Theatre
“What are we doing here, that is the question. And we are blessed in this, that we happen to know the answer. Yes, in the immense confusion one thing alone is clear. We are waiting for Godot to come … ”
― Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
There’s Still More To Come As 2016-17 Arts and Music Season Winds Down
Review: CBT Goes Global in ‘Around the World in 80 Days’
Review of the current Clarence Brown Theatre production of ‘Around the World in 80 Days.’ The work was adapted from the Jules Verne classic novel by Mark Brown.
Knoxville Opera This Weekend: Donizetti’s ‘Mary, Queen of Scots’
Two previews of the cast and production of Knoxville Opera’s production of Gaetano Donizetti’s Mary, Queen of Scots—opening this coming weekend at the Tennessee Theatre—can be found in the Knoxville Mercury.
A Big Weekend for Knoxville
Not particularly by design, there are those weekends in Knoxville when multiple diverse arts events…
This Weekend: UT Opera Theatre – ‘The Crucible’
The UT Opera Theatre offers Robert Ward’s ‘The Crucible’ this weekend for four performances at the Bijou Theatre.
Review: Marble City Opera Takes ‘La Traviata’ To Another Dimension
Review of Marble City Opera’s ‘La Traviata’
Review: CBT’s ‘The Busy Body’- Clever, Intelligent, and Entertaining
By 1709, the year that Susanna Centlivre’s The Busy Body had its premiere and run…
CBT’s ‘The Busy Body’ – The Force of Necessity
Not entirely by accident, I recently stumbled upon an 1808 printing of Susanna Centlivre’s The Busy Body (1709) in a volume drawn from productions of that play by the Drury Lane and Covent Garden Theatres. The printing, coming roughly 100 years after the play was first produced in 1709, drew me in with scholarly fascination.
Theatre Knoxville Downtown: ‘Clybourne Park’ – Feb 17-Mar 5
When awards are handed out for cultural perseverance, Theatre Knoxville Downtown will undoubtedly be one…
Review: Knoxville Opera’s ‘La Bohème’
Infused with cold medicine and lulled into a sense of security by cough lozenges so…
