Amanda Grace News

With almost 400 people in the audience, the leading lights of Tennessee theater were heralded with the presentation of the 2015 First Night Honors Gala, Sunday night at the iconic and historic Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre in Nashville. Hosted by Geoff Davin, Stephanie Jones-Benton and Erica Patterson, the event featured musical numbers by more than 100 performers in tribute to the Class of 2015 Honorees.

With almost 400 people in the audience, the leading lights of Tennessee theater were heralded with the presentation of the 2015 First Night Honors Gala, Sunday night at the iconic and historic Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre in Nashville. Hosted by Geoff Davin, Stephanie Jones-Benton and Erica Patterson, the event featured musical numbers by more than 100 performers in tribute to the Class of 2015 Honorees.

Geoff Davin, Stephanie Jones-Benton and Erica Patterson will serve as co-hosts as the leading lights of Tennessee theater are heralded with the presentation of the 2015 First Night Honors Gala, to be held Sunday, September 20, at Nashville's iconic and historic Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre. The event will feature musical numbers by more than 150 performers in tribute to the Class of 2015 Honorees.

The producers of BoxFest Detroit are pleased to announce 'BoxFest Detroit 2015,' an annual theater festival that showcases and creates opportunities for women directors. BoxFest Detroit 2015 will run Fridays and Saturdays, tonight, August 21, through August 29 at Planet Ant Theatre, 2357 Caniff Ave, Hamtramck, MI 48212.

The producers of BoxFest Detroit are pleased to announce BoxFest Detroit 2015, an annual theatre festival that showcases and creates opportunities for women directors. The festival runs Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons and evenings, August 21 - 29, at Planet Ant Theatre.

Opening tonight, June 11, Matrix Theatre Company's final show of the Season, Precious Little, is written by Madeleine George and  tells the unique story of a woman confronting a personal crisis and the part a gorilla in the zoo and an elderly woman play in offering her comfort.

The producers of BoxFest Detroit are pleased to announce "BoxFest Detroit 2015," an annual theater festival that showcases and creates opportunities for women directors. 

Opening Thursday, June 11, Matrix Theatre Company's final show of the Season, Precious Little, is written by Madeleine George and  tells the unique story of a woman confronting a personal crisis and the part a gorilla in the zoo and an elderly woman play in offering her comfort.

?As he searches for a life of adventure, Tom Wingfield is haunted by memories of the past that cast shadows on the present. This March Puzzle Piece Theatre brings a fresh take to an American classic, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. Guest artist Amanda Grace Ewing returns to Puzzle Piece to direct this New York Drama Critics Circle Award winner. This rhapsodic play weaves in and out of memory - investigating family dynamics buried in the reminiscence of long past choices. The production runs from tonight, March 13th to 29th 2015 with performances todays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sunday afternoons at 2pm. Performances of The Glass Menagerie will take place in the Abreact Performance Space, located at 1301 West Lafayette Detroit, MI 48226. Tickets are $20 and can be ordered online at www.puzzlestage.org

With over 100 U.S. cities and 30 international regions featured on our site, we have so many exciting theatre happenings around our Broadway World! Below, we've highlighted our top 10 stories from this week. Check out the roundup below!

Amanda Grace Creech is one of a kind: Beautiful, talented, outspoken, irreverent - and yet another example of the wealth of talent to be found on college campuses all over the USA and someone of whom Nashville theater can rightfully boast. A native of Stone Mountain, Georgia, she's a student at Nashville's Trevecca Nazarene University and a 2014 First Night Most Promising Actor.

In a town where everyone from your next-door neighbor to your favorite barista - from your dental hygienist to your manicurist, your seatmate on the bus, your friendly neighborhood bartender and maybe even the guy who does your taxes - is a songwriter, you'll find that there's never a shortage of opinions on the topic of favorite songs. Ask a cross-section of Nashville theater-types what their favorite love song is from the annals of musical theater and you're going to get a barrage of answers.

?As he searches for a life of adventure, Tom Wingfield is haunted by memories of the past that cast shadows on the present. This March Puzzle Piece Theatre brings a fresh take to an American classic, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. Guest artist Amanda Grace Ewing returns to Puzzle Piece to direct this New York Drama Critics Circle Award winner. This rhapsodic play weaves in and out of memory - investigating family dynamics buried in the reminiscence of long past choices. The production runs from March 13th to 29th 2015 with performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sunday afternoons at 2pm. Performances of The Glass Menagerie will take place in the Abreact Performance Space, located at 1301 West Lafayette Detroit, MI 48226. Tickets are $20 and can be ordered online at www.puzzlestage.org

The West Coast national touring cast, crew and band of ELF THE MUSICAL have debuted a holiday mashup of Christmas classics and pop songs, created by Kristen Sandler. Check it out below!

ELF: THE MUSICAL will appear at Riverside's Fox Performing Arts Center on Friday and Saturday, December 6 & 7, 2014, the 2014 tour's only Southern California stop. ELF closely follows the story line of its nonmusical parent, the 2003 hit movie starring Will Ferrell. Actor Jesse Sharp, who plays Walter, who spoke to Broadway World by telephone and discussed the show, his character, special effects on stage, and touring.

Performing Arts Fort Worth kicks off its 2014-2015 Broadway at the Bass season with the Broadway holiday musical ELF, coming to Bass Performance Hall tonight, Nov. 18-23.

NETworks Presentations, LLC, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures and Unique Features are thrilled to present two tours of the Broadway musical, ELF, during the 2014 holiday season. Both kick off today, November 7. This holiday season marks the fourth year that ELF has entertained audiences around the nation since its 2010 Broadway debut. Playing the title role of 'Buddy' are Daniel Patrick Smith (Buddy Tour) and Eric Williams (Jovie Tour).

Matrix Theatre Company will host its second annual Preview Party to introduce the 2014 - 2015 Mainstage Season of professional theatre. This free event will take place today, October 18 from 4pm - 6pm at Matrix Theatre Company, 2730 Bagley, Detroit, MI, 48216.

Matrix Theatre Company will host its second annual Preview Party to introduce the 2014 - 2015 Mainstage Season of professional theatre. This free event will take place Saturday, October 18 from 4pm - 6pm at Matrix Theatre Company, 2730 Bagley, Detroit, MI, 48216.

ELF THE MUSICAL will travel to DFW November 18-23. Tickets go on sale Friday, October 3.