River and Rail Theatre Co. has announced its 2022-23 season of productions at the Old…
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“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
Review: Lynn Nottage’s ‘Sweat’ at River & Rail Theatre Company
BY ALAN SHERROD If there is anything that we have learned from television, it…
Review: ‘Always … Patsy Cline’ at Clarence Brown Theatre
BY ALAN SHERROD In case you haven’t been paying attention, jukebox musicals are real…
Big Week on Stage: World Premiere from KSO, ‘Patsy Cline’ at Clarence Brown, Puccini from Knoxville Opera
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra For Knoxville Symphony Orchestra fans, every concert has some compelling component—a hugely…
Review: CBT’s ‘She Kills Monsters’ – An Enchanting Finale for Carousel Theatre
BY ALAN SHERROD Theatre-goers have probably all heard the news—the University of Tennessee Department…
Review: ‘Loot’ at Flying Anvil Theatre
BY ALAN SHERROD For the first two decades of its existence since its initial…
Review: Morisseau’s ‘Blood at the Root’ in Clarence Brown Lab Theatre
BY ALAN SHERROD “Southern trees bear a strange fruit / Blood on the leaves…
Review: River & Rail’s ‘In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play’
BY ALAN SHERROD Technical innovation always seems to outpace society’s understanding. If you doubt…
Review: Clarence Brown Theatre Embraces a Sympathetic ‘Curious Incident’
BY ALAN SHERROD For an audience, a theatrical production is a snapshot in time,…
The Most Popular Arts Knoxville Stories of 2021
As we keep repeating as if it wasn’t obvious, 2021 has been a year like…
