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‘We Are The Thousand’ documents the power of music and shared love of the Foo Fighters
By Douglas Davidson June 3, 2022 July 30, 2015: With little more than hope and a prayer, Fabio Zaffagnini uploaded a seven-and-a-half-minute video to YouTube in hopes of getting the attention of rock band Foo Fighters. Zaffagnini had gathered together 1,000 musicians from across Italy...
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CLTure and Jack the Radio present the HeroesCon 40th anniversary kick-off party at Super Abari
By CLTure News May 24, 2022 CLTure and Jack the Radio have partnered with Charlotte comic book convention, HeroesCon, for its official 40th anniversary kick-off party on Thursday, June 23, 2022! The party will be held at the new Super Abari Game Bar in the...
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Hip-hop, improv comedy, and live theater intersect with ‘Freestyle Love Supreme’
By Beth Mack April 21, 2022 Photo: Joan Marcus Before Lin-Manuel Miranda conceived his Broadway hip-hop smash hit Hamilton, he helped form a small hip-hop improv group in 2004 called Freestyle Love Supreme (FLS). Overshadowed by the success of the ideas and plays that Manuel...
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Featuring music by Sara Bareilles, ‘Waitress’ features a host of archetypes we’re all familiar with
By Jacqueline Parker April 18, 2022 Six years ago, Waitress debuted on Broadway and quickly became one of the smash hits of the season, and one of the longest-running Broadway performances of recent years. Written and composed by singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles (“Brave” and 2007’s “Love...
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‘Pretty Woman: The Musical’ adapts the timeless love story based on the beloved ’90s film
By Jacqueline Parker April 7. 2022 Pretty Woman: The Musical is the fourth of five Broadway musicals rounding out the Blumenthal Performing Arts’ Equitable Bravo Series season before it picks back up again in October. Adapted from the 1990 romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and...
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2022-23 Blumenthal Performing Arts Broadway season preview
By Beth Mack March 20, 2022 Photo: Matthew Murphy Spring has arrived. And with it comes warmer weather, more daylight, and the buzz of new event announcements. One that has been highly anticipated is the 2022-23 Blumenthal Performing Arts Broadway season. “We’re going all out...
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With a thrilling detective narrative ‘The Batman’ provides a truly fresh reimagining of the character
By Johnny Sobczak March 6, 2022 Rain pours down over a towering landscape of concrete, glass and steel. While trick-or-treaters and party-goers crowd the city streets, drug addicts rob convenience stores, vandals firebomb a bank, and gang members stalk the innocent through what might as...
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Kevin Hart has announced his first tour in four years, coming to Charlotte and Raleigh in 2022
By CLTure News February 14, 2022 Stand-up comedian and actor Kevin Hart has announced his first comedy tour in four years. Hart’s 2022 Reality Check Tour will hit 30 cities between July and October coming to Raleigh’s PNC Arena on August 20 and Charlotte’s Spectrum...
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Through all of her success, Charlotte area native Fortune Feimster remains humble and grounded
By Beth Mack February 3, 2022 Two years after filming her stand-up Netflix special Sweet & Salty in Charlotte, the Belmont-raised comedian and actor Fortune Feimster is set to return to the Queen City region. Feimster will host three performances at Knight Theater on February...
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‘What The Constitution Means To Me’ sheds a different light on the Constitution that is both thought-provoking and empowering
By Beth Mack February 1, 2022 Photo: Joan Marcus Nearly two years after the Pulitzer Prize-nominated play, What The Constitution Means To Me, was originally scheduled to embark on its national tour, it’s finally underway. Presented by Blumenthal Performing Arts, the Tony-nominated play will make...
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