“Steel Magnolias” Takes the Stage of the Roxy Regional Theatre, July 28th – August 19th
July 20, 2017
Clarksville, TN – This summer, beat the heat and come on down to Truvy’s beauty shop, where the motto is “there is no such thing as natural beauty” and all the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done. The Roxy Regional Theatre presents Robert Harling’s stage hit “Steel Magnolias”, July 28th through August 19th, 2017.
Directed by Ryan Bowie, the beloved comedy-drama which inspired the 1989 film starring Dolly Parton, Julia Roberts, Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis and Daryl Hannah centers on the bond among a group of six Southern women at a small-town beauty shop in northwest Louisiana.
“Steel Magnolias” Takes the Stage of the Roxy Regional Theatre, July 28th – August 19th
Set Sail with the Swashbuckling Musical Comedy “The Pirates of Penzance, Jr.” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, May 26th – June 17th
May 22, 2017
Clarksville, TN – Sentimental pirates, bumbling policemen, dim-witted young lovers, dewy-eyed daughters and an eccentric Major-General are just a few of the characters dropping anchor at the corner of Franklin and First in Historic Downtown Clarksville.
The Roxy Regional School of the Arts presents Gilbert and Sullivan’s swashbuckling musical comedy “The Pirates of Penzance, Jr.” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, May 26th through June 17th.
Lauren Mund and Patrick Long star as Mabel and Frederic in the Roxy Regional School of the Arts production of “The Pirates of Penzance, Jr.” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, May 26th – June 17th
Clarksville’s Roxy Regional Theatre Presents Hilarious Hit Musical [title of show], April 28th – May 13th
April 27, 2017
Clarksville, TN – To anyone who has ever had a dream and dared to try and make that dream a reality, no matter what the obstacle, the Roxy Regional Theatre has just the show for you. Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell’s unique, unusually named hit musical comedy [title of show] comes to the corner of Franklin and First in Historic Downtown Clarksville, April 28th – May 13th.
A hilarious musical about a musical by people who write musicals, this Tony Award-nominated one-act centers on two struggling writers, Jeff and Hunter, who are desperate to get a piece into the New York Musical Theatre Festival. The only problem is they have no ideas … and the submission deadline is a mere three weeks away.
![(Top L to R) Jessica Medoff, Grant Fitzgerald, Ryan Bowie and Beth Kirby star in [title of show] at the Roxy Regional Theatre, April 28th - May 13th.](http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Title-Of-Show-b.jpg "(Top L to R) Jessica Medoff, Grant Fitzgerald, Ryan Bowie and Beth Kirby star in [title of show] at the Roxy Regional Theatre, April 28th - May 13th.")
(Top L to R) Jessica Medoff, Grant Fitzgerald, Ryan Bowie and Beth Kirby star in [title of show] at the Roxy Regional Theatre, April 28th – May 13th.
Dr. Seuss Favorites Come to Life in “SEUSSICAL: The Musical” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, March 17th – April 8th
March 17, 2017
Clarksville, TN – Children across the nation recently celebrated the birthday of Dr. Seuss with Read Across America Day. The Roxy Regional Theatre continues the celebration in Historic Downtown Clarksville with the staging of “SEUSSICAL: The Musical”, opening this Friday, March 17th, and continuing through April 8th.
Kendall Adaire Payne stars as The Cat in the Hat in this musical extravaganza that is sure to entertain the entire family.
“The Cat in the Hat is the narrative host who guides the audience through the show,” Payne said. “He pops up here and there and pretty much everywhere, usually out of nowhere, with comedic blurbs.”
The Roxy Regional Theatre presents “SEUSSICAL: The Musical”, March 17th – April 8th.
Virginia Richardson stars in “The Diary of Anne Frank” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, February 17th – March 4th
February 13, 2017
Clarksville, TN – For over half a century, her memoir has captured the hearts of millions around the world. Now the Roxy Regional Theatre is bringing to life the inspirational true story of a young girl swept up in the turmoil of the Holocaust in “The Diary of Anne Frank”, opening Friday, February 17th, at 8:00pm.
During the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, Anne Frank began to keep a diary on June 14th, 1942, two days after her thirteenth birthday and twenty-two days before going into hiding with her mother, father, sister and four others.
Virginia Richardson stars in “The Diary of Anne Frank” at the Roxy Regional Theatre
Roxy Regional Theatre Joins Over 500 Theatre Organizations Across the Nation in The Ghostlight Project
January 21, 2017
Clarksville, TN – On Thursday, January 19th, the Roxy Regional Theatre joined theatre organizations across the country in The Ghostlight Project. At 5:30pm, theatres across all time zones gathered to join in solidarity through the shared commitment to greater inclusion, participation and compassion in our theatres and our communities.
The inspiration for the project was the theatrical tradition of turning on a “ghostlight” at the end of the night when the theatres go dark, offering visibility and safety for all who might enter.
Roxy Regional Theatre performers and staff Leigh Martha Klinger, Emily Rourke, Ryan Bowie and Samantha Hodson pledge to ‘be a light’ in the community as part of The Ghostlight Project.
Spread the Word: ” ‘V’ Monologues” Return to the Roxy Regional Theatre for the 15th Year, January 13th – January 28th
January 12, 2017
Clarksville, TN – Funny, outrageous, emotionally affecting and occasionally angry … Eve Ensler’s wildly popular series of monologues about women and performed by women is back for the fifteenth year with the Roxy Regional Theatre’s presentation of “The Vagina Monologues”, January 13th – January 28th.
Returning favorites Emily Rourke (most recently seen as Molly in Harry Connick, Jr.’s The Happy Elf) and Leigh Martha Klinger (whom audiences may remember as Magenta in The Rocky Horror Show and, most recently, as Gilda in The Happy Elf) will take the stage of the Roxy’s theotherspace in readings of these monologues based on interviews Eve Ensler conducted with 200 women about their views on sex, relationships, and violence against women.
Emily Rourke (top) and Leigh Martha Klinger (bottom) star in “The Vagina Monologues” at the Roxy Regional Theatre.
Catch the final performances of “The Happy Elf” at the Roxy Regional Theatre
December 14, 2016
Clarksville, TN – This week brings your final chances to catch Harry Connick, Jr.’s “The Happy Elf” at the Roxy Regional Theatre before Eubie the Elf returns to the North Pole following Saturday’s matinee.
Directed by Ryan Bowie and choreographed by Emily Rourke, “The Happy Elf” follows Eubie the Elf on his musical mission to bring Christmas cheer to Bluesville, a town on Santa’s naughty list. But can he turn a whole town of naughty children nice in just one day?
“The Happy Elf” final performances at the Roxy Regional Theatre are Wednesday through Saturday afternoon.
Harry Connick, Jr.’s “The Happy Elf” Brings Christmas Cheer to the Roxy Regional Theatre, November 24th – December 17th
November 16, 2016
Clarksville, TN – After the turkey is put away on Thanksgiving evening, bring your out-of-town guests downtown for family entertainment sure to get everyone in the holiday spirit.
A new musical comedy by the Grammy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated composer and lyricist, Harry Connick, Jr.’s “The Happy Elf” opens at the Roxy Regional Theatre on Thursday, November 24th, at 7:00pm.
Directed by Ryan Bowie and choreographed by Emily Rourke, “The Happy Elf” follows Eubie the Elf on his musical mission to bring Christmas cheer to Bluesville, a town on Santa’s naughty list. But can he turn a whole town of naughty children nice in just one day?
John-Paul Fox is Eubie the Elf in the Roxy Regional Theatre’s production of Harry Connick, Jr.’s “The Happy Elf”, November 24th – December 17th
“Henry V” Marks Roxy Regional Theatre’s 32nd Annual Shakespearean Production, November 4th – November 12th
November 1, 2016
Clarksville, TN – What makes a man a king? And, by the same token, what makes a king a man?
This fall, the Roxy Regional Theatre delves into these questions with the company’s 32nd annual foray into the works attributed to William Shakespeare. An exploration into the nature of leadership and its relationship to morality, “Henry V” opens Friday, November 4th, at 8:00pm, for a limited run.
One of Shakespeare’s most famous history plays and the final in a tetralogy preceded by Richard II, Henry IV, Part 1, and Henry IV, Part 2, the play is based on the life of King Henry V of England and centers around events occurring before and after the battle of Agincourt in 1415, during the Hundred Years War.
Jonathan C. Whitney stars as King Henry in “Henry V” at the Roxy Regional Theatre.
