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EDITOR’S NOTE: This preview is based on a Cary Players news release. — R.W.M. Everybody loves the classic 1946 film It’s A Wonderful Life. And the Cary Players have presented stage adaptations of It’s A Wonderful Life in the past, using a large cast of adult and child performers. For their Christmas show this time… Read More ›

Judas Priest @ Red Hat Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC  September 14, 2021 Tonight was my first show having to bring my “papers”. Live Nation’s “rona” protocols with no masks needed outdoors (except photographers). If you did not have proof of vaccine or negative test papers less than a week old, they would gladly charge you $39.95 for… Read More ›

by LeeAnn Riddle  All parents know that what is appropriate for one child may not be suitable for another child. This is also true with respect to the toys kids play with. Age can determine what type of toys are safe for children. It is the toy manufacturers legal duty to ensure all products display… Read More ›

Less is more, when it comes to Maks and Val Chmerkovskiy’s new touring show, Maks & Val’s Stripped Down Tour, which played the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 31st. Mustachioed Maksim “Maks” Chmerkovskiy is a Latin Ballroom champion, and first appeared on Dancing with the Stars in… Read More ›

KoЯn @ Walnut Creek August 10, 2021 I’m back!  This is my first show this season after all the Rona stuff as mentioned in the Staind review. It was a nice day for my first event back albeit photographers now have to shoot from the soundboard and are required to mask up. Maybe 10-20% of… Read More ›

BRING YOUR CHILDREN! I don’t mean to shout, but I wanted to highlight this point. Raleigh Little Theatre’s Cinderella musical is not the Disney version nor the Rodgers and Hammerstein version. It is in the style of British Panto or Pantomime, a style of interactive theater typically using a familiar fairy tale and generally performed… Read More ›

The national tour of Tootsie: The Comedy Musical, a crisply updated version of the Academy Award®winning 1982 film, arrived at the Durham Performing Arts Center last night for eight fresh, fun, and entertaining performances. If the audience reaction is any indication, it might be a highlight of the 2021-22 Truist Broadway at DPAC season. Like… Read More ›

The Philharmonic Association – Triangle Youth Music is offering a week intensive for young musicians who want to gain skills in jazz. Auditions will be held Monday July 15 for selection into two big bands. The intensive will run July 16 – 19, 6:30 – 9:00 at the Cary Arts Center. A free concert Saturday… Read More ›