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BWW Reviews: SPELLING BEE Gets Big Laughs in Downtown Raleigh
The current production at Hot Summer Nights | Theatre Raleigh, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee follows a group of kids (played by adults) as they navigate the fiercely competitive pre-teen spelling circuit. As the young characters compete for the top prize (a trip to Washington, DC to com...
BWW Reviews: UNIVERSES' SPRING TRAINING Brings New Perspective to Chapel Hill
Closing out the 2012-2013 season at PlayMakers Repertory Company is the world premeire of Spring Training, a commissioned work by UNIVERSES, as a part of their prc2 line-up. UNIVERSES is a group of performers who create original work using a blend of performance styles, including vocal percussion, s...
BWW Reviews: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST is Jolly Fun in Raleigh
The cast is truly an ensemble, but as Algernon Moncrieff, Gus Allen anchors the play with poise and consistency. Though the British accents aren't perfect, the actors seem to enjoy their work, and that translates to the audience. Though written over 100 years ago, the acting and directing prove that...
BWW Reviews: RUINED Brings Africa to the Triangle
Burning Coal Theatre Company's ambitious production of Ruined tells of the lives of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Amid a conflict which has no clearly defined 'good guys,' the women have little reprieve from the violence and well-established culture of sexual abuse. In a world where chi...
BWW Reviews: Relevant and Masterful CABARET at PlayMakers Rep
PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill is currently staging a production of Kander and Ebb's 1967 Tony Award-winning best musical Cabaret that is racy, dazzling, and thought-provoking. Starting and ending on two very different trains, and set largely in the Kit Kat Klub nightclub and in a board...
BWW Reviews: TIGERS BE STILL is Quirky Fun in Raleigh
The Actors Comedy Lab and Raleigh Little Theatre present playwright Kim Rosenstock's Tigers Be Still, a dark but hilarious tale of depression, grief, and escaped zoo animals. Presented in Raleigh Little Theatre's Gaddy Goodwin Teaching Theatre, Tigers Be Still is the simple enough story of a young w...
BWW Reviews: THE INNOCENTS is a Strong Debut for Common Wealth Endeavors
The theater scene in the Triangle is thriving, and a brand new theater company is jumping into the mix. There are so many wonderful voices bringing live theater to the area, and this one fits right in. Common Wealth Endeavors opened its debut season (which has been coined a 'beta test' of sorts) wit...
BWW Reviews: Little Green Pig Brings Absurdism to the Triangle with DERKLÖWNSCHPANKENEFFEKT
The Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern is staging two pieces from the canon of the Theatre of the Absurd, both by Polish playwright S?awomir Mro?ek. Out at Sea and Striptease together create a night of theater titled derklownschpankeneffekt. Each of the two plays, approximately forty minutes apiece...
BWW Reviews: ANYTHING GOES is a Hit in Durham
The 2011 Tony Award-winning Best Revival has docked in Durham and brings honest-to-goodness Broadway talent to the Triangle. Anything Goes is tap dancing its way into the hearts of audiences who are eager to see a traditional musical get new life....
BWW Review: One-Actor Show NOCTURNE Keeps Momentum with Mortall Coile and Burning Coal
One-actor shows are such a specific kind of challenge - how does one actor keep up the momentum? How does one actor keep the show lively and engaging? How does one actor memorize over an hour and a half of text? I certainly don't know the answers to any of those questions, but luckily actor Jesse R....
BWW Reviews: CLYBOURNE PARK Tackles Big Issues in Chapel Hill
PlayMakers Repertory Company is unafraid to tackle big issues, issues that are polarizing, issues which make audiences uncomfortable. The magic of PlayMakers is their ability to tackle those issues while showing their respect for the intelligence of the audience and trusting audiences to understand ...
BWW Reviews: MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT Brings the Funny to Raleigh
The winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best Musical, Monty Python's Spamalot is has taken up residence in Raleigh, presented by NC Theatre and Broadway Series South. It is playing through Sunday at the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium in the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts....
BWW Reviews: MARY POPPINS Flies into Durham
The world's best nanny has just flown into Durham, and has taken up residence at the Durham Performing Arts Center for one week only....
BWW Reviews: PlayMakers Rep's A RAISIN IN THE SUN Brings 1950s Chicago to the Triangle
PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill is currently showing Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 play A Raisin in the Sun, playing in rotating repertory with Bruce Norris's sequel-of-sorts, Clybourne Park. In some ways a period piece, and in some ways shockingly current, A Raisin in the Sun is a gutsy loo...
BWW Reviews: BUS STOP Brings Small-Town Charm to Raleigh
Bus Stop, written in 1955 by William Inge, and currently playing at Raleigh Little Theatre, tells the story of a Kansas country diner which, as the title implies, doubles as a bus stop, in the middle of a snow storm that strands several travelers. The travelers come from all walks of life, and inclu...
BWW Reviews: GOOD Stirs Up Intrigue in Downtown Raleigh
Currently playing at the Burning Coal Theatre Company is Good, the WWII-era period play which follows an unlikely Nazi leader from writing novels all the way to supervising Auschwitz....
BWW Reviews: New Musical NERDS Takes on Raleigh
The new musical comedy, NERDS, is trying to make its way to Broadway, and it's starting out right here in Raleigh. This is a great opportunity for the Triangle theater community, and the show is absolutely worth a trip downtown....
BWW Reviews: On the Way to Broadway, JEKYLL & HYDE Comes to Durham
Jekyll & Hyde is hitting Broadway this spring, but it's making a pit-stop right here in the Triangle on the way. It's a rare and fun chance to see a show before it opens on the Great White Way. Top that off with three show-stopping stars, and it amounts to a theatrical experience you won't want to m...
BWW Reviews: Keeping With Tradition at Raleigh Little Theatre's CINDERELLA
Raleigh Little Theatre's production of Cinderella is absolutely kid-friendly. It's my opinion that kids need theater early and often. So, why not let your kids dress up as Cinderella or Prince Charming and experience theater that is accessible for them? Your kid may even get to try on a glass sli...
BWW Reviews: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Brings Legends to Life in Durham
Put on your blue suede shoes and head down to the Durham Performing Arts Center for a fun-filled evening of rock and roll legends. Million Dollar Quartet tells of the historic night, December 4, 1956, when four legends happened to be in the recording studio at Sun Records at the same time: Carl Per...
BWW Reviews: IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY Brings Christmas Nostalgia to Chapel Hill
It's a Wonderful Life has been part of many families' Christmas traditions for decades, and now there's a new way to experience the story. PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill is offering playwright Joe Landry's interesting take on a live production of the show with It's a Wonderful Life: A ...
BWW Reviews: Burning Coal's AS YOU LIKE IT
This winter, the Burning Coal Theatre Company in Raleigh offers a respite from the cold and into the forest of Arden with As You Like It. The play is a Shakespeare comedy first published in 1623, and follows would-be lovers Rosalind and Orlando into the forest of Arden after being banished from cou...
BWW Reviews: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY is a Win for Hot Summer Nights | Theatre Raleigh
If you think your family is crazy, just wait until you meet the Westons. The Weston family is the center of Tracy Letts' emotionally-charged Pulitzer Prize-winning drama August: Osage County, currently in performance at the Fletcher Opera Theatre at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Art...
BWW Reviews: SHREK THE MUSICAL Brings Magic to Raleigh
It is my humble opinion that the musical is better than the movie - it's a little bit sassier and totally hilarious. In particular, I find the character of Fiona to be especially likeable....
BWW Reviews: SHINING CITY Challenges at Burning Coal Theatre Company
The show, aside from any evaluation of whether or not it is "good," (I happen to believe it's very good, but that's a different point) is challenging - in the best way possible....
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Dear Evan Hansen Theatre Raleigh (6/03-6/21) |
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Shadows in Red Light Burning Coal Theatre Company (6/21-6/21) |
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C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts (9/12-9/13) |
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MAMMA MIA! DPAC (12/29-1/03) |
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Little Women Temple Theatre (10/15-11/01) |
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Pleasure Toys Store Fredericksburg Adam & Eve Stores (7/05-7/29) |
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Buena Vista Social Club DPAC (9/22-9/27) |
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Hadestown DPAC (3/05-3/07) |
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The Notebook Durham Performing Arts Center (7/14-7/19) |
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Shadows in Red Light Burning Coal Theatre Company (6/26-6/26) |
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