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Feature Archives - 2003
December 2003 Archives
- JWL Raleigh Ringers Embrace
the Season 12/20/03
- KDA Carolina Ballet's
Enhanced Nutcracker 12/19/03
- LRP Brevard College Presents
the King's Singers 12/16/03
- JWL Concert Singers
of Cary Come to Raleigh 12/14/03
- JWL NC Master Chorale's Mixed
Holiday Program 12/14/03
- JWL Choral Society of
Durham Performs Britten Rarity 12/13/03
- JWL Festive Music for Voices
and Brass (Capital Area Chorale & Triangle Brass Band) 12/12/03
- WTW The Greensboro Oratorio
Society's 50th Anniversary Gift to the City 12/11/03
- WTW UNCG Symphony: A North American
Premiere and 'Prentice Conductors 12/8/03
- WTW UNCG's Ericourt Celebration
includes American Premiere of Lost Debussy Work 12/7/03
- LRP Carolina Chamber
Singers at St. James Church, Hendersonville 12/7/03
- JWL Triangle Jewish
Chorale's Holiday Program 12/7/03
- JWL Praise for Hillyer's
Hymn of Praise 12/7/03
- MN Nutcracker in
Winston-Salem (NCSA) 12/7/03
- WTW Singular Flute Recital:
Renée Siebert Returns to N.C. & the School of the Arts 12/6/03
- JWL Long Leaf Opera Revives Amahl 12/6/03
- JWL UNC Opera Workshop Tackles
the Music of Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre 12/5/03
- WTW Duke University Chapel:
Another Glorious Handel's Messiah 12/5/03
- WTW Duke Symphony's
Ambitious "Austrian Autumn" Concert 12/3/03
- MJW Splendorous Seasonal
Sounds (Fortuna) 12/2/03
- WTW Pinehurst Classical Concert
Series: A Rare "Tree-O" (Fleischer-Jolley-Tree-O) 12/1/03
Robert's Reviews (December 25, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell
PART 1: CALENDAR
PART 2: EDITORIAL: Last Chance for 2003 CVNC Contributions.
PART 3: ARTICLE: The Top 10 Shows of 2003.
IN MONDAY'S ISSUE (12/29/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: Seussical the Musical (Broadway Series South).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: The Wrights of Passage (EbzB Productions
at N.C. Museum of History, Raleigh, NC).
PART 3: REVIEW: A Christmas Memory (Theatre in the Park).
Robert's Reviews (December 18, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell
PART 1: CALENDAR
PART 2: PREVIEWS: Filth: Scenes & Monologues from Banned
Books (Dog & Pony Show), A Christmas Memory (Theatre in the Park).
PART 3: REVIEW: Sorry! Wrong Chimney! (Actors Comedy Lab).
Robert's Reviews (December 11, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell
PART 1: CALENDAR
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEWS: The Night Before Christmas Carol (EbzB
Productions at Chatham County Courthouse, Pittsboro, NC), Dreams
of Flight (First Flight Centennial Celebration, Pavilion in Kitty
Hawk, NC), Naked: The Stories of David Sedaris (Wordshed Productions
in Los Angeles), Doing More Than Time (North Carolina
Women's Prison Writing & Performance Project at The ArtsCenter), Dreams
of Flight (Carolina Civic Center in Lumberton, NC).
PART 3: PREVIEWS: Sorry! Wrong Chimney! (Actors Comedy Lab), Cinderella (Raleigh Little Theatre Family Series).
IN SUNDAY'S ISSUE (12/14/03):
PART 1: MINI-PREVIEWS: The Telemacheia (New World Stage at Manbites
Dog Theater), The Night Before Christmas Carol (EbzB Productions
at Kirby Civic Auditorium, Roxboro, NC.
PART 2: REVIEWS: A Christmas Carol (Theatre in the Park), Cinderella (Raleigh Little Theatre Family Series).
Robert's Reviews (December 4, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except
as noted)
PART 1: CALENDAR
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEWS: The Wrights of Passage (EbzB Productions
at Roanoke Island Festival Park), A Taffeta Christmas (Temple Theatre).
PART 3: ROSS REVIEW: Hobson's Choice (PlayMakers Repertory Company).
PART 4: McDOWELL REVIEW: Jesus Christ Superstar (Broadway Series
South).
IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE (12/5/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: Lauren Kennedy and Jason Robert Brown (Alan Campbell
Presents Beyond Broadway Performance Series).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEWS: Babes in Toyland (North Raleigh Arts and
Creative Theater), The Wrights of Passage (EbzB Productions at
Chapel Hill Museum), Holiday Extravaganza — The Musical! (Transactors Improv Co.), Blessèd
Dachshund (UNC Department
of Dramatic Art — Studio 2), Amahl and the Night Visitors (North Carolina Central University Theatre Department and Long
Leaf Opera Company), Dreams of Flight (N.C. Museum of Art), Jerusalem (Burning
Coal Theatre Company).
IN MONDAY'S ISSUE (12/8/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: A Christmas Carol (Theatre in the Park).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEWS: Madame Defarge's Tale of A-Tro-Cities (EbzB
Productions at Cape May Dickens Extravaganza, Cape May, NJ), Romeo
and Juliet (Tiny Ninja Theater at Manbites Dog Theater), Beauty
and the Beast (North Carolina Kid's Theatre).
PART 3: McDOWELL REVIEW: Saturday Night Fever (Broadway at Duke).
Note: Copies of 2003 theatre materials are available
upon request.
November 2003 Archives
- JR Two Great Durham Institutions
Join Forces (DSO & DSA Chorale) 11/30/03
- MN Grinch Steals the Show from
the RSO 11/29/03
- WTW Mahler and Schumann: Ironic
Concert-Mates in Winston-Salem 11/25/03
- JWL Soprano Risa Poniros 11/24/03
- RCD Triple Helix: Commitment,
No Gimmicks 11/23/03
- MN Triangle Youth
Philharmonic 11/23/03
- JR Roll Over, Beethoven, Turtle
Island Is Here 11/22/03
- WTW Fresh Fodder and Old
Warhorses: N.C. School of the Arts Symphony 11/22/03
- WTW N.C. Premiere of
Mark Adamo's Little Women: UNC-Greensboro's Full Court Press 11/21/03
- JR Grant Llewellyn & the
NC Symphony: Reunited, & It Sounds So Good 11/20/03
- WTW A Joyous Concert for the
Francophile: Chalier, Sitkovetsky and the GSO 11/20/03
- MJW Jack of all Trades...
and Master, too (Ignat Solzhenitsyn with NCS and in Chamber Music)
11/16&17/03
- DA York Minster
Organist Visits First Presbyterian Church, Greensboro 11/16/03
- JWL Raleigh Civic Symphony Tours
Space 11/16/03
- MN Muti's Engaging Dynamics a Breeze (COT)
11/16/03
- JWL Triangle Brass Band Brightens
Meymandi 11/15/03
- JR St. Lawrence Quartet Debuts
at Duke 11/15/03
- JWL Diane Meredith Belcher at
Christ United Methodist Church, Greensboro 11/14/03
- JWL A Noteworthy Debut (Mayron
Tsong) 11/14/03
- WTW Greensboro Opera: A Lucia with
an Air of "Expectancy" 11/14/03
- EK Many-Faceted Solzhenitsyn
Lives his Music 11/11/03
- WTW Giannini's Legacy Celebrated
With Panache: A Feast of NCSA Composers 11/11/03
- JWL Durham's Nathan
Daughtrey & His Marimba 11/9/03
- JR Ana Vidovic - As Good as It
Gets? 11/9/03
- JR Can Banging Went on a Little
Too Long (Bang On A Can All-Stars) 11/8/03
- JWL NCS Embraces Bruckner's Seventh (NCS,
William Henry Curry) 11/8/03
- JK Ciompi Presents a 20th
Century Perspective 11/7/03
- JR Baltimore Consort Delights at
Elon 11/4/03
- JK Durham Symphony
Focuses on Early Romantics (DSO with Hsiao-mei Ku, Leonid Zilper, & Ray
Kilburn) 11/2/03
- WTW N.C. School
of the Arts: The Diabelli Variations and More (Clifton Matthews)
11/1/03
- EK Raskin and NCS Turn a Morning
of Tricks into Treats 11/1/03
Robert's Reviews (November 27, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except
as noted)
PART 1: CALENDAR
PART 2: ROSS REVIEW: Shopping and F***ing (Manbites Dog Theater
Company).
IN MONDAY'S ISSUE (12/1/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: Jesus Christ Superstar (Broadway Series South).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: Saturday Night Fever (Broadway at Duke).
Robert's Reviews (November 20, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell
PART 1: CALENDAR
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEWS: A Raisin in the Sun (Saint Augustine's
College Theatre), Why Things Burn (Duke Players), Nuncrackers (Meredith
Performs Theatre).
PART 3: PREVIEW: Shopping and F***ing (Manbites Dog Theater Company).
IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE (11/21/03):
PART 1: MINI-PREVIEWS: Sweeney Todd (Pauper Players), Two Gentlemen
of Verona (UNC Department of Dramatic Art — Studio 3).
PART 2: REVIEW: Fame (Broadway at Duke).
IN MONDAY'S ISSUE (11/24/03):
PREVIEW: Hobson's Choice (PlayMakers Repertory Company).
Robert's Reviews (November 13, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell
PART 1: CALENDAR
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEWS: So How Was Your Day? (Transactors Improv
Co.), Us (Tim Miller at Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art,
Winston-Salem, NC), The Wrights of Passage (EbzB Productions at
The Dunn Center, Rocky Mount, NC).
PART 3: REVIEW: Chicago (Broadway Series South Encore Series).
IN
FRIDAY'S ISSUE (11/14/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: Crimes of the Heart (OdysseyStage).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: Fame (Broadway at Duke).
PART 3: REVIEW: How the Other Half Loves (Raleigh Little Theatre).
IN
MONDAY'S ISSUE (11/17/03):
PART 1: REVIEW: Crimes of the Heart (OdysseyStage).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEWS: Rubbing Elbows with Ian Anderson (The Carolina
Theatre), Night of Dreams: An Arts Showcase and Benefit (G105,
Sunny 93.9, Oldies 100.7, and Clear Channel Communications), Madrigal
Dinner (University Theatre at N.C. State), Sarah Vowell (N.C. State
University Center Stage).
Robert's Reviews (November 6, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell
PART 1: CALENDAR
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEWS: The Rainmaker (Temple Theatre), Say
Ahhh (Mouth Candy at Manbites Dog Theater).
PART 3: PREVIEWS: Rime: Woman, Bird, and Beast (Wordshed Productions),
King Hedley II (University Theatre at N.C. State).
IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE
(11/7/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: How the Other Half Loves (Raleigh Little Theatre).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEWS: Pterodactyls (The Lab! Theatre at UNC-Chapel
Hill), Arsenic and Old Lace (Neuse Little Theatre), Seascapes (Burning
Coal Theatre Company High Noon at The Rialto Series), Sholom
Aleichem — Now
You're Talking! (Saul Reichlin at Judea Reform Congregation, Durham,
NC), Swingin' at the Roxy (Swing Cat Dancers at The ArtsCenter).
PART 3: REVIEWS: Hedda Gabler (Deep Dish Theater Company), The
Guys (Bull City Players).
IN MONDAY'S ISSUE (11/10/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: Chicago (Broadway Series South Encore Series).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: Dreaming in Color 2003 (Peace College Theatre),
The Wrights of Passage (EbzB Productions at Craven Community College,
New Bern, NC).
Note: Copies of 2003 theatre materials are available
upon request.
October 2003 Archives
- EK Raspagliosi Gets the Stage
to Herself 10/30/03
- EK Classical Music from South
America (Raleigh Symphony Chamber Players) 10/26/03
- JR Borromeo Quartet Returns
to the Triangle10/26/03
- RCD Graffman and Borromeo:
Focused Intensity 10/26/03
- WTW Viva Verdi! Bravo Opera Carolina's Nabucco10/23/03
- JR North Carolina Symphony
on the Road in Durham 10/23/03
- MJW Admirabili Madrigali (La
Venexiana) 10/22/03
- MJW Allred Enchants 10/20/03
- MJW Ku and Hawkins Dazzle 10/19/03
- JR 21st-Century "Ancient Academy" in
Gothic Cathedral (The Academy of Ancient Music) 10/19/03
- JWL Isabella Debuts in Person
Hall 10/19/03
- WTW Dillon's Wright Flight on
the Fall Solisti Symphony Concert 10/18/03
- WTW Polish Compatriots on
the 51st Danville Concert Season (Polish Philharmonic Orchestra
Resovia) 10/17/03
- KDA Working Without a Net (Carolina
Ballet) 10/16/03
- WTW Westwater's Photochoreography
at the Greensboro Symphony 10/16/03
- MN An Afternoon in Versailles (UNC
Faculty Artists) 10/15/03
- JWL Hugh Partridge Plays Harold -
At Last! (UNCSO) 10/14/03
- WTW Paavali Jumppanen's Ambitious
Program in Pinehurst 10/13/03
- WTW Winning Liebermann Flute
Concerto: Reuter-Pivetta and the Winston-Salem Symphony 10/12/03
- MJW Signed Thomas Hampson... 10/11/03
- RAC HSO: Berlioz, Rodrigo, & Copland 10/11/03
- JK Gemini Trio: Music from a Functional
Family 10/10/03
- WTW Blazing Ivories: Steven
Mayer's Virtuosic Recital at Elon 10/9/03
- RCD Duke Orchestra Beats Odds
with Bruckner's Fourth 10/8/03
- EK A Musical Dissertation (Elizabeth
Linnartz & Triangle Bach Consort) 10/5/03
- WTW A Heady Amalgam of
Singing with Drama: Piedmont Opera's Tosca 10/5/03
- MJW Curry's European Tour (NCS)
10/4/03
- MJW LLO Scores With Jackie O 10/3/03
- WTW Shanghai Symphony Orchestra's
2003 Tour at ECU 10/2/03
Robert's Reviews (October 30, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except
as noted)
PART 1: CALENDAR
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: Legends of Stage & Scream (Theatre in
the Park).
PART 3: ROSS REVIEW: Shakespeare's R & J (StreetSigns Center
for Literature and Performance).
PART 4: McDOWELL REVIEW: Mame (North Carolina Theatre).
IN FRIDAY'S
ISSUE (10/31/03):
PART 1: LETTER TO SCOTT ROSS: Katja Hill's Praise for His Review
of Underneath the Lintel.
PART 2: CALENDAR ADDITIONS
PART 3: PREVIEWS: Gothic (Dog & Pony Show at Manbites
Dog Theater), The Guys (Bull City Players).
PART 4: MINI-PREVIEW: Scenes from Dearly Departed, Last Train
to Nibroc, and Driving Miss Daisy (Towne Players of Garner).
IN SATURDAY'S ISSUE (11/1/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: Hedda Gabler (Deep Dish Theater Company).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEWS: The Memory of Water (The Lab! Theatre at
UNC-Chapel Hill), Life Is Briefs (UNC Department of Dramatic
Art — Studio
2), Menopausal Gentleman & Faith and Dancing (Split Britches
Company at Duke University Institute of the Arts).
IN MONDAY'S ISSUE
(11/3/03):
PART 1: EDITORIAL: "You Don't Miss Your Water …."
PART 2: THEATER NEWS: City of Raleigh Proclaims Dec. 7-14 as Ira
David Wood III Week (Theatre in the Park), Book-Sale Fundraiser
Continues (Dog & Pony Show).
Robert's Reviews (October 23, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except
as noted)
PART 1: CALENDAR
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEWS: The Scary Show (Transactors Improv Co. at
The ArtsCenter), Project Safe Passage Benefit (Transactors Improv
Co. et al.).
PART 3: REVIEW: The Foreigner (Towne Players of Garner) [by SCOTT
ROSS].
IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE (10/24/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: Mame (North Carolina Theatre).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEWS: Legends of Stage & Scream (Theatre in
the Park), Love's Labours Lost (Duke Players), Harold and Maude (North Raleigh Arts and Creative Theatre), Mama I Want to Sing (North Carolina Central University Theatre and Music Departments),
The Guys (Bull City Players).
PART 3: REVIEW (ROSS): Handler (Raleigh Ensemble Players).
IN SUNDAY'S ISSUE (10/26/03):
REVIEWS (McDOWELL): A Prayer for Owen Meany (PlayMakers Repertory
Company), Julius Caesar (Shakespeare & Originals).
IN MONDAY'S ISSUE (10/27/03):
PART 1: MINI-PREVIEWS: Romeo and Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare Theater
at Broadway at Duke), Tales of Horror and Delight (Peace College
Theatre), North Carolina American College Theatre Festival (at
Meredith College): And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the
World of Anne Frank (Meredith College), Country Songs (Wingate University),
Island (Catawba College).
PART 2: REVIEW (ROSS): Underneath the Lintel (Flying Machine Theatre
Company).
PART 3: REVIEW (McDOWELL): Souls Are Flying (Temple Beth Or and
Actors Comedy Lab).
Robert's Reviews (October 16, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell
PART 1: EDITORIAL: Letters to The News & Observer.
PART 2: CALENDAR
PART 3: MINI-PREVIEWS: Blithe Spirit (Temple Theatre), Othello (Aquila Theater Company at Duke Institute of the Arts), Rumors (Company Carolina), Doing More Than Time (N.C. Women's Prison Writing
and Performance Project).
IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE (10/17/03):
PART 1: PREVIEWS: Handler (Raleigh Ensemble Players), The Foreigner (Towne Players of Garner), Schoolhouse Rock Live! (Raleigh Little
Theatre Family Series), Underneath the Lintel (Flying Machine
Theatre Company), Souls Are Flying (Temple Beth Or and Actors
Comedy Lab).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEWS: Miss Julie (UNC Department of Dramatic
Art — Studio
3), The Wiz (Hoof 'n' Horn).
IN MONDAY'S ISSUE (10/20/03, posted
10/20/03):
PREVIEW: Shakespeare's R & J (StreetSigns Center for Literature
and Performance).
Robert's Reviews (October 9, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except
as noted)
PART 1: CALENDAR
PART 2: PREVIEW: Julius Caesar (Shakespeare & Originals).
PART 3: MINI-PREVIEW: The Illusion (The Lab! Theatre).
PART 4: REVIEW: Cabaret (University Theatre at N.C. State) [by
SCOTT ROSS].
IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE (10/10/03):
REVIEWS: Sea Marks (Wordshed Productions and Ghost & Spice
Productions), Stomp (Broadway Series South).
IN MONDAY'S ISSUE (10/13/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: A Prayer for Owen Meany (PlayMakers Repertory
Company).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: The Diary of Anne Frank (North Carolina Kids
Theatre).
PART 3: REVIEW: All the King's Men (Burning Coal Theatre Company)
[by SCOTT ROSS].
Robert's Reviews (October 2, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except
as noted)
PART 1: EDITORIAL: An Open Letter to The News & Observer Editor.
PART 2: CALENDAR
PART 3: PREVIEWS: Sea Marks (Wordshed Productions and
Ghost & Spice
Productions), All the King's Men (Burning Coal Theatre Company).
PART 4: MINI-PREVIEW: Who's Under Where? (Neuse Little Theatre).
PART 5: ROSS REVIEW: Measure for Measure (Actors from the London
Stage at The ArtsCenter).
IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE (10/3/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: 1964…The Tribute (Raleigh Memorial Auditorium).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: Third Annual One Act Festival (Company Carolina).
IN
MONDAY'S ISSUE (10/6/03):
PREVIEW: Stomp (Broadway Series South).
Note: Copies of 2003 theatre materials are available
upon request.
September 2003 Archives
- MN Piano & Winds of Peace (Milton
Laufer & NCS Artists) 9/29/03
- WTW Pedagogical Links to the
Romantic French Organ School: R. B. King at UNCG 9/28/03
- JWL Ciompi Opens Season with
a Stellar Guest (CQ with Menahem Pressler) 9/27/03
- JWL RSO Chamber Players Score
Success 9/27/03
- JR Nnenna Freelon - Hometown
Jazz Diva 9/26/03
- MJW Ruggero's Fourth Friday Mix (Local
Artists) 9/26/03
- WTW Desolation and
Exuberance: UNC-Greensboro Symphony 9/26/03
- JR Lincoln Center Jazz
Orchestra Swings at Duke 9/23/03
- MJW Pittman Pleases (Frank
Pittman) 9/23/03
- JWL James Ehnes Presents Fine
Recital 9/23/03
- WTW A Tenor's Delight: Stafford
Wing's Imaginative Hill Hall Recital 9/21/03
- JWL Mary Lou's Mass (Mary
Lou Williams: Mass) 9/21/03
- EK Sights & Sounds
on Sundays Back on All Three Tracks Again (Seraphim Musica) 9/21/03
- WTW Bel Canto Singing: Very
Much Alive at Salem College (Barbara DeMaio Caprilli & Barbara
Lister-Sink) 9/20/03
- KDA Carolina Ballet's Ballet
Festival 9/11&20/03
- JR A Russian Night in Durham (Various
Local & Guest Artists) 9/19/03
- JK Conductor Alastair Willis
Wears Tchaikovsky's Heart on His Sleeve (NCS) 9/19/03
- WTW GSO Opening Night Spectacular:
Prelude to the Next Level 9/18/03
- EK Iraqi Music for the Oud: Still
a Living Tradition (Omar Bashir) 9/16/03
- MJW St. Mary's Smedes Parlor
Season Opener (Duke-Pegram Piano Trio) 9/16/03
- MJW The Play's the Thing ("Shakespeare
in September") 9/14/03
- WTW A Gaelic Program from
the Winston-Salem Symphony 9/14/03
- JWL Opus One Returns to Launch
Chamber Arts Season 9/13/03
- JWL Gearing Up with the Brubeck
Boys in Gate City (MGS) 9/12/03
- WTW Recently Wedded Elon
Faculty Present Centuries of Art Songs (Hallie Coppedge & Victoria
Fischer) 9/12/03
- MJW Heid & Hollis Connect 9/6/03
- JR 20 Years, 6 Brandenburgs, 1 Memorable
Evening (Mallarmé Chamber Players) 9/6/03
- WTW Andrew Willis' UNCG Recital:
Piano Is His Forte 9/5/03
- MN Soprano Rebecca Swingle-Putland & Friends 9/2/03
Robert's Reviews (September 25, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except
as noted)
PART 1:CALENDAR
PART 2: PREVIEWS: Measure for Measure (Actors from the London
Stage at The ArtsCenter), Take It All Off! (Dog & Pony Show at
Manbites Dog Theater).
PART 3: MINI-PREVIEW: Blessing the Boats (Sekou Sundiata at Duke
University Institute of the Arts).
PART 4: ROSS REVIEW: US (Tim Miller at Manbites Dog Theater).
PART 5: McDOWELL REVIEW: The Faraway Nearby (Theatre in the Park).
IN
FRIDAY'S ISSUE (9/26/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: Cabaret (University Theatre at N.C. State)
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: The Insurrection Mass with Funeral Marches
for Rotten Ideas and Victory Over Everything Circus (Bread and Puppet
Theater).
PART 3: REVIEW: Good Ol' Girls (North Carolina Theatre at N.C. State
University Center Stage).
Robert's Reviews (September 18, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell
PART 1: CALENDAR
PART 2: PREVIEWS: Good Ol' Girls (North Carolina Theatre at N.C.
State University Center Stage), Us (Tim Miller at Manbites Dog Theater).
PART 3: MINI-PREVIEWS: And Then They Came for Me: Remembering
the World of Anne Frank (Meredith Performs Theatre), Take Five (Transactors
Improv Co. at The ArtsCenter), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Raleigh
Ensemble Players at Legends).
PART 4: REVIEWS: Dames at Sea (Raleigh Little Theatre), Thoroughly
Modern Millie (Broadway Series South).
IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE (9/19/03):
PREVIEW: The Faraway Nearby (Theatre in the Park).
Robert's Reviews (September 11, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except
as noted)
PART 1: CALENDAR
PART 2: PREVIEW: Dames at Sea (Raleigh Little Theatre).
PART 3: POST MORTEM: Slam It! (North Carolina Playwrights Alliance)
[by SCOTT ROSS].
PART 4: REVIEW: Funny Girl (North Carolina Theatre).
IN MONDAY'S ISSUE
(9/15/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: Thoroughly Modern Millie (Broadway Series South).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: Smackdown! (World Wrestling Entertainment at
the RBC Center).
PART 3: REVIEWS: Tintypes (Peace College Theatre) [by SCOTT ROSS],
Georgia: A Musical Portrait of Georgia O'Keeffe (Theatre in the Park).
Robert's Reviews (September 4, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except
as noted)
PART 1: ARTICLE: Improving But Still Undiagnosed TIP Director Says, "Be
Whole!" [by IRA DAVID WOOD]
PART 2: CALENDAR
PART 3: PREVIEW: Slam It! (North Carolina Playwrights Alliance) [by
SCOTT ROSS].
PART 4: REVIEW: Crossing Delancey (2nd Avenue South) [by SCOTT ROSS].
IN
FRIDAY'S ISSUE (9/5/03):
PART 1: PREVIEWS: Funny Girl (North Carolina Theatre), Georgia:
A Musical Portrait of Georgia O'Keeffe (Theatre in the Park).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEWS: Golf Tournament Fundraiser (Temple Theatre),
Tintypes (Peace College Theatre).
Note: Copies of 2003 theatre materials are available
upon request.
August 2003 Archives
- JWL Pops in the Park Shifts Venues & Gets
Hammered - Again - by Weather, but the Show Goes On (NCS) 8/31/02
- WTW Foothills Finale: Sounds,
From Silence to Whale Song 8/23/03
- JWL Fourth Friday Mix Forges Forward (Vaarious
Local Artists) 8/22/03
- WTW Foothills Sonic Kaleidoscope
at Kuhn Gallery: The Three Pianists (Rachel Matthews, Byron Schenkman,& David
Shimoni) 8/20/03
- WTW Basking in the Arms of
Melody (Triad Artists & Guests) 8/16/03
- MJW Summer Serenade Finale (W.
Sands Hobgood) 8/15/03
- WTW A Cinderella Schubertiad in
a Drab Industrial Block (Foothills Chamber Music Festival) 8/13/03
- KDA Terpsicorps in Asheville 8/9/03
- WTW Chamber Music in a Real
Chamber: Foothills Festival at Reynolda House 8/9/03
- MJW "Divine Musick: Sacred Songs
for Tenor and Harp" (DoubleAction) 8/8/03
- RAC Eliot Fisk: Everybody Stand Back! 8/1/03
- MJW Race's Win (Mary Catherine
Race) 8/1/03
Robert's Reviews (August 28, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell
PART 1: EDITORIAL: New UNC Parking Policy Could Adversely Affect Shows
in Swain Hall.
PART 2: CALENDAR
PART 3: PREVIEWS: The Dream and The Lie (Paperhand Puppet Intervention),
Polish Joke (Deep Dish Theater Company).
IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE (8/29/03):
PART 1: PREVIEWS: Crossing Delancey (2nd Avenue South), Settling
Sophia (New World Stage).
PART 2: REVIEWS: Killer Diller (Raleigh Little Theatre), Minstrel
Show: The Lynching of William Brown (Manbites Dog Theater).
Robert's Reviews (August 21, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell
PART 1: FEEDBACK: Greg Hohn Challenges Robert McDowell's Review of
You're No One's Nothing Special.
PART 2: CALENDAR
PART 3: MINI-PREVIEW: The World Goes 'Round (Temple Theatre).
PART 4: PREVIEWS: Last Train to Nibroc (Towne Players of
Garner), Killer Diller (Ride Again Productions)..
PART 5: REVIEW: Children of a Lesser God (Raleigh Little Theatre).
IN
FRIDAY'S ISSUE (8/22/03):
PART 1: MINI-PREVIEWS: The Complete History of America (Abridged) (Open Door Theatre), Minstrel Show: The Lynching of William
Brown (Manbites Dog Theater), New Forms, New Faces (Transactors Improv
Co.), Doing More Than Time (N.C. Women's Prison Writing & Performance
Project), The Complex Rock Tour (Blue Man Group).
PART 2: REVIEW: Last Train to Nibroc (Towne Players of Garner).
Robert's Reviews (August 14, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except
as noted)
PART 1: CALENDAR
PART 2: REVIEW: Dinner at Eight (University Theatre at N.C. State)
[by SCOTT ROSS].
IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE (8/15/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: Children of a Lesser God (Raleigh Little Theatre).
PART 2: REVIEW: You're No One's Nothing Special (Loveseat Theater
and Wordshed Productions).
Robert's Reviews (August 7, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell
PART 1: PREVIEWS: Dinner at Eight (University Theatre at N.C. State),
You're No One's Nothing Special (Loveseat Theater and Wordshed Productions).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: The Phantom Tollbooth (One Song Productions
in UNC-Chapel Hill's Forest Theatre).
Note: Copies of 2003 theatre materials are available
upon request.
July 2003 Archives
- MN Sights & Sounds on Sundays
Launches 5th Season (Mallarmé Chamber Players & Guests)
7/27/03
- WTW Eastern Music Festival 2003:
Week V July 2003
- MJW Two Brothers (Tim & Ernie
Baker) 7/25/03
- MJW "Color Contrasts" and Textures (Mélange)
7/20/03
- WTW Eastern Music Festival 2003
Overview: Week IV July 2003
- KDA American Dance Festival:
International Choreographers Commissioning Program 7/16/03
- WTW Eastern Music Festival Overview
2003: Week III July 2003
- JWL Summerfest's Grand Finale (NCS
- Summerfest) 7/12/03
- KDA American Dance Festival:
Dairakudakan 7/11/03
- EK New Opera Company Does a Test Drive (COR)
7/11/03
- JWL Getting Younger All the Time (A
Roundup of Young Artists, Here & There) June-July 2003
- WTW Eastern Music Festival 2003
Second Week: Overview of Four Concerts July 2003
- RCD NCS Summerfest Nears its Finale 7/5/03
- MJW Allie's Bach (Alan Toda-Ambaras)
7/2/03
- KDA Nrityagram Dance Ensemble,"Sri
- In Search of the Goddess" 7/1/03
Robert's Reviews (July 31, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except as
noted)
PART 1: CALENDAR: Summer Theater Calendar (Updated).
PART 2: DIRECTORY: Triangle Theater Directory (Links) (Updated).
PART 3: REVIEW: Two Sams (Shakespeare & Originals) [by
SCOTT ROSS].
Robert's Reviews (July 24, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell
PART 1: PREVIEWS: Two Sams (Shakespeare & Originals).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: Images: A Multimedia Party (National Ensemble
Theatre).
Robert's Reviews (July 17, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except
as noted)
PART 1: REVIEWS BY SCOTT ROSS: The Complete History of America
(Abridged) (Open Door Theatre), "Ten by Ten in the Triangle" (The
ArtsCenter).
PART 2: REVIEWS BY ROBERT W. McDOWELL: The Sound of Music (North
Carolina Theatre), Wonder of the World (Actors Comedy
Lab).
IN FRIDAY'S
ISSUE (7/18/03)
PART 1: PREVIEW BY ROBERT W. McDOWELL: Robin Hood (Raleigh Little
Theatre Family Series).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEWS BY ROBERT W. McDOWELL: The Journey (Transactors
Improv Co.), Steel Magnolias (Neuse Little Theatre).
Robert's Reviews (July 10, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell
PREVIEWS: "Ten by Ten in the Triangle" (The ArtsCenter), The Sound of Music (North Carolina Theatre).
IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE (7/11/03):
PREVIEWS: Wonder of the World (Actors Comedy Lab), The Complete
History of America (Abridged) (Open Door Theatre).
Robert's Reviews (July 3, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell
PART 1: MINI-PREVIEW: Open Wide (Mouth Candy at Manbites Dog Theater).
PART 2: CALENDAR: Summer 2003 Theatrical Productions (opening July
3 - September 22).
PART 3: DIRECTORY: Web Sites of Local Theater Companies.
Note: Copies of 2003 theatre materials are available
upon request.
June 2003 Archives
- MN ADF Musicians Concert 6/29/03
- MJW "Perspectives on Joy" (Jonathan
Kramer & John Ruggero) 6/29/03
- RAC Isbin & Morgenstern
Headline Appalachian Summer Festival 6/28/03
- WTW Eastern Music Festival
2003: Overview of the First Week Summer 2003
- MN Ruggero Piano Presents Series Opener:
Fourth Friday Mix 6/27/03
- JK Ciompi Plus Borromeo Vary the Numbers 6/26/03
- KDA At ADF: Three French Companies June
2003
- JR Borromeo Quartet Performs Bartók
Marathon 6/22/03
- MJW French Chestnuts at Summerfest (NCS
- Summerfest) 6/21/03
- JR Branford Marsalis Excites
his new Hometown 6/19/03
- EK Good Music, Poor Sound (NCS
- Summerfest) 6/14/03
- MN Raleigh Ringers Pre-Solstice
Concert 6/14/03
- JR Flight, Water and Dreams
at Duke Chapel (Vocal Arts Ensemble) 6/8/03
- JWL Brahms in Large Doses (Aurora
Musicalis) 6/8/03
- MN Dianne Reeves, Celebrating Sarah
Vaughan, Improvises on the Theme of Rain (NCS - Summerfest) 6/7/03
- KDA American Dance Festival: Cloud
Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan 6/6/03
- MJW Garden Music Indoors (Mallarmé Chamber
Players & Guests) 6/3/03
- JR Guitar Recital Lacks Inspiration (Elliot
Frank) 6/1/03
Robert's Reviews (June 26, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except as noted)
PART 1: ARTICLE: A Difficult-to-Diagnose Illness Plagues TIP Director
(a first-person account by Theatre in the Park's Ira David Wood III).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: Mission Accomplished: Proud Americans in
a Time of War (Durham Association for Downtown Arts).
PART 3: REVIEW: Deathtrap (University Theatre at N.C. State) [by SCOTT
ROSS].
IN MONDAY'S ISSUE (6/30/03):
PREVIEW: Broadway Rocks (Carolina Arts Festival).
Robert's Reviews (June 19, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except as
noted)
PART 1: PREVIEW: The Levee: A Led Zeppelin Tribute Band (The Library
in Chapel Hill, NC, and Dorton Arena in Raleigh, NC).
PART 2: REVIEW: As You Like It (StreetSigns Center for Literature
and Performance) [by SCOTT ROSS].
IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE (6/20/03):
REVIEWS: Finale (Theatre in the Park), Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat (Raleigh Little Theatre).
Robert's Reviews (June 12, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except as
noted)
PART 1: MINI-PREVIEWS: Black Playwright Festival (The ArtsCenter),
Side by Side by Sondheim (Temple Theatre).
PART 2: REVIEW: Funny Money (University Theatre at N.C. State) [by
SCOTT ROSS].
IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE (6/13/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: Finale (Theatre in the Park).
PART 2: REVIEW: Twelfth Night (Cary Players).
Robert's Reviews (June 5, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except as
noted)
PART 1: PREVIEW: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Raleigh
Little Theatre).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: Three Words (Transactors Improv Co.).
PART 3: REVIEW: Saturday Night Fever (Broadway Series South).
IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE (6/6/03):
REVIEWS: Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Burning Coal Theatre Company)
[by SCOTT ROSS], The Hollow (University Theatre at N.C. State) [by
SCOTT ROSS].
IN MONDAY'S ISSUE (6/9/03, posted 6/12/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: As You Like It (StreetSigns Center for Literature
and Performance).
PART 2: REVIEW: A Paradise It Seems (Wordshed Productions).
Note: Copies of 2003 theatre materials are available
upon request.
May 2003 Archives
- KDA Carolina Ballet:
The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen 5/31/03
- JWL The Eveready Bunny of NC Orchestras
Plays and Plays - Everywhere! (NCS - Summerfest) 5/31/03
- MJW Harpsichord and More (Elaine
Funaro) 5/29/03
- WTW Beethoven in Song: NC School
of the Arts Concerto Competition Concert 5/23/03
- WTW Winston-Salem Symphony: A Brilliant and
Vigorous Season Finale 5/20/03
- JWL Violist David Marschall & Friends 5/19/03
- JWL Hillyer Premieres Two 5/18/03
- JR Silver Anniversary of "Baby" Flentrop (Various
Artists - St. Stephen's Episcopal Church) 5/18/03
- WTW Virginia Opera
Association's La
Bohème in Richmond: A Dramatic Whole 5/18/03
- JWL Symphony Glows Under Curry's
Baton & Others also Shine (NCS, Curry, & NCS 2002 Youth
Concerto Competition Winners) 5/18/03
- MJW Classical Music Goes to
the Dogs (Various Artists - SPCA Benefit) 5/18/03
- MN John Boozer Conducts Elijah (Northeast
Piedmont Chorale & SEBTS Seminary Choir) 5/16/03
- WTW Choral Precision from the
Chapel Hill Community Chorus 5/16/03
- MN NCMC Chamber Choir Takes Audience
to France 5/15/03
- JR What a Little Cylinder of Wood
Can Do (Michala Petri & Lars Hannibal) 5/13/03
- Jr A Special Mother's Day at
the NC Museum of Art (Jane Hawkins & Ciompi Quartet: Music
by Mozart, Hannay, Wiseman-Lambert, & Fauré) 5/11/03
- MJW Amazing Finta Semplice (FOI)
5/9/03
- JWL On Innovative Programming & Women's
Voices Chorus 5/9/03
- WTW Malina's Au revoir Concert
with the Greensboro Symphony 5/8/03
- WTW A Reedy Evening with the UNCG
Symphony Orchestra 5/6/03
- JWL Raleigh Flute Choir Features
New American Music 5/4/03
- JR Legends and a Future Legendary
Violinist (Mayuko Kamio & COT) 5/4/03
- JWL Cutting-Edge Program from the
Choral Society of Durham 5/4/03
- MJW Fabulous Flicka (Frederica
von Stade & Martin Katz) 5/4/03
- JK The Philharmonic Association:
Youth Triumphant 4/29 & 5/4/03
- WTW Charlotte Symphony Concert:
Full of Surprises, All Good 5/3/03
- JWL Zimmermann Bows out as Music Director (NC
Symphony) 5/3/03
- JWL Capital Area Chorale Explores "New" Repertory 5/2/03
- JWL Soloist Excels with Chapel Hill
Philharmonia (Maia Cabeza) 5/1/03
Robert's Reviews (May 29, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell
PART 1: PREVIEWS: Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Burning Coal Theatre
Company), TheatreFest 2003 (The Hollow, Funny Money, and Deathtrap)
(University Theatre at N.C. State).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEWS: Casino Royale Night (Raleigh Little Theatre),
Cancer Chronicles: Numbering the Living (Deep Dish Theater Company).IN
MONDAY'S ISSUE (6/2/03):
PREVIEW: Saturday Night Fever — The Musical (Broadway Series
South).
Robert's Reviews (May 22, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except
as noted)
PART 1: FEEDBACK: Another View of Lost in Yonkers (OdysseyStage)
[by DAVID SERXNER].
PART 2: PREVIEW: A Paradise It Seems (Wordshed Productions).
PART 3: REVIEW: Alice Neel (New World Stage) [by SCOTT ROSS].
IN
TUESDAY'S ISSUE (5/27/03):
PREVIEW: Twelfth Night (Cary Players).
Robert's Reviews (May 15, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except
as noted)
PART 1: REVIEWS: Morning's at Seven (Towne Players of Garner) [by
SCOTT ROSS], Lost in Yonkers (OdysseyStage) [by SCOTT ROSS].
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: Family Room (Transactors Improv Co.).
IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE (5/16/03):
PART 1: FEEDBACK: Alan Criswell Challenges Scott Ross' Review of
Lost in Yonkers — and Ross Replies
PART 2: REVIEW: Lobby Hero (Deep Dish Theater Company).
Robert's Reviews (May 8, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell
PART 1: PREVIEW: Lobby Hero (Deep Dish Theater Company).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: Ten Little Indians (Neuse Little Theatre).
PART 3: REVIEW: After the Storm (PlayMakers Repertory Company).
IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE (5/9/03):
PART 1: PREVIEWS: Morning's at Seven (Towne Players of Garner),
Lost in Yonkers (OdysseyStage), The Secret Garden (Raleigh Little
Theatre).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEWS: Face Value (High Noon at the Rialto) (Burning
Coal Theatre Company), Puzzlehunt 2003 (Manbites Dog Theater).
IN MONDAY'S ISSUE (5/12/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: Alice Neel (New World Stage).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: Travesties (Burning Coal Theatre Company).
Robert's Reviews (May 1, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except as
noted)
PART 1: MINI-PREVIEW: Nunsense II: The Second Coming (Benson Little
Theatre).
PART 2: REVIEW: Thyestes (Raleigh Ensemble Players) [by SCOTT ROSS].
IN
MONDAY'S ISSUE (5/5/03):
PREVIEW: After the Storm (PlayMakers Repertory Company).
Note: Copies of 2003 theatre materials are available
upon request.
April 2003 Archives
- JWL Sister City Chorale Visits Durham (Stockton
Chorale, of Durham, England) 4/30/03
- JWL Getting a Handle on Handl (Fortuna)
4/29/03
- JR Standing around Playing at
Meymandi (I Musici de Montreal) 4/27/03
- MN The Raleigh Boychoir in Concert 4/27/03
- WTW Opera Carolina's Prosper-ous Carmen 4/27/03
- JWL Raleigh Civic Symphony
Wraps up African-American Heritage Series 4/27/03
- JWL Not Whistlin' "Dixie" -
at the 30th Annual International Whistlers Convention 4/26/03
- MJW Modern Medieval at Long Leaf
Opera (Flower and Hawk, & Tale for a Deaf Ear)
4/25/03
- JWL Ciompi Concludes Subscription
Series with World Premiere 4/25/03
- JWL Janus Duo - The Final Farewell 4/24/03
- RCD Foy And RCCO Fine Partners For
Roumain 4/24/03
- WTW A Nathaniel Stookey Retrospective
at UNCG (UNCG Contemporary Chamber Players) 4/23/03
- WTW Apollo's Chastening: UNCG
Percussion Ensemble's Spring Concert 4/22/03
- EK Stoltzman and Ax: A New Duo 4/17/03
- WTW Kaleidoscopic Sights and Sounds
in the Weymouth Center (Ara Gregorian & Paul Tardif) 4/13/03
- WTW Handel's Israel in Egypt :
NCSA's Winston-Salem Performance 4/13/03
- EK Brahms Requiem Gets a Creditable
Reading (CSC) 4/13/03
- WTW Greensboro Symphony's Last
Music Director Candidate 4/12/03
- JR Bach's St. Matthew Passion at
Duke (Duke Chapel Choir) 4/12/03
- JWL Curry Triumphs with Substantial
Program (Elissa Lee Koljonen & NCS, William Henry Curry)
4/11/03
- WTW ¡Españoleta!: Chatham
Baroque at Elon University 4/10/03
- JWL Duke Symphony Bids Adieu to & with
Brahms 4/9/03
- JK Music in Times of War (Elizabeth
Beilman, Jimmy Gilmore, & Others) 4/7/03
- MJW A++ for Janus Duo Plus 4/6/03
- JWL Durham Symphony Orchestra: Feast or
Famine? 4/6/03
- JR Cello-Guitar at Page-Walker (Adams
Duo) 4/6/03
- JR Beaux Arts Trio at UNC: In
a Word, "Wow" 4/5/03
- WTW ECU Opera: Benjamin Britten's Albert
Herring 4/5/03
- EK Haydn and Cicero (Tom Beghin)
4/4/03
- WTW Birding with Red Priest: Music for
a Great Space Season Finale 4/4/03
- WTW UNCG's Spring Opera: Otto
Nicolai's The Merry Wives of Windsor 4/3/03
- KDA Carolina Ballet Revisits Messiah 4/3/03
- WTW ECU Alexander Series Debut:
Baltimore Consort & an Alumnus Reunion 4/2/03
- WTW Piano Four Hands Schubertiad
at Elon University (Richard and John Contiguglia) 4/1/03
Robert's Reviews (April 24, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except as
noted)
PART 1: MINI-PREVIEWS: Once on This Island (UNC Pauper Players),
Lettice and Lovage (Temple Theatre).
PART 2: REVIEW: The Country Girl (Emerald City Productions)
[by SCOTT ROSS].
IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE (4/25/03):
PART 1: PREVIEWS: The Tempest (Theatre in the Park), Thyestes (Raleigh
Ensemble Players).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: Infernal Vernal Observation (Transactors
Improv Co.).
IN MONDAY'S ISSUE (4/28/03):
REVIEW: REVIEWS: The Phantom of the Opera (Broadway Series South),
The Tempest (Theatre in the Park).
Robert's Reviews (April 17, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except
as noted)
PART 1: PREVIEW: The Country Girl (Emerald City Productions).
PART 2: REVIEWS: I Hate Hamlet (Raleigh Little Theatre), Cirque — Dream
It Live (Carolina Union Performing Arts Series) [by SCOTT ROSS].
IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE (4/18/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: The Odd Couple (Bull City Players).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: Typhus Vision Two (Duke University Institute
of the Arts, Duke Psychology Union and Duke Department of Theater
Studies).
PART 3: REVIEW: Loose Lips Sink Ships (Shakespeare & Originals)
[by SCOTT ROSS].
IN MONDAY'S ISSUE (4/21/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: The Phantom of the Opera (Broadway Series South).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: Shakespeare's Birthday (Shakespeare & Originals).
PART 3: REVIEW: The Fantasticks (Fayetteville Technical Community
College).
Robert's Reviews (April 10, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell
PART 1: PREVIEWS: Neil Goldberg's Cirque — Dream It Live (Carolina Union Performing Arts Series), Loose Lips Sink Ships (Shakespeare & Originals).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: Theater 2003: New Works in Process (Duke
University Department of Theater Studies).
IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE (4/11/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: I Hate Hamlet (Raleigh Little Theatre).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEWS: The Fantasticks (The FTC Players), Finding
Beulah Mae (Wordshed Productions), The Vagina Monologues (V-Day
Performances at Carolina, Duke, Meredith, and N.C. State).
IN MONDAY'S ISSUE (4/14/03):
REVIEWS: Salomé (PlayMakers Repertory Company), A Dress
for Mona (The Drama Circle).
Robert's Reviews (April 3, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except
as noted)
PART 1: CORRECTION: Music Credit for Accomplices (Wordshed
Productions/Ghost & Spice
Productions).
PART 2: PREVIEW: Blue Sky Boys (University Theatre at N.C. State).
PART 3: MINI-PREVIEW: As You Like It (UNC Department of Dramatic
Art Studio 1).
IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE (4/4/03, posted 4/5/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: Pippin (North Carolina Theatre Kids on Broadway).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: Your Side Mine (Burning Coal Theatre Company).
IN SATURDAY'S ISSUE (4/5/03, posted 4/8/03):
PART 1: REVIEW: Dream Boy (StreetSigns Center for Literature and
Performance) [by SCOTT ROSS].
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: Hush: An Interview with America (Meredith
Performs Theatre).
IN THURSDAY'S ISSUE (4/7/03, posted 4/10/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: Salomé (PlayMakers Repertory Company).
PART 2: REVIEW: South Pacific (Broadway at Duke).
Note: Copies of 2003 theatre materials are available
upon request.
March 2003 Archives
- EK Zéphyros Blows into Raleigh 3/30/03
- WTW Die Fledermaus in Richmond:
The Virginia Opera on Tour 3/30/03
- JR Leipzig String Quartet at Duke:
Correct and Dull 3/29/03
- MJW NC Symphony under Ling 3/28/03
- EK All in the Family (Music
by the Bachs, with Duke Faculty Artists) 3/27/03
- JR Brazilian Brilliance: Souza & Lubambo
at UNC 3/25/03
- WTW Rorem et al.: UNC Faculty Chamber
Music Recital 3/23/03
- JWL Mother Russia (Duke Collegium
Musicum & Archiglas) 3/23/03
- WTW Encounters With the Music
of Our Time at Duke: Two Too Loud (Music of Sydney Hodkinson & Arthur
Levering) 3/22/03
- DA Susan Bates and Company at Christ
United Methodist Church 3/21/03
- JWL Ciompi Quartet Gives
World Premiere (Samuel Zyman) 3/21/03
- WTW The Duke University Chorale:
Spring Tour Program 3/20/03
- JWL HIP: Mozart & Co. (Tom
Beghin, Geoffrey Burgess, Elizabeth Field, Peter Bucknell, & Stephanie
Vial) 3/19/03
- MJW Jeanne LaRoque Jolly in Smedes
Parlor 3/18/03
- MN Youth Chorus and Orchestra
of Kiev Visits Pinehurst 3/18/03
- WTW Mallarmé Chamber
Players at Their Best: "Baroque is Best!" Program 3/16/03
- MN DoubleAction Presents Universally
Pleasing Chamber Music 3/16/03
- JK N.C. Master Chorale Gets a
Workout in Israel in Egypt 3/16/04
- WTW Natural Resonance: Paul
Galbraith at Elon University 3/14/03
- WTW Stuttgart in Pinehurst: Virtuosity and Spontaneity (Stuttgart
Chamber Orchestra) 3/12/03
- JWL On Youth Concerts (DUSS,
TYBB & news) 3/7-9/03
- WTW Ward World Premiere with the Chamber
Orchestra of the Triangle: A Triple Treat 3/9/03
- JR Standing Tall: The Emerson String
Quartet at Duke 3/8/03
- JK Llewellyn, O'Riley
and Schultz with the North Carolina Symphony 3/7/03
- WTW Goode on G.A.S.: "The Compleat Pianist" 3/4/03
- JWL ArtsNow Presents Unusual Concert 3/4/03
- MJW Chung Impresses and Delights 3/3/03
- JWL Raleigh Symphony with
Student Soloists and Concert Singers of Cary 3/2/03
- WTW Heterogeneous Blends:
The Emory Chamber Music Society 3/2/03
- WTW Brahms Festival of Four
Hands Piano at Duke 3/1/03
Robert's Reviews (March 27, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except as
noted)
PART 1: ARTICLE: But First a Word from Our Sponsor... Part 1 (by
RWMcD) & Part 2 (by JWL)
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEWS: Dreamland (Wordshed Productions), Documentary (Transactors Improv Co.).
PART 3: REVIEW: The Tempest (Duke University Institute of the Arts)
[by SCOTT ROSS].
IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE (3/28/03):
PART 1: MINI-PREVIEW: A Dress for Mona (The Drama Circle).
PART 2: REVIEWS: Bucknaked: A Love Story (Manbites Dog Theater), I
Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (Off-Broadway Series South).
IN MONDAY'S ISSUE (3/31/03):
PREVIEWS: South Pacific (Broadway at Duke), Gint (Duke University
Department of Theater Studies).
Robert's Reviews (March 20, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell
PART 1: PREVIEW: The Tempest (Actors from the London Stage at Duke
University Institute of the Arts).
PART 2: REVIEW: Grease (Broadway Series South Encore Season).
IN MONDAY'S ISSUE (3/24/04):
PREVIEWS: I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (Off-Broadway
Series South), The Vagina Monologues (The Carolina Theatre).
IN TUESDAY'S ISSUE (3/25/03)
PREVIEW: Dream Boy (StreetSigns Center for Literature and Performance).
Robert's Reviews (March 13, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell
PART 1: PREVIEW: Dralion (Cirque du Soleil at Triangle Town Center).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: Six Characters in Search of an Author and
The Actor's Nightmare (Shaw University Visual and Performing Arts
Department and Theatre Program).
PART 3: REVIEW: The Full Monty (Broadway Series South).
IN SATURDAY'S
ISSUE (3/15/03):
PART 1: PREVIEWS: The Fantasticks (Raleigh Little Theatre), The
Diary of Anne Frank (William Jones Productions).
PART 2: REVIEW: Dralion (Cirque du Soleil at Triangle Town Center).
IN MONDAY'S ISSUE (3/17/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: Grease (Broadway Series South).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: Bucknaked: A Love Story (Manbites Dog Theater
Company).
PART 3: REVIEW: The Fantasticks (Raleigh Little Theatre).
Robert's Reviews (March 6, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except
as noted)
PART 1: PREVIEW: Accomplices (Wordshed Productions/Ghost & Spice
Productions).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: Sylvia (Temple Theatre), Comedy Pet Theatre with Gregory Popovich (The Carolina Theatre).
PART 3: REVIEW: Uncle Vanya (PlayMakers Repertory Company) [by
SCOTT ROSS].
IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE (3/7/03):
PART 1: MINI-PREVIEW: 90 in 90 (High Noon at the Rialto) (Burning
Coal Theatre Company).
PART 2: REVIEW: Blast! (Broadway Series South Encore Season).
IN MONDAY'S ISSUE (3/10/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: The Full Monty (Broadway Series South).
PART 2: REVIEW: Accomplices (Wordshed Productions).
Note: Copies of 2003 theatre materials are available
upon request.
February 2003 Archives
- WTW Kremer & Cole on Duke
Artists: Eclectic and Rare 20th-Century French Fare 2/28/03
- JR Carolina Jazz Festival: Big
Bands, Blues, Bebop & More (2/27&28/03)
- JWL UNCSO Presents All-Star Students 2/25/03
- WTW Hirai Times Three: UNC Greensboro
Symphony's Nipponese Program 2/25/03
- MN Quaternion (of NCCU) Plays
at the NCMA 2/23/03
- WTW Floyd's Cold Sassy Tree:
Southeast Premiere by Charlotte Opera 2/23/03
- JR Guitar Trio: From Bach to Bossa
Nova (Falla Guitar Trio) 2/23/03
- EK Mechetti and Meyers Lead NCS
on a Wild Ride of Musical Mood Swings 2/21/03
- JWL Harry Davidson's Brahms Journey (Duke
Symphony Orchestra) 2/21/03
- MJW RCCO's "Music for the Theatre" 2/19/03
- JWL Dunn & Wustman, Mörike & Wolf 2/18/03
- JK Odd Combo Brews Up a Chamber
Recital (UNC Faculty Artists with Kurt Kellan) 2/18/03
- WTW Chestnuts Well Played:
The Hungarian National Orchestra at ECU 2/15/03
- MJW Bösendorfer Hall Inaugural (Brian
Reagin & John Ruggero) 2/15/03
- JK The Creation: Timely
Irony (Duke University Chorale) 2/14/03
- WTW The Thibaud Trio at Elon
University 2/12/03
- WTW All French Treat: Rogé with
the Winston-Salem Symphony 2/11/03
- MJW NCS Chamber Players at Peace 2/10/03
- EK Ciompi's Late Beethoven:
A Mixed Bag 2/6,8&9/03
- MJW Meredith Chamber Players
Delight 2/9/03
- WTW Injustice's Inertia:
Virginia Opera's Andrea Chénier in Richmond 2/9/03
- JR Curry Triumphs in All-Orchestral
Program (NCS) 2/6/03
- WTW Orchestral Warhorses
Vindicated: Sitkovetsky, Biegel and the GSO 2/6/03
- WTW A Tracker by the Tracks:
Thomas Murray on Elon's Casavant Organ 2/4/03
- JWL The Rise and Fall of King
David (CSD Chamber Choir) 2/2/03
- JK Mallarmé East 2/2/03
- MN Pianist Clifton Matthews
in Southern Pines 2/2/03
-
JWL Bel Canto on its Home Turf 2/1/03
Robert's Reviews (February 27, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell
PREVIEW: The Price (Deep Dish Theater Company).
IN SATURDAY'S ISSUE (3/1/03):
MINI-PREVIEW: The Lysistrata Project (Dog & Pony Show and Shakespeare & Originals/N.C.
State University).
IN MONDAY'S ISSUE (3/3/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: Blast! (Broadway Series South)
PART 2: REVIEW: The Price (Deep Dish Theater Company).
Robert's Reviews (February 20, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell) except
as noted)
PART 1: MINI-PREVIEW: Coming Home: Memories from the Heart of
Appalachia (Wordshed Productions).
PART 2: REVIEW: Some Like It Hot (Broadway Series South) [by SCOTT
ROSS].
IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE (2/21/03):
PART 1: MINI-PREVIEWS: Silver Screen PEEP!!! (Dog & Pony
Show), An American Songbook (Long Leaf Opera and Richard Wall), The
Love Show (Transactors Improv Co.).
PART 2: REVIEWS: Heaven Can Wait (Towne Players of Garner), Lilies (Raleigh
Ensemble Players).
IN SUNDAY'S ISSUE (2/23/03):
MINI-PREVIEWS: I Never Saw Another Butterfly (The Carolina Theatre),
Strip Poker (New World Stage).
IN MONDAY'S ISSUE (2/24/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: Uncle Vanya (PlayMakers Repertory Company).
PART 2: REVIEWS: Same Time, Next Year (OdysseyStage), Twilight:
Los Angeles, 1992 (StreetSigns Center for Literature and Performance).
Robert's Reviews (February 13, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except
as noted)
PART 1: MINI-PREVIEWS: Blonde Date (Georgia Rogers' Valentine's Day
Cabaret) (Temple Theatre), Broadway Melodies 2003 (UNC Pauper Players).
PART 2: REVIEWS: Dirty Blonde (Theatre in the Park), Snapshots:
Glimpses of America in Change (formerly An Evening with Anna Deveare Smith)
(Duke University Institute of the Arts) [by SCOTT ROSS], West
Side Story (North Carolina Theatre).
IN SATURDAY'S ISSUE (2/15/03)
PART 1: PREVIEWS: Heaven Can Wait (Towne Players of Garner), Lilies (Raleigh Ensemble Players), Same Time, Next Year (OdysseyStage).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEWS: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in
Kindergarten (Neuse Little Theatre in Smithfield), Blues for an Alabama Sky (N.C.
Central University Department of Theater).
IN MONDAY'S ISSUE (2/17/03)
PART 1: PREVIEWS: Some Like It Hot (with Tony Curtis) (Broadway Series
South), Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (StreetSigns Center for Literature
and Performance).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEWS: Broadway Melodies 2003 (UNC Pauper Players),
El Automóvil Gris (The Grey Automobile) (Duke University Institute
of the Arts/N.C. State University Center Stage/N.C. Museum of Art),
In the Prime of Her Life (Meredith Performs Theatre), A Midsummer
Night's Dream (University Theatre at N.C. State), Tongue Smell
Color (Duke Institute of the Arts).
Robert's Reviews (February 6, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except
as noted)
PART 1: MINI-PREVIEW: Picasso's Closet (Duke University Institute
of the Arts).
PART 2: REVIEW: Tartuffe (Burning Coal Theatre Company) [by SCOTT
ROSS].
IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE (2/7/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: An Evening with Anna Deveare Smith (Duke Institute
of the Arts).
PART 2: REVIEW: The Shape of Things (Manbites Dog Theater).
IN SATURDAY'S ISSUE (2/8/03):
PART 1: PREVIEW: Dirty Blonde (Theatre in the Park).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEW: Theatrical Voices from 9/11 and Beyond (Duke
University Institute of the Arts).
IN SUNDAY'S/TUESDAY'S ISSUE (2/9-11/03):
PREVIEW: West Side Story (North Carolina Theatre).
IN WEDNESDAY'S ISSUE (2/12/03)
REVIEWS: The Importance of Being Earnest (N.C. State University Center
Stage), Stop Kiss (University Theatre at N.C. State).
Note: Copies of 2003 theatre materials are available
upon request.
January 2003 Archives
- WTW Exceptional Fare: Christie
and Parker with the N.C. Symphony 1/31/03
- EK Samson and Delilah: A
Triumph of Villainy (OCNC) 1/31/03
- EK Featherweight Champion (Heidi
Grant Murphy) 1/29/03
- MN A Night At the
Opera II (Rhodes,
Wing, Rohr, Wissick, etc.) 1/28/03
- MJW The Bagg Family Trio at St. Mary's 1/28/03
- RCD RSO Chamber Series: Dances
with Piazzolla 1/26/03
- JR Tokyo, Durham, Raleigh 1/25&26/03
- EK Kitchen Plays Bach 1/24&26/03
- JWL Schadeberg & Oldfather
Perform for Newman Series 1/26/03
- JWL MLK, Jr., All-Children's Choir & TYP
Commemorate King 1/19/03
- MJW Duke Faculty Recital (Ku,
Raimi, Jensen, & Hawkins) 1/19/03
- RCD Chamber Orchestra Premieres
Malipiero 1/19/03
- WTW Claude Frank at the NCSA:
An Old Master Illuminates 1/18/03
- MJW Duke Symphony's B & B 1/13/03
- WTW St. Lawrence String Quartet
in Pinehurst: Maturity with A New Infusion 1/13/03
- MJW Vocal Music of Libby Larsen 1/12/03
- WTW GSO's Leader Search Ratcheted
Up, and the Return of a Native 1/11/03
- JR Yale Women's Slavic Chorus -
Brave Old Worlds 1/10/03
- JR Cowboys, Horns & Brahms (Eric
Ruske, NCS & Roberto Minczuk) 1/9/03
- WTW Rare Hungarian Goulashes
in Danville (Hungarian Symphony of Pécs) 1/9/03
- RCD NCWO in Splendid Holst, Grainger 1/4/03
- MJW NCS Rings in the New Year in
a Great New Way 12/31/02
Robert's Reviews (January 30, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except
as noted)
PART 1: PREVIEWS: Tartuffe (Burning Coal Theatre Company), The
Pirates of Penzance (Carolina Union), Stop Kiss (University Theatre at N.C.
State).
PART 2: MINI-PREVIEWS: An Evening of Chekhov (Duke Players Lab Theater),
Jake's Women (Company Carolina).
PART 3: REVIEW: The Turn of the Screw (StreetSigns Center for Literature
and Performance) [by SCOTT ROSS].
IN SATURDAY'S ISSUE (2/1/03)
PART 1: FEEDBACK: Letter Concerning Scott Ross' Review of The
Turn of the Screw [by Derek Goldman, Artistic Director, StreetSigns
Center for Literature and Performance]
PART 2: PREVIEW: The Shape of Things (Manbites Dog Theater).
PART 3: REVIEW: The Dance on Widow's Row (Raleigh Little Theatre).
IN
SUNDAY'S ISSUE (2/2/03)
PART 1: PREVIEW: The Importance of Being Earnest (Aquila Theatre
at NCSU Center Stage).
PART 2: REVIEW: Rent (Broadway at Duke).
Robert's Reviews (January 23, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell
NEWS: Terrence Mann Returns to "Lay Miz" on Broadway.
PREVIEW: Of Mice and Men (Temple Theatre).
MINI-PREVIEWS: Rent (Broadway at Duke), Parade Day (New World Stage).
IN FRIDAY'S & SATURDAY'S ISSUES (1/24-25/03)
REVIEWS: Dinner with Friends (PlayMakers Repertory Company), Our
Town (Cary Players).
Robert's Reviews (January 16, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell (except
as noted)
PREVIEW: The Turn of the Screw (StreetSigns Center for Literature
and Performance).
REVIEW: Forbidden Broadway: 20th Anniversary Celebration (Off-Broadway
Series South) [by SCOTT ROSS].
IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE (1/17/03):
REVIEWS: Riverdance (Broadway Series South), True West (The Open
Door Theatre), Twenty Years of Now! (Transactors Improv Co.).
Robert's Reviews (January 9, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell
PREVIEWS: Riverdance (Broadway Series South), Forbidden Broadway,
20th Anniversary Celebration (Off-Broadway Series South), Twenty
Years of Now (Transactors Improv Co.).
IN SATURDAY'S ISSUE (1/10/03):
Part 1: PREVIEWS: Dinner with Friends (PlayMakers Repertory Company),
Our Town (Cary Players).
Part 2: MINI-PREVIEW: Little Shop of Horrors (Hoof 'n' Horn).
Robert's Reviews (January 2, 2003) by Robert W. McDowell
ARTICLE: 2002 Triangle Theater Awards: Making a List and Checking
It Twice.
IN SATURDAY'S ISSUE (1/4/03)
REVIEW: South Pacific (Broadway Series South).
Note: Copies of 2003 theatre materials are available
upon request.
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