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Photo by Chris Janaro
"The Container" Stalls Out Partway Down the Road to Believability
Despite the fine acting in the refugee drama being staged inside an industrial shipping container outside CAM Raleigh, the set design breaks the immersion. Read more
Oct. 20, 2019
photo by Nils Schlebusch
The Star-Studded “THE DAY” Was a Good Night, but the Earth Didn’t Move
With Pulitzer-winning composer David Lang, fearless cellist Maya Beiser, expert dancer Wendy Whelan, and postmodern pioneer Lucinda Childs on deck, what could possibly go wrong? Read more
Oct. 17, 2019
Photo by Rachel Neville Photography
It’s Alive! Carolina Ballet Animates a Classic Monster Story in “Frankenstein”
Come for the Halloween-worthy tale and stay for the sinister score, provocative choreography, and thoughtful performances of this world premiere. Read more
Oct. 15, 2019
Photo by Zoe Litaker
The NC Dance Festival Brings a Historic Durham Mural to Life
On the night before the mainstage showing of this year's festival, the Durham Civil Rights Mural becomes a living stage for a public dance performance. Read more
Oct. 15, 2019
Photo by Ashley Popio
Dystopian Comedy "Waters Rise" Raises Doubts that We’ll Survive Destroying the World
Even after the global environmental disaster that we all know is coming, some things will stay the same—well, at least for a while. Read more
Oct. 09, 2019
Sonorous Road's Open Doors Short Play Festival Has Some Squeaky Hinges Between Highlights
What’s wrong with saving your best for last? Your audience might give up before they get there. Read more
Oct. 02, 2019
Photo by Alex Maness
"The Roommate" Is Like "The Odd Couple" with a Criminal Twist
Bulldog Ensemble Theater stages Jen Silverman’s chimerical domestic dramedy as its first show of the fall season. Read more
Oct. 02, 2019
Photo courtesy of Paperhand Puppet Intervention
If Politics Is Public Storytelling, Then Puppet Theater Is a Natural Political Medium
See for yourself at Paperhand's Radicackalacky Puppet Convergence, a four-day festival of puppetry and social activism in Carrboro and Saxpahaw. Read more
Sep. 24, 2019
Photo by Naveed Moeed
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. Read more
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