Big of Heart but Small in Scope, “Loving” Soft-Focuses an Interracial Couple’s Persecution
Peter Manos’s play with music about the Supreme Court case banning anti-miscegenation laws in the 1960s is finishing its run at Pure Life Theatre Company this week.
Lynn Nottage’s Unsparing “Sweat” Is a Funeral Song for America’s Working Class
The Justice Theater Project production anatomizes the bleak outcome of workers being abandoned by manufacturers—and federal labor safeguards—in the Rust Belt at the turn of the century.
An Actor with Autism Leads a Superior Production of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”
The staggering authenticity and intimacy of Raleigh Little Theatre’s production exposes the shortcomings of the professional touring version that played at DPAC three years ago.
You Gotta Keep ‘Em Regulated (And Other Tough Lessons from “Junk”)
Ayad Akhtar, whose incendiary drama “Disgraced” left theatrical scorch marks at PlayMakers Rep in 2015, finds plenty of contemporary relevance in the world of 1980s junk bond traders.
Scarily, the Timeliest Show Around This Week Is About the Reign of Terror
At Raleigh Little Theatre, The Revolutionists remembers the work of women during the French Revolution as well as their unfair recompense.
In Its Stage Debut, Durham’s Bulldog Ensemble Theater Is a Worthy Successor to Manbites
Stirring family drama “Curve of Departure” runs at The Fruit through Oct. 14.
Theater Review: By the Way, Meet Vera Stark Incisively Dissects Golden-Age Hollywood with a Comic, Modern Scalpel
NRACT’s production of Lynn Nottage’s play runs through Sunday, Sep. 30.
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Ken Ludwig’s Light, Lively Take on Robin Hood Has a Moving Political Message for Today
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Theater Review: Some Stale Jokes and Skimpy Set Pieces Aside, Raleigh Little Theatre’s Convent Comedy Sister Act Is Habit-Forming
Sister Act ★★★ Through Sunday, Sep. 9 Raleigh Little Theatre, Raleigh Like the movie, Raleigh Little Theatre’s production of Sister Act has a lot to offer: amazing vocals, show-stopping spectacle, and snappy comedy. Unfortunately, the script feels very much like it’s still meant for 1992 movie theater audiences. Many jokes feel outdated, if not offensive,…
Theater Review: Seed Art Share’s Immersive The Miracle Worker Reconnected Us with a Midcentury Theater Classic
The Miracle Worker ★★★★ Friday, Aug. 10–Sunday, Aug. 12 The Borden Building, Raleigh Immersive theater attempts to pull viewers through the fourth wall, placing them within the world of the story. Sleep No More, the form’s most famous example, is still sending audiences prowling through a seedy hotel after seven years in Chelsea. Locally, Little…
Theater Review: A Faded but Formidable, Distinctly Carnivorous Maria Callas Draws Operatic Blood in Master Class
Master Class ★★★★ Through Sunday, Aug. 19 Kennedy Theatre, Raleigh “You’re a monstre sacré now. We’re both monstres sacrés,” the shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis says to Maria Callas in Master Class, currently running at Kennedy Theatre. He might be right. There is something monstrous in the figure director Ray Dooley and actor Judy McLane present…
Burn This Entombs a Sparkless Power Couple and Other Urban Vampires in Downtown New York Lofts
Burn This Through Sunday, Aug. 19 Sonorous Road Theatre, Raleigh www.sonorousroad.com “We don’t like to hear the word ‘vampire’ around here,” William S. Burroughs groused about the downtown New York art scene in 1986. “Trying to change our public image.” The quote came to mind early in Sonorous Road’s repertory production of Burn This. Director…
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