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 Blues 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 the Blues 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: Howard Hewett 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 SONGWRITERS 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 Songwriter 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: Mississippi 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 · Overton Park 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: Rhodes College 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, University of Memphis & 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.