The Importance of Being Earnest: Co-Production with the Nashville Shakespeare Festival
Thursday, February 25, 2027 · 7:30 PM · Massey Performing Arts Center, Belmont / Hillsboro
The Read
Two men invent alternate identities because telling the truth would interfere with lunch and marriage. Oscar Wilde keeps tightening the mechanism until almost every character is lying about something trivial with absolute seriousness. The jokes remain vicious because the manners remain immaculate. Nashville Shakespeare Festival takes it on in a ten-performance co-production at Massey. Give good actors Wilde's sentences and stay out of their way.
The Venue
Massey Performing Arts Center
1900 Belmont Blvd
Belmont's performing arts complex, running near-daily recitals and commercial, jazz, and rock ensembles that are mostly free.
The production
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Also playing
The same booking at Massey Performing Arts Center, 8 dates in all.
- Thu Feb 18
- Fri Feb 19
- Sat Feb 20
- Sun Feb 21
- Thu Feb 25 · this one
- Fri Feb 26
- Sat Feb 27
- Sun Feb 28
Shape The Night
Before
International MarketWin and Patti Myint opened the original across the street in 1975. Their children Anna and Arnold reopened it at 2013 Belmont Blvd in 2021. It was a James Beard semifinalist in 2024 and carries Thailand's official Thai cuisine seal. Closed Sunday and Monday.
7:30 PM · The Importance of Being Earnest: Co-Production with the Nashville Shakespeare Festival
After
Nowhere SpecialOpened on Belcourt Ave in July 2026 and runs to 1am on weeknights and 3am on Friday and Saturday. Jerk shrimp tacos, oxtail grilled cheese, cocktails, and a covered patio. This is the late option in Hillsboro Village.