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Auditions posted for Red and Amadeus
May 01 2012
Blackbird Theater will hold auditions for both Red and Amadeus on May 21 & 22. See our audition page for details.
Blackbird announces third season
April 05 2012
Blackbird Theater proudly presents two penetrating, award-winning shows for its 2012-2013 season: Red by John Logan and Amadeus by Peter Shaffer.
Nashville Scene reviews Pacific Overtures
February 09 2012
Martin Brady: Sondheim’s revelatory Pacific Overtures shines in an atypically small venue (read the review)
Pacific Overtures Opens to Rave Reviews!
February 05 2012
The reviews are in! From both professional and personal sources the word is glowing! Check out what people are saying about Pacific Overtures
Reviews for Pacific Overtures pouring in
February 03 2012
Reviews are in from BroadwayWorld.com and ArtNowNashville.com, and Jim Ridley from the Nashville Scene puts in his two cents!
Pacific Overtures Opens - Key Terms Defined
February 02 2012
As Pacific Overtures takes its first bow tonight, we present you with a few fun facts and definitions!
Nashville Arts magazine features Blackbird Theater founders
February 01 2012
Playwright Jim Reyland writes about Blackbird Theater and Pacific Overtures in Nashville’s premiere arts publication.
Jim Ridley: Pacific Overtures Opens Thursday at Blackbird Theater
February 01 2012
Nashville arts/culture maven and longtime Nashville Scene writer Jim Ridley tells the ‘ville why you shouldnt’ miss Pacific Overtures.
The Tennessean previews Pacific Overtures
January 30 2012
Journalist Fiona Soltes previews Pacific Overtures in Sunday’s Tennessean!
Pacific Overtures Rehearsal Update: Unusual Props
January 28 2012
A look into some of the more unusual props used in Pacific Overtures
Pacific Overtures on NPT Arts Break
January 28 2012
Nashville Public Television’s Linda Wei goes behind the scenes of Pacific Overtures on this week’s Arts Break.
Actor Travis Brazil talks Pacific Overtures
January 22 2012
Actor Travis Brazil (“Reciter”) explains why being British helps in “Pacific Overtures”
Rehearsal Progress: Snaps from the Props Table
January 15 2012
As rehearsal’s progress we’ll be blogging pictures from the ever-expanding props table. Here is the first installment!
Pacific Overtures posters
January 15 2012
Check out the evocative new posters for Blackbird’s production of Pacific Overtures.
Greg Greene Talks “Pacific Overtures”
January 11 2012
Managing Director Greg Greene talks about “Pacific Overtures” and why it’s not your typical musical.
Cast announced for Pacific Overtures
November 02 2011
Blackbird is pleased to announce the cast of Stephen Sondheim’s musical epic Pacific Overtures.
Public reading of Blackbird’s original musical Myth
November 02 2011
Blackbird Theater presents the first public reading of Myth, an original musical by Blackbird cofounders Wes Driver and Greg Greene and composer Michael Slayton, on Saturday, November 12, at Shamblin Theater. Myth tells the sweeping story of how and why the gods were cast from Mt. Olympus. It’s an epic tale of corrupt kings, surprising romances, unlikely heroes, and, of course, the incomparable gods in all of their majestic, decadent glory.
Blackbird Honored in Scene’s “Best of Nashville”
October 06 2011
We’re thrilled and honored by the acclaim given in this week’s Nashville Scene “Best of Nashville” issue to Blackbird Theater as well as some of our friends and collaborators.
Auditions announced for PACIFIC OVERTURES
September 13 2011
Blackbird Theater will stage PACIFIC OVERTURES by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman, February 2-18, 2012 at Lipscomb University’s Shamblin Theater.
Auditions will be held on Saturday, October 1 from 11:00am to 6:00pm.
Final weekend of MAGIC
August 24 2011
“Blackbird Theater continues to impress with its program of challenging, smartly written plays,” says Nashville Scene’s Martin Brady. “Now 100 years old, the play still rings with truth, as this earnest and respectful revival ably demonstrates.”
Reviews for MAGIC materialize
August 17 2011
We’re humbled and thrilled for Blackbird’s production of MAGIC to have received stellar reviews from both Jeffrey Ellis (BroadwayWorld.com) and Evans Donnell (StageCritic.com).
A first look at MAGIC
August 12 2011
MAGIC opens tonight. Get a look at this rich, haunting production in these new publicity still, courtesy of Joey Pippin.
Casting complete on Magic
June 10 2011
Blackbird Theater is proud to announce the completion of our casting for G.K. Chesterton’s Magic.
Announcing our 2011/2012 season
May 27 2011
Blackbird Theater is truly excited to announce our second season, featuring two shows you won’t find within 500 miles or fifty years of here.
Why Magic?
April 12 2011
Whenever I tell people our next show is Magic by G.K. Chesterton, I’m usually met with one of two responses: either the polite nod with the “Oh, okay” or the “Holy Crap-and-a-Half! Are you frickin’ kiddin’ me?”
Facing the Dragon
December 28 2010
Seeing Arcadia for the first time was one of the most transformative experiences of my life. I mean that. It was in London, 1995….We had seen a number of other impressive productions already, but I left the theater that afternoon absolutely awed.
Best New Play of 2010
October 08 2010
We’re thrilled to announce that Twilight of the Gods has received this recognition from the Nashville Scene in its annual “Best of Nashville” issue.
The Reviews Are In
August 19 2010
We at Blackbird Theater would like to thank the Nashville theater press for getting the word out on our new show and for all the cast and crew who have made this such a rewarding and successful endeavor. Here’s a sampling of what the critics are saying about Twilight of the Gods…
Introducing Blackbird Theater
July 03 2010
I know what you’re thinking.
Another theater company? Isn’t there a slew of companies already? And isn’t there a shortage of good venues? Come to think of it, won’t this put further strain on dwindling financial support for the arts? Does it even make sense to start a new theater company?
Okay, maybe that’s not what you’re thinking. But I am, and here are my answers: Yes, yes, yes, maybe, and absolutely.
Let me explain…