Creative Loafing Charlotte

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Slacking off with Charlotte Symphony Orchestra's "La Mer"

• by Perry Tannenbaum
Performance far exceeds expectations.
• Tags: Music, Arts, La Mer, Perry Tannenbaum, Charlotte, music, performing arts, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, CSO, Christopher Warren-Green, Belk Theater, Hollis Ulaky, Elizabeth Landon, Calin Lupanu

Red: Twilight of the God

Blurred truth in the latest production at Actor's Theatre

• by Perry Tannenbaum
• Tags: Performing Arts, Red, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, John Logan, Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy, theater in Charlotte, performing arts, Rothko

Theater reviews: Baby the Musical and How I Learned to Drive

• by Perry Tannenbaum
Both shows capture startling real-life scenarios.
• Tags: Arts, theater in Charlotte, Baby the Musical, Davidson Community Players, Armour Street Theatre, Sybille Pearson, Melissa Ohlman-Roberge, Kevin Roberge, Christy Hinkleman, Austin Larkin, KC Roberge, Daniel Breuer, Emily Hunter, How I Learned to Drive, Paula Vogel, UNC Charlotte, Lab Theater, Lon Bumgarner, Joe Rux, Olivia Radley, Bruce Auerbach, local theater, performing arts, Perry Tannenbaum

God of Carnage brings its wrath

We're all Neanderthal

• by Perry Tannenbaum
• Tags: Performing Arts, Yasmina Reza, God of Carnage, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, James Gandolfini, Ann Marie Costa, theater, performing arts, Charlotte

On Q Productions brings us two for the show

One-acts offer revolution

• by Perry Tannenbaum
• Tags: Performing Arts, On Q Productions, Quentin Talley, Dutchman, Baraka, Kiss My Black Angst, Funnyhouse of a Negro, art, theater, performing arts

Kinky links to Abe Lincoln

Queen City Theatre Company hosts a big dance party

• by Perry Tannenbaum
• Tags: Performing Arts, Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party, Queen City Theatre Company, theater, performing arts, Aaron Loeb, Karen Christensen, La Cage aux Folles, Glenn Griffin, dance, Kristian Wedolowski

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

Legally Blonde — A Musical: An ocean of pink at CPCC

CPCC Summer Theatre reaches the last week of its 39th season

• by Perry Tannenbaum
• Tags: Performing Arts, Legally Blonde — A Musical, theater, performing arts, Perry Tannenbaum, CPCC Summer Theatre, Central Piedmont Community College, Rapunzel, Noises Off, Charity Ruth Haskins, Haley Henderson, Michael Moore, Ross Neal

Meet Charlotte's new alpha slob at The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Belting it out at Theatre Charlotte

• by Perry Tannenbaum
• Tags: Performing Arts, Jeremy Shane, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, theater, performing arts, Charlotte, Theatre Charlotte, Jamey Varnadore, Chesson Kusterer, Joe McCourt, Tyler Smith, Megan Midkiff, Dennis Delamar, spelling bee

Sondheim's elixir of love: Passion ignites

Queen City Theatre Company explore beauty, love in latest production

• by Perry Tannenbaum
• Tags: Performing Arts, Stephen Sondheim, art, theater, Spirit Square, Queen City Theatre Company, Kristian Wedolowski, Glenn T. Griffin, Passion, Beauty and the Beast, Charlotte, performing arts

An overground classic On the Verge

Cornelius production a worthy discovery

• by Perry Tannenbaum
• Tags: Performing Arts, theater, performing arts, On the Verge, Eric Overmyer, The Warehouse, review, Cornelius, Perry Tannenbaum, Charlotte, Charlotte Rep, NC

If Beale Street could talk: A review of Memphis

• by Perry Tannenbaum
Memphis the Musical blew into Ovens Auditorium last week.
• Tags: Arts, Memphis, musical, Ovens Auditorium, theater, performing arts, Huey Calhoun, Dewey Phillips, Alan Freed, music, 1950s, black, Beale Street, Bryan Fenkart, Felicia Boswell, Sergio Trujillo, Perry Tannenbaum

Give my regards to Broadway

• by Kyra Gemberling
With the 65th Annual Tony Awards right around the corner, why not plan to celebrate in style at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center’s seventh annual Tony viewing party?
• Tags: Arts, News, Arts, Tony Awards Party, party, Spirit square, Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, theatre, McGlohon Theater, Broadway, Tony Awards, performing arts, News

Last chance to climb the Totem

• by Anita Overcash
Cirque du Soleil's newest extravaganza finishes its run in Charlotte this weekend.
• Tags: Arts, News, Arts, performing arts, Totem, Cirque du Soleil, News

Taking another look at ReVenture

• by Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman
Environmentalists win the battle to slow ReVenture's pace.
• Tags: News, News, mecklenburg, performing arts, EPA, Panel, Trash, biomass, ReVenture, Forsite Development, Tom McKittrick, Bill Gupton, Chip Watkins, eco-industrial park, Super Fund, waste management, The Springs, burn, incineration, NC Academy of Family Physicians

Theater is hot, hot, hot!

• by Perry Tannenbaum
Plenty of theater options during these summer months.
• Tags: Arts, News, Arts, performing arts, Charlotte theater, News