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Finegan Kruckemeyer, playwright of "Where Words Once Were", talks about what it means to write a play where language is the main character.
It's almost here. Theatre Raleigh's production of The Rocky Horror Show at Cary's Booth Ampitheatre! As you shiver in antici...pation for your chance to do the Time Warp, check out this interview with the show's star, Jesse Gephart. And find out why he predicts the show will drive you INSA-A-A-NE...
Wondering what it's like to be a young performer? We asked Huck Borden - currently performing in The Adventures of Peter Rabbit and His Friends - and his mom, Malissa, to talk about the ups and down of life on stage. Click through to read what they had to say!
Missed the episodes on Instagram? Watch all five of them here and get a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the making of Once!
She was known at the height of her career as "La Divina." And although Maria Callas passed away in 1977, Opera Today suggested in 2006 that, "Nearly thirty years after her death, she's still the definition of the diva as artist." So what made Callas so special? Many cite her awe-inspiring vocal range, her skill in dramatic interpretation of a...
For this installment of our blog, we are pleased to present an interview with Daniel Wallace, author of BIG FISH: A Novel of Mythic Proportions - on which BIG FISH, the musical, is based. The questions that follow were thoughtfully submitted by our show's director, Eric Woodall. Learn what Mr. Wallace had to say about his inspiration for the novel,...
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Fame is a fickle friend who goes just as easily as it came. Film stars, athletic figures, and even singers see their popularity wane as their looks change, their bodies slow down, or their voices age. What is to be done? To paraphrase George Bernard Shaw, those who cannot do, teach.
Terrence McNally excites audiences almost as much as he excites actors. He demands a lot of an actor, and Theatre Raleigh’s production of Master Class points this out to the extreme.
Star football players Terrence Holt and Torry Holt and Broadway actress Lauren Kennedy are among the inductees in the 2018 class of the Wake County Public School Hall of Fame announced on Tuesday. The Hall of Fame honors outstanding alumni and community leaders who have deeply affected the district through their career [...]
Theatre Raleigh's BIG FISH transports audiences to a simpler time, before the age of social media and the insatiable need to curate personal stories on small screens. This is the stuff of pure imagination.
The most recent play to bowl me over is Theatre Raleigh's Big Fish, a full-blown, Equity production of a musical by John August and Andrew Lippa, directed by Eric Woodall. This production pulls out all the stops. It's got sensational music, a beautiful plot, exceptional characters, and a superlative message to relay.
When James McMurtry sings, “Life and legend are an awkward pair,” we take it that the son of Old West novelist Larry McMurtry is voicing a truth that’s close to home. Playwright John August explores similar terrain in this prismatic musical stage adaptation of Big Fish, Chapel Hill author Daniel Wallace’s 1998 best-selling novel,
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