Theatre Memphis and Playhouse on the Square have announced their 2018-2019 seasons. Local theater lovers can look forward to a number of regional and world premieres in addition a handful of popular favorites and certifiable classics.
With Louisa May Alcott adaptations coming to both POTS and Theatre Memphis we can expect a lot of Little Women on Stage.
THEATRE MEMPHIS’ LOHREY STAGE
Ragged newspaper boys take on the newspaper industry in a nostalgic reminder of how we used to think organized labor was awesome…
•Disney’s Newsies August 24 – September 16, 2018
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The shape-shifting, blood-sucking aristocrat hunter becomes the hunted…
•Dracula October 12 – 28, 2018The original nightmare before Christmas…
•A Christmas Carol, November 30 – December 23, 2018A beloved story about childhood, race, justice and its double in the American South —
•To Kill a Mockingbird, January 18 – February 3, 2019The founding fathers sing about the weather (it’s hot), death (it’s sad), and an economic system built on molasses, rum, and slaves…
•1776, March 8 – 31, 2019
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If a jerky celebrity has an accident at your party, maybe they should convalesce elsewhere. Think Stephen King’s Misery in reverse — but funny-ish… Add glamor.
•The Man Who Came to Dinner, April 26 – May 12, 2019John Waters’ 16-magazine-inspired valentine to big hair, cool R&B, and an ultimate, kid-led triumph over white assholes.
•Hairspray, June 7 – 30, 2019
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The classic tale of an a not quite elderly British butcher meeting a no longer young waitress, receptionist, assassin etc. Uncertainty happens…
•Heisenberg — September 21 – October 7, 2018A perennial favorite about teenage awkwardness and spelling…
•The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, November 2 – 17, 2018Theatre Memphis, Playhouse on the Square Announce 2018-19 Seasons (8)
Size matters? A new adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott classic…
•Little Women, February 8 – 24, 2019Sarah Ruhl’s Pulitzer finalist about a brazillain housecleaner who’d rather be doing standup comedy…
•The Clean House, April 5 – 20, 2019
Meanwhile, at…
PLAYHOUSE ON THE SQUARE
Gentlemen fall in love and become homicidal in the highly theatrical…
•A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder — August 10th – September 2, 2018Theatre Memphis, Playhouse on the Square Announce 2018-19 Seasons (7)
Speaking of love and murder, how about an epic mystery that begins when a boy finds his dog has become the victim of murder most foul?
•The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time — September 21 – October 7, 2018The story of a little boy who won’t grow up…
•Peter Pan — November 16th – December 30th, 2018Until she does, of course.
•For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday — November 30th – December 22, 2018Life, love, and silliness go on and on and on in…
•Tuck Everlasting — January 18th – February 9th, 2019
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But the line “Your wedding is my funeral” comes from another show called…
•Significant Other — March 1st – March 24th, 2019And as long as we’re talking about life old chum, whether it be everlasting and bittersweet or short, brutish and cruel, it’s only a…
•Cabaret — May 3rd – May 26th, 2019
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Also, kids have superpowers and we’d all do well to remember that.
•Matilda — June 21st – July 14th, 2019
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THE CIRCUIT PLAYHOUSE
Wolves, Wall Street and making money off…
•Junk — August 24th – September 9th, 2018“Something something something,” mumbled Jo lying on the floor…
•Little Women: The Broadway Musical — October 5th – October 28th, 2018
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Much like Richard Nixon (and the current White House resident)…
•Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook — November 23rd – December 23rd, 2018Lynn Nottage takes on deindustrialization in the Pulitzer Prize winning drama…
•Sweat — January 25th – February 17th , 2019I can’t even with…
•Madagascar: A Musical Adventure — March 15th – April 7th, 2019Theatre Memphis, Playhouse on the Square Announce 2018-19 Seasons (2)
Big Brother’s watching. Listening. Mining your data. Etc. Shame we don’t adapt Brave New World as often as we adapt…
•1984 — April 19th – May 12th, 2019Elvis + Drag = Dang, what took you so long?
•The Legend of Georgia McBride — June 7th – June 30th, 2018
Theatre Memphis, Playhouse on the Square Announce 2018-19 Seasons
POTS@THEWORKS
•Back When Mike Was Kate —January 4th – January 27th, 2019
World Premiere
•The Miraculous and the Mundane — July 12th – July 28, 2019
World Premiere