House: Dinosaurs Before Dark
“Magic Tree House: Dinosaurs before Dark KIDS is an adaptation of the first of Mary Pope Osborne’s award-winning fantasy adventure books from the Magic Tree House book series, which has sold more than 100 million copies and is available in more than 100 countries around the world. Jack and Annie’s tree house transports them back in time to the age of the dinosaurs, where the siblings courageously learn that things are not always what they seem.”
Friday, September 13 through Sunday, September 29
Knoxville Children’s Theatre
109 E. Churchwell Avenue
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