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Balanchine Rarities – a magnificent performance of artistry and virtuosity(2)

February 18, 2012

Carolina Ballet‘s production of Balanchine Rarities, a program including 3 works by George Balanchine, Lost and Found by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, and Moving Life by Robert Weiss, opened to a nearly full house Thursday night, and I expect the house will stay full for the duration of its run. The program began with short ballets by [...]

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“The Woman in Black” Stage-to-Screen Review: Fear and Loathing at Eel Marsh House!

Raleigh Little Theatre artistic director Haskell Fitz-Simons directed a spine-tingling stage production of “The Woman in Black” last October, so he is intimately familiar with the story and the special effects that might be employed to keep audiences jumping. This critique of “The Woman in Black” is the first of a series of Stage-to-Screen Reviews that Triangle Theater Review will publish from time to time.

Cary Players Will Stage “And Then There Were None,” a Classic Murder Mystery by Dame Agatha Christie

The Cary Players will present a community-theater production of And Then There Were None, a nail-biting 1943 stage adaptation based on the 1939 locked-room murder mystery by Dame Agatha Christie (1890-1976), on Feb. 3-5 and 9-12 at the newly repurposed 390-seat Cary Arts Center (formerly a school) in the heart of downtown Cary, NC. “I [...]

Dead Man’s Cell Phone Enjoys a Strong Start but Ultimately Fizzles.

Raleigh Little Theatre’s production of Dead Man’s Cell Phone begins with a lot of promise and an intriguing premise. A young woman, Jean (Morrisa Nagel), is sitting alone in a café on a bleak, rainy day and becomes annoyed with another patron’s constantly ringing cell phone. Growing more and more agitated, she finally answers his [...]


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