BY ALAN SHERROD On its most basic level, the Jaclyn Backhaus play, Men on Boats, which opened Friday evening in the Lab Theatre of the Clarence Brown, is a retelling of the 1869 exploratory journey made by John Wesley…
Preview: ‘Men On Boats’ at the Clarence Brown Lab Theatre
BY AMANDA BROOKS “It’s interesting to me to sort of take that idea of male conquest, give it to someone who usually doesn’t have that right, and sort of put that into the roles themselves.” – Jaclyn Backhaus, playwright…
Review: Clarence Brown Theatre’s ‘Trouble In Mind’ Throws a Powerful Spotlight on Lost Opportunities
BY ALAN SHERROD Had things gone differently for playwright Alice Childress in 1957, her play Trouble in Mind would have had the honor of being the first play written by a Black woman on Broadway. Of course, things didn’t…
Wednesday Arts Miscellany: February 8 – 12
Knoxville Museum of Art: Current Exhibitions • Tennessee Triennial for Contemporary Art: RE-PAIR January 27, 2023 – May 07, 2023 • Landfall Press: Five Decades of Printmaking December 16, 2022 – April 30, 2023 [Above: Barrettes no. 2, Althea Murphy-Price…
Opening This Week: Alice Childress’ ‘Trouble in Mind’ at Clarence Brown Theatre
Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress Directed by Marti Gobel Clarence Brown Theatre on the UT Campus Previews: Wednesday and Thursday, February 8 and 9 Opens: Friday, February 10; Runs through February 26 Wednesdays – Saturdays** at 7:30 PM; Sunday…
Review: CBT’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ – The Grand Tradition Continues
BY ALAN SHERROD Ironically, talking about tradition has itself become a tradition at this time of year. For many, the Christmas season is all about tradition—customs and events repeated just often enough to remain comfortable and familiar. Surely then,…
On the Wall … Off the Wall: November 15 – 30, Part 1
As the pleasant days of autumn give way to suggestions of winter, it is inevitable that we unconsciously adjust our arts-attending behavior. Coats, umbrellas, and scarves enter the equation and consideration for the availability of warm beverages often affects our…
On the Wall…Off the Wall: Art, Music, and Theatre This Week
Last Week for… • Adaptive Radiation by Hannah Benitez at Clarence Brown Theatre’s Lab Theatre – Ends Sunday, November 6 — Tickets and Information Read the Arts Knoxville review • Radcliffe Bailey: Passages at Knoxville Museum of Art – Ends Sunday,…
Review: ‘Adaptive Radiation’ in CBT’s Lab Theatre
BY ALAN SHERROD Adaptive Radiation — a process in evolutionary biology in which organisms diversify from an ancestral species into a range of new forms, brought about by a change in the environment that makes new and different resources…
Concerts, Plays, and Shows: October 18 – 23
Here are a few events you may want to keep in mind for the week. Clarence Brown Theatre – Lab Theatre: Adaptive Radiation Hannah Benitez’ play Adaptive Radiation premiered in 2018. “Four youths are catapulted into whimsical chaos by a…