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In “Inherit the Wind,” the Scopes Monkey Trial Is Litigated in the Church, Not Just the Courtroom
The true story of a schoolteacher tried for teaching evolution connects with modern climate-change denial and stem cell research opposition in Justice Theater Project’s robust season opener.
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Ridiculous Rhyming Play “The Metromaniacs” Is Poetry in Commotion
In Honest Pint Theatre’s staging at NRACT, David Ives’s nebulous meringue of a comedy lives as long as its wordplay stays aloft.
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As PlayMakers Stages Richard Wright’s “Native Son,” We Remember Its Troubling Origins in Chapel Hill
In the summer of 1940, Paul Green invited the novelist to collaborate on turning his novel into a script. Chapel Hill didn’t exactly roll out the red carpet.
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In the Latest Snap Pea Catering Production, Braised Beef Was Served with a Side of Detective Work
With “The Affair of the Stjålne Mesterværk,” Jacob Boehm deftly threaded high cuisine throughout Tennessee author Clay Thomas’s semi-DIY murder mystery.
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Yolanda Rabun Is a Commanding Nina Simone in Howard L. Craft’s Play
Between the songs in “No Fear and Blues Long Gone: Nina Simone,” the sensitive script crisply touches on formative biographical details.
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“A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” Is a Madcap Romp Through British Musical Theater History
There’s more thud and blunder than blood and thunder in this often-sparkling Raleigh Little Theatre production.
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Manbites Dog Theater Reveals Its First Round of Grant Recipients
As promised upon its closing last year, Durham’s venerable independent theater has returned as a funding organization, and it’s seeding projects by a stellar array of local performers.
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Paperhand’s “We Are Here” Puts Local Development on Notice
Eco-parables with a monster-movie punch pervade Paperhand Puppet Intervention’s latest summer pageant.
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An Old Plot Learns New Tricks in “The Bridges of Madison County”
Theatre Raleigh’s production thrives on composer Jason Robert Brown’s sparkling settings and brisk, concise lyrics.