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Theatre Charlotte’s ‘Detroit ’67’ Spins Motown into History
Baked into many great American plays is the notion that dreaming big, striving for the golden apple of success, is…
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QC Concerts Aims High with ‘Angels in America’
The Queen City has played host to historic productions of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America before, most famously the Charlotte…
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‘The Glorious World of Crowns, Kinks, and Curls’ Explores Black Hair Magic
For much of American history, Black hair has been a source of contention in society. Forced to hide behind Eurocentric…
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‘Sister Mary Ignatius’ Takes Dogma and Certitude to the Limit
For playwright Christopher Durang and now for the Queen City, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You has a…
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Charlotte Conservatory Theatre Takes ‘POTUS’ to Cain Center
After the morning press conference, there’s China, an international meeting on nuclear proliferation, followed by a photo op with…
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Theatre Charlotte’s ‘Pippin’ Overachieves at The Barn
There was plenty of magic to do last Friday night as Theatre Charlotte opened their new production of Pippin at…
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Blumenthal Arts Announces Show Lineup for 2023-’24 Season
Blumenthal Performing Arts announced the lineup for its 2023–’24 theatre season on Tuesday, with upcoming productions including Broadway hits like…
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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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