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Since 1977, the Orpheum has been the Mid-South home of touring Broadway productions. The Orpheum's two venues also host performances by Ballet Memphis, various concerts, comedians, a summer movie series, a family series of educational programs, and local cultural and community events such as Memphis in May, International Blues Challenge, and special Elvis Week events.
The W. C. Handy Theatre was located at 2355 Park Avenue in the Orange Mound neighborhood of southeast Memphis. [3] The 1,275-capacity theater cost $200,000 to build. [4] In the lobby, there was a milk bar for theater patrons and transient passers-by. [5] There was a stage for top African-American entertainers to perform at the venue. [6]
The Orpheum's summer movie series was launched in 1984 as a way to show off and encourage Memphians to visit the newly restored and reopened theater.
Memphis: Direct from Broadway is a 2011 film of the original Broadway production of the musical Memphis as captured live in performance on Broadway. The show was captured at Broadway's Shubert Theatre in New York City January 18–21, 2011, utilizing multiple high-definition cameras and 96 tracks of sound recording.
The 27th annual Indie Memphis Film Festival is set to run Nov. 14-17 at Crosstown Theater and the Studio on the Square, with encore screenings Nov. 18-19.. A trivia contest, parties, film ...
Memphis actress Kat Conner Sterling, 27, has a key supporting role in "Popular Theory," a PG-rated comedy now at the Malco Cordova Cinema (an appropriate venue, for a movie featuring the former ...
The New Daisy Theatre is a music venue located on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee.It plays host to both local and national acts, as well the site of rental events. [1]The theater opened in 1936 and has featured artists such as John Lee Hooker, Gatemouth Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, Al Green, Sam and Dave, Bob Dylan, Alex Chilton, the Cramps, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Phish, Kid Memphis, Son Lewis ...
Playhouse on the Square is a regional theatre company located in Memphis, Tennessee. [1] It is owned by Circuit Playhouse, Inc., which operates two other Memphis theaters. While it has its own resident company of professional actors, auditions are still frequently open to the public