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.
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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.
BWW Reviews: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN Flies Into Raleigh
Prepare for takeoff - the national touring company of Catch Me if You Can is currently playing at the NC Theatre, in the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium at the Progress Energy Center for Performing arts in downtown Raleigh.
BWW Reviews: JERSEY BOYS Wows Durham
Their songs are some of the most iconic in rock and roll history, but their story is largely unknown.
BWW Reviews: PlayMakers Rep's World Premiere Adaptation of IMAGINARY INVALID
PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill has commissioned a world-premiere adaptation of Imaginary Invalid, the final play written by Moliere.
BWW Reviews: Deep Dish's SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER
No one writes a finely-crafted comedy like the British playwrights of the Restoration and 18th Century.
BWW Reviews: Raleigh Little Theatre's THE 39 STEPS is a Comedic Take on a Hitchcock Classic
Calling all Hitchcock fans - the comedic stage adaptation of The 39 Steps is the current production at the Raleigh Little Theatre.
BWW Reviews: NC Theatre's LEGALLY BLONDE Charms Raleigh
Part of the latest group of movies-turned-Broadway-musicals is Legally Blonde, which is now at the North Carolina Theatre, in the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium of the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts.
BWW Reviews: SOUVENIR Brings Big Heart and Bigger Laughs to Theatre Raleigh
Souvenir is, in some ways, unassuming and small, but in the ways that count, it is big.
BWW Reviews: WAR HORSE Delights as it Gallops into Durham
The 2011 Tony Award Winning Best Play War Horse is now touring the nation, and is in Durham this week.
BWW Reviews: RED is a Brushstroke of Genius at PlayMakers Repertory Company
There's something magical happening on stage at PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill.
BWW Reviews: NEXT TO NORMAL Shows Promise at Theatre in the Park
Despite some instances of singing upstage and offstage, the direction was good, and the cast members certainly tackled the intense vocal demands of the show.
BWW Reviews: BRIGADOON is Enchanting at Raleigh's Burning Coal Theatre
Right in the heart of downtown Raleigh, there is a magical town popping up, thanks to Burning Coal Theatre Company's current production of Brigadoon.
BWW Reviews: ROCKY HORROR Gets Audiences Dancing and Shouting at Raleigh Little Theatre
Rocky Horror is so much more than just a musical.
BWW Reviews: Hot Summer Nights | Theatre Raleigh's AVENUE Q is a Hilarious Hit
Did you ever wonder what would have happened if Sesame Street grew up with us and continued teaching us important life lessons even as adults? Wonder no more -Avenue Q has made its way to downtown Raleigh with Hot Summer Nights | Theatre Raleigh.
BWW Reviews: RACE Gets Audiences Talking at Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy
Marking the first time that actor/director Lauren Kennedy has directed her Tony-nominated husband Alan Campbell in a play, Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy in downtown Raleigh is currently featuring Race, a play by contemporary American playwright David Mamet.
BWW Reviews: Bianca Marroquin and Cast Razzle Dazzle Durham Audiences in CHICAGO
Tuesday night at DPAC was a good news/bad news situation.
BWW Reviews: OLIVER! Lights Up NC Theatre
NC Theatre is keeping kids busy this summer by putting the best and the brightest young performers, from the Triangle area and beyond, center stage in their current production of Oliver! The show, based on the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist, follows young orphan Oliver on a journey from the wor
BWW Reviews: Tap the Night Away with DAMES AT SEA at Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy
Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy, right in downtown Raleigh, is making the most of their small space by taking on the ambitious project of staging Dames at Sea, the musical which is most known for launching the career of Bernadette Peters in the late 1960s.
BWW Reviews: Hilarity Flies into Raleigh with BOEING BOEING by Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy
I have a theory when it comes to the theater.
BWW Reviews: Theatre in the Park's CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Brings Deep South to Raleigh
Kick off your summer down south in the Mississippi delta with Theatre in the Park's current production of the seminal American play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
BWW Reviews: WEST SIDE STORY Heats Up Durham
Everybody knows West Side Story.
BWW Reviews: Manbites Dog Theater Does a Lot With a Little in IN ON IT
Two actors, two chairs, one jacket.
BWW Reviews: WICKED Flies Back into Durham
Wicked has clearly established itself as a runaway success, so I don't think what people need now is my personal "review" of the show.
BWW Reviews: Looking Back or Looking Forward - HENCEFORWARD... at Deep Dish Theater
There's a first time for everything.
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Little Women Temple Theatre (10/15-11/01) |
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The Phantom of the Opera DPAC (5/26-6/06) |
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LOVE/SICK Splintered Stage (7/30-8/02) |
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One Noble Journey Temple Theatre (1/28-1/31) |
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Pirates! A Boy At Sea Switch Theatre Company (7/24-7/25) |
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2026 Night Nation Run - Raleigh, NC Koka Booth Amphitheatre (8/22-8/22) |
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The Bodyguard DPAC (12/08-12/13) |
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Zac Brown Band Credit One Stadium (9/17-9/17) |
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The Notebook – The Musical Durham Performing Arts Center (7/14-7/14) |
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SWAN LAKE by The United European Ballet Company R. J. Reynolds Auditorium (10/13-10/13) |