Perry Tannenbaum
- Arts & Culture
Three Bone Theatre’s ‘Toni Stone’ Tells of an Unheralded Hero
Time for some quick trivia: Who replaced Hank Aaron when the future home run king moved up from the Indianapolis…
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Cosper’s Second Take on Genet’s ‘The Maids’ Is a Keeper
Why has Absurdism never taken root in America as it has across Europe? After analyzing the plays of Samuel Beckett,…
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Free Reign Theatre Takes ‘Julius Caesar’ to the Hills
In reviving Julius Caesar, Free Reign Theatre Company has taken what is arguably Shakespeare’s most urban tragedy and transported it…
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Three Bone Theatre Makes Its Point with Colman Domingo’s ‘Dot’
Since their return to live performance last October, Three Bone Theatre has been contracting and then expanding as they adapt…
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‘Sleeping Beauty’ Rings in a Reawakening for Charlotte Ballet
Whether paired with Vampire Lesbians of Sodom onstage, orchestrated by Tchaikovsky for ballet, or adapted by talents as diverse as…
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Charlotte’s Off-Broadway’s ‘She Kills Monsters’ Is Serious Fun
The curtain is finally going up in Charlotte on the works of playwright Qui Nyugen, the American son of Vietnamese…
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Charlotte Jazz Scene Attracting Bigger Names with Continued Growth
Singer-songwriter Kat Edmonson has performed on national stages like Austin City Limits, A Prairie Home Companion, and Late Night with…
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Rory Sheriff’s ‘The Colored Museum’ Picks Up at Brooklyn Grace
In every decade since it premiered Off-Broadway at the Public Theater in 1986, George C. Wolfe’s The Colored Museum has…
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CPCC’s ‘Diary of Anne Frank’ Revives a Critical Account
You can sneer and call her the poster child of the Holocaust, or you can marvel at how she continues…
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‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ Amends the Narrative
Charm and wit can help you con your way onto a debate team when you’re a teen, but when you’re…
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‘My Dinner With Andrea’ Pits Feminism Against Self-Interest
Thanks largely to Anne Lambert and Charlotte’s Off-Broadway, the Queen City’s fiercest proponent of homegrown professional theatre and her spunky…
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Sensory-Friendly Shows Cater To Exceptional Crowds
Tyler made a surprising and daring decision at ImaginOn before attending the Sunday matinee of My Wonderful Birthday Suit. His…
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Three Bone Theatre’s ‘Open’ Needs More Space and Time
We’ve had two new presidents and three elections since the last time I saw a show at The Arts Factory…
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Actor’s Theatre Brings Rocky Horror Show to The Barn
Perhaps we should have been more alarmed when the dearly departed Citizens of the Universe brought their production of The…
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Theatre Charlotte Hits the Road as Theater Reconstruction Continues
You don’t need to try very hard to remember why Theatre Charlotte is beginning its 94th season at the Palmer…
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Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte Returns with Outdoor Rock the Barn Season
After more than a year of lockdowns and social distancing, meat shortages and toilet paper shortages, wildfires and hurricanes, astonishing…
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