Tag: Theatre Raleigh
Voices Blend and Resonate to Make Beehive: The 60s Musical the Hottest Ticket in Town
In Beehive: The 60’s Musical, playing May 8-12 and 15-19 at the Kennedy Theatre in Raleigh, NC, as part of Theatre Raleigh’s 2019 Summer Series, creator and Off-Broadway director Larry Gallagher has created a wonderful musical history of the 1960s, one of this country’s least understood decades and, perhaps, most important. Gallaher, who died much… Read More ›
Theatre Raleigh’s Beehive: The 60’s Musical Is Hip, Fresh, and a Whole Lot of Fun
Akin to stepping back in time, Theatre Raleigh’s Beehive: The 60’s Musical, directed by Tim Seib and choreographed by Sherry Lee Allen, is a wild, fun ride that all viewers — whether they’re 60s music enthusiasts or not — are sure to enjoy. The production takes viewers through each step, change, and major event in… Read More ›
Where Words Once Were Is a Brisk, Captivating Discussion of the Importance of Language
Theatre Raleigh’s Where Words Once Were: A Play About Language and Its Absences, written by Finegan Kruckemeyer and directed Noah Putterman, offers a fast-moving, captivating discussion of an important topic: the importance of language as a component of human existence. George Orwell’s 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-four has given us the term Newspeak — the word… Read More ›
Theatre Raleigh’s Where Words Once Were Is Innovative and Thought-Provoking
Theatre Raleigh’s “Family Series” offers up theatre that whole families can enjoy together. The “family” branding, however, doesn’t mean that these productions aren’t thought-provoking and innovative, as is the case with the current production, “Where Words Once Were,” written by Finegan Kruckemeyer and under the direction of Noah Putterman. The show is billed as “a… Read More ›
The Rocky Horror Show
“Let’s do the Time Warp” That song is still stuck in my head… The Rocky Horror Show came to the Booth Amphitheater in Cary, NC, this weekend presented by Theater Raleigh. The Musical is based on the original stage production from 1973 by Jim Sharman and Richard O’Brien. Later became the classic cult film The… Read More ›