Performing Arts 2019-2020 Season It has been said that art can be a refuge, an escape from the stresses of every day life. Art touches us, moves us, inspires us; transports us to a new place while bringing us together.It’s time to escape into the new season of the arts in Memphis. Take your seat and enjoy! Photo Credit: Max Böhme

Ballet Memphis Apr 17: Remember When Rock Was Young Apr 25: Red Molly 2144 Madison · 901–737–7322 · balletmemphis.org May 1–3: Steel Magnolias Oct 12–20: Romeo and Juliet May 10–Jun 14: Music by the Lake Dec 12–15: Nutcracker (The Orpheum) Feb 14–23 Winter Mix City Cultural Center Apr 18–19: Cinderella 901–297–7418 · bluescitycc.org Bartlett Performing Arts Center Nov 19–22: Down On Beale: A Celebration of Memphis, 3663 Appling · 901–385–6440 · bpacc.org Beale Street and School performances (Christian Brothers University Theater) Sep 22: Hotel California – Salute to the Eagles Feb 15–28: Tickle the Rain (Touring Production) Oct 5: Marc Cohn Jun 1–30: Peace in the House (Touring Production) Oct 13: An Evening With Groucho Oct 12: Steve Trash – Ecology Is Awesome Buckman Performing & Fine Arts Center Oct 18: Angela Ingersoll Signs Judy Garland 60 Perkins Ext’d · 901–537–1483 · buckmanartscenter.com Nov 3: The Girl Who Swallowed A Cactus Nov 9: Los Lobos Sep 13: Memphis Made – Center Stage Presents Nov 15–17: Smoke on the Mountain Annie Freres with Weightless Aerial Dec 11: Sandi Patty Sep 15: Iris DeMent Dec 14: Angelina Ballerina – Avery Merry Holiday Musical Sep 29: Catapult Shadow Dance Theater Jan 17: Marty Haggard – A Tribute to Merle Haggard, My Dad Oct 20: Zimbabwe’s Nobuntu Feb 1: A.J. Croce – Croce Plays Croce Nov 2: Leo Kottke Feb 8: Robin – The Ultimate Robin Williams Experience Jan 17: An Evening with Gaby Moreno Feb 9: Janice the Griot – Harriet Tubman Jan 23: Popovich Comedy Pet Theater Feb 22: Shawn Mullins Jan 31: Swedish Jam Factory Feb 27: Gaelic Storm Feb 9: Dirty Dozen Brass Band Mar 13–15: Bye Bye Birdie – Youth Theatre Feb 28: Memphis Made – Center Stage Presents Mar 27: Bartlett Community Concert Band Trout Fishing in America Mar 28: Trudy Lynn Mar 29: The Flying Karamazov Brothers Apr 3: Rodney Crowell Apr 18: An Evening with Oleta Adams

6 DOWNTOWNER MAGAZINE | Fall 2019 memphisdowntowner.com Cannon Center for the Performing Arts Halloran Centre for the Performing Arts 255 N. Main · Box Office: 901–576–1200 225 S. Main · 901–525–3000 · orpheum–memphis.com Tickets: 800–745–3000 · thecannoncenter.com MUSIC Sep 29: Kevin James Live on Tour Sep 6: CeCe Winans Oct 5: and Keith Washington Sep 21: Jimmy Webb Oct 13: Michael W. Smith: 35 Years of Friends Oct 25: John McEuen Nov 8: Rock ‘n’ Soul’s Memphis Music Nov 9: Sons of Mystro Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Nov 23: Southern Avenue Nov 15–17: Nut Remix Ballet Jan 10: Susan Marshall and Reba Russell Nov 18: Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker Feb 15: Suzy Bogguss Nov 29–Dec 1: Nick Jr. Live! “Move to the Music” Feb 29: Sweet Lizzy Project Feb 22–23: Trolls Live! Mar 14: Farewell Angelina Apr 11: Otis Redding III Visit website for future dates Apr 18: Alison Brown The Circuit Playhouse THEATRE Sep 27: Magical Life: An Evening with Larry Haas 51 S. Cooper · 901–726–4656 · playhouseonthesquare.org Jan 18: Give ‘Em Hell, Harry! Aug 23–Sep 8: The Humans Mar 28: That Golden Girls Show – A Puppet Parody Oct 4–27: Head Over Heels SERIES HOSTED BY MARK EDGAR STUART Nov 22–Dec 22: Junie B. Jones The Musical Sep 26, Oct 24, Feb 27, Mar 26, Apr 23: Nov 29–Dec 22: The Twelve Dates of Christmas Memphis Association’s Songwriter Showdown Jan 24–Feb 16: Indecent THE ORCHESTRA UNPLUGGED PRESENTED BY ROBERT MOODY

Photo Credit: Max Böhme Mar 13–Apr 5: Ain’t Misbehavin’ Oct 18: Classics Inside Out: A Deep Dive into Mar 14–Apr 4: Schoolhouse Rock, Live! Beethoven Symphony No. 7 Apr 17–May 10: Days of Rage Jan 31: The Complete History of Music: Abridged! June 5–28: Goddamn Mar 6: Devil at the Crossroads: Stravinsky Concerts International Meets Robert Johnson 3775 Central, UofM Harris Concert Hall Harrell Performing Arts Theatre 901–527–3067 · cimemphis.org 440 W. Powell, Collierville · 901–457–2780 · harrelltheatre.org Oct 23: East Coast Chamber Orchestra Jan 21: AYA Piano Trio Sep 13–22: Matilda The Musical Mar 19: Dover Quartet & Bridget Kibbey Dec 7–15: Miracle on 34th Street Apr 7: Jason Vieaux & Julien Labro Feb 14–23: The Complete Works of May 7: Zuill Bailey & Awadagin Pratt William Shakespeare abridged Jul 10–19: Mamma Mia Germantown Performing Arts Center Hattiloo Theatre 1801 Exeter · 901–751–7500 · gpacweb.com 37 S. Cooper · 901–525–0009 · hattiloo.org Oct 4: An Evening with Sutton Foster Oct 19: Elaine Elias Sep 27–Oct 20: Between Riverside & Crazy Nov 3: National Geographic Live: Pink Boots and a Machete Oc t 11– Nov 10: Eclipsed Nov 9: The Silkroad Ensemble Nov 22–Dec 15: Urban Nativity Nov 23: Bela Fleck & The Flecktones Jan 17–Feb 9: Detroit 67 Dec 28: Robert Earl Keen–The Countdown to Christmas Feb 28–Mar 22: Women in the Pit Jan 11: The Stanley Clarke Band Apr 24–May 24: Buzzer Jan 12: National Geographic Live: On the Trail of Big Cats May 22–Jun 14: Marie and Rosetta Jan 18: Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Feb 1: Ms. Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton IRIS Orchestra Feb 8: Spyro Gyra 901–751–7500 · irisorchestra.org Feb 22–23: Collage Dance Collective AT GPAC Feb 29: Georgia On My Mind: Oct 12: Garrick Ohlsson, piano Celebrating the Music of Ray Charles Dec 7: Pinchas Zukerman, violin, Amanda Forsythe, cello, Mar 28: Pilobolus—Shadowland: The New Adventure and Angela Cheng, piano Apr 17: Ranky Tanky Jan 25: Conrad Tao, piano & composition Mar 7: Anne–Akiko Meyers, violin May 2: Nancy Zhou, violin

memphisdowntowner.com Fall 2019 | DOWNTOWNER MAGAZINE 7 IRIS (continued) Minglewood Hall AT BROOKS MUSEUM 1555 Madison · 901–312–6058 · minglewoodhall.com Dec 8: Zukerman Trio (Subscribers only) Sep 13: Whiskey Myers Oct 13: Garrick Ohlsson, piano Sep 19: Eli Young Band Jan 26: Conrad Tao, piano & composition Sep 24: Colter Wall Mar 8: Anne–Akiko Meyers, violin May 3: Nancy Zhou, violin Sep 26: The Steel Woods Oct 2: Greensky Bluegrass Levitt Shell Oct 4: Euge Groove Oct 17: Amanda Lindsey Cook “House on a Hill Tour” 1928 Poplar · behind Brooks Oct 22: SuicideGirls: Blackheart Burlesque 901–272–2722 · levittshell.org · Sep–Oct and May–Jul Oct 26: Coin Sep 12: Rob Baird Oct 27: You Can Sit With Us Awards Sep 13: Opera Memphis Nov 2: Moohshine Bandits with Sarah Ross Sep 14: The Dip Nov 14: Big K.R.I.T. Sep 15: The Wealthy West Nov 21: Whose Live Anyway? Sep 19: Los Colognes Sep 20: Jack Oblivian and Some Sheiks Nov 29: Blac Youngsta Friday Sep 21: Sam Lewis Dec 5: Tobe Nwigwe Sep 22: Aztec Sun Dec 13: Lucero Family Christmas Sep 26: Yola Dec 21: Summer Walker Sep 27: The War & Treaty Dec 28: Tora Tora w/ Damon Johnson Sep 28: Night 1884 LOUNGE Sep 29: Rudi Scheidt School of Music Sep 14: Boombox Oct 3: Trout Steak Revival Oct 12: Shawn James Oct 4: Shell Yeah! Ben Folds (Ticketed) Nov 1: Smells Like Nirvana Oct 5: Daz Rinko Nov 13: Read Southall Oct 6: Boulevards Oct 10: Red Baraat Oct 11: Reverend Horton Heat New Ballet Ensemble Oct 12: Mighty Souls Brass Brunch (10am) 901–726–9225 · newballet.org Oct 12: The Nightmare Before Christmas (Film) Nov 14–17: Nut ReMix 2019 (Cannon Center) Oct 13: Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear TBA: Springloaded (GPAC) Memphis Symphony Orchestra Opera Memphis 901–537–2525 · memphissymphony.org 901–202–4533 · operamemphis.org MASTERWORKS CONCERT SERIES (Cannon Center & GPAC) Sep 1–30: 30 Days Of Opera Sep 28: Opening Weekend with Opera Classics! Sep 28: Opera Classics with Memphis Symphony Orchestra Oct 12: Salute to the Greatest Hits of Rock & Soul Oct 26–27: Rimsky–Korsakov's Scheherazade Oct 6: Magically Mozart Nov 9–10: Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 Nov 1–3: Opera Goes to Broadway and Mozart's Concerto No. 21 Dec 13–14, 20–21: A Victorian Holiday Nov. 23–24: The Three B's! Bach, Beethoven and Brahms Feb 14–15: Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi Dec 21–22: Magic of Memphis Holiday Spectacular! Mar 23–Apr 5: Midtown Opera Festival 2020 Jan 18–19: Mahler and Marimba! featuring Mar 28, Apr 4: Cosi Fan Tutte Zuri Wells & Mary Wilson Feb 29–Mar 1: Stravinsky’s The Firebird Orpheum Theatre Mar 21–22: Strauss, Tchaikovsky, & Shostakovich with Zuill Bailey 203 S. Main · 901–525–3000 · orpheum–memphis.com Apr 25–26: Carmina Burana with the MSO Chorus Oct 8–13: Dear Evan Hansen and Orff Children’s Choir Nov 5–10: The Book of Mormon Dec 17–Dec 22: Hello, Dolly! CLASSIC ACCENTS SERIES (Harris Concert Hall, & GPAC) Jan 14–19: Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Feb. 22–23: Vivaldi and Piazzolla Four Seasons Feb 5–9: The Play That Goes Wrong May 16–17: Ravel, Bizet, and Mahler! Feb 14–16 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Feb 26–Mar 8: Disney’s Aladdin POPS CONCERT SERIES (Cannon Center) Jan 25: Amy Grant Apr 7–12: A Bronx Tale May 9: Rhapsody in Blue Jul 21–26: Come From Away

SPECIAL CONCERT (Lindenwood Christian Church) Dec 5–6: Handel’s “Messiah”

8 DOWNTOWNER MAGAZINE | Fall 2019 memphisdowntowner.com Playhouse on the Square 66 S. Cooper · 901–726–4656 · playhouseonthesquare.org Universities that are leading the bands Thru–Sep 1: Kinky Boots and teaching the troupes! Sep 20–Oct 6: On Golden Pond Nov 15–Dec 29: Peter Pan Christian Brothers University Jan 17–Feb 8: Memphis 650 E. Parkway S., 901-321-3000, cbu.edu Mar 6–22: The Book of WIll May 1–24: Little Shop of Horrors LeMoyne-Owen College Jun 19–Jul 12: Something Rotten 807 Walker, 901-435-1000, loc.edu

Theatre Memphis Rhodes College McCoy Theatre 630 Perkins Ext'd · 901–682–8323 · theatrememphis.org 2000 N. Parkway, 901-843-3839, rhodes.edu/mccoy Thru–Sept 8: Mamma Mia! Sep 13–29: A Few Good Men Rhodes College Tuthill Performance Hall/ Oct 11–Nov 3: Cats Hassell Hall (Music) Nov 8–23: Ruthless! The Musical 2000 N. Parkway, 901-843-3775, rhodes.edu Dec 6–Dec 23: A Christmas Carol Southwest Community College TheatreWorks 737 Union, 901-333-5000, southwest.tn.edu/theater 2085 Monroe · 901–274–7139 @ The Evergreen · 1705 Poplar Ave. University of Memphis theatreworksmemphis.org Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music POTS@THEWORKS 3775 Central, 901-678-2541, memphis.edu/music Jan 10–26: When We Get Good Again Jul 10–26: St. Paulies Delight University of Memphis Theatre RESIDENT COMPANIES INCLUDE: 3745 Central, 901-678-2576, memphis.edu/theatre Bluff City Liars, [email protected] Bluff City Theatre, bluffcitytriarttheatre.zohosites.com Visible Music College Cazateatro, cazateatro.org 200 Madison, 901-381-3939, visible.edu Cloud9 Memphis, [email protected] Emerald Theatre, etcmemphistheater.com FreakEngine, memphisfreakengine.com Stand-alone Troupes Friends of George's, friendsofgeorges.org Inner City South, innercitysouth.com Lone Tree Theatre Project, lonetreelive.com American Guild of Organists–Memphis Memphis Comedy Festival, memphiscomedyfestival.com agomemphis.org New Moon Theatre Company, newmoontheatre.org National professional association serving the organ Our Own Voice Theatre Troupe, ourownvoice.org and choral music fields Visit website for ongoing performance schedule Collage Dance Collective Check individual websites for updates. Don't miss a show! collagedance.org Committed to reaching nontraditional ballet audiences

Luna Nova Music lunanova.org Artists devoted to the music of the 20th and 21st centuries

PRIZM Ensemble prizmensemble.com Foremost provider of chamber music performance in the Midsouth

Tennessee Shakespeare Company tnshakespeare.org Professional theater organization that provides

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