Through: 5/19: Little Theatre of Winston-Salem’s “Ripcord” Tears Up the Roommate Rulebook
WINSTON-SALEM, NC - Opposites don't always attract, at least not at first, and certainly not in this surprising tale of roommates run amok in an assisted living community. With shades of The Odd Couple and Golden Girls, David Lindsay-Abaire's Ripcord deserves a...
Cary Ballet Company Shows Off Professional Technique In Spring Works Performance
RALEIGH, NC – The Mad Hatter, Cheshire Cat, White Rabbit, and The Queen of Hearts are some of the most recognizable characters from Lewis Carroll's 1865 story, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The story of Alice following the White Rabbit who is notoriously "running...
The Sun Sets On North Carolina Master Chorale’s “Sunrise Mass”
RALEIGH, NC – For some North Carolina residents, springtime means peeling back the icy layers of winter to expose dogwoods and sweet-smelling flowers. While for others, it means the onset of thick green pollen (that just doesn't seem to go away) and seasonal...
Through 5/12: Breathtaking Perfection Makes Charlotte Ballet’s Swan Lake Premiere a Dazzler
CHARLOTTE, NC – For generations, budding ballerinas around the globe have aspired to be a member of the gaggle who dance to the primeval strains of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. The best of them dare to dream of dancing the roles of Odette, Queen of the Swans,...
Saltwater Glory from Charlotte Symphony in Seafaring Works by Benjamin Britten, Grace Williams, and Ralph Vaughan Williams
CHARLOTTE, NC – Whether you love the sea for its surf, its tidal rhythms, its abundance of exotic creatures large and small, or its sheer vastness, Charlotte Symphony's A Sea Symphony delivered manifold delights – and a thrilling storm or two at no extra charge. The...
Tonu Kalam’s Final Concert with the UNC Symphony Orchestra
CHAPEL HILL, NC – UNC Symphony Orchestra Music Director and Conductor Tonu Kalam may not be quite as longstanding an institution as the first university in the state, but has been conducting this ensemble beautifully for the last 36 years. This week he led his final...
NC Opera’s “Girl of the Golden West” Peeks into Puccini’s Darker Side
RALEIGH, NC – Operas performed in a concert format are often viewed as economy productions, where the music eclipses the visual spectacle that comes with ornate sets, lavish costumes, and ready action. There was nothing bargain-basement about North Carolina Opera's...
Our First Lady of Jazz at Duke University
DURHAM, NC – "Your attentive participation, through listening with your ears and your heart, will allow you to enjoy fully this exchange of ideas, to sense these various moods, and to reap the full therapeutic rewards that good music always brings to a tired,...
Intriguing Worldbuilding, Incomplete: Stone Soup Theatre’s “R&J” at Center Theater Company
CARRBORO, NC - Worldbuilding isn't just an esoteric activity limited to the constructs of virtual reality and speculative fiction; it's a fundamental part of the theatrical enterprise. If drama at its essence depicts the truth of a life in a change, one of its first...
Winston-Salem Symphony Celebrates the Bicentennial of “The Ninth”
WINSTON-SALEM, NC – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 ("Choral") by Ludwig van Beethoven (Germany, 1770-1827) is truly one of the turning points in music history. It is the first "symphony" (meaning instruments only) to incorporate choir and soloists, its length is...
