Charlotte Theatre Newsroom

Voting continues for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Charlotte Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Flat Rock Playhouse has announced titles for its 2025 season of live theatre. The venue will present a diverse array of genres, from classic to contemporary, as world-class musicians take the stage.

This winter, Matthews Playhouse of the Performing Arts will invite audiences to experience Bright Star, a moving tale of love and redemption set in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains during the 1920s and 1940s.

Don't miss your chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Charlotte Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Check out the first stats for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Charlotte Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

While Marc Shaiman's score often sounds effortful in striving to make SOME LIKE IT HOT what it was in the first place—a musical with cherry-picked hits for Marilyn Monroe to sing—the book by Matthew Lopez and Amber Ruffin helps the story and its main characters diversify and evolve. Director Casey Nicholaw's high-heel tap choreography further assures high energy all evening long.

Hendersonville Theatre invites audiences to step back and celebrate the holiday season with It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.

Hendersonville Theatre is inviting audiences to step back and celebrate the holiday season with It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Children's Theatre of Charlotte is inviting audiences to celebrate the holiday season with two productions: the return of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: The Musical” and the premiere of “Doggie on My Doorstep: A Holiday Tail.”

Close to You: The Music of the Carpenters is already on their 15 Year Anniversary Tour. Now, they're bringing A Carpenters' Christmas to venues in the Chicagoland area, Midwest and across the country this holiday season. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Voting is now open for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Charlotte Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Kwamé Ryan takes the helm as Music Director of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, marking a new chapter with a performance featuring works by Beethoven and contemporary composer Jessie Montgomery.

Mountain Theatre Company announced their holiday show, HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS: SOUNDS OF THE SEASON, running December 6-22 at Highlands Performing Arts Center, featuring returning cast members.

JaJa's African Hair Braiding is a humorous depiction of West African immigrants. Even though it was funny, it also packed a powerful message of the challenge of deportation immigrants face.

Matthews Playhouse of the Performing Arts has announce the return of Scrooge! The Musical for its third year. This uplifting musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is a story of redemption, compassion, and the spirit of Christmas.

Theatre Charlotte will soon present 1984, adapted by Robert Owens, Wilton E. Hall Jr. and William A. Miles Jr., from the novel by George Orwell. Find out all about the production here.

Western Piedmont Symphony kicks off its 60th anniversary season with BEETHOVEN'S FIFTH SYMPHONY on November 9, followed by a DISCOVERY FAMILY CONCERT on November 10 in Hickory, NC.

Flat Rock Playhouse announced its annual holiday production, A FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE CHRISTMAS, featuring festive performances and seasonal favorites.

Time is running out to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Charlotte Awards. Don't miss Thursday's October 31st deadline!

What did our critic think of & JULIET at Belk Theater?

Time is running out to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Charlotte Awards. Don't miss next week's October 31st deadline!

Explore May Pang's candid photos of John Lennon during his 'Lost Weekend' era at a special exhibition in Charlotte. Visit Coffey & Thompson Gallery for this unique showcase. Learn how to purchase tickets.

There are just two weeks left to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Charlotte Awards. The 2024 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Children's Theatre of Charlotte will present the return of “Grace for President,” adapted from Kelly DiPucchio’s New York Times bestselling children’s book. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Mountain Theatre Company in Highlands, NC has postponed THE BURNT PART BOYS due to supply chain disruptions and telecommunications failures caused by recent hurricanes. Learn more about the production.