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Review of Theatre Knoxville Downtown's production of ''A Sherlock Carol' - through December 14.
30/11/2025

Review of Theatre Knoxville Downtown's production of ''A Sherlock Carol' - through December 14.

BY HAYLEY WILSON   Who would have thought that two of our most beloved franchises would work together so well? In Mark Shanahan’s 2021 A Sherlock Carol, Arthur Conan Doyle’s sleuths find thems…

Review of Clarence Brown Theatre's grand holiday tradition - 'A Christmas Carol'Through December 20
24/11/2025

Review of Clarence Brown Theatre's grand holiday tradition - 'A Christmas Carol'
Through December 20

BY ALAN SHERROD   It is fair to say that our Christmas season today would be vastly different had Charles Dickens not treated us to the novella masterpiece that is A Christmas Carol. The work …

Review of Knoxville Symphony Orchestra's concert that featured pianist Chaeyoung Park in 'Rhapsody in Blue' along with w...
23/11/2025

Review of Knoxville Symphony Orchestra's concert that featured pianist Chaeyoung Park in 'Rhapsody in Blue' along with works by Manuel de Falla, Carlos Simon, and Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
(Photos courtesy of the KSO)

BY ALAN SHERROD   With the beginnings of the holiday season now upon us, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Maestro Aram Demirjian took the week off and handed the baton for its November Masterworks…

Review of University of Tennessee Opera Theatre's production of Rossini's 'La cambiale di matrimonio' and Gian Carlo Men...
20/11/2025

Review of University of Tennessee Opera Theatre's production of Rossini's 'La cambiale di matrimonio' and Gian Carlo Menotti’s 'Amelia al ballo' (Amelia Goes to the Ball).
University of Tennessee Natalie L. Haslam College of Music

BY ALAN SHERROD   As the Bijou Theatre’s red curtain closed on the University of Tennessee Opera Theatre’s performance of two one-act comic operas this past weekend, one had the distinct feeli…

News: Knoxville Symphony Orchestra announces contract extension for Aram Demirjian, conductor, through 2029-30 season
19/11/2025

News: Knoxville Symphony Orchestra announces contract extension for Aram Demirjian, conductor, through 2029-30 season

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra has announced that Music Director Aram Demirjian has signed a new four-year contract that will continue his leadership of the orchestra through the 2029-30 season. …

A sneak peek at First Take Co.'s 'In the Castle of Eternal Sunset'
18/11/2025

A sneak peek at First Take Co.'s 'In the Castle of Eternal Sunset'

BY HAYLEY WILSON   New Playwright, Unexpected Venue, and an Emphasis on Play First Take Co.’s next theatrical venture in Knoxville is more of an adventure, blending the beloved tabletop rolepl…

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra this week: pianist Chaeyoung Park performs Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue'. Also on the b...
17/11/2025

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra this week: pianist Chaeyoung Park performs Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue'.
Also on the bill are works by Rimsky-Korsakov and De Falla.
At the Tennessee Theatre

I am fascinated to hear her answer to Gershwin’s iconic Rhapsody in Blue when she joins the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra on November 20/21 for her first performance of the piece, alongside conducto…

Review of U.S. Tour of 'The Book of Mormon' (by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone) - at the Tennessee Theatre th...
13/11/2025

Review of U.S. Tour of 'The Book of Mormon' (by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone) - at the Tennessee Theatre through Sunday, November 16.

‘The Book of Mormon’ is now well-ensconced in a third U.S. tour—this one non-AEA— that took to the road in 2022. That tour is currently making a stop for eight performances at the Tenne…

A new stage director for University of Tennessee Opera Theatre - James Kenon Mitchell at University of Tennessee Natali...
07/11/2025

A new stage director for University of Tennessee Opera Theatre - James Kenon Mitchell at University of Tennessee Natalie L. Haslam College of Music

And UTOT presents next week at the Bijou Theatre - An Italian Double Feature (Two Casts)
La cambiale di matrimonio – Gioachino Rossini
Amelia al ballo – Gian Carlo Menotti

Stepping into the spotlight with his first production as Director of Opera Theatre at UT is James Kenon Mitchell. For the fall production of the 2025-26 UTOT season, two one-act comic operas were c…

Review of Knoxville Children's Theatre's production of 'The Crucible. Through November 9.
03/11/2025

Review of Knoxville Children's Theatre's production of 'The Crucible. Through November 9.

Editor’s Note: While Arts Knoxville has a long-standing policy of not critiquing non-professional performers under the age of 18, Knoxville Children’s Theatre and its current production…

Review of 'The Harvest' - through November 9 in Clarence Brown Theatre's Lab Theatre.(Photo by Le Anna Jacobson)
28/10/2025

Review of 'The Harvest' - through November 9 in Clarence Brown Theatre's Lab Theatre.
(Photo by Le Anna Jacobson)

Faith can be a safe haven for many of us, providing answers to life’s tough questions and a community to lean on. But just as often as it offers such answers, it can provoke just as many questions.…

Review of Knoxville Opera's production of 'Carmen' at the Tennessee Theatre(Photos by Eli Johnson)
27/10/2025

Review of Knoxville Opera's production of 'Carmen' at the Tennessee Theatre
(Photos by Eli Johnson)

BY ALAN SHERROD   Note for note, minute for minute, Georges Bizet’s Carmen can seem today like one hit tune after another. Interestingly, it didn’t start its operatic life that way, the premie…

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