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Spies and secret agents take the Circuit Playhouse stage

Spies and secret agents take the Circuit Playhouse stage

By Emily on May 11, 2011

By Lisa Lynch Hitchcock meets hilarious in this madcap, comic thriller – a juicy spy story mixed with a dash of Monty Python mayhem. A young man bored with his life falls in with a mysterious woman claiming to be a secret agent, and soon he’s the target of a cross-country manhunt with a shadowy [...]

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Grey Gardens at Circuit Playhouse inspired by Memphis’ own Beale family

By on March 4, 2011

By Lisa Lynch Rub elbows with Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter “Little Edie,” – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ most scandalous relatives! As members of Memphis’ famed Beale family, they were once the highest of high society but now have become East Hampton’s most notorious recluses, living in a dilapidated mansion with 51 cats for company. [...]

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Acclaimed Broadway show comes to Playhouse on the Square

Acclaimed Broadway show comes to Playhouse on the Square

By on March 4, 2011

By Lisa Lynch One of the most critically acclaimed plays in Broadway history, August: Osage County, is a portrait of the dysfunctional American family at its finest and absolute worst. When the patriarch of the Weston clan disappears, the family reunites at the Oklahoma homestead where long-held secrets are unflinchingly and uproariously revealed. The New [...]

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Crumpet the elf returns in The Santaland Diaries

By on December 7, 2010

By Lisa Lynch The elf is back by popular demand! Following last season’s hugely successful run, Crumpet, Macy’s grumpiest elf, and his fellow elves will again be taking over the Memphian Room at The Circuit Playhouse. Don’t miss out on the chance to share drinks with friends as Crumpet recounts his training and his hilarious [...]

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A Christmas Story showing at The Circuit Playhouse

A Christmas Story showing at The Circuit Playhouse

By on December 7, 2010

By Lisa Lynch This classic Christmas movie comes to life on stage this holiday season! This Christmas Ralphie Parker is consumed with the desire for a Red Ryder BB rifle. A deceptively dangerous playground dare, an unforgettable visit with a department store Santa, and a bizarre, gaudy radio contest prize are among the vivid childhood [...]

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Playhouse on the Square presents Peter Pan

Playhouse on the Square presents Peter Pan

By on December 7, 2010

By Lisa Lynch After several years away, the boy who won’t grow up is flying back to the Memphis stage! Wendy, John, and Michael Darling’s world is turned upside down when Peter Pan swoops into their nursery. He leads them to Neverland where they encounter the cunning and evil Captain Hook, villainous pirates, a crafty [...]

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Playhouse presents Hairspray

Playhouse presents Hairspray

By on July 2, 2010

By Andrew Moore It’s 1962, the ‘50s are out, and change is in the air. Baltimore’s Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, has only one passion – to dance. She wins a spot on the local TV dance program, “The Corny Collins Show” and, overnight, is transformed from [...]

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Red, White, and Tuna playing at The Circuit Playhouse

Red, White, and Tuna playing at The Circuit Playhouse

By on July 2, 2010

BY ANDREW MOORE The girls are back in town! In this much-anticipated third installment in the Tuna series, the residents of Texas’ third-smallest town are getting ready for the Fourth of July Tuna High School Class Reunion. It’s been several years since we left Bertha and Arles dancing at the end of A Tuna Christmas. [...]

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