BWW Review: Theatre Raleigh's THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
There are some musicals that it's difficult to imagine someone could watch without their heart being touched.
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BWW Review: North Carolina Theatre's ANNIE
Based on Harold Gray's comic strip titled Little Orphan Annie, this musical tells the story of a little orphan with equal measures of pluck and positivity who charms everyone's hearts, despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930's New York City.
BWW Review: CATS is a Memory that Lingers On and On and On
It seems fitting that the last show I'll cover for Broadway World is CATS.
BWW Review: Raleigh Little Theatre's PIPPIN
Loosely based on the fictitious life of Pippin the Hunchback, this musical tells the story of the young prince Pippin, Heir to the Frankish throne, who is in search of the secret to true happiness and fulfillment.
BWW Review: HELLO, DOLLY! National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
Based on Thornton Wilder's 1954 play titled The Matchmaker, Hello, Dolly! follows famed New York City matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi as receives her toughest challenge yet.
BWW Review: Some Magic Moments Make Theatre Raleigh's BEEHIVE Worth the Time Traveling Trip
Fans of American Bandstand will revel in the nostalgia of it, while baby boomers may be more reflective on the counterculture of the time.
BWW Review: BEAUTIFUL Continues to Delight and Entertain, But Can We Just Get Past the Jukebox Musical, Please?
n the realm of jukebox bio-musicals, BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL is probably better than most.
BWW Review: For Fans Looking for a Redemptive Adaptation After the Disastrous Movie, THE LIGHTNING THIEF Musical Delivers
I can see where The Lightning Thief musical might be compared to a cross between Harry Potter and Dear Evan Hansen.
BWW Review: In the National Touring Revival of THE KING AND I, Women Reign Supreme
There is something wonderful about seeing a classic musical.
BWW Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN Spins a Telling and Cautionary Tale for a Digital Age
Dear Evan Hansen, today's going to be a good day and here's why.
BWW Review: PlayMakers' Heavenly Production of LIFE OF GALILEO is One for the Ages
Between January 2018 and August 2018, the federal government attempted to censor, misrepresent, and otherwise silence science over 150 times.
BWW Review: Ten Years Later, ROCK OF AGES Rocks On
Decadence and dreams, Hollywood nights and hair bands, and Journey and jazz hands, it could be said that ROCK OF AGES is a party almost 40 years in the making.
BWW Review: Oozy, Saccharine Sweet National Tour of CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Just Might Be One Concoction Worth Trying
Sometimes a show completely defies expectations.
BWW Review: North Carolina Theatre's MAMMA MIA!
Based on the songs of ABBA, Mamma Mia! is set on a Greek Island where a young woman named Sophie Sheridan is about to get married, and she wants her birth father to give her away.
BWW Review: Theatre in the Park's A LIFE IN THE THEATRE Celebrates a Life Lived in the Theatre
If the Theatre in the Park production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL can be compared to a Christmas gift for Triangle families, then it might be said that the company's pre-Valentine's Day offering of A LIFE IN THE THEATRE is like a love letter to the sanctuary of storytelling and art otherwise known as the
BWW Review: A Mother's Observations of Honest Pint Theatre Company's Production of THE HERD
I was going to begin my review of Honest Pint Theatre Company's production of THE HERD with this sentence.
BWW Review: Exquisite Storytelling Makes the PlayMakers' World Premiere of Charly Simpson's JUMP a Must-See
How many articles have you read in the last four years about high-profile celebrity suicides wherein family members and friends said, 'I had no idea'? And out of the 47,173 people in the United States who died by suicide in 2017 (according to the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention), what, if
BWW Review: Burning Coal Theatre's ASHE IN JOHANNESBURG, Good Story but Needs Some Work
In 1973, tennis champion Arthur Ashe traveled to Johannesburg to compete in the South African Open amidst the oppression of an apartheid-based government.
BWW Review: MISS SAIGON at Durham Performing Arts Center is Too Loud, Too Heavy-Handed, and Too Much
In the second act of MISS SAIGON, there is a song called 'Too Much for One Heart.
BWW Review: Raleigh Little Theatre's Contemporary Spin on Shakespeare's MEASURE FOR MEASURE is Relevant, Timely, and Surprisingly Symbolic
Perhaps the most sobering thing about Raleigh Little Theatre's production of MEASURE FOR MEASURE is the fact that the same societal afflictions making headlines today were timely 400 years ago.
BWW Review: Smart, Funny PlayMakers' Premiere of 'Bewilderness' is a Mind Trip into the Psyche of Henry David Thoreau (and Zack Fine)
When Zack Fine's play BEWILDERNESS begins, it feels like a time machine has landed at PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill and philosopher and writer Henry David Thoreau has emerged.
BWW Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
Based on Sholem Aleichem's series of short stories about Tevye the Dairyman, Fiddler on the Roof centers on Tevye, a poor milkman who lives in pre-revolutionary Russia with his wife and five daughters.
BWW Review: Ready to Throttle Your Elf on the Shelf? Well, Theatre in the Park's SANTALAND DIARIES May Be Just the Ticket
Four years ago, my husband and I took our kids to New York for Christmas.
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Little Women Temple Theatre (10/15-11/01) |
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MAMMA MIA! DPAC (12/29-1/03) |
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C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters On 12 Sep to 13 Sep 2026 Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts (9/12-9/13) |
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War Bonds Temple Theatre (2/04-2/07) |
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White Christmas Temple Theatre (12/03-12/20) |
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Take My Death Away (A Halloween Musical) Snow Camp Outdoor Theatre (10/08-10/10) |
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Wicked Durham Performing Arts Center (3/31-4/18) |
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Tangled Vows Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts (7/18-7/18) |
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The Notebook Durham Performing Arts Center (7/14-7/19) |
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Hello, Dolly! PlayMakers Repertory Company (7/16-7/26) |