Shane D. Hudson, currently the Assistant Director of Development for PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill, NC, relocated to Durham after 14 years as an arts administrator in Boston. Mr. Hudson received a BFA in arts management from Emerson College in Boston, where he produced musicals at the Emerson Majestic Theater and received the Carol Burnett Award for dedication to the performing arts. In Boston, Mr. Hudson served as general manager and marketing director for Blue Man Group, theater manager for the historic Charles Playhouse and executive director of StageSource, the Alliance of Theater Artists and Producers. He also served on the StageSource board of directors and founded GhostLight Media Inc., a consultant group providing New England arts organizations with general management, marketing and event planning services. Mr. Hudson managed a variety of large-scale events including Blue Man Group's 2001 GRAMMY performance with Moby and Jill Scott, the re-launch of the internationally recognized Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts, the Annual Boston Theater Hero Gala and events with TONY winners Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, Scott Whitman and Susan Stroman. He currently serves on the board of directors of Arts North Carolina and Triangle ArtWorks. He is also a social media consultant for arts organizations and blogs at theatrenorthcarolina.com. Find him on Twitter at @shanedhudson. 
Photo Coverage: Auditions for Billy Elliot Draw from Far and Wide
June 6, 2010
June 6, 2010
Dozens of boys and girls auditioned this weekend for the chance to be part of the Second National Tour of Billy Elliot which launches at the Durham Performing Arts Center this fall. The auditions took place at the Carolina Dance Center in Raleigh with boys auditioning for the role of Billy on Saturday and girls auditioning for ensemble roles on Sunday.
The Color Purple Triumphs in Durham
May 30, 2010
May 30, 2010
The Color Purple made a triumphant return to the Durham Performing Arts Center this week. The musical, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and the Steven Spielberg film of the same name, is a massively popular, Tony-Award winning epic.
Do You Have What It Takes To Be A Wildcat? High School Musical 2 Hits Town June 13 - 21, 2009
June 13, 2009
June 13, 2009
North Carolina Theatre and Broadway Series South are seeking energetic and talented performers to audition for High School Musical 2 in February 2009. If you sing, dance and look like you go to East High School then this show?s for you!
HAPPY DAYS - A NEW MUSICAL Plays April 14-19th at Progress Energy Center for the Arts
April 14, 2009
April 14, 2009
Goodbye gray skies, hello blue HAPPY DAYS A New Musical is coming to the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, April 14-19. Tickets are on sale now!
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG Flies into Raleigh Beginning March 31
March 30, 2009
March 30, 2009
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, the most fantasmagorical Broadway musical in the history of everything, flies into Raleigh?s Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts beginning March 31 for 8 performances only!
PlayMakers Announces Stellar 2009-1010 Season
March 20, 2009
March 20, 2009
A two-part repertory production of Charles Dickens' epic 'The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby' will headline PlayMakers Repertory Company's 34th season, announced Thursday (March 5) by producing artistic director Joseph Haj. Also during its 2009-2010 mainstage season, PlayMakers will present Arthur Miller's wartime drama 'All My Sons,' the comedy classic 'The Importance of Being Earnest' by Oscar Wilde and the regional premiere of 'Opus' by Michael Hollinger.
MISS SAIGON Flies Into Raleigh Memorial Auditorium March 21
March 21, 2009
March 21, 2009
North Carolina Theatre and Progress Energy are thrilled to present Miss Saigon, the classic love story of our time based on Puccini?s opera, Madame Butterfly. The show will run Saturday, March 21st through Sunday, March 29th in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts.
Justin Long to Join Evan Rachel Wood in Romeo and Juliet
March 18, 2009
March 18, 2009
Justin Long, Hollywood actor, will join the cast of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet for five benefit performances as Romeo, at Theatre In The Park. Justin will be joined on stage by Hollywood actress and Raleigh, NC native, Evan Rachel Wood as his Juliet.
LuPone: 'Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda' at Carolina Performing Arts 3/18
March 18, 2009
March 18, 2009
Tony Award-winning Broadway star Patti LuPone (the original Evita) takes us on a high-spirited tour of songs and roles that she 'could have played, should have played, did play and will play,' with selections from Hair, Bye Bye Birdie, Funny Girl, West Side Story, Peter Pan, Evita, Anything Goes and more!
TOPOL in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at DPAC March 17-22
March 17, 2009
March 17, 2009
The star of the original motion picture returns to the role he made famous Durham, NC (February 20, 2009) -?Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as...as a FIDDLER ON THE ROOF,? announces Tevye, a humble milkman from the Russian village of Anatevka. And so begins a tale of love and laughter, devotion and defiance, and changing traditions.
Institute of Outdoor Drama Auditions Held March 14 at UNC-CH
March 14, 2009
March 14, 2009
On Saturday, March 14, 2009, theatre directors and staff from approximately 10 outdoor historical dramas from across the country will attend auditions at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) to audition performers and technicians for summer jobs.
Ted Neely Led 'SUPERSTAR' Hits Durham 3/6 - 3/8
March 5, 2009
March 5, 2009
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, the groundbreaking theatrical masterpiece by legendary writing team Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, is coming to Durham Performing Arts Center, March 6-8 for five performances only. The first collaboration between Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice to be performed on the professional stage, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR is one of the most popular and enduring works ever created for the musical theatre.
The Never and Little Green Pig present ANTARCTICA March 6-7
March 6, 2009
March 6, 2009
The Antarctica Shadow Ballet and other little things... The Never and The Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern are excited to announce a multi-media performance of The Never's 2006 release of 'Antarctica, A Storybook Record' as well as brand new material from their upcoming record. Actors, dancers, puppets, film and light will conspire to bring The Never's music to life as a bold piece of total theatre.
PlayMakers Artistic Director Honored By American Theatre
February 27, 2009
February 27, 2009
American Theatre magazine has named Joseph Haj, producing artistic director of PlayMakers Repertory Company, one of 25 theater artists who will have a significant impact on the American theater scene over the next quarter-century.
TOPOL in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at DPAC March 17-22
February 22, 2009
February 22, 2009
The star of the original motion picture returns to the role he made famous Durham, NC (February 20, 2009) -?Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as...as a FIDDLER ON THE ROOF,? announces Tevye, a humble milkman from the Russian village of Anatevka. And so begins a tale of love and laughter, devotion and defiance, and changing traditions.
Ted Neely Led 'SUPERSTAR' Hits Durham 3/6 - 3/8
February 22, 2009
February 22, 2009
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, the groundbreaking theatrical masterpiece by legendary writing team Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, is coming to Durham Performing Arts Center, March 6-8 for five performances only. The first collaboration between Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice to be performed on the professional stage, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR is one of the most popular and enduring works ever created for the musical theatre.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM in Chapel Hill
February 21, 2009
February 21, 2009
A Midsummer Night's Dream Playmakers Repertory Company and The ArtsCenter are thrilled to announce the 2009 Summer Youth Conservatory production will be A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare.
CONTINUOUS CITY Explores the Power of Communication Feb 20
February 20, 2009
February 20, 2009
A tale of transcontinental disconnection seen through the eyes of a little girl, her globetrotting father, an overworked dot-com CEO and a siteseeing nanny, Continuous City is a modern fable about those we love and how we communicate with them when we're not there.
DORA THE EXPLORER LIVE Coming to Explore RALEIGH February 20-22
February 20, 2009
February 20, 2009
Nickelodeon and Broadway Across America are teaming up to bring 'Dora the Explorer Live! Search for the City of Lost Toys,' starring the world's most famous Latina explorer, to Raleigh's Memorial Auditorium from February 20-22.
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