Interview: Helen McKenna of TELL-TALE POE at Ritz Theatre
by Donna Marie Nowak - Oct 10, 2026
As All Hallows’ Eve approaches when the witching hour will be upon us, there’s no more appropriate seasonal spookiness than Helen McKenna-Uff’s riveting one-woman show at the Ritz Theatre, Tell-Tale Poe, in which she is eerily transformed beyond recognition into Edgar Allan Poe (and Sarah Helen Whitman, a poet who was briefly his fiancée).
SONGFEST Premieres in Tennessee with Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
by Rachel Stone - Oct 8, 2026
The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will present the Tennessee premiere of Leonard Bernstein's complete SONGFEST, a rarely performed 12-song cycle featuring six vocalists and poetry by American poets, alongside works by Tchaikovsky and Julia Perry.
Jamie Bogyo and Glenn Adamson to Star in STOKER WILDE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 15, 2026
Jamie Bogyo and Glenn Adamson will star as Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde in the new glam-rock musical Stoker Wilde, directed by Séimí Campbell with book and lyrics by Eric Rosen and music by Rodney Bush.
Interview Dylan Bailey & Wade Newhouse on Pure Life Theatre & Seed Art Share's HAIR IN CONCERT
by Jeffrey Kare - Jun 30, 2026
This Fourth of July, Pure Life Theatre, the City of Raleigh, and Seed Art Share will be presenting the 1968 groundbreaking rock musical, HAIR, in concert at Fred Fletcher Park. I recently got in touch with two of the people involved: Dylan Bailey, who's on the board of directors for Seed Art Share as president, and Wade Newhouse, who happens to be the director of this event. We discussed a lot of this and more.
THE DEEPEST YES: STIEGLITZ & O'KEEFFE To Perform At Teatro Paraguas
by Marissa Faith Curley - Jun 14, 2026
'The Deepest Yes: Stieglitz & O’Keeffe” was written and is performed by ZS Executive Director Valerie Nuzzo and Resident Actor Kim Nuzzo. Zephyr Stage continues their tour and brings their new show to New Mexico at Teatro Paraguas.
President of Walt Whitman Initiative to Lead WHITMAN IN LOVE Talkback
by Stephi Wild - Jun 10, 2026
NYU professor and Walt Whitman Initiative President Karen Karbiener will lead a post-show talkback for WHITMAN IN LOVE - Live Oak, with Moss at the Merchant's House Museum in Manhattan, with signed copies of the Whitman poetry book available for purchase.