Charlotte News

Unlock the Drama: Brian Friel’s ARISTOCRATS at Irish Rep - Must Close Mar 3!

Alvvays have extended their 2024 North American tour dates with a run of shows with The Beths later this summer. The dates include stops in Denver, Oakland, Portland, Seattle and more. Earlier this month, the band made their GRAMMY debut earlier this month when they were nominated for Best Alternative Performance for “Belinda Says.”

Doug Wright a Drama Desk Nominated and Tony Award-winning Playwright wrote I Am My Own Wife, based on his conversations with German Antiquarian Charlotte von Mahlsdorf. It premiered off-Broadway at Playwright Horizons in 2003.

Another theatre has announced their closure, with Cutting Ball in San Francisco becoming the latest to look at their financial situation and decide that there was no viable path forward. We’ll have more coverage here and in our marketing update about the things that are working for theatres that have found a way to thrive in the new normal.

Grand Kyiv Ballet is launching its 60-date Spring 2024 tour at the Emerson Colonial Theatre in Boston with the highly anticipated performance of the timeless ballet masterpiece 'Giselle.' Learn

There are great depths here, and great wisdom, and Playwright Ellen McLoughlin’s handiwork and that of Chesapeake Shakespeare convey them well. It is good to see a Shakespeare-oriented theater applying its tools and insights to other material from time to time, particularly classical material that is not often produced in these parts.

97+, a play which explores the ongoing impact of Hillsborough on those who survived the disaster is returning to Liverpool this spring in a new full-length production.

The Mountaintop is an interesting spin from the mind of Katori Hall of a fictitious conversation between Dr. King and a maid named Camae in the Lorraine Motel the day before his assassination. I find her creativity and imagination very vivid and enlightening indeed especially since it did have some hidden truths.

Kumu Kahua Theatre and Bamboo Ridge Press have revealed the winner of the January 2024 Go Try PlayWrite Contest. Find out who won here!

Bluebird Theatre Company will present A LITTLE LESS THAN KIND written by Gracie Rittenberg and directed by Slaney Rose Jordan. Learn performances dates and how to purchase tickets!

BOHEMIAN PROGENY, a new musical with book, music & lyrics by Julian Rosenblum and additional story development by Sabrina Karlin, will present industry readings at Ripley Grier Studios. Learn more about the show here!

Becca Carter Freeman is set to hold a staged reading of her new original play, 'The Living Orchid' at The Tank on March 3rd and 4th at 7 pm.

Produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell), Be Right Here is a timely reminder to be present and live authentically. Across these ten tracks—a collection of their signature rock and roll anthems, Americana-leaning ballads and country rock jams—the band celebrates the simple joys of life.

Written and produced by the band, “Your Town” introduces us to Sam and Casey's childhood music teacher, Todd Peterson, who played a vital role in the band's origin and passed away tragically in 2021. The track is a powerful representation of this new era for X Ambassadors, as they pay an emotional tribute to those who shaped them.

Multi-platinum, GRAMMY Award-winning Zac Brown Band has shared a special remix of their Jekyll + Hyde song “Beautiful Drug” from late icon Avicii. The band announced earlier this week that they will be playing in Cape Town, South Africa in October. ZBB will be playing over 20 cities this year, many with Kenny Chesney for the SUN GOES DOWN Tour.

The Black Crowes debut “Cross Your Fingers,” their second release from their highly anticipated new album Happiness Bastards, via the band's own Silver Arrow Records. An electrifying plea against a toxic lover “Cross Your Fingers” couples' romantic agony with a killer guitar riff, emphasizing the blistering heat of a fraught relationship.

The Addams Family, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family– a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before– keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents. Performances run Feb. 16, 17, 23, 24, @ 7:30pm and Feb. 18, 25, @ 2pm at Columbus Performing Arts Center, Van Fleet Theatre, 549 Franklin Ave, Columbus, Ohio 43125. For tickets or more information, visit: https://www.imaginecolumbus.org/

Jelly’s Last Jam runs February 21 through March 3 at New York City Center. The company recently met the press and BroadwayWorld was on hand to chat with them about the upcoming show. Check out photos from the press event here!

Front Porch Theatricals has announced casting for their 2024 season. Learn more about the lineup here!

Experience the magic of the turn of the 20th century with the Highland Park Players' staged-concert rendition of the Tony Award-winning musical 'Ragtime.' See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.