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Tonya Bludsworth’s second play lulls us in for a while, then suddenly unveils a host of surprises.

Author Tonya Bludsworth and frequent collaborators create a play about loyalties built and broken.

CPCC Summer Theatre’s opener does justice to Dolly Parton’s undemanding, girl-power musical.

This outrageous and (sort of) affectionate tribute to cinematic nun stereotypes earns its laughs.

‘The Taming of the Shrew” wittily opens the company’s eighth season of the Bard outdoors.

Drama about magicians who turn into robbing Robin Hoods remains baffling until the end.

The 11-program, festival-long series delivers more pleasure than ever under programmer Geoff Nuttall.

Puppet-driven national tour of the World War I story about a boy and his horse works powerfully, but it’s not for young kids.

The combination of live actors and puppets illuminates this warm-hearted, naughty play as never before.

The Charleston arts festival brings to life three obscure pieces, two Italian and one Japanese, though rhe musical material sometimes sounds thin.

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Lawrence Toppman
Lawrence Toppman is a theater critic and culture writer with The Charlotte Observer.