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Knoxville Children’s Theatre: Developing the Next Generation of Thespians—and Audiences

In Cover Stories, Performing Arts by Tracy JonesMarch 15, 2017leave a COMMENT

Under the direction of Executive Director Zack Allen, with Academy Director Dennis Perkins and other contributors, Knoxville Children’s Theatre produces a year-round slate of theater by and for (but not …

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UT Opera Tackles Monteverdi’s Once-Obscure ‘Ulysses’ From 1640

In Classical Music, Performing Arts by Alan SherrodNovember 9, 2016leave a COMMENT

Mention the term “17th-century opera” to the occasional operagoer and you’re likely to see the quizzical look of someone imagining quaint ancient music emerging from a dusty score recovered from …

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R.B. Morris Revives His One-Act Play About James Agee

In Performing Arts, Program Notes by Matthew EverettOctober 26, 2016leave a COMMENT

Back in 1985 or ’86, somebody offered a suggestion to R.B. Morris: “Why don’t you write a one-man play about James Agee?” Over the next couple of years, Morris did …

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The Moral of Arthur Miller’s ‘Crucible’ Remains Depressingly Relevant

In Performing Arts by Alan SherrodOctober 3, 2016leave a COMMENT

The Crucible, Arthur Miller’s regularly revived dramatic take on the Salem witch trials—now running at the University of Tennessee’s Carousel Theatre, in a Clarence Brown Theatre production—has its roots in …

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Carpetbag Theatre Gets Three-Year Grant to Celebrate Its Upcoming Golden Anniversary

In Performing Arts, Program Notes by Maria D. SmithSeptember 22, 2016leave a COMMENT

The Carpetbag Theatre won’t officially celebrate its 50th anniversary until 2019. But for the next three years, thanks to a recently awarded grant from the Roy Cockrum Foundation, the company …

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