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BWW Reviews: PRC Brings New Work to the Triangle with LOVE ALONE
Those who enjoy medical or legal dramas are ideal audience members for this show, though it has elements that will appeal to plenty of other folks as well. It is always a privilege to see new work, and this regional premier of Love Alone is no exception....
BWW Reviews: NC Theatre Scores Big with LES MISERABLES
North Carolina Theatre is taking on an iconic work of musical theater with their current staging of LES MISERABLES. Such a piece is quite a feat to put on, and to do it well is a great undertaking, but NC Theatre manages to accomplish something spectacular by combining the best talent of the Triangl...
BWW Reviews: PlayMakers' PRIVATE LIVES is a Comedic Gem
1. Top East Coast Editor 2013: Marina Kennedy, New Jersey. Our Senior Editor of New Jersey, Marina Kennedy writes articles and reviews for Broadwayworld.com on performance venues in New York and New Jersey. She also has a weekly column in BWWFitnessWorld.com, 'Fit Food Finds,' which discusses health...
BWW Reviews: ONCE on Tour Shines in Durham
The original film won an Academy Award, the Broadway show won eight Tony Awards, and now Once has come to the Triangle, spending this week at the Durham Performing Arts Center....
BWW Reviews: Daisey's THE STORY OF THE GUN is a Conversation-Starter
Monologist Mike Daisey was commissioned by PlayMakers Repertory Company to create a piece about one of America's biggest 'hot button' topics: guns. In his The Story of the Gun, Daisey explores Americans' relationship with guns using historical anecdotes and personal history, to create a thought-prov...
BWW Reviews: At 30, RLT's CINDERELLA Never Looked Better
The theater has always been home to many long-lasting traditions. One of those traditions in the Triangle is Raleigh Little Theatre's annual Christmastime production of Cinderella. The production itself, which is the Prince Street Players version with some RLT flair, rather than the more familiar Ro...
BWW Reviews: WE WILL ROCK YOU is an Irresistible Delight in Raleigh
We Will Rock You, a musical featuring the songs of Queen, has been one of the most successful shows in London's West End for quite some time. Now, it is touring America, bringing familiar songs and a fun story around the country. It's spending the week in Raleigh, in the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium ...
BWW Reviews: The GRINCH Brings the Christmas Spirit to Durham
It's time to get into the Christmas spirit in the Triangle! Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical has landed at the Durham Performing Arts Center this week, bringing with it heaps of the holiday spirit....
BWW Reviews: MANY MOONS is a Slice of Britain in NC
Common Wealth Endeavors' production of Many Moons is the United States Premiere of British playwright Alice Birch's 2011 play. It is always exciting when Triangle theater plays host to such premieres and is able to expose local audiences to new work. Common Wealth Endeavors seeks to produce work wri...
BWW Reviews: You Won't Believe Your Eyes - GHOST THE MUSICAL Brings Illusion and Excitement to Durham
An iconic film has been brought to life, given a pop-rock score, exciting visual effects, and has made its way South. Ghost the Musical is playing the Durham Performing Arts Center this week....
BWW Reviews: THE TEMPEST and METAMORPHOSES Offer Poolside Theater in Chapel Hill
Continuing their annual tradition of offering two plays in rotating repertory, PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill is offering Shakespeare's The Tempest and Zimmerman's Metamorphoses. Even better, the audience gets to sit poolside....
BWW Reviews: CARRIE at NRACT Is Just In Time for Halloween
Perfectly timed in October, North Raleigh Arts and Creative Theatre's Carrie is sure to get you in the Halloween mood. First attempted on Broadway over 25 years ago, it was initially a flop. It garnered a kind of cult following in the subsequent years among a niche group of musical theater fans, and...
BWW Reviews: CATS Brings Broadway Talent to Raleigh
Cats, the popular show which was a hallmark of the Broadway landscape for almost two decades, is the current show being staged by North Carolina Theatre in downtown Raleigh, in the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium of the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts....
BWW Reviews: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Enchants Durham
The much-loved story of Beauty and the Beast has made its way to Durham this week. The national touring company has taken up residence at the Durham Performing Arts Center. Get out your ball gowns and dust off your princess crowns, and settle in for a memorable evening of theater....
BWW Reviews: SPRING AWAKENING Totally Rocks at Raleigh Little Theatre
Raleigh Little Theatre is proving that it's not afraid to take a risk, and it's paying off in a big way. Their current production is the 2007 Tony Winner Spring Awakening, and RLT is out to prove that it can rock with the best of them....
BWW Reviews: THE MOUNTAINTOP Puts a Cultural Icon in a New Light
Hall mixes historical reality with playful conjecture to create a piece which is heartwarming and thought-provokingA rainy Saturday evening in Chapel Hill was fitting for the opening night of PlayMakers Repertory Company's production of The Mountaintop, produced in partnership with Greensboro's Tria...
BWW Reviews: ART is Funny and Thought-Provoking
Currently playing at Raleigh Little Theatre, Art, by Yasmina Reza, is making audiences laugh while asking important philosophical questions about the very nature of art....
BWW Reviews: Blue Man Group Gets DPAC Dancing with Joy
The Blue Man Group has come to Durham! The group, which features three literally blue men on stage, backed up by a percussion-oriented rock band, includes everything from zany percussion instruments to hilarious sketches in their jam-packed evening of entertainment. Their style of performance is aud...
BWW Reviews: TRIASSIC PARQ is a Quirky Comedy Delight
This weekend, dinosaurs were spotted in Chapel Hill. Wagon Wheel Arts' production of Triassic Parq played the Kenan Theatre from Thursday through Sunday. The show follows the same dinosaurs made famous by the film Jurassic Park, but explores the lives of those dinosaurs in a whole new way. These din...
BWW Reviews: Humor and Heart Punctuate URINETOWN
Hot Summer Nights | Theatre Raleigh's Urinetown is the latest resident of Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts's A. J. Fletcher Opera Theater. The 2001 musical comedy, written by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis, takes place during a decades-long drought which has caused water to be a precious com...
BWW Reviews: GOD OF CARNAGE Brings Real Drama to Raleigh
Two sets of parents talking about an incident on the playground. On the surface, it doesn't seem like a particularly enticing plot for a play. However, the particular parents in Hot Summer Nights | Theatre Raleigh's God of Carnage turn this conversation into real drama. The plot starts out simple en...
BWW Reviews: Old-Fashioned Fun at I DO! I DO!
Currently showing at Hot Summer Nights | Theatre Raleigh, the 1966 Musical I Do! I Do! Follows a married couple throughout the journey of their marriage, from their wedding night in their new home, to the day they move out of that home fifty years later. The couple, who comprise the entire cast, Agn...
BWW Reviews: SISTER ACT Lifts Spirits in Durham
The lauded film-turned-hit-Broadway-musical Sister Act has come to town and is playing at the Durham Performing Arts Center. The show has everything from crime drama to nun choreography. It's fun for the whole family....
BWW Reviews: Raleigh Natives Shine in NC Theatre's THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
It's an old-fashioned musical - with a twist. NC Theatre's current production is the 2006 Broadway musical, The Drowsy Chaperone, subtitled, 'A Musical Within a Comedy.' The show's premise is that the narrator, named simply Man in Chair, guides the audience through his favorite show album (on vinyl,...
BWW Reviews: Fabulous and Heartwarming, PRISCILLA Takes on Durham
Durham just got a whole lot more glittery!...
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