Mystery, ghosts and music play on Memphis stages
“Clue” graces the Orpheum Theatre’s stage this month along with “The Sound of Music” at the Harrell Performing Arts Theatre and more.
Alys Drake
Alys Drake is a Memphian born and raised in the Bluff City. A theater-lover, she has worked in a variety of marketing and communications roles at entities within the advertising, legal, marketing, religious and financial services sectors. She is a graduate of Memphis Central High School and Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi.
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September 2026
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The To-Do List ‘Shellebrate’ 90 years of music, and share your Memphis hot takes
In this week’s To-Do List, there’s a new comedy club opening at Flyway, and 8Ball and MJG team up with an orchestra at the Orpheum.
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers: Memphis firm earns industry honor from Urban Land Institute
Also, Baptist Memorial Health Care announces a slate of leadership changes, and a bank and a law firm add new employees.
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers: Evans Petree attorneys named ‘Lawyer of the Year’
Memphis job moves this week also include a Germantown school board member named CEO of an educational company, ARTSmemphis adding to its board and a building supply company that grew.
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The To-Do List Nu metal and power pop are at the Shell, and it’s Beyoncé's birthday
In this week’s To-Do List, get a sneak peek at the Memphis musicians playing AmericanaFest, and check out the openings of Satellite Music Hall and the Metal Museum.
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August 2026
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Performing ArtsA new stage for the Ostranders as Memphis celebrates its top talent
The annual awards honored performers, designers and directors as the ceremony debuted at the Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center.
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers: Attorney earns American Bar Association service award
Also, an architecture firm expands, and a college adds leaders.
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Performing ArtsArts Beat: New festival brings works of Hemingway, Whitman, Wright to the stage
“We’d really like Memphis to be known as a classical arts incubator — one of the capitals of classical theater, not just for Shakespeare but for the great American writers, too.”
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The To-Do List Tomatoes get edgy, A. Schwab rocks out and Playhouse is gonna be so ‘fetch’
This week, “Inception” will bend your mind, a comedy fest goes to the dogs and tequila is everywhere.
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers: Fox13 hires news director
Fox13, BLDG Memphis, Bluff City Advisory Group, Burch, Porter & Johnson and the River Inn of Harbor Town announce new hires and promotions.
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Performing Arts‘The Music Man,’ ‘Mean Girls’ open Memphis theater seasons
Quark Theatre begins its season in its new home at TheatreWorks with a musical whodunit that includes a four-hands piano duet.
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Performing ArtsArts Beat: ‘Matrix’ and ‘Blacklist’ actor starring in Hattiloo show
Harry Lennix said Hattiloo’s success has shown what a Black-led regional theater can mean for a city’s cultural life.
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The To-Do List Dinosaurs, trains, Phoebe Bridgers and a dive-in movie at a city pool
In this week’s To-Do List, John Legend is live at the Garden, a “Matrix” actor stars in a Hattiloo play and you can get a sneak peek at Stomping Grounds.
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers: New Ballet Ensemble names artistic director
Also, moves were announced for the American Red Cross, South Point Grocery, First Horizon, Financial Federal and Lewis Thomason.
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers: Church Health creates new role
Also, new leaders are named at Diversified Trust, Guaranty Bank, Paragon Bank and Allen & Hoshall.
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July 2026
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers: Cato Johnson joins YMCA
Also, the Catholic Diocese of Memphis, AutoZone, Southern College of Optometry and Obsidian Public Relations announce promotions.
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The Arts BeatArts Beat: ‘Suffs’ musical brings suffrage fight — and Tennessee’s pivotal role — to Orpheum
The show also highlights the movement’s Black activists and Memphians Ida B. Wells and Mary Church Terrell, who fought to keep questions of racial justice from being sidelined by white suffragists eager to appease Southern lawmakers.
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Performing Arts Orpheum adds 3 shows to 2026-27 Broadway season
The Orpheum is expanding its run of shows this season with a Tony Award winner, a global phenomenon and the musical version of a beloved film.
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers: Nonprofits and a college name new leaders
From enrollment and music promotion to historic preservation, the new hires reflect three organizations looking to grow their impact across Memphis.
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers: Rhodes College adds career-services center
The Catholic Diocese of Memphis, Commercial Bank and Trust and Allen & Hoshall also announce moves.
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers: Youth Villages names chief of staff
Also, the Museums of Science and History, Dixon Gallery & Gardens and Pickering Firm make announcements.
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June 2026
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The To-Do List Summer parties, West Coast cruising culture and B.B. King’s second chance
In this week’s To-Do List, a band of medical pros play on a rooftop, a 1975 coming-of-age classic is on the big screen and songwriters compete to have the “Last Song Standing.”
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The Arts BeatArts Beat: ‘Tarzan’ and a world premiere open in Memphis-area theaters
Disney’s “first prince” and a beloved American president are the focus of the two shows opening this weekend.
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers: Leader honored and other moves
An engineering and architecture leader is honored by his alma mater in this week’s Movers & Shakers.
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Performing Arts Collierville student wins at National High School Musical Theatre Awards in New York
The ceremony — hosted by Bowen Yang, formerly of “Saturday Night Live” — followed a 10-day intensive that included coaching sessions, training and rehearsals led by Broadway professionals. Participants come from 58 programs across the U.S.
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