The Memphis theater schedule is a busy one in February 2015.

The Orpheum Theatre will present “The Lion King” Feb. 3 through March 1. “The Lion King” will play Tuesdays through Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday evenings at 8, Sunday evenings at 6:30 p.m., Saturday matinees at 2 p.m., and Sunday matinees at 1 p.m. There also will be a special matinee performance Thursday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m.


The Circuit Playhouse will present “Bad Jews” through Feb. 8. “A comedy about the hold and the holier-than-thou,” this will be the regional premiere for “Bad Jews.” It is the story of Daphna Feygenbaum, a “real Jew” with an Israeli boyfriend she met on a birthright tour. The production runs Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.

Theatre Memphis will show the John Steinbeck classic “Of Mice and Men” through Feb. 8. The play, adapted from Steinbeck’s novel, follows California migrant workers George and Lennie, who are searching for a better life during the Great Depression. Playing on the Lohrey Stage, “Of Mice and Men” plays Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. Ticket prices are $25 for adults and $15 for students. 

Hattiloo Theatre will present “Hoodoo Love” through Feb. 15. For mature audiences, “Hoodoo Love” tells the story of Toulou, a young African-American woman in Depression-era Memphis. She dreams of singing the blues, but her ambitions are laughed at by her lover, a rambling blues musician known as Ace of Spades.

Toulou lays down a hex on him with the assistance of her neighbor, a former slave and practitioner of Hoodoo. Performances run Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Saturday matinees at 2 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 3 p.m.

Playhouse on the Square will feature “The Rocky Horror Show” through Feb. 15. The show is a satirical tribute to the science fiction and B-list horror movies of the 20th century. Reality, fiction and camp collide in this mash up of comics, rock ‘n’ roll and late-night horror flicks. 

Theater Memphis will present “Copenhagen” Feb. 13 through March 1 on the Next Stage. A Tony Award winner for Best Play, the sometimes funny, sometimes serious work presents two men in a complex relationship coming together in the afterlife to understand their real-life friendship and encounter that spurred media attention and debate about science and morality.

The Circuit Playhouse will present “Assassins” Feb. 27 through March 22. Winner of five Tony Awards in 2004, “Assassins” brings to the stage a (shooting) gallery of some of history’s most notorious players – the men and women who have attempted to kill American presidents.