Theatre North Carolina

You Are Invited to a Screening of THE RED SHOES Benefiting Carolina Ballet

Carolina Ballet invites you to a special one-night-only screening of the digitally restored and re-mastered print of The Red Shoes, co-directed and produced by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Released in 1948 The Red Shoes is a cinematic masterpiece, the most famous ballet film ever made (The New York Times) and a visual marvel for its breathtaking dancing and brilliant use of the Technicolor process.

A talkback session with Martin Scorsese’s longtime film editor, three-time Academy Award®-winner (Raging Bull, The Aviator and The Departed) Thelma Schoonmaker, director/producer Michael Powell’s widow, follows the screening.

A limited number of tickets are also available for a post-film dessert, coffee and wine reception at Coquette Brasserie with Ms. Schoonmaker, Carolina Ballet’s Artistic Director Robert Weiss, and Carolina Ballet principal dancers Timour Bourtasenkov, Gabor Kapin, Melissa Podcasy, Margaret Severin-Hansen, and Lilyan Vigo. Proceeds from this screening and reception will benefit Carolina Ballet.

The Red Shoes
2009 re-mastered and restored print of the 1948 classic ballet film
Co-directed and produced by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

Talkback with Martin Scorsese’s longtime film editor Thelma Schoonmaker,
three-time Academy Award® winner and widow of The Red Shoes co-director/producer Michael Powell

Post-Film Reception at Coquette Brasserie

When
Monday, May 3 at 7 p.m.   

Where
Screening of The Red Shoes
Regal North Hills Stadium
4150 Main at North Hills St.
Raleigh, NC 27609

Post-Film Dessert Reception
Coquette Brasserie
4351 Main at North Hills St.
Raleigh, NC 27609

Tickets:
$100 (Film, Talkback and Reception)
$50 (Film and Talkback only)
$50 (Reception only)

For tickets or more information Contact:

Michele M. Weathers
Board Relations/Events Manager
Carolina Ballet
3401-131 Atlantic Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27604
919/719-0800 ext. 275
mweathers@carolinaballet.com
www.carolinaballet.com

Spectacular Spectacular! WICKED Wows Durham!

WICKED is nothing less than SPECTACULAR! From the shimmering, twinkling curtain that greets you as you enter the theatre -  to the requisite flying Wicked Witch - to more hocus pocus than you can shake a broom stick at - WICKED is a spectacular spectacle!

Shockingly, I've never seen WICKED. I know the soundtrack pretty well and like many of the songs. Defying Gravity and Popular are two of my favorites and are both of these songs are pretty standard musical theatre audition material. I was, needless to say, exceedingly excited to see this show. In fact, I have tickets for next week as well.

In case you have no idea what show I'm talking about (which would be pretty funny as you are reading a theatre blog) here's the basics. WICKED currently on tour at the Durham Performing Arts Center is a lavish multi-award winning Broadway musical based on the book by Gregory Maguire. The book, which is fantastic, is loosely based on the books and characters created by Frank Baum. The musical's songs and lyrics were written by Stephen Schwarts and the book was written by Winnie Holzman.

OK, them's the basics!  If you want more info try Google. On to my experience!

First, I was seated in the FIRST ROW. A blessing and a curse. This is not an intimate little show. It's big and loud and needs to be seen with a little bit of distance. That said, beggars cannot be choosers and I actually LOVED sitting up close. It's a bit like looking at an impressionist painting. You need to see it from a distance to fully appreciate the beauty, but you really want to stick your nose right up to the painting and look at that detail. Well let me tell you, I saw some detail. I saw every move, every flourish on every costume, I even saw a bit of the magic happening off stage in the wings. (I could also make out the dancebelt lines in the male leads form-fitting pants, but that another note for another blog!

Before I move on, I have to say that these costumes are incredible. Can you imagine saying to costume designer Susan Hilferty, "OK, so everything needs to at least not clash with witch green and emerald green, but it all needs to be fantastic and beautiful. Oh and it all needs to remind you of the movie without copying the movie. Also, could you make it kind of modern, but fantastical? Cool, thanks!" I mean for real! These costumes are amazing. The entire design is fantastic, but I really thought the costumes, and specifically the colors, were out of this world!

So, the show is fantastic. Yes, it's a bit silly and sentimental, but it's funny and fun! The (HUGE) chorus is wildly talented. The supporting characters are a delight, but the real standouts are Vicki Noon as Elphaba (the Wicked Witch) and Natalie Daradich (Glinda, the Good). These two women are stars and they hold the show together and keep it moving full-steam ahead. The both have wonderful voices and precise comedic timing.

The thing I love the best about the show - aside from the amazing spectacle of the sets and costumes and the cute chorus boys - is how gay it is! Wait, isn't it the spectacal and chorus boys that makes it gay? Well, yes, it helps, but that's not what I mean. I also don't mean the references to the movie, friends of Dorothy or even the tiny Evita reference that apparently only I got (and since I was sitting in the first row the entire cast knew there was at least one gay in the house)! No what I mean is that this show is all about being different and about learning to accept people as they are. It's about falling in love and defying expectations. OK, so maybe the messages could apply to lots of, or any minority, but add in the camp and the boys and, well, you get the picture...

I'm seeing the show again, next time from the balcony. I'm sure to enjoy it, but I fear I might miss seeing the details up close!

Change of Plans... Seeing Wicked on Thursday at DPAC!

Slight change of plans for the week. Going to see WICKED at the Durham Performing Arts Center tomorrow! Super excited!

CLAY AIKEN TEAMS UP WITH BROADWAY VETERANS LAUREN KENNEDY, TERRENCE MANN FOR STAR-STUDDED NC THEATRE BENEFIT CONCERT

North Carolina Theatre, the region’s only producer of professional Broadway musical revivals, is thrilled to announce Bringing Broadway Home, a spectacular benefit concert on Monday, June 21st at 8 PM in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh.

This one-night-only event will celebrate 27 seasons of Broadway at North Carolina Theatre and will feature Clay Aiken, Lauren Kennedy, Sharon Lawrence, Terrence Mann and Quiana Parler.

Clay Aiken is a multi-platinum recording artist and is set to release his sixth album, Tried and True, this summer. Since his meteoric rise to fame on the hit TV show American Idol in 2003, Aiken has launched eight tours, authored a New York Times best-selling book called Learning to Sing: Hearing the Music in Your Life, starred on Broadway in Monty Python’s Spamalot, and has guest starring roles in TV’s Scrubs, 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live. Before all of these accomplishments and more, Aiken performed on the North Carolina Theatre stage in Shenandoah and 1776 in 1996.

Lauren Kennedy has numerous Broadway credits to her name since she moved to New York from Raleigh, her hometown. She starred as the Lady of the Lake in Monty Python’s Spamalot, appeared in Sunset Boulevard with Glenn Close, and received acclaim as Fantine in the final year of Les Misérables. Kennedy has dazzled audiences in a number of NC Theatre productions, most recently starring alongside Country music singer Larry Gatlin in Annie Get Your Gun.

Sharon Lawrence is a four-time Emmy nominated actress and is known for many roles on the hit TV shows NYPD Blue, Desperate Housewives, Monk, Law & Order: SVU, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Grey’s Anatomy. In addition to film and Broadway work, Lawrence has performed a myriad of roles on the NC Theatre stage and starred alongside Terrence Mann in the theatre’s first production, Camelot, in 1984.

Terrence Mann currently stars on Broadway in The Addams Family. He made his Broadway debut in 1982 in the Tony Award-winning musical, Barnum, and has been a fixture on the Great White Way ever since. In 1987, his portrayal of Javert in Les Misérables earned him his first Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role, which he reprised years later. He originated the role of the Beast in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, earning another Tony Award nomination. Other Broadway credits include Rags, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, Getting Away with Murder, The Rocky Horror Show. Mann served as an actor, artistic director and director for many NC Theatre productions throughout the years.

Quiana Parler has shared the stage with an array of national artists, from Keith Sweat to Clay Aiken; Miranda Lambert to Kelly Clarkson. Her performances have been seen on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Today Show, The View, The Tyra Banks Show, Good Morning America, The Academy of Country Music Awards and Saturday Night Live. Additionally, her vocal talents have been sought out by recording industry leaders such as David Novik, Walter Afanasieff and David Foster. Her debut in 2008, as Effie, in NC Theatre’s production of Dreamgirls became one of the most talked about performances of NC Theatre’s 27 year history.  

Ticket Information
Tickets range from $50 to $100 with a VIP option of $150 that includes an exclusive, one hour pre-show reception and complimentary parking. Tickets are on sale to NC Theatre subscribers the week of April 12th, and go on sale to the general public on Monday, April 19th. For tickets, call the NC Theatre Box Office at 919-831-6941 x6943 or x6944. For more information on Bringing Broadway Home, please visit www.nctheatre.com.

DPAC Announces Broadway Season! TRULY SPECTACULAR! Hair, In The Heights, Young Frankenstein & Much More!

WOW! An embarrassment of riches! What a season of shows! I thought the announcement of Billy Elliot was exciting, but add in The Lion King, Hair, In the Heights, Blue Man Group (my Alma Mater), Young Frankenstein and Shrek!! I'm simply blown away... Durham - you are very, very luck to have the Durham Performing Arts Center and the amazing shows they bring. Official details below...




DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ANNOUNCES THIRD SPECTACULAR SEASON

A Nederlander Presentation
2010-2011 SunTrust Broadway Series
Starring Billy Elliot the Musical & Disney’s The Lion King

 
DPAC’s Third SunTrust Broadway Series is announced with Ten Time Tony Award Winning Billy Elliot and the most demanded show of the decade Disney’s The Lion King leading the way!  Over 26 Tony Awards combined, breathtaking, record-breaking, and widely popular are just a few ways to describe the entire line-up of Broadway shows you will experience at DPAC’s Third Spectacular Season.

"DPAC has become Broadway's home in The Triangle. With Nederlander’s direct New York booking connections, Broadway fans can look forward to the best line-up of hit musicals ever assembled into a single season,” stated general manager of DPAC, Bob Klaus.

2010-2011 SunTrust Broadway Series includes

Billy Elliot the Musical: November 2-14, 2010
New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein: December 7-12, 2010
Disney’s The Lion King: January 4-30, 2011
In the Heights: February 22-27, 2011
Blue Man Group: March 15-20, 2011
Shrek The Musical: April 5-10, 2011
Hair: May 10-15, 2011

The Triangle’s Best Broadway Yet!

Billy Elliot The Musical: November 2-14, 2010

Ten Time Tony® Award Winning including Best Musical with musical score of Elton John!

THE DEBUT OF THE 2nd NATIONAL TOUR. Thrilling audiences worldwide and winning ten 2009 Tony Awards® including Best Musical, “THE BEST SHOW YOU WILL EVER SEE” (New York Post) is coming to DPAC! BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL is a joyous celebration of one young boy’s journey to make his dreams come true. Called “THE MOST INSPIRING SHOW I’VE SEEN IN YEARS” by Ben Brantley of The New York Times, set in a small town, the story follows Billy as he stumbles out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class, discovering a passion that takes him by surprise, and takes his whole family on an incredibly uplifting adventure.

BILLY ELLIOT is brought to life by the Tony-winning creative team — director Stephen Daldry, choreographer Peter Darling and writer Lee Hall — along with music legend Elton John, who has written what the New York Post calls “HIS BEST SCORE YET!”.  BILLY ELLIOT will enchant the dreamer in all of us.

The New Mel Brooks Musical YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN: December 7-12, 2010

“Best Musical 2008 Winner.” – Outer Critic Circle Award & Broadway.com Audience Award
– Outer Critic Circle Award & Broadway.com Audience Award

With such memorable tunes as “The Transylvania Mania,” “He Vas My Boyfriend “and “Puttin’ On The Ritz,” The New MEL BROOKS Musical YOUNG FRANK ENSTEIN is scientifically proven, monstrously good entertainment...and the only place you’ll witness a singing and dancing laboratory experiment in the largest tuxedo ever made.  New York Post claims this show to be a touch of Genius, with lyrics that are bright and witty.  The book is great, the scenery is delicious!

Disney’s The Lion King: January 4-30, 2011

“There is Simply Nothing Else Like It.” –The New York Times

Experience the phenomenon of Disney’s THE LION KING.  Marvel at the breathtaking spectacle of animals brought to life by award-winning director Julie Taymor, whose visual images for this show you’ll remember forever.  Thrill to the pulsating rhythms of the African Pridelands and an unforgettable score including Elton John and Tim Rice’s Oscarâ-winning song “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” and “Circle of Life.”  Let your imagination run wild at the Tonyâ Award-winning Broadway sensation Newsweek calls “a landmark event in entertainment.”  DPAC’s most eagerly awaited stage production ever will leap onto the stage in January.

In the Heights: February 22-27, 2011
Winner of Four Tony® Awards including Best Musical

In the Heights is an exhilarating journey into a vibrant Manhattan community. With a remarkable young cast, thrilling Tony® Award -winning dancing and a dynamic Tony® Award -winning score, experience the next chapter of the classic American story at the most joyous and exciting musical on Broadway.  New York Times affirms this performance "A SINGULAR NEW SENSATION!

Blue Man Group: March 15-20, 2011

First ever theatrical tour promises an entirely new visual experience.  Time Magazine declares this performance “A Sensation.”

Blue Man Group will thrill the region with its high-octane theatrical experience. Escape the ordinary and surround yourself in an explosion of comedy, music, and technology. If you’ve never seen Blue Man Group, it’s a must-see. If you’re already a fan, don’t miss it. “AN ABSOLUTELY ECSTATIC EXPERIENCE.” – USA Today

Shrek the Musical: April 5-10, 2011

Based on the Oscar®-Winning DreamWorks Film that Started it All.

SHREK THE MUSICAL brings the hilarious story of everyone’s favorite ogre to dazzling new life on the stage. Full of all-new songs, great dancing and breathtaking scenery, its part romance, part twisted fairy tale and all irreverent fun for everyone! WWOR-TV proclaims SHREK THE MUSICAL, “Far, far & away the funniest new musical on Broadway!” USA Today declares this show to be A BIG FAT HIT, A TRIUMPH OF COMIC IMAGINATION! The most INGENIOUSLY WACKY, TRANSCENDENTLY TASTELESS Broadway!

Hair: May 10-15, 2011

“The Ultimate American Rock Musical!”– Ben Brantley, The New York Times

The Public Theater’s new Tony® Award -winning production of HAIR is the most electric celebration on Broadway! This exuberant musical about a group of young Americans searching for peace and love in a turbulent time has struck a resonant chord with audiences young and old.  New York Times calls this Broadway hit a THRILLING, EMOTIONALLY RICH production that delivers INTENSE, UNADULTERATED JOY.  Rating: For mature audiences, contains brief nudity, suggestive situations and lyrics.

Upcoming Performances and "Just So Busy"

No matter how much I prepare myself mentally I'm never fully prepared for it to hit me, and when it hits, it hits hard. We all have them and some are worse than others. Sometimes they last for a few day, sometimes a few weeks and for some it's an ongoing way of life.

I'm talking about the busy times. Not the normal busy times, the REALLY busy times. People in my business (the business that is theatre) are always talking about how busy they are, and we usually are crazy busy. We are forced into insane deadlines because of lack of resources, we strive for the unimaginable because an artist imagined it and we love what we do. I've often worked several jobs at once or at jobs that required 70+ hours per week. I have even occasionally been paid for those hours! I know a lot of people who are always "just so busy", as if that wasn't just standard operating procedure for a theatre. Those people, for the most part, drive me crazy. They are on boards and committees and they promise to check that email as soon as they can... they just have so much to do! As if the rest of us aren't "just so busy" too.

No, I'm not talking about the "just so busy" type of busy, or the "always busy" life in theatre. I'm talking about knock-down drag-out busier than is humanly impossible busy. The busy that gives me the shakes, and I have a high capacity for getting things done! It happens about three times a year for me in my current job. Once in the summer for about a month when the beginning of the season is getting closer and closer and deals need to be done, planning needs to be wrapped up and materials proofed and edited. Once in the fall towards November and December when everything is due, and we are in the middle of the season. Then once in the early spring (is it spring yet), right before a major fundraiser and in the middle of about a dozen events. It's this "early spring" crazy that I now find myself. I'm swamped.

Why have I written all of this dear blog buddy? Just to let you know that I haven't fallen of the face of the earth and that I have every intention of blogging again ASAP. I'm "just so busy"! :)

OK, on to some shows I'm seeing... Honestly, not much coming up soon. Did I mention I was busy?

Tonight I'm going to the American Dance Festival Season Announcment Event! You should come! Then off to Raleigh tomorrow night for a show at Raleigh Ensemble Players called SLIENCED by Wildfire Theatre. Deets below!

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American Dance Festival
Season Announcement Event

Friday, March 19th - 7:30pm
The Cotton Room, Golden Belt

Be among the very first to learn which companies and choreographers will be presented this summer right here in Durham.

Don't miss:

• the 2010 season video montage
• dance party with your friends
• an informal dance showing by local youth
• valuable door prizes
• cash bar & other food options!

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SILENCED by Wildfire Theatre

March 18 - 21

Produced in Conjunction with Raleigh Ensemble Players

REP's Upstairs Studio at 213 Fayetteville Street

Silenced: Rhythm, Intensity, and Consequence examines the darker side of attraction and kinship, and what happens when we are placed in moments of extreme intensity and fear. The evening will be comprised of three different acts, each one dealing with a certain art form: Acrobatics, Music, and Theatre/Visual Art, but all are connected thematically.

Wildfire Theatre Company bursts into the Triangle theatre scene, in one of its first major public appearances, with an explosive night of art and entertainment in conjunction with the reputable and acclaimed alternative theatre, Raleigh Ensemble Players. Silenced: Rhythm, Intensity, and Consequence examines the darker side of attraction and kinship, and what happens when we are placed in moments of extreme intensity and fear. The evening will be comprised of three different acts, each one dealing with a certain art form: Acrobatics, Music, and Theatre/Visual Art, but all are connected thematically.

Our first act will feature The Musicians Royale from the North Carolina Renaisssance Faire, who will perform original music dealing beauty and history. Our second musician is Jon Sebastian from the local band Paper the Operator to give us some acoustic introspection and heart. In our second act, Nickolas Fields & Jeffrey Fowler together form Exentrik, an intense acrobatic duo who will tell a story of love and loss through spectacular feats of strength and agility. Our closing act will be the world premiere of an original work, MARKED, written by Carmen-maria Mandley. The show features Triangle theatre veterans Jesse R. Gephart, and Shawn Stoner. The piece tells the story of two men hiding from the new government, trying to preserve all forms of art in a single cell, and waiting for the footsteps outside that let you know when your end is near.

This piece will contain mature subject matter and is not recommended for young audiences.

American Dance Festival 2010 Season Announcement Event - THIS FRIDAY at Golden Belt!

ADF 2010 Season Announcement Event
Friday, March 19th
7:30pm
The Cotton Room at Golden Belt
807 East Main Street, Room 350



Join fellow ADF fans as the 2010 ADF season, "What is Dance Theater?", is officially unveiled for the first time at 8pm by Charles L. Reinhart and Jodee Nimerichter, ADF's Director and Co-Director.

Be among the very first to learn which companies and choreographers will be presented this summer right here in Durham.

Don't miss:

• the 2010 season video montage
• dance party with your friends
• an informal dance showing by local youth
• valuable door prizes
• cash bar & other food options!

CINDERELLA Enchants at North Carolina Theatre - April 10-18

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s

Cinderella
April 10-18, 2010

North Carolina Theatre

Raleigh Memorial Auditorium at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh

North Carolina Theatre, the region’s only producer of professional Broadway musical revivals, opens its second production for the 2010 season – Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella – on Saturday, April 10th. Sponsored by ABB, it will run through Sunday, April 18th in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh.

The “Enchanted” version of Cinderella features the same score by Rodgers & Hammerstein that audiences know and love, but has an updated book by Tom Briggs and more magical effects. Gabriel Barre mounted the National Tour of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella starring the late Eartha Kitt , Paolo Montalban and Deborah Gibson after the success of the Disney teleplay, and he will direct the North Carolina Theatre version as well.

“What excites me most about this production is the fun and contemporary language, the stronger connection made between the Fairy Godmother and Cinderella, and the addition of a bit of spice and a lot of strength to the character of Cinderella,” says Barre.

Paolo Montalban will star as “Prince Christopher.” He starred in the same role alongside the likes of music star Brandy, powerhouse Whitney Houston, Seinfeld’s Jason Alexander and several others in the hit Disney movie Cinderella. He also appeared on Broadway in Pacific Adventures, The King & I, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella and Man of La Mancha. Off-Broadway he was in various productions ranging from Two Gentlemen of Verona to Tears from Heaven.
 

Jessica Rush stars as “Cinderella” and recently has been on Broadway in Guys and Dolls and Gypsy. She replaced pop star Deborah Gibson in the National Tour of Cinderella, opposite Eartha Kitt, and was also in the First National Tour of Mamma Mia!.

Harriett D. Foy, who will play Cinderella’s “Fairy Godmother,” is known from Broadway’s The American Plan, Mamma Mia! and Once on this Island. She also has film and television credits including All Good Things, Law & Order, Rescue Me, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and One Life to Live.

Ticket Information

Tickets are $26-$76 and can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000 or online at www.ticketmaster.com. Walk-ups are also available at the North Carolina Theatre Box

Office. For groups of 10 or more, please call 919-831-6941 x6944. For more information on Cinderella, please visit www.nctheatre.com.

Shows I'm Seeing This Weekend! Drama, Comedy, Burlesque & the Mandolin!

Here's a list of the performances I'm seeing this weekend! Gonna be a good one! Four performances in three days! Eek!

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Limbo
by Declan Feenan

Burning Coal Theatre Company
March 11-21, 2010

Burning Coal’s ‘Wait ‘til You See This’ second stage series presents this haunting tale of a quiet young woman from Dublin who finally allows her workmates to take her out for a night on the town. There, she meets the man of her dreams .. or is he?

This suspenseful one-woman show by one of Ireland’s brightest young playwrights receives its American premiere at Burning Coal.

*****
The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde

PlayMakers Repertory Company
March 3-21, 2010



Absolutely one of the funniest comedies in the English language. Wicked wit and dead-on social satire wrapped in a Victorian confection of dual identities, matters matrimonial and the provenance of a particularly pertinent handbag. Wilde's exquisitely delicious dialogue and hilarious turns of phrase are an irresistible delivery system for his subversive look at society. In the words of Wilde himself “A trivial comedy for serious people.”  And what tremendous fun to cap off our Mainstage season!

*****
When a Man Makes Love…
A Uncle Typhus Uncommon Burlesque

Common Ground
March 13, 2010



featuring
International Male Dual-Sensation, “Menvious”
The Exotic Dance Stylings of “M.I.L.F.”
Dana Marks as Nick Cave Does Leonard Cohen
Lucius Robinson’s Children’s Theatre of Cruelty in “The Further Adventures of Timothy Dentist”
Stand-Up-and-Spread-’Em Comedy by Annie Zipper
Another Death-Defying 80’s Video Reenactment by Rachel & the Klembots
Wil “Sexual Sunshine” Weldon, Screamin’ Geraud Hawkins and Dr. Tony Perucci, PHD.

All supported by our gentleman house band, Captain and Tunnell.
Children and the infirm will be escorted from the premises…

*****
The Miraculous Mandolin!
An Evening with Chris Thile

Winston-Salem Symphony
March 13, 14 and 16, 2010

This concert brims with virtuosity! Bach’s brilliant Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 celebrates the unconventional with a most unusual instrumental ensemble: trumpet, violin, flute, and oboe. Strings sing warmly in Tchaikovsky’s graceful Serenade, loved by audiences the world over since its premiere in 1880. And mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile offers a change of pace as he and the orchestra present the East Coast premiere of his newly commissioned Mandolin Concerto. A member of the progressive acoustic trio, Nickel Creek, and the bluegrass band, Punch Brothers, Thile will thrill you with his bold style and Grammy Award winning playing.

Are You Ready For The Full Monty? Are You Ready For Sally Stuthers' Chicken?

I am! I've got tickets to see North Carolina Theatre's production of The Full Monty staring Sally Struthers and Ira David Wood! I'm going Saturday night! Hope to see you there!



Sally Struthers & Ira David Wood III

I'm also a little obsessed with this image of Sally Struthers' purse 'Pat'.

Yes, it's a chicken. I found this gem on the North Carolina Theatre blog. There's a lot of great stuff on the blog. Check it out! And check out The Fully Monty!

Performance Schedule:
Friday, February 26: Student Preview Night: 7 PM
Saturday, February 27: 8 PM
Sunday, February 28: 2 PM
Tuesday, March 2-Friday, March 5: 8 PM
Saturday, March 6: 2 and 8 PM
Sunday, March 7: 2 and 7 PM

All performances are in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh.
 
There is great heart in The Full Monty as six unemployed Buffalo steelworkers come up with a bold way to make some quick cash. In the process they discover renewed self-esteem, the importance of friendship and the ability to have fun. As the guys work through their fears, self-consciousness and anxieties, they find the strength as a group to overcome their inner demons. Nominated for nine Tony Awards, The Full Monty is a feel-good musical with a modern and delightfully wicked sensibility.