Creative Loafing Charlotte

Today's Top 5: Wednesday

• by Anita Overcash
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
• Tags: Arts, Today's Top Five, Channeling the USA, McColl Center for Visual Art, Lamb of God, The Fillmore, Open Mic, Jackalope Jacks, Red, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, Bobcats vs. Toronto, Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, NC

Today's Top 5: Thursday

• by Anita Overcash
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
• Tags: Today's Top Five, Madonna, Time Warner Cable Arena, Red, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Evening Muse, Tim Meadows, The Comedy Zone, Schoolboy Q, The Fillmore, Charlotte, NC

Actor's Theatre goes red

• by Perry Tannenbaum
Local theater troupe takes on the Tony Award winning play.
• Tags: Arts, theater, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, Red, Charlotte, NC

LOL: Comedy in the Q.C.

• by Anita Overcash
A roundup of CL's top picks for comedy shows in Charlotte this week.
• Tags: Arts, comedy, Most Races Show on Earth, Chop Shop, Amy Schumer, The Comedy Zone, Robot Johnson, Wine Up, Over the Counter Improv, OTC Improv, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, stand up, improv, Charlotte, NC

UNC Charlotte takes on queasy play

• by Perry Tannenbaum
How I Learned to Drive is a powder keg of a play.
• Tags: Arts, theater, How I Learned to Drive, Paula Vogel, Charlotte Repertory Theatre, Steve Umberger, Black Box Theatre, UNC Charlotte, Joe Rux, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, Charlotte, NC

Today's Top 5: Wednesday

• by Anita Overcash
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
• Tags: Arts, Today's Top Five, Rachel Feinstein, The Comedy Zone Charlotte, God of Carnage, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, BYO Craft Night, NoDa Brewing Company, Tosco House Party, Evening Muse, Powerman 5000, Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte, NC

Staff Pick

Best Place for a First Date

Cult Movie Mondays @ Actor's Theatre of Charlotte

• Tags: After Dark, Cult Movie Mondays, date, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, Staff Pick

Playground tussles in God of Carnage

• by Perry Tannenbaum
Season 24 at Actor's Theatre of Charlotte opens with a big bang.
• Tags: Arts, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, theater, God of Carnage, Charlotte, NC

Today's Top 5: Wednesday

• by Anita Overcash
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
• Tags: Arts, Fiona Apple, The Fillmore, God of Carnage, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, Answer This, Knight Theater, Micro Brews Cruise, U.S. National Whitewater Center, Le Bang, Dharma Lounge, Charlotte, NC

Peter Smeal: Props for Narrow Daylight

• by Perry Tannenbaum
The new play debuts as part of the nuVoices for a nuGeneration festival.
• Tags: Arts, Peter Smeal, Sevan Kaloustian Greene, Narrow Daylight, nuVoices for a nuGeneration festival, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, Nicia Carla, Megan Santiago, George Pond, Julia Rae Benfield, theater, Charlotte, NC

Today's Top 5: Thursday

• by Anita Overcash
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
• Tags: Arts, Today's Top Five, Attack of the Summer Film Series, The Light Factory, The Dark Crystal, Transamerica Square Courtyard, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Double Door Inn, nuVoices for a nuGeneration Festival, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, International Mustache Affair, Chop Shop, Artist to Artist, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC

nuVoices, nuIdeas

Behind the Final Four for playwrights

• by Perry Tannenbaum
• Tags: Performing Arts, nuVoices for a nuGeneration, theater, performing arts, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, Polly Adkins, Charlotte Shakespeare, Peter Smeal, Off-Tryon Theatre, Chip Decker, new, Ann Marie Oliva, Ron Law, Charles LaBorde, Michael Solender,, Lawrence Toppman, Charlotte, emerging, playwright

Today's Top 5: Monday

• by Anita Overcash
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
• Tags: Arts, Today's Top Five, Cult Movie Monday, The Goonies, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Bar Wars Mondays, Phil's Tavern, Open Mic, Evening Muse, Buildings, Mon Frere, Oddczar, Snug Harbor, Charlotte, NC

Fab Fest breaks the mold

From theater to drag queen cabaret

• by Perry Tannenbaum
• Tags: Performing Arts, Queen's Fab Fest, Pandora Boxx, RuPaul, Drag Race, drag, Falsettos, theater, art, Charlotte, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, nuVoices, Twisted Broadway, Queen City Theatre Company, Spirit Square, Perry Tannenbaum

Today's Top 5: Monday

• by Anita Overcash
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
• Tags: Arts, Today's Top Five, The Warriors, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, Joint Damage, Seaboard + Ben Kennedy, Eastern Seaboard Duo, Snug Harbor, Monday Night Allstars, Double Door Inn, Find Your Muse Open Mic, Evening Muse, Monday Funday, Dixie's Tavern, Charlotte, NC

'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous: The Marvelous Wondrettes

The current Actor's Theatre regional premiere is a lot of gum-popping fun

• by Perry Tannenbaum
• Tags: Performing Arts, The Marvelous Wondrettes, theater, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, Andrews Sisters, Chordettes, McGuire Sisters, music, arts, Roger Bean, Perry Tannenbaum

Today's Top 5: Friday

• by Anita Overcash
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
• Tags: Arts, Today's Top Five, Charlotte Squawks, Booth Playhouse, Folk Devils, Moral Panics & Pinups, Baku Gallery, Dan Sartain, Milestone, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, Screaming Females, The Haunted Mill, Charlotte, NC

Today's Top 5: Monday

• by Anita Overcash
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
• Tags: Arts, Today's Top Five, Cult Movie Monday, Jaws, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, Mac & Cheese Eating Contest, Whiskey Warehouse, Comedy School Graduation Night, The Comedy Zone, Wiley-Cash Harper, Park Road Books, Gogol Bordello, The Fillmore, Charlotte, NC

Today's Top 5: Thursday

• by Anita Overcash
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
• Tags: Today's Top Five, Clybourne Park, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, Jesse Ruben, Evening Muse, The Gnome Show, Genome, The Melvins, Amos' Southend, Young the Giant, The Apache Ray, The Fillmore Charlotte, Charlotte, NC

Today's Top 5: Monday

• by Anita Overcash
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
• Tags: Arts, Today's Top Five, 8, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, Artist Mingle, The Saloon, Earth Exchange exhibit, The Light Factory, Nita B Trio, Amelie's French Bakery, Textures and Tones Art Festival, Gaston College, Charlotte, NC