BWW Review: Excellent CPCC Summer Cast Isn't Weary of SHOW BOAT
You might think SHOW BOAT is impossibly quaint and politically incorrect.
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BWW Review: Gitai's Elegiac and Abrasive LETTER TO A FRIEND IN GAZA Strikes a Nerve at Spoleto
Israeli filmmaker/director Amos Gitai has crafted a multimedia piece that hurls accusations at his countrymen - most fiercely in Hebrew rather than Arabic.
BWW Review: Theatre Charlotte's THE PRODUCERS Is More Politically Incorrect Than Ever
Getting over the seedy scenery and the pre-recorded orchestra, I found Theatre Charlotte's THE PRODUCERS more politically incorrect - and nearly as enjoyable - as the previous three times I've seen this Mel Brooks romp.
BWW Review: SPRING WORKS Delights With Sensuous, Satirical, and Classic Vibes
Charlotte Ballet's SPRING WORKS, with a surprise cameo from the Merce Cunningham centennial, is another varied and provocative display by the Queen City's preeminent performing arts troupe
BWW Review: MOZART REQUIEM Clashes With Sunny Salieri Symphony
Well-aware of the Peter Shaffer implications of programming MOZART'S REQUIEM with a Salieri symphony, Charlotte Symphony flipped the script, revealing a happy-go-lucky Salieri and a fearsome Mozart.
BWW Review: Cherokee Anguish Upstages SLEEPING BEAUTY in Symphony Concert
Although Tchaikovsky's SLEEPING BEAUTY suite was the headliner, Charlotte Symphony and guest conductor Joseph Young were far more convincing in American fare by Aaron Copland and Michael Daugherty.
BWW Review: BNS Productions' TWO TRAINS RUNNING Runs at Full Steam With a Deep Cast
The BNS production of JITNEY was quite a treat in late 2017, but this season's August Wilson offering, TWO TRAINS RUNNING, is even richer and more refined.
BWW Review: UNC Doctors Do No Harm in Charlotte Ballet's SHAKESPEARE REINVENTED
No amazing synthesis or revelation emerges in Charlotte Ballet's audacious SHAKESPEARE REINVENTED collaboration with UNC Charlotte, but the evening bristles with excitement and electricity, probably because the two imaginative choreographers didn't allow their academic partners to get inside their h
BWW Review: A Catchphrase Becomes a Musical Mantra in A CHRISTMAS STORY
Joseph Robinette's adaptation of Jean Shepherd's beloved Yuletide story doesn't make all the right moves, but A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL will still warm your holiday spirit if you're patient with it.
BWW Review: Actor's Gym Unearths a Gem in FALLEN ANGELS
Two wives grapple with the prospect of meeting their common old flame in Noel Coward's FALLEN ANGELS, a situation that played out very differently in 1925 than it does today.
BWW Review: THE DAFFODIL GIRLS Vie Viciously for Survival – and a Pony
THE DAFFODIL GIRLS, Jeff Swearingen's makeover of 'Glengarry Glen Ross,' transformed David Mamet's real estate shark tank into a Girl Scout Cookie drive.
BWW Review: Mendelssohn's ITALIAN SYMPHONY Upstaged by Epic Paganini Concerto
Charlotte Symphony's celebration of Italy with music by Berio, Berlioz, Paganini, and Mendelssohn's ITALIAN SYMPHONY actually peaked with Paganini's Violin Concerto No.
BWW Review: Like Panoramic Pease, MUSIC OF THE NIGHT Was Fun While It Lasted
After we're rid of the obligatory 'Memory,'CP's fond farewall to Pease Auditorium, THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT, is a lot of fun - but not a lot of music,
BWW Review: THE PHILADELPHIA STORY Bides Its Time Before Detonating
A less-than-imperial Tracy Lord picks up strength, energy, and enlightenment as THE PHILADELPHIA STORY chugs along at Theatre Charlotte, cresting in time for an affecting epiphany.
BWW Review: Charlotte Symphony's ROYAL CELEBRATION Delivers Brassy, Breathtaking Music
While nobody onstage reminded us exactly what we were celebrating, Charlotte Symphony's MUSIC FOR A ROYAL CELEBRATION, commemorating the Queen City's 250th anniversary, was a concert fit for a king.
BWW Review: HAMILTON Sparks a Feeding Frenzy – and Justifies It
With a company that mostly outclassed the replacement cast I saw on Broadway, the HAMILTON tour not only set off a ticketbuying frenzy across Charlotte, it fulfilled theatergoers' wildest expectations.
BWW Review: FALL WORKS Fetes Bernstein and Robbins in Witty Style
With three sailors on shore leave, a carnival of fantastics seeking to console a disconsolate janitor, and the oddest choreography for Bellini's 'Casta Diva' you'll ever see, FALL WORKS launched Charlotte Ballet's 2018-19 season with wit and style.
BWW Review: CP's BECKET Struggles With Loyalty, Faith, and Caring
At times BECKET looms before us like a vast Shakespearean tapestry and at others like a bloated two-hander, but this CPCC Theatre production plays well at Halton Theater, which is really good news as Pease Auditorium bites the dust.
BWW Review: MATILDA Is Less Sweet and More Abrasive at ImaginOn
MATILDA may be losing some of its appeal as a children's story, especially when Children's Theatre of Charlotte makes it more realistic than the national tour that came to town just two years ago.
BWW Review: Symphony's OPENING NIGHT GALA Celebrates With Primal Beauty and Fire
Symphony's OPENING NIGHT GALA, spotlighting violinist Joshua Bell, boded well for the 2018-19 season to come and the orchestra's celebration of Charlotte's 250th anniversary.
BWW Review: New Horror and Grotesquerie as Phantom Moves to Coney for LOVE NEVER DIES
Your knees won't buckle when you enter Belk Theater to see LOVE NEVER DIES, Anthony Lloyd Webber's long-awaited sequel to The Phantom of the Opera.
BWW Review: Fleet Buffoonery Conquers Enchantment in PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
Theatre Charlotte's PETER AND THE STARCATCHER was more enjoyable to me than either the Broadway or the touring versions - partly because I've finally discarded the expectation that the Peter Pan prequel would deliver on Neverland's enchantment.
BWW Review: Panther Star Shows Us a Grittier Africa in ECLIPSE
Brand New Sheriff's production of ECLIPSED reaffirms that Danai Gurira is a force to be reckoned with as a playwright as well as a Marvel Universe action hero.
BWW Review: Pride Rock Remains Strong in 'Rafiki Tour' of THE LION KING
As Disney's megahit reaches its 21st Broadway birthday, we're not asking each other anymore if you've seen THE LION KING.
BWW Review: SEX WITH STRANGERS Is a Steamy, Brainy Brew
Laura Eason isn't misleading or overpromising with her title, SEX WITH STRANGERS, but it's a pleasant surprise to encounter as much brains as body heat
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Here There Are Blueberries Three Bone Theatre (1/28-1/31) |
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Foothills Pops: Holiday Spectacular J.E. Broyhill Civic Center (12/04-12/04) |
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Masterworks: Romantic Masters P.E. Monroe Auditorium (5/22-5/22) |
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Rumpelstiltskin Flat Rock Playhouse (11/12-11/15) |
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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales Creative Greensboro (10/22-10/25) |
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Six Degrees of Separation Theatre Charlotte (4/09-4/18) |
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show Spooktacular Tour with Barry Bostwick Carolina Theatre (10/17-10/17) |
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Masterworks: Splendid Tchaikovsky P.E. Monroe Auditorium (3/13-3/13) |
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Sister Act Flat Rock Playhouse (10/02-10/25) |
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Maytag Virgin by Audrey Cefaly Carolina Actors Studio Theatre (10/16-10/31) |
