BWW Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR National Tour, DPAC
When JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR first premiered in 1972, it was banned by the BBC for being “sacrilegious.
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BWW Review: IN THE HEIGHTS, Raleigh Little Theatre
Raleigh Little Theatre’s production of IN THE HEIGHTS was initially announced in February 2020, just before the Coronavirus pandemic shut down theaters across the country.
BWW Review: HAMILTON National Tour, DPAC
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BWW Review: 2022 Triangle Rising Star Awards at DPAC
From the moment that the ceremony started with an upbeat rendition of “You Can’t Stop the Beat” from HAIRSPRAY by the twenty finalists, it was clear that the 2022 Triangle Rising Star Awards was going to be something special.
BWW Review: MY FAIR LADY National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
Based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play, Pygmalion, My Fair Lady is set in London in the year 1912.
BWW Review: JERSEY BOYS at DPAC North Carolina
The Broadway Award Winning Musical 'Jersey Boys' plays through May 1st, 2022 at DPAC North Carolina featuring the hits of THE FOUR SEASONS
BWW Review: North Carolina Theatre's RING OF FIRE
Ring of Fire is a musical presented as a concert by a group of five performers playing the songs of legendary country music artist Johnny Cash.
BWW Review: PRETTY WOMAN National Tour, DPAC
Read our critic's review: When the film “Pretty Woman” first came out, its narrative didn’t feel as tired.
BWW Review: OKLAHOMA! National Tour, DPAC
This is not your grandparents’ OKLAHOMA.
BWW Review: HADESTOWN National Tour (DPAC)
When a musical makes as much of an impact on Broadway as HADESTOWN did when it first premiered, the first national tour cast has a lot to live up to.
BWW Review: RENT National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
Loosely based on Giacomo Puccini's 1896 opera, La bohème, Rent follows a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in New York City's East Village in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.
BWW Review: A CHRISTMAS STORY, US Tour (DPAC)
If you’re looking for something festive to do with the family, the national tour of A CHRISTMAS STORY is a fun option.
BWW Review: AIN'T TOO PROUD National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
Ain't Too Proud follows the journey of The Temptations from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
BWW Review: THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH a production of PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill
Pulitzer Prize winning Drama now on stage live in Chapel Hill a production of PlayMaker Repertory Company now thru Nov 28th
BWW Review: Escape to Margaritaville, National Tour (DPAC)
ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE surely features the most Hawaiian print clothing that has ever graced the stage of DPAC.
BWW Review: Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, North Carolina Theatre
“Singing has always been the best part of living for me,” Billie Holiday tells the audience in North Carolina Theatre’s new production of LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR AND GRILL.
BWW Review: TOOTSIE National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
Based on Sydney Pollack's 1982 Academy Award-winning film of the same name, Tootsie follows Michael Dorsey, a skilled actor with a talent for not keeping a job.
BWW Review: North Carolina Theatre's 9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL
Based on Colin Higgins' 1980 Academy Award nominated film of the same name, 9 to 5 follows three female coworkers in the late 1970s.
BWW Review: THE BAND'S VISIT National Tour
THE BAND’S VISIT is an incredibly gentle, but very human musical about a band of Egyptian musicians who end up stranded in a small Israeli town.
BWW Review: Theatre Raleigh's PEACE OF CLAY
Peace of Clay explores the pressures, hopes, and aspirations of a young man coming of age in a southern city in the 1980s.
BWW Review: Fun Home, Theatre Raleigh
“Am I just like you?” Alison Bechdel questions, looking back on her father after his death in Theatre Raleigh’s latest show, FUN HOME.
BWW Review: Raleigh Little Theatre's BEEHIVE: THE 60S MUSICAL
Beehive: The 60s Musical is a revue that celebrates the powerful female voices of the 1960s with such timeless hits as 'My Boyfriend's Back', 'Be My Baby', 'Son of a Preacher Man', and 'Me and Bobby McGee'.
BWW Review: SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD, North Carolina Theatre
“A new world calls across the ocean,” is the first line of Jason Robert Brown’s SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD.
BWW Review: Burning Coal Theatre Company's GIRLS AND BOYS
Loosely based on Euripides' Medea, Girls and Boys tells the harrowing tale of a young upwardly mobile lady who is a business woman, a wife, and a mother of two young children.
BWW Review: Burning Coal Theatre Company's NINE LIVES
Nine Lives follows the journey of a young gay African man who is seeking asylum in the U.
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MAMMA MIA! DPAC (12/29-1/03) |
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Shadow Amok Time (An immersive, story driven, horror event) Snow Camp Outdoor Theatre (10/15-10/17) |
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Little Women Temple Theatre (10/15-11/01) |
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Mama's Boy Durham Arts Council (7/18-7/18) |
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Hello, Dolly! PlayMakers Repertory Company (7/16-7/26) |
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame Theatre Raleigh (8/12-8/15) |
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Wicked Durham Performing Arts Center (3/31-4/18) |
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The Glass Menagerie Studio 1 (7/09-7/12) |
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Zac Brown Band Credit One Stadium (9/17-9/17) |
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Pirates! A Boy At Sea Switch Theatre Company (7/24-7/25) |