The semi-quincentennial edition of Spoleto Festival USA has begun in Charleston with a roar, a momentum, and a dizzy effervescence that I’ve never seen before in my 33 years of covering America’s preeminent performing arts festival. https://t.co/QtlgzUUUiK
Memories may stretch back to September 2012, when Keston Gary made history at Halton Theater in THE COLOR PURPLE, directed by future Tony Award winner Corey D Mitchell. Well, they're back together again at Theatre Charlotte. Good luck snagging a ticket!! https://t.co/zNQGW6Y3Fm
Your cellphone will have to wear blinders before you're allowed to see Three Bone Theatre's very adult OEDIPUS EL REY. Other aspects of the Oedipus tragedy are also compacted into Luis Alfaro's wondrous retelling that Sophocles never touched... https://t.co/XM1QnslLo7
Alejandro Cerrudo's ONE THOUSAND PIECES may sometimes seem like a surprisingly dark way to celebrate America's upcoming semi-quincentennial, but so do Marc Chagall’s AMERICAN WINDOWS, his inspiration. https://t.co/5c8xmiwKDE
Hurry, hurry, and rush to Booth Playhouse for QC: Queen City Concerts' WE WILL ROCK YOU. They will, with electrifying performances and mercifully calibrated decibels! https://t.co/TY66oQgmwO
Gotta give an extra-long review of David Adjmi and Will Butler's extra-long STEREOPHONIC - including whether or not it was kind of them to lop off 75 minutes from the heralded Broadway smash. Good as it is, it just didn't measure up to the hype for me. https://t.co/F40jk44i4h
Two things persuaded me to take a chance with the NC-based Blackhawk Quintet: they were playing music by Thelonious Monk, and they were playing it with the imprimatur of a Middle C Jazz booking. Paid off! https://t.co/pdgedgsx74
No Kings for me EXCEPT BNS Productions' KING HEDLEY II, a slam-dunk triumph at The Arts Factory, Rory Sheriff's new theatrical home. https://t.co/u6CQ5Y4BR4 via @queencitynerve