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BWW Review: Raleigh Little Theatre's LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Based on Roger Corman's 1960 black comedy of the same name, Little Shop of Horrors follows Seymour Krelborn, a meek floral assistant who stumbles across a new breed of plant that he names 'Audrey II' after a coworker he has a crush on. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame ...
BWW Review: LES MISERABLES National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
Based on Victor Hugo's 1862 novel of the same name, Les Miserables tells the story of an ex-convict who after serving nineteen years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread, goes on a quest for redemption. When a kind bishop inspires him by a tremendous act of mercy, the ex-convict known as Jean Valj...
BWW Review: North Carolina Theatre's LOVE LETTERS
Love Letters centers on two characters, Melissa Gardner & Andrew Makepeace Ladd III, as they sit at tables side by side to read the notes, letters and cards they've wrote to each other over the course of 50 years. Within the letters, the two characters discuss their hopes and ambitions, dreams and d...
BWW Review: ON YOUR FEET! National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
On Your Feet! tells the true story of how a record-making and groundbreaking couple who, in the face of adversity, found a way to make it happen. From their humble beginnings in Cuba, Emilio and Gloria Estefan came to America and broke through all barriers to become a crossover sensation at the very...
BWW Review: SCHOOL OF ROCK National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
Based on Richard Linklater's 2003 film of the same name, School of Rock follows Dewey Finn, a down-on-his-luck wannabe rock star who poses as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. When he discovers his students' musical talents, he enlists his fifth-graders to form a rock group and conq...
BWW Review: North Carolina Theatre's GYPSY
Loosely based on the 1957 memoir by renowned stripetease artist Gypsy Rose Lee, Gypsy follows the dreams and efforts of her mother, Rose, who raises two daughters to perform onstage and casts an affectionate eye on the hardships of show business life. The idea to musicalize this story came about whe...
BWW Review: THE LITTLE MERMAID National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
When I last met with these characters 'Under the Sea', I was only starting to cover theatrical events in the Triangle area. Now over three years later, I have more experience, so let's take another dive, shall we? Based on the 1989 Disney animated classic of the same name as well as the classic Hans...
BWW Review: CIRCUS 1903 at Durham Performing Arts Center
Ladies & gentlemen, for one week only, the circus is in town! The producers of the world's biggest magic show, The Illusionists have teamed up with the award winning puppeteers from War Horse to present a thrilling turn of the century circus spectacular. Sensational puppetry puts elephants back in t...
BWW Review: North Carolina Theatre's BEAUTY & THE BEAST
Based on Disney's 1991 Academy Award-winning animated film of the same name as well as the classic French fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Beauty & the Beast tells the story of a bright, beautiful young woman who doesn't seem to fit in with her hometown. She later finds herself trapp...
BWW Review: THE KING & I National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
BWW Review: THE KING & I National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center...
BWW Review: FINDING NEVERLAND National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
BWW Review: FINDING NEVERLAND National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center...
BWW Review: 2017 Triangle Rising Star Awards
For the second year in a row, I had the great pleasure of attending the Triangle Rising Star Awards at the Durham Performing Arts Center. This regional competition brings together high school musical theater students from Central and Eastern North Carolina to perform and compete for the chance to re...
BWW Review: North Carolina Theatre's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
North Carolina Theatre's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR...
BWW Review: SOMETHING ROTTEN! National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
SOMETHING ROTTEN! National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center...
BWW Review: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
Based on Mark Haddon's 2003 mystery novel of the same name, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time follows Christopher Boone, a fifteen-year-old boy with an extraordinary brain, yet has trouble with communications. When he falls under suspicion of killing his neighbor's dog, he sets out t...
BWW Review: HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
Hedwig & the Angry Inch is a stage musical that first debuted at the Jane Street Theatre off-Broadway on February 14th, 1998, where it ran for 857 performances after closing on April 9th, 2000. An independent film adaptation directed by and starring co-creator/original Hedwig John Cameron Mitchell w...
BWW Review: North Carolina Theatre's ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE
Always...Patsy Cline tells the true story of Patsy Cline's friendship with Houston housewife Louise Seger. Having first heard Cline on The Arthur Godfrey Show in 1957, Seger became an immediate and avid fan of Cline's and she constantly hounded the local disc jockey to play Cline's records on the ra...
BWW Review: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
Based on the 1951 Academy Award-Winning Vincente Minnelli film musical of the same name which was inspired by the 1928 orchestral composition by George Gershwin, An American in Paris tells the story of a young American soldier, a mysterious French girl and an indomitable European city, each yearning...
BWW Review: North Carolina Theatre's MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT
Last year, Raleigh Little Theatre presented their production of a musical that was lovingly ripped off from the 1975 classic film Monty Python & the Holy Grail. Now through November 20th, North Carolina Theatre is presenting their production without ripping off RLT. Spamalot is a highly irreverent...
BWW Review: FUN HOME National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
Based on the 2006 graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel, Fun Home tells the true story of Bechdel discovering her own sexuality, her relationship with her gay father, and her attempts to unlock the mysteries surrounding his life....
BWW Review: KINKY BOOTS Opens at DPAC
'Kinky Boots' plays at DPAC through September 18...
BWW Review: Raleigh Little Theatre's MEMPHIS
Loosely based on the life and career of Dewey Phillips, one of the first disc jockeys to have ever played black music on the radio in the 1950's, Memphis tells the story of a white radio DJ who wants to change the world and a black nightclub singer who is ready for her big break....
BWW Review: I WISH YOU A BOAT - Ward Theatre Company Explores Immigration, Class in Historical Play
In any election year but especially this one, certain topics are fraught with emotion and high stakes. Immigration is one of those topics, and theatre is a way to approach it safely but meaningfully.
As a theatre company that recently emigrated back to the United States from Australia, Ward Theat...
BWW Review: STEEL MAGNOLIAS at Theatre Raleigh
What better way to spend a hot summer night than seeing "Steel Magnolias" at Theatre Raleigh's Hot Summer Nights?
Theatre Raleigh's summer series is beginning to wind down, but it's definitely not cooling off. July 27 was opening night of its production of "Steel Magnolias," the play by Robert Ha...
BWW Review: North Carolina Theatre's MARY POPPINS
Based on the children's novels by P.L. Travers as well as the classic 1964 Walt Disney film of the same name, Mary Poppins tells the story of a nanny who arrives on the doorstep of the Jane & Michael Banks. Mary Poppins takes the children on many magical and memorable adventures, but Jane and Michae...
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