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Knoxville Area Community Theater Auditions Happening This Weekend 

Knoxville Area Community Theater Announcing Auditions for Spring Play

The likes of Death in Paradise, Vera and the Big Fat Quiz will be keeping us company on Boxing Day 2023. 

In 2000 Michael Blakemore became the first director ever to win two Tony Awards.

Paterson Joseph reads short stories of talking animals and ghostly revelations that weave into a melancholic, askew chimera of magic and quotidian woes

Michael Blakemore, the Australian-born director, who has died aged 95, made his name in London with his premieres of plays by Peter Nichols; he cemented his reputation by staging the majority of plays by Michael Frayn and – in a long-lived career that spanned half a century – became identified as a director with a meticulous eye, a potent feel for the theatrical and a sure touch in the commercial sector.

The double Tony-winning director staged acclaimed productions by Michael Frayn, Peter Nichols and many others in the West End and Broadway

The multiple Tony winner was responsible for the 1999 revival of Kiss Me, Kate that modernized the classic for a new generation.

Acclaimed theatre director admired for his productions of Kiss Me Kate and Copenhagen