Kevin Shaw, Author at Focus Mid-South

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‘Waitress’ Interview: For Christine Dwyer, it’s Been Worth the Wait

Posted on January 15, 2019January 15, 2019
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by Kevin Shaw | photo by Tim Trumble For most performers, being a waitress equates to constant frustration and unfulfilled dreams. No one dreams of going from starring on Broadway…

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Back When Mike Was Kate to Make its World Debut in Memphis

Posted on December 19, 2018December 19, 2018
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by Kevin Shaw | photos by Kevin Reed Kicking off 2019, is a new play at POTS@TheWorks called Back When Mike Was Kate. It’s a new play that deals with…

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Original Memphis: Orpheum Theatre

story by Kevin Shaw | photo above by Justin Fox Burks There is so much about Memphis to love. In fact, if you’re not careful, you can almost forget some…

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For Fans of Phantom—the Love Never Dies

Posted on August 20, 2018September 26, 2018
Kevin Shaw

by Kevin Shaw | photos by Joan Marcus After more than 30 years, The Phantom of the Opera is still playing to sold-out houses on Broadway. It is easily…

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Living a Long, Fuller Life: Interview with Barry Fuller

Posted on August 6, 2018October 10, 2018
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by Kevin Shaw | photos by Joan Allison Barry Fuller is the “Betty White” of Memphis theatre and that’s saying a lot! Nearing the age of 90, this out…

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Angela Ingersoll’s Judy Garland Delights Audiences

Posted on July 16, 2018October 22, 2018
Kevin Shaw

by Kevin Shaw | photo courtesy of Angela Ingersoll Back in the early 1990s Angela Ingersoll came to Memphis to work as an acting intern at Playhouse on the…

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Dreamgirls Will Make You Happy

Posted on June 19, 2018January 8, 2019
Kevin Shaw

by Kevin Shaw | photos courtesy of Playhouse on the Square A few years ago, Playhouse on the Square opened their state of the art new theatre across the…

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42nd Street Gets Lost in the Shuffle

Posted on June 10, 2018January 8, 2019
Kevin Shaw

by Kevin Shaw | photos courtesy of Theatre Memphis Growing up, I loved playing baseball. Starting in about 1974, I relished summer Saturday mornings going out to the ball…

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The Cowboy

Posted on June 4, 2018January 8, 2019
Kevin Shaw

by Kevin Shaw As a kid growing up in Birmingham, Ala. doing community theatre, you can never predict where your fellow performers/dreamers may end up one day. Perhaps one…

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fun home brings it home

Posted on May 4, 2018January 8, 2019
Kevin Shaw

by Kevin Shaw | photos courtesy of Playhouse on the Square When did you first have an inkling of who you really were? I’m not referring to your surname…

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‘Waitress’ Interview: For Christine Dwyer, it’s Been Worth the Wait

Back When Mike Was Kate to Make its World Debut in Memphis

Original Memphis: Orpheum Theatre

For Fans of Phantom—the Love Never Dies

Living a Long, Fuller Life: Interview with Barry Fuller

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