RALEIGH THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 166

Artistic Director Preston Lane notes 'We will bring you five stories next season that will bring us together to laugh, engage, and rejoice.

The star of the original motion picture returns to the role he made famous Durham, NC (February 20, 2009) -?Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as.

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, the groundbreaking theatrical masterpiece by legendary writing team Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, is coming to Durham Performing Arts Center, March 6-8 for five performances only.

Raleigh's Oscar Night? America party celebrating the 81st Academy Awards? presentation.

A Midsummer Night's Dream Playmakers Repertory Company and The ArtsCenter are thrilled to announce the 2009 Summer Youth Conservatory production will be A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare.

A tale of transcontinental disconnection seen through the eyes of a little girl, her globetrotting father, an overworked dot-com CEO and a siteseeing nanny, Continuous City is a modern fable about those we love and how we communicate with them when we're not there.

Nickelodeon and Broadway Across America are teaming up to bring 'Dora the Explorer Live! Search for the City of Lost Toys,' starring the world's most famous Latina explorer, to Raleigh's Memorial Auditorium from February 20-22.

Theatre In The Park is producing a production of Shakespeare's ROMEO & JULIET as a special fundraiser for the theatre.

Deep Dish Theater Company's eighth season continues with Uncle Vanya, Anton Checkhov's classic tale of love, loss and inconvenient truths.

Common Ground Theatre (www.

Burning Coal Theatre Company, a small professional, theatre based in Raleigh, North Carolina will conclude its 2008/2009 season with the world premiere of 1960, written by Ian Finley and the Burning Coal Theatre Company, directed by Jerome Davis, Burning Coal's Artistic Director.

The following is the 2009 show schedule for Broadway Series South.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, one of the most fantasmagorical Broadway musical in the history of everything, is searching for six children in the Raleigh area to make their stage debut with Chittyat Memorial Auditorium when she arrives on March 31 for a 9-performance engagement through April 5!

The Antarctica Shadow Ballet and other little things.

RIVERDANCE, the thunderous celebration of Irish music, song and dance that has tapped its way onto the world stage thrilling millions of people around the globe, will play eight Farewell Performances at Ovens Auditorium, March 3 - 8.

We're Not In Kansas Anymore.

Burning Coal Theatre Company, a small professional, theatre based in Raleigh, North Carolina will conclude its 2008/2009 season with the world premiere of 1960, written by Ian Finley and the Burning Coal Theatre Company, directed by Jerome Davis, Burning Coal's Artistic Director.

Delta Boys, a small theatre company in Raleigh, NC, will be teaming up with Burning Coal Theatre's Wait 'Til You See This! series to present Anton Chekov's classic The Cherry Orchard, directed by Kathryn Milliken.

Tiempo Libre, the Grammy?-nominated Cuban music group, will bring its exciting combination of Latin jazz and traditional Cuban son to Charlotte's McGlohon Theatre (345 N.

THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE, by Jay Presson Allen, adapted from the novel by Muriel Spark, is a story about acceptance, life, love and betrayal.

Bare Theatre will close its fourth consecutive season with the vibrant, magical tale of Shakespeare?s The Tempest.

What better for the month of love than a musical love story? Sunday in the Park with George opens Friday, Feb.

Carolina Performing Arts presents Much Ado About Nothing at Gerrard Hall, February 12-14.

Since Miss Saigon is hailed as the 'classic love story of our time' North Carolina Theatre has a special offer in honor of Valentine?s Day.

DIRECT FROM BROADWAY, CIRQUE DREAMS JUNGLE FANTASY debuted at the Broadway theatre in June 2008 and is the first show of its kind ever to perform on the Great White Way.