NSIDER: Upcoming Arts Performances

After the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, many are ready to relax and refresh with an evening supporting the arts in Nashville. The following is a roundup of some of the exciting upcoming shows.

TPAC - Girl From North Country

GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY is the Tony Award®-winning new musical that the Chicago Tribune declares is “a Broadway revelation!” Written and directed by celebrated playwright Conor McPherson and featuring Tony Award-Winning orchestrations by Simon Hale, GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY reimagines 20 legendary songs of Bob Dylan as they’ve never been heard before, including “Forever Young,” “All Along The Watchtower,” “Hurricane,” “Slow Train Coming,” and “Like A Rolling Stone.” It’s 1934 in Duluth, Minnesota. We meet a group of wayward travelers whose lives intersect in a guesthouse filled with music, life, and hope. Experience this ‘profoundly beautiful' production (The New York Times) brought to vivid life by an extraordinary company of actors and musicians. January 30 - February 4. Tickets available here.

OZ Arts - Black Hole: Trilogy & Triathlon

Fearless and profound dancer-choreographer Shamel Pitts delivers a visionary production that transports audiences across space and time into an Afrofuturist dimension. A trio of Black performers shares the stage in a narrative of unity, vigor, and unrelenting advancement. Their journey originates in the darkness of the titular Black Hole, understood not as a cosmic void but a metaphorical place of transformation and potential. Engulfed in an evocative soundscape of original music, sound samples, and spoken word, the dancers embark on an hour-long, uninterrupted journey in movement in which their tenacity and grace are emphasized by cinematic video projections. It’s a kaleidoscopic performance art experience built from the Gaga movement language, developed by the prolific Batsheva Dance Company in Israel, where Shamel danced for seven years under choreographer Ohad Naharin. February 2 - 3. Tickets available here.

Nashville Repertory Theatre - Indecent

Paula Vogel's Indecent is a powerful and poignant play inspired by the true events surrounding the controversial 1923 Broadway debut of Sholem Asch’s God of Vengeance—a play seen by some as a seminal work of Jewish culture, and by others as an act of traitorous libel.  Indecent follows the journey of the play's cast and crew as they navigate the challenges of artistic expression and the repression of their voices. Indecent explores the impact of censorship on art and is a moving tribute to the resilience of artists and the power of art to transcend borders and time. February 2 - 11. Tickets available here. 

Nashville Children’s Theater  - The Gingerbread Kid

Life is SWEET in this pop music fairy tale frolic. When the magical child of a baking couple accidentally causes havoc in their kitchen, they run away as fast as they can from facing the consequences. As the race builds, Allspice meets a kooky cast of storybook favorites, including Henny Penny and her gang, Little Boy Blue, and Foofinella, of Little Bunny Foo Foo fame. Will Allspice always be on the run? Or will a hungry fox stop them in their sugary tracks? A remix of the classic gingerbread man story for a whole new generation. January 27 - February 5.  Tickets available here.