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... (more...)
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... (more...)
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... (more...)
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... (more...)
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... (more...)
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... (more...)
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... (more...)
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.... (more...)
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.... (more...)
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... (more...)
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... (more...)
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... (more...)
The Triangle Rising Star Awards is a regional competition that brings together high school musical theater students from Central and Eastern North Carolina to perform and compete for the chance to represent the Triangle in The National High School Musical Theater Awards in New York City every summer... (more...)
If/Then is an original musical that tells the story of Elizabeth Vaughan, a 40-year-old woman who moves back to New York City seeking a fresh start to her life. The musical depicts two different paths of where Elizabeth's life could take her.... (more...)
Based on Bradford Ropes' 1932 novel as well as Busby Berkeley's 1933 film musical adaptation of the same name, 42nd Street tells the story of famed dictatorial Great White Way director Julian Marsh to mount a successful stage production of a musical extravaganza at the height of the Great Depression... (more...)
Wit is a 90 minute one act play by Margaret Edson that tells the story of Vivian Bearing, a renowned English professor who has been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. During the course of her illness, Vivian comes to reassess her life and her work with a profundity and humor that are transforma... (more...)
Based on John Van Druten's play I Am a Camera which was adapted from Christopher Isherwood's short story Goodbye to Berlin, Cabaret is based in the nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub as the Nazis were rising to power in Berlin back in 1931. The action is overseen by a Master of Ceremonies with the ... (more...)
Based on the 1994 Disney animated film of the same name, The Lion King tells the story of Simba, a young lion who is supposed to succeed his father Mufasa, as King of Pride Rock. But when Simba's Uncle Scar kills Mufasa, Simba runs away from home after being tricked into thinking that he was respons... (more...)
For one night only, the Cary Arts Center presented a production of Gerard Alessandrini's hit off-Broadway musical revue Forbidden Broadway. In the show, a quartet of performers sing rewritten parodies of classic musical theatre songs from classics such as Annie, Aspects of Love, Beauty & the Beast, ... (more...)
BWW Review: North Carolina Theatre's BEAUTY & THE BEAST
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: 2017 Triangle Rising Star Awards
BWW Review: North Carolina Theatre's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
BWW Review: 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
BWW Review: HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
BWW Review: North Carolina Theatre's ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE
BWW Review: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
BWW Review: North Carolina Theatre's MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT
BWW Review: FUN HOME National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
BWW Review: KINKY BOOTS Opens at DPAC
BWW Review: Raleigh Little Theatre's MEMPHIS
BWW Review: I WISH YOU A BOAT - Ward Theatre Company Explores Immigration, Class in Historical Play
BWW Review: STEEL MAGNOLIAS at Theatre Raleigh
BWW Review: North Carolina Theatre's MARY POPPINS
BWW Review: 2016 Triangle Rising Star Awards
BWW Review: IF/THEN National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
BWW Review: 42ND STREET National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
BWW Review: North Carolina Theatre's WIT
BWW Review: CABARET National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
BWW Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
BWW Review: THE LION KING National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
BWW Review: Cary Arts Center's FORBIDDEN BROADWAY
VIDEO: Miranda Up for Writing GAME OF THRONES Musical; Offers Lyrics
Broadway's INDECENT to Arrive on PBS This Fall
