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Kacky Walton talks with Julie Reinbold and Lydia Lord. Julie is directing Kate Hamill’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women”, and Lydia is playing Jo March. Hamill’s is a “feminist friendly” production that closely examines social and gender issue, and the “timeless struggle to reconcile conscience with social pressures.”

Kacky Walton interviews Kevin Cochran and Ryan Scott. Kevin is directing New Moon Theatre’s upcoming production of “The Squirrels” and Ryan is playing dual roles of The Scientist, and the devious squirrel Sciuridae.

Concerts International's chamber music season continues Tuesday February 27th at 7:30 pm at Harris Concert Hall with the Brentano String Quartet. Since its inception in 1992, the Brentano String Quartet has appeared throughout the world to popular and critical acclaim. “Passionate, uninhibited and spellbinding,” raves the London Independent; the New York Times extols its “luxuriously warm sound [and] yearning lyricism.”

Kacky Walton talks with Anna Thompson and Rebecca Hamm from New Memphis. We discussed their upcoming event, “Celebrate What's Right: Creative Economics”, which will bring local experts to the stage who artfully blend creativity and business at a scale that is shaping our city, its image, and its bottom line.

Hattiloo Theatre continues their 17th season February 23rd through March 24th with the regional premier of Succession, by Charles White. Succession explores the world of Black theatre through the actions of Steve Harrison, a promising young actor, who tramples over his mentor, Marcus Chandler, and all other perceived obstacles in his relentless quest to get on the Broadway stage.

Tennessee Shakespeare Company's annual Children's Literacy Gala is coming up on Saturday April 20th. This year's event is "A Shakespeare Cabaret featuring songstress Susan Marshall."

Kacky Walton talks with author, artist, sculptor and filmmaker Mike McCarthy. We talk about the new season of Time Warp Drive In, and a screening of his film “Teenage Tupelo” Thursday, February 22 at Malco’s Studio on the Square.

Opera Memphis teams up with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra for the next edition of The Orchestra Unplugged: The Crazy Journey of Mozart's Magic Flute on Thursday February 22nd at 7:30 at the Halloran Centre for Arts and Education in downtown Memphis.

Kacky Walton has a conversation with Patricia Gray, Executive Director of Luna Nova Ensemble.

2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the premier of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, one of the most beloved American classical works of all time. The Memphis Symphony Orchestra celebrates the Rhapsody's centennial with two concerts in the Classic Accents series, Friday February 2nd at 6:30 pm at Crosstown Theatre, and Sunday February 4th at the Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center at the University of Memphis.