CHARLOTTE THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 59

Lee Street theatre hightails it into the holiday season with their 9th annual 10-Minute New Play Festival: 10 Minutes to Christmas.

"I've always been a little bit of a ham," says David Ostergaard, Emmy-award winning owner and CEO of Bright Star Touring Theatre, on one of the nation's largest providers of theatrical performances for schools, libraries and theaters.

The Blumenthal Performing Arts "Very Merry Holiday Special" is back and continues through Jan.

See what's going on during the holidays at Lee Street Theatre!

Based on the beloved holiday film, this hilarious fish-out-of-water comedy follows Buddy the Elf in his quest to find his true identity.

This Saturday, December 3 at 8 pm, Ash Lawn Opera launches its 40th Season as Charlottesville, Virginia's premier opera company with a special performance of by world-renowned tenor Jay Hunter Morrisat The Paramount Theater.

With such a fine set of frontliners behind him, John Rapson may not be a dominant as Jefferson Mays was on Broadway, but the touring show comes off as more balanced, the LOVE and MURDER more equally weighted.

The Flat Rock Playhouse 2016 season is celebrating the holiday season with a brand new Music on the Rock featuring classic carols that will transport you and your family to a winter wonderland not at the North Pole, but in the rolling green hills of Ireland.

Flat "God bless us, everyone!" This holiday season, Flat Rock Playhouse will present the classic A Christmas Carol from November 17 through December 17 on the Clyde and Nina Allen Mainstage in the Village of Flat Rock.

A number of theatres across the Triangle area of Central North Carolina have decided, in response to the election season that concluded last week, to act constructively to make the point that women are a central part of our world and our work, and that they deserve to be in positions of leadership a

North Carolina Stage Company (NC Stage) presents the world premiere of CURVY WIDOW: THE MUSICAL, starring Nancy Opel (Broadway: Honeymoon in Vegas, Urinetown, Sunday in the Park with George, Teddy & Alice).

North Carolina Stage Company (NC Stage) has announced the cast for the world premiere of CURVY WIDOW: THE MUSICAL, starring Nancy Opel (Broadway: Honeymoon in Vegas, Urinetown, Sunday in the Park with George, Teddy & Alice).

Piedmont Players Theatre (PPT) announces the youth cast for THE BOXCAR CHILDREN.

Come play with us takes on a new meaning at the Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown this November with the Studio 52 production of A Thousand Cranes as the community is asked to get involved.

Asheville Creative Arts (ACA), Asheville's professional children's theatre has unveiled its new brand and brand new initiatives for its 5th Milestone Season.

The Vagabonds say, "ready, set, subscribe" for an exciting and jam-packed season line-up.

Voting has opened for the 2016 BroadwayWorld Charlotte Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2015 and September 30, 2016.

North Carolina Stage Company (NC Stage) presents the world premiere of CURVY WIDOW: THE MUSICAL, starring Nancy Opel (Broadway: Honeymoon in Vegas, Urinetown, Sunday in the Park with George, Teddy & Alice).

Generations of young readers have cherished the spirited Depression-era adventures of The Boxcar Children, and now the Alden children's story comes to life on stage.

Flat "God bless us, everyone!" This holiday season, Flat Rock Playhouse will present the classic A Christmas Carol from November 17 through December 17 on the Clyde and Nina Allen Mainstage in the Village of Flat Rock.

CPCC Theatre has announced the cast of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice by Jon Jory.

Come play with us takes on a new meaning at the Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown this November with the Studio 52 production of A Thousand Cranes as the community is asked to get involved.

Calling all blondes, saboteurs, spies and everyone else that enjoys a good 'whodunit!' The Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown presents a three-part collaborative thriller from the 'master of suspense,' Vintage Hitchcock, A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry.

The Charlotte improvisational theatre group, the Chuckleheads, presents their Happy Birthday To Us Nine Comedy Improv Musical Variety Extravaganza at The Bryant Recital Hall, Central Piedmont Community College, Sloan/Morgan Building, 1220 Elizabeth Ave, Charlotte, NC 28204 today, October 15 at 8pm.

Piedmont Players Theatre (PPT) announces a Youth Theatre Audition Workshop, set for Today, October 15, 2016 from 9am-1pm.