EYES UP HERE COMEDY SHOWCASE Thursday, Nov. 5, 8:30 p.m. $5 Kings 14 W. Martin St., Raleigh 919-833-1091 www.kingsbarcade.com Is it weird to talk about my brother’s penis onstage?” Backstage at Kings in Raleigh last May, Durham’s Virginia Wallis pondered that question with other female comedians. They were bouncing bits off one another before heading […]
Craig D. Lindsey
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Movie review: The Assassin is a gorgeous, unusually intimate martial-arts costume drama
The Assassin ★★★ ½ Opening Friday Listen, I’m not going to mince words: Good luck finding out what the hell is going on in The Assassin. Renowned Chinese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s first movie in seven years, which earned him the best director award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, is an epic martial-arts period piece […]
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John Cleese and Eric Idle let hard-won American fans inside the workings of Monty Python
JOHN CLEESE AND ERIC IDLE Wednesday, Oct. 28 Thursday, Oct. 29 7:30 p.m. $59.50–$99.50 Durham Performing Arts Center 123 Vivian St., Durham 919-680-2787 www.dpacnc.com It’s practically a rite of passage for people to venture to Florida later in life. The Golden Girls did it. Burt Reynolds did it. Your grandparents did it (if they haven’t […]
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The Walk is just Man on Wire with 100 percent more CGI and crazy wigs
THE WALK Opening Friday You sense that director Robert Zemeckis has found a kindred spirit in Philippe Petit. After all, Zemeckis has spent most of his career tinkering with technology to make the impossible possible. Likewise, Petit has made a life by wowing folks with his awe-inspiring feats. Of course, Zemeckis goes nuts with the […]
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Stand-up veteran Steven Wright set the scene for today’s mumblecore comedy
STEVEN WRIGHT Saturday, Oct. 10, 8 p.m. $37–$79.25 The Carolina Theatre 309 W. Morgan St., Durham 919-560-3030 www.carolinatheatre.org Thirty-six years: That’s how long Steven Wright has been out there doing stand-up. In that amazing span of time he went from playing clubs in Boston to hitting the big time on Saturday Night Live and Carson’s […]
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“Mello” Mike Miller carries Cary comedy on his back at Mac’s Tavern
OPEN MIC COMEDY NIGHT WITH “MELLO” MIKE MILLER Every other Wednesday, 9 p.m., free Mac’s Tavern 1014 Ryan Road, Cary 919-467-4114 www.macstavern.net Cary isn’t exactly a funny town. The Cary Theater welcomes visiting road comics for its monthly comedy nights, but that’s about it. Still, Triangle funnyman “Mello” Mike Miller remains hopeful that a comedy […]
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Fall Guide: Six comedy legends on their way to the Triangle
You’d think comedy superstar JERRY SEINFELD (Sept. 11, DPAC, www.dpacnc.com) would sit back at his crib and count the millions he’s still making off his iconic eponymous sitcom (now on Hulu, BTW). Nope. He’s still out there cracking people up with new stand-up material—when he’s not busy riding around in rare cars with his comedian […]
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Tangerine is a gonzo screwball comedy about transgender sex workers
TANGERINE Opening Friday Imagine if Crank writer/directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor directed a really long Key & Peele skit and you basically have Tangerine. Yes, I mean that as a compliment. The movie centers on two friends, transgender sex workers Sin-Dee (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) and Alexandra (Mya Taylor), as they tear through the streets […]
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In The Wolfpack, brothers who learned about life from the movies venture into the real world
THE WOLFPACK Opening Friday Rebelling against your parents is an essential teenage rite of passage. But the most rebellious thing the Angulo brothers, who populate the documentary The Wolfpack, would like to do is to leave the house once in a while. This sextet of longhaired, homeschooled brothers lived most of their young lives like […]
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SNL’s Jay Pharoah would like you to know there’s more to his act than dead-on impressions
JAY PHAROAH Thursday, July 30, 8 p.m. Friday, July 31–Saturday, Aug. 1, 7:30 and 10 p.m. $20–$31 Goodnights Comedy Club 861 W. Morgan St., Raleigh 919-828-5233 www.goodnightscomedy.com Saturday Night Live wrapped its historic 40th season, which featured more African-American performers than any season in its history, just a couple of months ago. But cast member […]