Triangle Arts and Entertainment

In “A Tuff Shuffle,” Charlotte’s Danny Mullen Takes the TAS Audience Backstage with Louis Armstrong (0)

On tap in Danny Mullen’s “A Tuff Shuffle” is home-made gumbo, cooked up by Louis Armstrong himself on his dressing-room hotplate, and an intimate but wide-ranging and remarkably frank and fearless PG-13-rated autobiographical monologue, punctuated with brief but bracing reprises of Armstrong’s greatest (vocal) hits, such as “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?”; “(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue?”; “A Kiss to Build a Dream On”; “What a Wonderful World”; and “Hello, Dolly!”

SITI Company Will Present “Who Do You Think You Are,” a Work-in-Progress, for Free May 18th at UNC (0)

PlayMakers Repertory Company is hosting the SITI Company of New York City, which will present a FREE performance of its new work-in-progress, entitled “Who Do You Think You Are,” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 18th, in Frey Rehearsal Hall in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for Dramatic Art. (Note: Although admission is free, the space is small, and e-mailing PRCresidencies@gmail.com to reserve seats is highly recommended.)

TMH Announces The George Matsumoto Prize – Calls for Entries (0)

Unique Modernist architecture competition features blue-ribbon jury, public voting, and $6000 in honors

Raleigh’s Best Chunky Chicken Salads (0)

Ahhhh – good old chicken salad, a true comfort food. Whenever I can’t decide what to order for lunch, it is one of my go-to meals. I see chicken salad falling into two categories: chunky and creamy. I love both of them. I prefer chunky chicken salad on a bed of fresh salad greens, with [...]

LIONSGATE’S THE HUNGER GAMES: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE OPENS MARCH 23 AT MARBLES IMAX (0)

The highly-anticipated film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ young adult best-seller The Hunger Games will open at North Carolina’s only giant screen, Wells Fargo IMAX at Marbles, on March 23rd. Hunger Games stars Academy-Award® nominated actress Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth. The film is directed by Gary Ross, and produced by Nina Jacobson and [...]

Denise Cerniglia gives us a rundown of the shows you may want to catch in May. (0)

Denise Cerniglia of the blog Triangle Arts & Entertainment gives us a rundown of the shows you may want to catch in May. 1. Carolina Ballet’s season finale Beauty and the Beast with Beethoven’s 9th Symphony May 17-20, Raleigh Memorial Auditorium 2. Music Maker Relief Foundation May 11, Music Maker Blues Revue at Back Porch Music Series [...]

2012 Readers Choice Best Brew in the Triangle (35)

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day Triangle Arts and Entertainment is asking its readers to vote for their favorite beer brewed in the Triangle.

Reader’s Review Green Day’s American Idiot (0)

Hear what viewers have to say about this epic rock musical.

Burning Coal Theatre Company’s MusiCoal 2012 Series Continues with “An Evening of A Cappella” (Comments Off)

Burning Coal Theatre Company’s MusiCoal Summer Concert Series continues on Sunday, May 27th, 2012 at 7 pm with “An Evening of A Cappella” at the Murphey School.

LAST CHANCE TO SEE THE U.S. TOUR OF THE ORIGINAL INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON WILL PLAY FINAL PERFORMANCES IN RALEIGH MAY 25-27 – FIVE SHOWS ONLY! (0)

RIVERDANCE will play Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh FOR THE VERY LAST TIME, May 25 - 27 for 5 performances only!

Alt Rock Pioneers Jane’s Addiction Coming To Memorial Auditorium At Progress Energy Center on May 22nd As Part of “Theatre of Escapists” Tour (0)

JANE’S ADDICTION has thrown the most unique parties in rock, mixing a fierce musicality with theatrical flair onstage. 2012 sees the band--who’ve always outrageously combined electricity, sex and danger--return in support of their acclaimed album THE GREAT ESCAPE ARTIST.

Baudelaire in a Box comes to the Triangle Featuring music by Dexter Romweber, JKutchma, Curtis Eller, and New Town Drunks (Comments Off)

Chicago’s Theater Oobleck presents, Baudelaire in a Box, a serial cantastoria project based on 19th century French poet Charles Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal. Over the course of 7 years (culminating in 2017, the sesquicentennial of Baudelaire’s death), the project will adapt each poem from Les Fleurs du Mal as a unique cantastoria, featuring “crankies” (scrolling images) designed and illustrated by Oobleck founding member Dave Buchen, paired with a musical adaptation.

MAY PROGRAMS AT THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY (0)

May programs at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh range from the clawhammer banjo music and powerful voice of Sheila Kay Adams to a presentation by Kevin Duffus about his hot-off-the-press book War Zone — World War II Off the North Carolina Coast.