The aerobic performance of The Big Bang‘s two actors and their sheer indulgence in the silly is a wonderful prescription for the mid-winter blahs.
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Review of SciFi-A-GoGo
Deep into its second decade, the neo-burlesque movement appears to be approaching a critical mass of performers that combine the traditional, early-twentieth century blend of comedy, music and striptease with a strong contemporary sensibility.
Review of The Santaland Diaries
The Santaland Diaries at ACT is a loose-limbed, easygoing evening that honors and remakes the original Sedaris work. Even if you’ve seen it in before, you haven’t seen it quite like this.
Review of A Christmas Carol
If you have never encountered the original Dickens tale,or have only the vaguest recollection of it, The Montford Park Players offer you an excellent opportunity to make up this deficiency with their authentic adaptation. Watching it, you may feel yourself transported back to the nineteenth century, not only by the story and its setting but by the acting and staging, too.
Review of Asheville Vaudeville
Asheville’s got talent far out of proportion to the size of its population. Our lovely town’s got the market in eccentricity pretty much cornered, too. Asheville’s also got a generous heart, and its audiences are warm and indulgent. Put them all together and you’ve got Asheville Vaudeville, the latest entry in a burgeoning world of live, variety entertainment.
Review of Travelogue: Dances of Our Migration
ACDT’s current full-length show is a spectacular and moving program of original dance.
Review of Maybe She’s Born With It—Maybe It’s LYLAS
The girls are back! Asheville’s first and only female sketch-comedy troupe presents its latest material.
Live from WVL Radio Theatre: It’s a Wonderful Life
From the Immediate Theatre Project and N.C. Stage: This inventive adaptation of the classic tale earns its place as an anticipated local holiday tradition.
The Hallelujah Girls at ACT
The Hallelujah Girls, the latest from Asheville-based comedy writing team Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten, is a fun and fluffy Southern-fried treat.
Review of Hamlet at HART
Haywood Arts Repertory Theatre’s features a burgeoning young talent tackling one of Shakespeare’s toughest roles, to great success.
The Beauty Queen of Leenane at N.C. Stage
A daring and successful start to N.C. Stage’s 8th season.
The Rhythm of Madness: Review of 4.48 Psychosis
Delving into the psyche of a woman plagued by inner demons, pathological grief and clinical depression, 4.48 Psychosis, the latest production by Corpus Theatre Collective, circles around an unnamed protagonist as she battles with her illness.
Review of Marty’s El Paso at Flat Rock Playhouse
Jason Petty creates this show about Marty Robbins, the successful and eclectic country and western singer.
Review of Return of an Angel at ACT
The Occasional Theatre Company presents Return of an Angel, its drama about the life of Thomas Wolfe.
Are you a boy or are you a girl?
Review of I Am My Own Wife at 35below, the biographical portrait of a transvestite who managed to survive first the Nazis and then the East German secret police.
The witches are back for one more weekend
Montford Park Players extends the run of its popular Macbeth for three more shows.
Expect the unexpected: Asheville Playback Theatre Review
For the launch of their 15th season, Playback Theatre earned the confidence of their audience, creating a sincere-yet-playful environment to share, listen and watch.
“It’s in his kiss”… Nerve at N.C. Stage
Subject matter touched upon, besides computer dating, includes tattoos, piercings, bondage, cutting, bathroom sex, stalking, restraining orders, antidepressants, suicide hotlines — oh, and love everlasting.
Macbeth at Montford Park Players
A strong close to the Players’ 37th season, running through Oct. 4.
Around the World in 80 Days at Flat Rock Playhouse
A guaranteed smile-getting adaptation of Jules Verne’s novel.
Review of Peter Pan at ACT
Huzzah! Peter Pan at ACT is an enormous, meticulously-crafted production.