Last Chance to see “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” at the Roxy Regional Theatre
February 29, 2012
Clarksville, TN – If you have ever been in a relationship, currently in a relationship, or simply wishing to date, then “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” is the musical for you. It explores the truths and myths behind dating and relationships with a hysterical musical spin.
I was laughing constantly during the performance and sometimes so hard I had to wipe tears from my eyes as I related to the situation the actors were portraying. I found myself constantly thinking, “Yeah been there” or “Done that”.
Last Chance to catch the Musical “Beehive” at the Roxy
October 13, 2011
Clarksville, TN – If you have not seen it yet, you need to get down to the Roxy Regional Theatre this weekend for the last three shows of “Beehive: The ’60s Musical Sensation”. This show features five hot women, a six-piece band and dozens of outrageous costumes. I think the shower curtain skirt was my favorite.
Kendall Anne Thompson, Brianna Hertzberg, Troy Jackson, Jenae Thompson, and Heather Anderson give magnificent vocal performances singing songs from The Chiffons, The Supremes, Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin and other ’60s pop stars. Several of the songs featured subperb harmonies.
Beehive: The ’60s Musical Sensation now playing through Saturday at the Roxy.
Organizations Invited to Apply for ABC Grants to Fund Arts Activities
July 26, 2011
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Arts & Heritage Development Council invites organizations seeking funding for artistic and cultural projects that benefit the community to apply for an Arts Build Communities (ABC) grant.
Arts Build Communities (ABC) is a program funded by the Tennessee General Assembly and administered by the Clarksville Arts & Heritage Development Council (AHDC) in cooperation with the Tennessee Arts Commission (TAC). ABC grants offer financial support for arts projects in all disciplines such as dance, music, opera/musical theater, theater, visual arts, design arts, crafts, photography, media arts, literature, interdisciplinary, and folk arts.
Community Arts Program at APSU Hosts Inaugural Musical Theater Camp
June 29, 2011
Clarksville, TN – Last Friday afternoon, a new musical premiered at the Austin Peay State University Music/Mass Communication Building’s Concert Hall. The show, “Intergalactic Space Trip,” was an ambitious, 15-minute production, featuring several musical numbers sung in a half dozen different languages.
When the cast, made up of local 8 to 12 year olds, took their final bow at the end of the show, the parents sitting in the audience agreed that it was a success. They were happy to see what their children had learned in only five days.
Students perform a scene as part of “Intergalactic Space Trip.” (Photo by Beth Liggett/APSU Public Relations and Marketing)
APSU’s Center of Excellence Celebrates 25th Anniversary with New Musical by Two APSU Professors
March 30, 2011
Clarksville, TN – One thing that really annoys Dr. Richard Gildrie, emeritus professor of history at Austin Peay State University, is when people commonly mistake Benjamin Franklin for a serious, pompous old man. Don’t even mention to him D.H. Lawrence’s essay criticizing the founding father’s seminal work, “The Autobiography,” unless you’re looking for an argument.
“That essay angered me so much, in which Lawrence took seriously the assumption in ‘The Autobiography’ where Franklin said he wanted to be perfect,” Gildrie said. “The whole thing is obviously a spoof. Few people understand that Ben Franklin was quite a comedian, and the Pennsylvania Gazette was a sort of ‘The Daily Show’ of its time.”
Retired Austin Peay State University professors George Mabry and Richard Gildrie joke around on the tavern set of their new musical “Ben and the Virtues.” (Photo By Charles Booth/APSU Public Relations and Marketing)
Ain’t Misbehavin’ at the Roxy
February 25, 2011
Clarksville, TN – The outrageously prodigious comic and musical soul of 1930s Harlem lives on in the Roxy Regional Theatre’s production of AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’: The Fats Waller Musical Show, beginning February 11th, 2011.
Directed and choregraphed by Ryan Bowie, AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ stars Faith Boles, Rendell DeBose, Brittney Mack, Keith Patrick McCoy, Roslyn Seale and Tom Thayer on piano.
Roxy Regional Theatre presents”DRACULA; the Musical”
October 13, 2010
Clarksville, TN – Presented in the vein of the “Twilight” series and “True Blood,” the Roxy Regional Theatre’s production of DRACULA brings a modern spin to the Bram Stoker classic.
DRACULA runs October 8th through October 30th, playing Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:00pm and Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm, with 2:00pm matinees on Saturday, October 16th and 30th.
Starring Justin Barnum as Count Dracula, this terrifying and passionate new musical also features Joanna Carpenter as Mina, Laura Lynne Tapper as Lucy, Ryan Bowie as Jonathan Harker, Keith Patrick McCoy as Van Helsing, Ryan Dawley, Michael Hadary, Travis Kendrick, Lisa MacAfee, Lia Sumerano, Kendall Anne Thompson and Nate Washburn.
SMOKE: A Ballad of the Night Riders opens this weekend.
June 2, 2010
Director, David Alford
What would cause a close knit community of friends and farmers to pull their curtains tight and lock their doors at sunset? What could turn brother against brother in an act of hatred and deceit? It all goes back to a single tobacco leaf that caused a fiery uproar that affected everyone in town and spanned state lines. It is said that the details surrounding this event have been so hidden and suppressed through the years that family Patriarch’s have had to die before this story could be told. Starting this weekend, David Alford is telling that story in the form of a drama based musical called SMOKE: A Ballad of the Night Riders.
David Alford, writer and director of the well known play SPIRIT: The Authentic story of the Bell Witch is bringing to the stage in Adams, TN SMOKE:A Ballad of the Night Riders, as well as writing the lyrics to this musicals original score. [Read more]
