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Photo Flash: EVERYBODY Wants to Cheat Death—Now on Stage at PlayMakersby A.A. Cristi - Raleigh
(1/22/2020) - PlayMakers Repertory Company proudly presents “Everybody,” the award-winning, Pulitzer Prize finalist comedy that asks us to consider: What is a life well lived? Directed by Orlando Pabotoy in his PlayMakers debut, the production runs from January 22 to February 9, 2020.
Photo Flash: Take a Look at Production Photos From RAGTIME at PlayMakers Repertory Companyby Chloe Rabinowitz - Raleigh
(11/21/2019) - PlayMakers Repertory Company presents Zi Alikhan's innovative staging of Ragtime, the musical by Terrance McNally, Stephen Flaherty, and Lynn Ahrens. Ragtime stars Hamilton's Fergie L. Philippe and Theatre Raleigh's Lauren Kennedy and began previews last night (Nov 20). With press opening on Saturday, November 23 at 8:00pm, the show runs through December 15.
Photo Flash: PlayMakers Presents DAIRYLANDby A.A. Cristi - Raleigh
(10/21/2019) - PlayMakers Repertory Company presents 'Dairyland,' a world premiere comedy by Heidi Armbruster. This whimsical, heartfelt tale of one woman's journey from farm to table and table to farm is directed by Vivienne Benesch, and runs from October 16 to November 3, 2019.
Photo Flash: PlayMakers Repertory Company Presents Nambi E. Kelley's NATIVE SONby A.A. Cristi - Raleigh
(9/11/2019) - PlayMakers Repertory Company proudly opens its 2019/20 Mainstage season with Nambi E. Kelley's powerful and heart-stopping adaptation of Richard Wright's “Native Son”. Directed by Colette Robert, and featuring original music by G. Clausen, the production runs from September 11 to 29, 2019.
Parkway Playhouse Presents: AMELIEby A.A. Cristi - Raleigh
(7/23/2019) - Amélie, the fourth production in Parkway Playhouse's mainstage season, will open this weekend on Saturday, July 27th. Directed by Dwight Chiles, this innovative production features beautiful music, dazzling choreography, and a story unlike any you have seen before! The cast includes: Christine Caldemeyer, Dwight Chiles, Collin Eten, William Ezzell, Jane Hallstrom, Annelise Henry, Tabitha Judy, Kristen Livengood, Dylan Renken, Kai'ana Stella, Hunter Taylor, Shelby Tyler, and Roberta Whiteside. Amélie, the fourth production in Parkway Playhouse's mainstage season, will open this weekend on Saturday, July 27th. Directed by Dwight Chiles, this innovative production features beautiful music, dazzling choreography, and a story unlike any you have seen before! The cast includes: Christine Caldemeyer, Dwight Chiles, Collin Eten, William Ezzell, Jane Hallstrom, Annelise Henry, Tabitha Judy, Kristen Livengood, Dylan Renken, Kai'ana Stella, Hunter Taylor, Shelby Tyler, and Roberta Whiteside.
Photo Flash: Meet the Characters of MAN OF LA MANCHA at Triad Stageby Stephi Wild - Raleigh
(5/21/2019) - Triad Stage is closing its 18th season with the classic Broadway musical Man of La Mancha. Hear the wild winds of fortune. Your destiny calls and adventure awaits. A poet, thrown into prison, fears the Inquisitor, but the inmates demand their own kind of justice. The poet begins to tell a story of a mad Knight determined to achieve his impossible dreams. Join the quest and reach the unreachable star. Man of La Mancha runs April 28 - May 26, 2019. Opening Night is Friday, May 3.
Photo Flash: PlayMakers Presents HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVEby A.A. Cristi - Raleigh
(4/3/2019) - PlayMakers Repertory Company is proud to present the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, "How I Learned to Drive" by Tony Award®-nominated playwright Paula Vogel. The production, directed by Lee Sunday Evans, will run from April 3 to 21, 2019.
Photo Flash: First Look at JUMP at PlayMakers Repertory Companyby Stephi Wild - Raleigh
(1/23/2019) - PlayMakers Repertory Company is proud to be the first theatre to participate in the National New Play Network rolling world premiere of "Jump," by emerging playwright Charly Evon Simpson. The production, directed by Whitney White in her PlayMakers debut, will run from January 23 to February 10, 2019 before continuing on to three additional theatres in 2019.
Photo Flash: First Look at BEWILDERNESS at PlayMakers Repertory Companyby Stephi Wild - Raleigh
(1/9/2019) - PlayMakers Repertory Company proudly presents "Bewilderness," a PlayMakers commission and the second production in its 2018/19 PRC2 Kenan Stage series. Written and directed by Zack Fine, "Bewilderness" invites us into the upside-down, creatively chaotic world of a playwright inspired by and obsessed with the great American philosopher, Henry David Thoreau. In this madcap comedy, the famous cabin on Walden Pond plays host not only to Thoreau, but also to his brother, his mother, Ralph Waldo Emerson, some singing doctors, and a wisecracking woodchuck.
Photo Flash: First Look at NC Theatre's IN THE HEIGHTSby Stephi Wild - Raleigh
(10/17/2018) - North Carolina Theatre, the region's premiere nonprofit professional theatre, presents its first production of the 2018-19 season, Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights, playing Oct. 16-21 at Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh.
Photo Flash: PlayMakers Presents Dominique Morisseau's SKELETON CREWby A.A. Cristi - Raleigh
(10/10/2018) - PlayMakers Repertory Company proudly presents Dominique Morisseau's 'Skeleton Crew,' the searing dramatic final installment in her Detroit Trilogy. Directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton, the production runs from October 10 to 28, 2018.
Photo Flash: Parkway Playhouse Prepares for GODSPELLby A.A. Cristi - Raleigh
(7/26/2018) - Godspell, is a musical that will begin showing at Parkway Playhouse on July 28 and run until August 11. Directed by Dwight Chiles, Parkway Playhouse's production features Allen Law, Briar Boggs, Maximillian Koger, Hunter Taylor, Zacary Landolt, Martine Rose, Candice Dickinson, Christine Caldemeyer, Sam Lebrocq, and Heather Bronson. Performances are on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 3pm through August 11th.
Photo Flash: First Look at NC Theatre's NEWSIES Starring Jason Gotayby Julie Musbach - Broadway
(7/25/2018) - North Carolina Theatre presents Disney's NEWSIES, playing July 24-29 at Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh.
Photo Flash: First Look at BIG FISH at Kennedy Theatreby Stephi Wild - Raleigh
(7/17/2018) - Based on the book by North Carolina's own Daniel Wallace and the hit movie - Big Fish tells the story of a father with incredible, larger-than-life stories and his son who is determined to find the truth behind his father's epic tales.
BWW Interview: THE BOOK OF MORMON'S Kayla Pecchioni Talks About Playing the Straight Man Amidst Outrageous Comedy in Advance of DPAC Showby Lauren Van Hemert - Raleigh
(7/9/2018) - When Kayla Pecchioni first saw Tony Award-winning THE BOOK OF MORMON about six years ago, she didn't quite get it. 'It's so funny when I saw the show I actually could not grasp the message,' she says. 'I was so overwhelmed by how in your face it was, I was like, 'what is this show, what is going on,' I just had no clue what it was about.' So, when she got the call to come audition for the role of Nabalungi, the principal female lead, she had some trepidation about it. 'I was like I don't know if I can say the things that they say, do the things they do,' she says. 'And I talked to a couple of my friends who were in the show on Broadway and they were just like 'no, this is really, to quote the show, going to change your life.' And it has every day since.'
Photo Flash: North Carolina Theatre Stages PIPPINby Julie Musbach - Raleigh
(7/9/2018) - North Carolina Theatre Conservatory, North Carolina Theatre's flagship training program offering professional instruction in acting, voice and dance for ages three to adult, is excited to bring to the stage its production of Pippin, July 6-8 at the A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater at Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh.
BWW Interview: Mo Gaffney Talks Feminists, Funny Women, and the Relevancy of PARALLEL LIVES 35 Years Laterby Lauren Van Hemert - Raleigh
(6/11/2018) - In the opening scene of PARALLEL LIVES, two Supreme Beings plan the beginning of the world with the relish of two slightly sadistic suburban wives decorating a living room. From this moment, the audience is whisked through a series of skits that catapult them into the outrageous universe of comediennes Kathy Najimy and Maureen (Mo) Gaffney. Najimy and Gaffney first performed PARALLEL LIVES in 1983 at The Old Town Theatre in San Diego. Six years later, they opened the show off-Broadway at The Westside Theatre in New York and in 1991, PARALLEL LIVES became an HBO special. Later this month, Emily Levinstone and Keith Liles step into Kathy and Mo's shoes for the opening of PARALLEL LIVES at Burning Coal Theatre as part of the North Carolina Women's Theatre Festival. Judy Long, who is making her Raleigh directorial debut, says the show covers themes that are relevant today as they were 35 years ago, including women's rights, LGBTQ rights, and acceptance. Gaffney and Long opened up about the relevancy of PARALLEL LIVES 35 years later.
Photo Flash: A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN At North Carolina Theatreby A.A. Cristi - Raleigh
(5/4/2018) - North Carolina Theatre is proud to announce the addition of a new show to the 2017-18 season on stage at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts. This season will feature A NIGHT WITH Janis Joplin during an extended run in the A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater, May 4-20, 2018.
Photo Flash: First Look at Playmakers Rep's A TRAINby Julie Musbach - Raleigh
(4/26/2018) - PlayMakers Repertory Company proudly closes its 2017/18 season with Anne Torsiglieri's "'A' Train," also the final production of its PRC2second-stage series. Part irreverent musical, part oral history project, entirely a magical journey into the heartbeat of a different way of being. Torsiglieri plays multiple roles in this adventurous exploration of what it is to be human.
Photo Flash: PlayMakers Rep Tackles Moliere's TARTUFFEby Julie Musbach - Raleigh
(2/5/2018) - PlayMakers Repertory Company proudly presents Moliere's "Tartuffe," adapted by David Ball. The production is directed by Saheem Ali, in his PlayMakers directorial debut, and runs from February 3 to March 11, 2018 in rotating repertory with Lucas Hnath's "The Christians".
Photo Flash: First Look at PlayMakers Repertory Company's THE CHRISTIANSby Stephi Wild - Raleigh
(2/1/2018) - PlayMakers Repertory Company presents "The Christians" by 2017 Tony-nominated playwright, Lucas Hnath. The production, which is directed by Triad Stage founder Preston Lane, runs from February 1 to March 10, 2018 in rotating repertory with the Moliere classic "Tartuffe" (adapted by David Ball).
Photo Coverage: Fall in Love with LOVE LETTERS at NC Theatreby Leah Windahl - Raleigh
(1/18/2018) - NC Theatre presents A.R. Gurney's 1988 play LOVE LETTERS, running January 12th-21st. LOVE LETTERS follows two childhood friends, Melissa and Andy, who stay in contact over fifty years of their lives by writing letters, effectively becoming pen-pals. As Melissa and Andy share the highs and lows of their lives with one another, LOVE LETTERS becomes a story of companionship, friendship, and love.
Photo Flash: A CHRISTMAS CAROL Returns to PlayMakers Repertory Companyby A.A. Cristi - Raleigh
(12/11/2017) - Ray Dooley has been a member of the PlayMakers acting company for nearly thirty years. And it's been over twenty years since he donned a Victorian top hat for that great Christmas classic, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. In this adaption by William Leach, Dooley becomes a master storyteller, embodying Ebenezer Scrooge, Jacob Marley, Tiny Tim and a lifetime of Christmas memories in the soul-stirring and heartwarming tale of reclamation, charity, and love.
Photo Flash: First Look at DOT at PlayMakers Repby Stephi Wild - Raleigh
(11/22/2017) - It's Thanksgiving week, and PlayMakers is kicking off the holidays with Dot by Colman Domingo. This holiday season, the Shealys dare you not to laugh as they reconnect around their aging mother in the heart of a West Philly neighborhood, where they find that losing your memory and losing your mind are two completely different things.
Photo Flash: First Look at PINKALICIOUS at Flat Rock Playhouseby Stephi Wild - Raleigh
(11/13/2017) - Pinkalicious is playing now through November 19th and Flat Rock Playhouse. Pinkalicious can't stop eating pink cupcakes despite warnings from her parents. Her pink indulgence lands her at the doctor's office with Pinkititis, an affliction that turns her pink from head to toe a dream come true for this pink loving enthusiast. But when her hue goes too far, only Pinkalicious can figure out a way to get out of this pink predicament. Based on The New York Times best selling picture book.
Photo Flash: First Look at Flat Rock Playhouse's DIAL M FOR MURDERby Julie Musbach - Raleigh
(10/28/2017) - Halloween is just around the corner and the Playhouse is celebrating the season with the opening of a sophisticated, chillingly sinister thriller that will hold audiences spellbound with suspense!
Photo Flash: SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Opens at PlayMakersby BWW News Desk - Raleigh
(10/19/2017) - PlayMakers Repertory Company's 'Sense and Sensibility' by Kate Hamill, opened last night, October 18.
Photo Flash: First Look at GRACE FOR PRESIDENT, Opening Tonight at Raleigh Little Theatreby BWW News Desk - Raleigh
(10/13/2017) - One day in class, Grace Campbell discovered that there has never been a female president. Frustrated by the lack of female faces in the White House, Grace decides she wants to be president and inspires a school election. Raleigh Little Theatre's production of 'Grace for President' opens at the North Carolina Museum of History, in Daniels Auditorium, tonight, October 13, 2017. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Photo Flash: First Look at Burning Coal Theatre Company's DARKSIDEby BWW News Desk - Raleigh
(10/11/2017) - Burning Coal Theatre Company presents the East Coast premiere of Darkside, a comedy by Tom Stoppard with music by Pink Floyd, directed by P l na J nsd ttir. The play will run October 12 - 14, 19 - 21, 26 - 28, 2017 at 7:30 pm and October 15, 22, and 29 at 2 pm at Burning Coal's Murphey School Auditorium, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh, NC 27604. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Photo Flash: PlayMakers Repertory Company presents SENSE AND SENSIBILITYby A.A. Cristi - Raleigh
(10/9/2017) - Get a sneak peek at the look of PlayMakers Repertory Company's Sense and Sensibility by Kate Hamill. Some of PlayMakers' younger acting company members will headline the production, with Geoffrey Culbertson ( Twelfth Night, The Crucible) as dastardly John Willoughby, Rishan Dhamija ( My Fair Lady, The May Queen ) as stalwart Edward Ferrars,Shanelle Nicole Leonard ( My Fair Lady, Intimate Apparel ) as the sensible Elinor Dashwood, and PlayMakers newcomerEmily Bosco as her flighty sister Marianne. The production is directed by Taibi Magar, in her PlayMakers directorial debut.
Photo Flash: First Look at SOUTH PACIFIC at Triad Stageby BWW News Desk - Raleigh
(10/6/2017) - Triad Stage, in partnership with UNC Greensboro, brings to life one of Broadway's most iconic musicals. The world is at war, and on an island in the South Pacific the U.S. has created a military stopover for young men on their way to the front lines of battle. But love is also in the air. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Photo Flash: First Look at Cape Fear Regional Theatre's DREAMGIRLSby BWW News Desk - Raleigh
(10/3/2017) - Cape Fear Regional Theatre (CFRT) under the new leadership of Artistic Director Mary Catherine Burke proves the theatre's unique blend of professional artists, regional artists and local artists still works, after 56 Seasons, in the current production of DREAMGIRLS. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
by BWW News Desk - Raleigh
(9/13/2017) - PlayMakers Repertory Company presents the regional premiere of 'The Cake' by Carolina alum Bekah Brunstetter (NBC's This is Us writer/producer), on stage from Sept.13 to Oct. 1 at the Center for Dramatic Art on Country Club Road. The production is directed by Carolina alumnus Jeffrey Meanza, who returns to PlayMakers to make his main stage directorial debut.
by BWW News Desk - Raleigh
(8/31/2017) - PlayMakers Repertory Company presents Julia Gibson in the regional premiere of "The Cake" by Carolina alum Bekah Brunstetter (NBC's This is Us writer/producer), on stage from Sept.13 to Oct. 1 at the Center for Dramatic Art on Country Club Road.
by BWW News Desk - Raleigh
(8/23/2017) - PlayMakers Repertory Company kicks off its 2017/18 season with the world premiere of 'Count,' in the first production of its PRC2 second-stage series. This docu-drama written by Lynden Harris is co-produced with the North Carolina based collective, Hidden Voices. The production is directed by Kathryn Hunter-Williams, member of the PlayMakers resident acting company, in her PlayMakers directorial debut. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
by A.A. Cristi - Raleigh
(7/28/2017) - The Flat Rock Playhouse 2017 season will continue with one of its most beloved musicals, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. This mega-musical of Biblical proportions follows the story of Joseph, whose coat of many colors sparks the envy of his brothers and leads him on the journey to greatness.
by BWW News Desk - Raleigh
(4/28/2017) - PlayMakers Repertory Company opened the final production of its 2016-17 season last night with "Mr. Joy," a work by award-winning playwright Daniel Beaty. As the final production of the second stage season at PRC2, Mr. Joy was directed by PlayMakers' Producing Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch and stars Tangela Large, who returns to PlayMakers after a successful turn in "Detroit '67" in Fall 2016.
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