Review: Rachel Bay Jones at Theatre Raleigh
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Review: Norbert Leo Butz at Theatre Raleigh
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Review: SIX National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
Six reimagines the stories of the six wives of King Henry VIII in the style of a pop concert.
Review: 2023 Triangle Rising Star Awards
The Triangle Rising Star Awards is a regional competition that brings together high school musical theater students from Central and Eastern North Carolina to perform and compete for the chance to represent the Triangle in The National High School Musical Theater (otherwise known as The Jimmy) Award
Review: MOULIN ROUGE! Is a Thrilling Spectacle
The cast of the musical Moulin Rouge! has a difficult task.
Review: THE COLOR PURPLE Inspires At North Carolina Theatre
Whether you've read Alice Walker's novel or seen Spielberg's film adaptation, it's fair to assume that you might already know the main beats of this modern American classic.
Review: BEETLEJUICE National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
Based on Tim Burton's 1988 Academy Award-winning film of the same name, Lydia Deetz is a strange and unusual teenager who is obsessed with death.
Review: Theatre Raleigh's JERSEY BOYS
Jersey Boys is presented in a documentary-style format that dramatizes the formation, success, and eventual breakup of The Four Seasons.
Review: LES MISERABLES NATIONAL TOUR, at DPAC
The issues that LES MISÉRABLES touches on are unfortunately as relevant today as they were in 1862 when Victor Hugo’s novel was first published and in 1985 when the musical adaptation first opened in London.
Review: THE JUNGLE BOOK at Gamut Theatre's Young Acting Company and Rasika School of Dance
This production of The Jungle Book is visually beautiful and engaging, and appeals to audiences of all ages.
BWW Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL National Tour, DPAC
The problem with jukebox musicals is that the music they use often takes away from the story that they're telling.
Review: North Carolina Theatre's DREAMGIRLS
Based on the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts such as The Supremes, The Shirelles, James Brown, and Jackie Wilson, Dreamgirls tells the story of a young female singing trio from Chicago, Illinois called 'The Dreams,' who become music superstars.
Review: COME FROM AWAY National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
Come From Away is based on a true story of when the isolated community of Gander, Newfoundland played host to the world.
Review: TINA - THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
Tina - The Tina Turner Musical follows the life and career of legendary recording artist Tina Turner.
BWW Review: ELF THE MUSICAL National Tour, DPAC
Elf, which was released in 2003, has undoubtedly achieved that status with its endlessly quotable lines and endearingly funny performance by Will Ferrell as Buddy.
Review: HAIRSPRAY National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
Based on John Waters' 1988 cult film of the same name, Hairspray takes place in Baltimore, Maryland in the year 1962.
Review: North Carolina Theatre's STEEL MAGNOLIAS
Set in Chinquapin, Louisiana during the late 1980s, Steel Magnolias takes place in Truvy's beauty salon where all the ladies who are 'anybody' come to have their hair done.
Review: SISTER ACT At Raleigh Memorial Auditorium At The Duke Energy Center
What did our critic think of SISTER ACT at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium At The Duke Energy Center? Tour de force cast takes you to church in a fun comedic wild ride of a musical - Sister Act.
BWW Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, Theatre Raleigh
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG might just be one of the funniest concepts to grace the stage of a theater in the past fifty years.
Review: FROZEN National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
Based on Disney's 2013 Academy Award-winning animated movie musical of the same name as well as Hans Christian Andersen's 1844 fairy tale, The Snow Queen, Frozen follows two royal sisters named Anna and Elsa.
Review: ON YOUR FEET! at NCTHEATRE at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
Current production at North Carolina Theater features the music of 26-time Grammy Award-winning husband-and-wife team Gloria and Emilio Estefan.
BWW Review: CITY OF ANGELS, Theatre Raleigh
You could still smell the new paint in the newly refurbished theater during the opening night of Theatre Raleigh’s CITY OF ANGELS.
BWW Review: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD National Tour, DPAC
Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s classic 1960 novel TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD opened on Broadway in 2018.
Review: Theatre Raleigh's YELLOW FACE
What did our critic think? Yellow Face follows Asian-American playwright DHH.
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John Cameron Mitchell: Hedwig 25th Anniversary Movie Tour The Fillmore Charlotte (10/27-10/27) |
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Guns N’ Roses at Carter-Finley Stadium Carter-Finley Stadium (7/23-7/23) |
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Disney's Frozen Studio 1 (9/11-9/27) |
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1776 Temple Theatre (9/10-9/27) |
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Pleasure Toys Store Fredericksburg Adam & Eve Stores (7/05-7/29) |
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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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Red, White & Temple Patriotic Revue Temple Theatre (2/25-3/14) |
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White Christmas Temple Theatre (12/03-12/20) |
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Buena Vista Social Club DPAC (9/22-9/27) |