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Orpheum Theatre and Halloran Centre season continues

The season continues after the holidays at the Orpheum Theatre and the Halloran Centre for Performing Arts & Education with local music and theatre, as well as national Broadway tours.

Darel Snodgrass spoke with the Orpheum Theatre Group Public Relations Director Kristen Bennett-Banks about several upcoming highlights, including the “Memphis Songwriters Series,” hosted by Mark Edgar Stuart; “Live Rich, Die Poor, Zora Awakening,” a one-woman show written and performed by Memphian Ann C. Perry that explores the life, wit, and wisdom of Zora Neale Hurston; and the Memphis premiere of the Broadway musical “The Outsiders.”

Memphis Songwriters Series:
Date: Thursday, January 15
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Halloran Centre for the Performing Arts & Education (225 S Main St)
Learn more about this event here >

The Outsiders:
Date: Tuesday, January 20 — Sunday, January 25 (times vary)
Location: Orpheum Theatre (203 S Main St)
Get ticket information >

Live Rich Die Poor, Zora Awakening:
Date: Friday, January 30
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Halloran Centre for the Performing Arts & Education (225 S Main St)
Get ticket information >


I began piano lessons at age 6, trumpet at age 9, and began teaching myself the guitar at 10. My electronics knowledge comes from my father, who had the RCA television and stereo shop in my hometown of Pocahontas, Arkansas for nearly 20 years. My dad is still fixing televisions at age 79.