After more than a year without in-person performances. Circuit Playhouse, Inc., the organization that includes The Circuit Playhouse, TheatreWorks @ the Square, and Playhouse on the Square has announced the return to in-person live professional theatre for its 53rd season. Beginning in July with a world premiere and winner of the company s national playwriting competition. The season will end in the summer 0f 2022 with a Playhouse revival and regional favorite. Subscriptions for the 53rd season are available for purchase at https://tickets.playhouseonthesquare.org and by calling the box office, (901) 726-4656. As a thank you for the support of their patrons throughout the pandemic, Playhouse on the Square is honoring the subscriptions that were purchased for the 2020-2021 season and were not used.
Live stage performances return to Memphis theaters Playhouse on the Square and its sister theater Circuit Playhouse stand strong next to the redeveloping Overton Square, which includes the upcoming new Hatiloo Theater. (Photo Source: Playhouse on the Square) By WMC Action News 5 Staff | May 4, 2021 at 11:07 AM CDT - Updated May 4 at 11:07 AM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - After a year of COVID-19 guidelines impacting businesses across the nation and right here in the Mid-South, a piece of normalcy is returning to the Bluff City.
Live stage performances are returning to The Circuit Playhouse, TheatreWorks and Playhouse on the Square for the 53rd season.
Torch Song Trilogy is likely a first for Collier County theater. Scott Lilly, artistic director of The Studio Players, concedes it may not be a welcome first to everyone.
The three single-act evening of Harvey Fierstein plays rotates around a Jewish homosexual man looking for love, marriage and a family, possibly the first such portrayal in Collier County or even in all of Southwest Florida. But coming off soldout even with extra seating added performances of On Golden Pond, he felt more people are watching what The Studio Players are presenting.
Major roles for gays and lesbians have generally been relegated to musicals here, and have leaned heavily into cross-dressing. But stories about Arnold Beckoff, your unassuming gay next-door neighbor, haven t come here.
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