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‘Misery’ Loves the Theatre Charlotte Company at Queens Road Barn
Fame can be unsettling and painful. It can be dangerous, corrupting or toxic. But it was Stephen King who had…
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Three Bone Theatre’s ‘Andy and the Orphans’ Showcases Untapped Talent
When playwright Lindsey Ferrentino wrote Amy and the Orphans about her Down syndrome aunt Amy, she convincingly demonstrated that she…
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Alejandro Cerrudo Revives Innovative Works with New Run of Shows
Charlotte Ballet’s reveal wasn’t as dramatic as Theatre Charlotte’s recent return to the renovated Old Barn on Queens Road with…
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Theatre Charlotte Returns to Queens Barn with ‘Something Rotten!’
We are all stupid and silly — and we all love smart-ass musicals that tell us so. That’s the deep…
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Envy, Racism, and Pure Evil Explode in ‘A Soldier’s Play’
Premiered Off-Broadway by the Negro Ensemble Company at Theatre Four in late 1981, Charles Fuller’s A Soldier’s Play went on…
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DREAMers on Guard in Three Bone Theatre’s ‘Sanctuary City’
In the wake of the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers, as lethal smoke and dust afflicted first responders who…
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Charlotte’s Off-Broadway’s ‘Thumbs’ Brings Tricks, Treats and Wicked Gore
Blackmail, murder, and diabolical deceit were all in Rupert Holmes’s wicked toolkit when the Tony Award-winning playwright/composer premiered his latest…
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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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