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THE PASSION OF MARY CARDWELL DAWSON


Simon & Seaton's THE PASSION OF MARY CARDWELL DAWSON December 13-15, 2024 A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater A new play with music starring acclaimed mezzo-soprano  Denyce ...

Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit
11/15 - 11/24/2024


A comic play by Noël Coward, described by the author as "an improbable farce in three acts". The play concerns the socialite and novelist Charles ...

The Rainmaker
The Rainmaker
12/5 - 12/22/2024


Burning Coal Theatre Company is delighted to announce its production of N. Richard Nash’s The Rainmaker, directed by Steven Roten. The Rainmaker will run December ...

I Never Saw Another Butterfly


Over 15,000 children passed through the gates of Terezin, a concentration camp 30 miles north of Prague. Fewer than 100 survived.  I Never Saw Another ...

C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters


A battle for your soul is being waged from an office in hell! Don’t miss The Screwtape Letters, the provocative, faithful and wickedly funny theatrical ...

Paint Me This House of Love
Paint Me This House of Love
1/30 - 2/16/2025


Burning Coal Theatre Company presents Paint Me This House of Love, by Chelsea Woolley, directed by Allison Acuff, January 30 - February 16, 2025.  Performances ...

Being Chaka
Being Chaka
3/13 - 3/30/2025


A coming-of-age story in which souls from two worlds struggle for self and group transcendence as they take the painful and possible redemptive journey through ...

You on the Moors Now
You on the Moors Now
4/3 - 4/13/2025


Written by Jacly Backhaus Directed by Danica Jackson Four literary heroines of the nineteenth century set conventionalism ablaze when they turn down marriage proposals from ...



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by Jeffrey Kare - October 03, 2024

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by Jeffrey Kare - September 04, 2024

Based on Jonathan Lynn’s 1985 film adaptation of Hasbro’s popular board game of the same name, six guests have been invited to attend a mystery get-together at a large, somewhat secluded mansion. Upon arrival, each guest is provided an alias, situates in the house, and is given a deadly weapon....

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by Jeffrey Kare - July 18, 2024

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike centers on middle-aged siblings who share a home in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where they bicker and complain about the circumstances of their lives....

Review: SETH'S BIG FAT BROADWAY SHOW at Theatre Raleigh


by Jeffrey Kare - June 24, 2024

Next up in Theatre Raleigh’s 2024 concert series is Seth Rudetsky. For those unfamiliar, he’s a DJ for SiriusXM on Broadway. He’s worked for more than 20 years as an actor, writer, pianist, and conductor working on blockbuster musicals such as Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Ragtime, and T...

Review: Theatre Raleigh's JANE EYRE


by Jeffrey Kare - May 30, 2024

Based on Charlotte Brontë’s 1847 novel of the same name, Jane Eyre follows a young orphan who is put in the unfortunate care of her cruel Aunt Sarah and cousin, John Reed, as per her uncle’s dying wish. After spending six years at Lowood School for Girls, Jane leaves and is shortly after hired as a ...

Review: THE LION KING National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center


by Jeffrey Kare - May 17, 2024

Based on Disney’s 1994 animated film musical of the same name, The Lion King tells the story of Simba, a young lion who is supposed to succeed his father, Mufasa, as King of Pride Rock. But when Simba's uncle, Scar, kills Mufasa, Simba runs away from home after being tricked into thinking that he wa...

Review: 2024 DPAC Rising Star Awards


by Jeffrey Kare - May 10, 2024

The DPAC Rising Star Awards is a regional competition that brings together high school musical theater students from Central and Eastern North Carolina to perform and compete for the chance to represent the Triangle in The National High School Musical Theater (otherwise known as The Jimmy) Awards in...

Review: MRS. DOUBTFIRE National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center


by Jeffrey Kare - March 20, 2024

Based on Chris Columbus’ 1993 Academy Award-winning film of the same name adapted from Anne Fine’s 1987 novel titled Alias Madame Doubtfire. This musical follows Daniel Hillard, an out-of-work actor who loses custody of his kids in a divorce. So he masquerades as Scottish nanny Euphegenia Doubtfire ...



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