Parton Me! Celebrating Dolly with Katie Deal
Feb 19 – Mar 8, 2026
Backed by the phenomenal Real Deal band, Katie takes you on a musical adventure of Dolly Parton through the years, from her earliest recordings to...
Side by Side by Sondheim
Jan 22 – Mar 8, 2026
This revue celebrates the wit and genius of musical theatre’s most influential artist. Get ready to laugh, cry and fall in love with lyrics that...
Bright Star
Apr 16 – May 10, 2026
Bright Star is a musical about a literary editor and a World War II soldier who discover a secret that changes their lives. The show...
Review: HELL'S KITCHEN National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
by Jeffrey Kare - February 18, 2026
Inspired by the music and upbringing of Alicia Keys. Hell’s Kitchen follows Ali, a 17-year-old girl full of fire, searching for freedom, passion, and her place in the world. Along the way, we meet her dynamic family, a musical mentor who changes her life, and the neighborhood that helps her grow u...
Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
by Jeffrey Kare - December 17, 2025
Based on Sara Gruen’s 2006 novel of the same name. Water for Elephants follows Jacob Jankowski, a Polish-American college student who during the Great Depression, loses both of his parents in a car accident. As a result, he jumps on a moving train unsure of where the road will take him. Yet, he fi...
Review: Poiema Artistry Theatre Co.'s IRVING BERLIN’S WHITE CHRISTMAS
by Jeffrey Kare - December 07, 2025
Based on Michael Curtiz’ 1954 Academy Award nomination film musical of the same name. Irving Berlin’s White Christmas follows veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis who have formed a successful song-and-dance act after World War II....
Past Shows
MY WAY, A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO FRANK SINATRA
Apr 21 – May 8, 2022
MY WAY, A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO FRANK SINATRA Conceived by David Grapes & Todd Olson Book by Todd Olson Original Production Directed by David Grapes...
ALWAYS... PATSY CLINE
Mar 10 – Mar 27, 2022
ALWAYS PATSY CLINE Created & Originally Directed by Ted Swindley - based on a true story March 10-27, 2022 LIVE MUSIC Always Patsy Cline is...
CHURCH BASEMENT LADIES: A MIGHTY FORTRESS IS OUR BASEMENT
Feb 10 – Feb 27, 2022
CHURCH BASEMENT LADIES: A MIGHTY FORTRESS IS OUR BASEMENT Inspired by the books of Janet Letnes Martin & Suzann Nelson, including the best seller Growing...
DRIVING MISS DAISY
Jan 13 – Jan 23, 2022
DRIVING MISS DAISY by Alfred Uhry January 13-23, 2022 Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Play and...
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Dec 2 – Dec 19, 2021
A CHRISTMAS CAROL A Musical Adaptation by Michael Hoagland & Peggy Taphorn Based on the Charles Dickens' novel "A Christmas Carol" December 2-19, 2021 Back...
STEEL MAGNOLIAS
Oct 21 – Oct 31, 2021
STEEL MAGNOLIAS by Robert Harling October 21-31, 2021 The ladies of Chinquapin Parish are back to finish out our fantastic production cut short by the...
HANK AND MY HONKY TONK HEROES
Sep 9 – Sep 26, 2021
HANK AND MY HONKY TONK HEROES Conceived & Written by Jason Petty September 9-26, 2021 LIVE MUSIC There is only one Hank Williams, and only...
THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER
Dec 3 – Dec 20, 2020
THE BEST CHRITMAS PAGEANT EVER, a delightful holiday comedy based on the best-selling young-adult book by Barbara Robinson, tells the story of a couple struggling...
Steel Magnolias
Mar 12 – Mar 29, 2020
Welcome to Truvy's beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are "anybody" come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager...
Oliver!
Sep 12 – Sep 29, 2019
Based on Charles Dickens novel, Oliver Twist, this Tony and Olivier Award winning show is one of the few musicals to win an Academy Award...
Oliver!
Sep 12 – Sep 29, 2019
Based on Charles Dickens novel, Oliver Twist, this Tony and Olivier Award winning show is one of the few musicals to win an Academy Award...
Grease
Apr 25 – May 12, 2019
Alex Yost and Meg Young headline Temple Theatre's Production of Grease. Additional cast include Brianna Mooney (Rizzo), Seth Hoyle (Kenickie), Kevin Gilmond (Roger), Julie Davis...
Grease
Apr 25 – May 2, 2019
Here is Rydell High's senior class of 1959: duck-tailed, hot-rodding "Burger Palace Boys" and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking "Pink Ladies" in bobby sox and pedal pushers,...
Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mar 14 – Mar 31, 2019
Twain's timeless classic sweeps us down the mighty Mississippi as the irrepressible Huck Finn helps his friend Jim, a slave, escape to freedom at the...
Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mar 14 – Mar 31, 2019
Twain's timeless classic sweeps us down the mighty Mississippi as the irrepressible Huck Finn helps his friend Jim, a slave, escape to freedom at the...
Boeing Boeing
Feb 14 – Mar 3, 2019
American playboy Bernard Lawrence is an architect based in Paris. He lives with his fiancée, TWA airline stewardess Gloria —and Lufthansa stewardess Gretchen —and Alitalia...
A Second Helping: the Church Basement Ladies Sequel
Jan 10 – Feb 3, 2019
A Second Helping picks up the story in 1969 with the world changing. As Vietnam War protests swell and women everywhere demand equal pay for...
GHOST THE MUSICAL - SMALL CAST EDITION
Oct 18 – Nov 4, 2018
Based on the Oscar-winning film of 1990, starring Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze, and Whoopi Goldberg, the musical GHOST brings all of the humor, romance, and...
Beauty and The Beast
Apr 19 – May 13, 2018
Step into the enchanted world of Broadway's modern classic, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, an international sensation that has played to over 35 million people...
CLUE - The Musical
Oct 19 – Nov 5, 2017
The internationally popular game is now a fun filled musical which brings the world's best know suspects to life and invites the audience to help...
Footloose
Sep 14 – Oct 1, 2017
One of the most explosive movie musicals in recent memory bursts onto the live stage with exhilarating results. When Ren and his mother move from...
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