Just in time for election season, Anam Cara Theatre Company’s production of The Government Inspector has hit the stage at Toy Boat Community Artspace. The play, a highly entertaining comedy-of-errors, is an adaptation of a 19th century Russian satire by Nicholi Gogol.
Smart bets: All in the Timing
Attic Salt Theatre Co., revisits the hilariously bizarre imaginings of playwright David Ives at N.C. Stage Company, with multiple dates through Sunday, March 20.
Different Strokes stages all-female production of Glengarry Glen Ross
The Asheville performing arts collective received playwright David Mamet’s approval for a gender swap production less than 48 hours after contacting his publisher.
Smart bets: Don’t Count Your Chickens Until They Cry Wolf
Asheville Creative Arts’ humorous and modernized production revisits Aesop’s fables with shows at The Magnetic Theatre from Friday to Sunday, March 4-6.
Smart bets: Marisol
Warren Wilson Theatre’s Not Suitable for Children season continues with an end-of-the-universe tale at Kittredge Theatre on Thursday to Sunday, March 3-6.
Conscious party: The Vagina Monologues benefits Helpmate
Popular play The Vagina Monoluges covers “all the weird things we have to go through as women,” according to show organizer Allison Taylor. Her cast of local volunteers talks gender and sexuality at The Orange Peel on Saturday, Feb. 27, in support of domestic violence nonprofit Helpmate.
Theater Review: “The Caro Savanti Experience” by The Magnetic Theatre
This is not the first time local audiences have experienced Savanti. The show began as a short play as part of the Magnetic Midnight series several years ago. It was popular enough to warrant a fuller treatment, and was produced in 2013 during Magnetic’s tenure at the BeBe Theatre.
Theater review: Matters of Choice by Hendersonville Community Theatre
The latest production, Matters of Choice, consists of three original one-act offerings by local playwright Sue Bargeloh.
Smart bets: Seussical
The Dr. Seuss-inspired musical runs on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., and Sundays at 2:30 p.m., until Sunday, March 6.
Tryon Little Theater stages the comedic retelling of a classic fairytale
Tryon Little Theater’s newest production, Once Upon a Mattress, is a family-friendly comedic retelling of Hans Christian Anderson’s classic, The Princess and the Pea.
Theater Review: Fiction by LEAD Productions
It is unclear when this production of Fiction, written by Steven Dietz, officially begins. Perhaps it’s while meandering through the Five Points neighborhood just off Merrimon Ave. Or just as we’re making our way up the steep stone steps of Forsythia Hall.
A weekend’s worth of Valentine’s Day celebrations
From partner yoga to an adult prom and from self-love workshops to chocolate decadence, there’s something for every kind of Valentine.
Smart bets: Mummenschanz
Diana Wortham Theatre hosts the all-ages whimsical mime show on Thursday, Feb. 11, at 8 p.m.
Smart bets: Romeo and Juliet
New York City- and London-based company Aquila Theatre presents its modernization of the timeless tragedy at Diana Wortham Theatre Saturday, Feb. 6.
Theater review: Jeeves Intervenes by N.C. Stage
Scheming leads to misdirect and deception as Jeeves juggles the lives and ambitions of the characters who always circle back to him for guidance and enlightenment.
Blood in the valley: The Shelton Laurel Massacre’s haunting legacy
“Will the America of the future — will this vast, rich Union ever realize what itself cost back there, after all?” – Walt Whitman In January 1863, at the height of the Civil War, Confederate soldiers of the 64th North Carolina Regiment, composed mostly of men from the western counties, marched into Shelton Laurel. Their […]
Hair-metal musical Rock of Ages comes to Asheville
The raucous 1980s jukebox musical is a love story full of elaborate, high-energy dance numbers. It’s set to some of the biggest glam rock hits of the MTV generation, including songs by Poison, Styx, Twisted Sister and others. The show opens Thursday, Feb. 4, at the Masonic Temple.
Smart bets: Jeeves Intervenes
North Carolina Stage Co., hosts the English comedy from Jan. 27 to Feb. 21, Wednesday-Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Special event nights include pay-what-you-wish tickets, pre-curtain hors d’oeuvres, $1 beers, actor Q&A and post-play dessert and champagne toast with the cast and crew.
Theater review: Asheville Fringe performances
If you like a healthy dose of the unusual and quirky, when it comes to live entertainment, the 14th annual Asheville Fringe Arts Festival has just what you are looking for. Fringe, by definition, is on the outer edges of the mainstream, so it is safe for audiences to expect the unexpected.
The Asheville Fringe Arts Festival defies genres
The Asheville Fringe Arts Festival, which runs Thursday to Sunday, Jan. 21-24, features more than 30 local and imported performing artists.
Theater Review: Oleanna at 35below
As written, Oleanna forces us to contemplate our thoughts on other cases of sexual harassment and alleged rape. Where should the line be drawn, and what is going too far? What truths do we not see behind the closed door?