This production is designed to make audiences howl with laughter, and it more than delivers, including a curtain call with all seven actors racing in and out of doors, chasing each other wildly until the all emerge for a well-earned bow.
Author: Jeff Messer
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Theater review: ‘The Rainmaker’ by Brevard Little Theatre
Brevard Little Theatre is still something of a well-kept secret within the Western North Carolina theater scene, though its been around since the 1930s. Perhaps quality shows like this one will change all that.
Theater review: ‘Peter Pan’ by Montford Park Players
Under the stars feels right for such a show, making Montford Park Players’ open air summer location a well-suited venue.
Theater review: ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ by Flat Rock Playhouse
All of the parts come together in a magical, mystical feat of precision that, while expected from Flat Rock, still amazes.
Theater preview: ‘Hard Travelin’ with Woody’ at SART
SART alum, musician, actor and playwright Randy Noojin is bringing his one-man, multimedia musical, Hard Travelin’ with Woody, to the SART stage from Thursday, July 27 to Sunday, July 30, at Owen Theatre.
Theater review: ‘Gruesome Playground Injuries’ at 35 below
The play is a deeply moving and decidedly quirky look at two damaged people trying to come to terms with their mortality and failings across 30 years. The show is onstage at 35 below through Sunday, July 30.
Theater review: ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ at HART
In his director’s notes, Steve Lloyd acknowledges the 1990 production of Fiddler On The Roof that ushered in his role as executive director at Haywood Arts Regional Theatre. Now, 27 years later, Fiddler is back on HART’s stage. The show runs through Sunday, July 30.
Theater review: ‘The Little Mermaid’ at Flat Rock Playhouse
Upon arriving, the audience is greeted by a clever stage design (by Samantha Yaeger) that makes you feel as if you are under the sea, gazing out from a deep abyss into a shimmering ocean.
Theater review: ‘Constellations’ at 35below
The play examines a dizzying series of events in the lives of two young British strangers who meet at a barbecue. They chase each other through ups and downs, infidelities, crossroads, marriage proposals and encounters with mortality.
Theater review: ‘The Great Gatsby’ at HART
There have been great film adaptations that linger in the minds of viewers — Simon Levy’s script is cinematic itself, giving us rapid scene changes and sometimes shifting location for only a handful of lines of dialog.
Theater review: ‘Timon of Athens’ by Montford Park Players
The play tells the tale of a wealthy Athenian known for his excessive generosity. It runs through Saturday, May 27.
Theater review: “The Nerd” by Attic Salt Theatre Company
There’s some Bob Newhart-ensemble vibes mixed with a “Laverne and Shirley” sensibility, wedged into a late-in-its-run episode of “Mork And Mindy.” It’s odd, quirky and filled with manic flourishes.
Theater review: ‘The Little Red Riding Hood Show’ by Asheville Creative Arts
Asheville Creative Arts bravely tackles a show for children that is also designed to appeal to adults. It runs through Sunday, April 9.
Theater review: Peter And The Starcatcher
Directed by Chanda Calentine, the show is a wonder of motion and energy. The Belk space lends itself to clever staging. A cast of 13 actors play more than 100 roles, from members of the Royal British Navy, to pirates, islanders and orphans of an assortment of ages and genders.
Theater review: “The Foreigner” by Hendersonville Community Theatre
Larry Shue’s play The Foreigner — onstage through Sunday, March 5 — has been a popular staple of community theaters for nearly 30 years. Good comedies are hard to come by, especially ones that stand the test of time.
Lesley Riddle: Country music’s long-lost forefather
When Riddle died in Asheville, in 1980, he had finally achieved some degree of recognition for his unlikely contributions to the origins of country music.
Theater review: Jeeves in Bloom at N.C. Stage Co.
This is a show that is a dash of “Downton Abbey” with classic Noel Coward comedy mixed in, making for a heady evening at the theater.
Theater review: Romeo And Juliet by Mountain Art Theatre
The production, staged on the new Fangmeyer stage at Haywood Arts Regional Theatre, runs through Sunday, Jan. 22.
Theater Review: The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)
Those with a deeper-than-passing knowledge of musical theater over the past 60- plus years might better appreciate some of the comedy, but it is not required. The humor still works for even a Broadway neophyte.
Top 5 theater productions of 2016
Another year of great local theater has come to an end, and 2016 proved to be exceptional for audiences who love an evening’s entertainment at one of the many great playhouses and experimental spaces throughout Western North Carolina.
Theater Review: “A Christmas Carol” by Montford Park Players
For Asheville audiences, A Christmas Carol has long been synonymous with the Montford Park Players. The theater group has found many clever ways to reimagine and reinterpret the Charles Dickens story throughout the years.