Our dance and theater critic picks the top five shows where you’re sure to find him this summer.
Byron Woods
Bio: Byron Woods is the INDY's theater and dance critic.Email: [email protected]: http://twitter.com/byronwoods
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Striking Design Covers the Creaky Plotting of Agatha Christie’s “Go Back for Murder”
By the end of this TheatreFest production, color us sold on the who in whodunit—but less so on the how.
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“Gay Card” Adds Missing Dimensions to the Classic Teen Rom-Com Template
“[As a teen,] I’d never seen myself in any of those stories that I loved so much, and it still doesn’t happen very often today.”
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“White” Is a Complex, Locally Relevant Study of Cultural Appropriation in the Arts
“White” could so easily have been a one-sided satire of relatively easy prey: a white male who behaves badly when his art is excluded from a major exhibition. But it’s much more.
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A Showbiz Loser Finds His Best Self in “The Legend of Georgia McBride”
This Elvis stands alone on stage, encased in a white jumpsuit, an oversize wig, and too-big aviator glasses, his sneer more Costello than Presley.
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A Conservative Senator Has Second-Amendment Second Thoughts in “Church and State”
Set in Raleigh, Jason Odell Williams’s play features sharp political debate but falls short on believable world-building.
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As Promised, Manbites Dog Theater Is Back
While the venerable Durham independent theater isn’t producing works in its own space again, it is offering a substantial grant program to fund theatrical works by others.
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Dance Is Supposedly the Province of the Young. A Seasoned Durham Group Didn’t Get the Memo.
The new Big Red Dance Project defies ageist conventions in “Age Is Just a Number.”
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A Survey of Local Theater Offers Promising News for Gender Parity
The Women’s Theatre Festival study found a marked uptick in productions written or directed by women, placing the Triangle ahead of the national curve.
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Tobacco Road Dance Productions Turns Over a New Leaf
Jess Shell wasn’t even a Tobacco Road alumnus yet when she decided to keep the company from closing.
