As the show curtain rose on DJ Pike’s beautifully atmospheric set for Clarence Brown Theatre’s production of Murder on the Orient Express which opened last week, I halfway expected the audience to ...

It goes without saying that Tim Burton’s cleverly stylized 1988 film, Beetlejuice, has legions of fans. Based on the crowd in the Tennessee Theatre lobby Tuesday evening, the Broadway musical stage ...

There was a lot to grab one’s attention last Friday evening at Knoxville Opera’s production of the Franz Lehar operetta, The Merry Widow. History buffs got a peek at the influence operetta has had on ...

To more accurately reflect its evolution, scale, and importance, the Knoxville performance entity previously known as the Amadeus Chamber Ensemble has undergone a name change to become the Amadeus ...

For over 10 years, River & Rail Theatre has been a fixture in the Knoxville arts community, bringing together both local and national talent to tell stories about our city, its people, and its history ...

In a year full of stories commenting on modern American culture, Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme might be the most American film of the year. Marty Mauser (Timothee Chalamet) is a young, hungry and overly ...

As we approach the season of gratitude, several Knoxville musicians, including myself, reflected on their own musical journeys and the people to whom they are most grateful. May these remembrances ...

good piece of theatre always keeps its audience guessing, a bit off balance as it were, exploring a narrative hallway of doors left there by the playwright. Becky Shaw, a 2008 comedy by Gina ...

River & Rail Theatre Company is rounding out their 2022-2023 season with their largest production of the season – Fun Home. The show is a Tony-award winning musical adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s ...

2019 was a quiet year for The Public Cinema, Knoxville’s free-admission, venue-hopping “microcinema.” They screened one new release in April—Christian Petzold’s Transit; one classic film in ...

Just what is the Tennessee Triennial for Contemporary Art? Every three years, participating Tennessee museums, arts venues, and arts organizations curate and present exhibitions under a common theme ...

First performed in 1937, Carmina Burana is a dramatic cantata for chorus, children’s chorus, three soloists, and a full orchestra, structured in three acts along with an identical opening and closing ...