Conspiracy theorists had a ball when “Avenue Q” took the top three Tony Awards – best musical, book and score – away from the highly favored “Wicked” in 2004.
The second definition for the word “limbo” in Webster's New World Dictionary reads: “A place or condition of neglect or oblivion for unwanted things or persons.”
Shakespeare Carolina kicked off its annual Queen City Shakespeare Festival last week at Theatre Charlotte with “Twelfth Night.” “Richard III” opens Thursday and the two classics – one comedy, one drama – will play on alternating days between then and the festival's July 26th finale. The Observer recently spoke to directors John Hartness (“Twelfth Night”) and Chris O'Neill (“Richard III”).
Best known as Elphaba in “Wicked,” Tony-winning Broadway star Idina Menzel is stepping off the stage and hitting the road this summer to promote her debut album “I Stand.”
It has been 1,927 years since the Mount Vesuvius volcano erupted and decimated all life in Pompeii. Yet the tragedy and its aftermath are still haunting, fascinating and relevant today. Slideshow
Stephanie Hughley's 12th floor office at the new headquarters of the National Black Arts Festival has a stunning view of Atlanta, including the city's cultural standard: the High Museum of Art.
Time management must be James David Christie's other talent. He teaches organ at two colleges that are hardly neighbors: Oberlin in Ohio and Holy Cross in Massachusetts. He leads a Baroque ensemble in Boston and plays with other ensembles in the city, including the Boston Symphony. Somehow, when he isn't sitting in airplanes, rehearsals or lessons, he find time to practice for recitals of his own.
There's something about one Gershwin show that goes with economic recessions.
Time management must be James David Christie's other talent. He teaches organ at two colleges that are hardly neighbors: Oberlin in Ohio and Holy Cross in Massachusetts. He leads a Baroque ensemble in Boston and plays with other ensembles in the city, including the Boston Symphony. Somehow, when he isn't sitting in airplanes, rehearsals or lessons, he find time to practice for recitals of his own.
It has been 1,927 years since the Mount Vesuvius volcano erupted and decimated all life in Pompeii. Yet the tragedy and its aftermath are still haunting, fascinating and relevant today. Slideshow
Two contestants on Fox television's “So You Think You Can Dance?” will perform choreography by N.C. Dance Theatre's Dwight Rhoden on tonight's show.
Tommy Bradley had dreamed of bringing “Carousel,” his all-time favorite classical musical, to Cabarrus County since he heard the music at age 16.
Paul Miller is a word guy – a Davidson College English professor who makes his living reading, writing and teaching.
Standing on a wooden platform about 100 feet off the ground, Brenda Councill weaves a paintbrush across the outline of an asparagus tip the size of her arm.
The champagne will flow tonight at the Hidell Brooks Gallery in South End as Katharine Hidell and Rebecca Brooks use the 6-9 p.m. gallery crawl to celebrate their gallery's 10th anniversary.
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A local theater group in Plaza Midwood is trying to bring clarity to an emotional debate over what to do about the children of illegal immigrants.
The haunting portraits photographer Lewis Hine made in November 1908 of Gastonia's cotton mill kids were meant to document abuses of child labor laws.
Longtime listeners of WBT-AM (1110) will be forgiven if they tune in groggy Monday morning and think they've been hurled back in time.
Yes, it's me – the same guy you saw a few pages back in the movie section. Former theater critic Julie York Coppens left to take a job in Ohio, and I'll be theater critic for the fifth time at The Observer.
Shakespeare Carolina kicked off its annual Queen City Shakespeare Festival last week at Theatre Charlotte with “Twelfth Night.” “Richard III” opens Thursday and the two classics – one comedy, one drama – will play on alternating days between then and the festival's July 26th finale. The Observer recently spoke to directors John Hartness (“Twelfth Night”) and Chris O'Neill (“Richard III”).
