Center Stage
-
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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,…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
Megan Payne Shines Light on the Darkness and the Dirt with PLOW
We wait for the sun to set so that Goodyear Arts, with its high windows, will be dark enough for…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
‘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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
‘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…
Read More » -
‘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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More »
