Performing Arts
Performing Arts
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Comedians Natasha Leggero and Moshe Kasher want to give you relationship advice
By Michelle Wheeler November 14, 2017 Comedy fans will recognize Natasha Leggero not only from her 2011 stand-up album Coke Money and 2015 Comedy Central special Live at Bimbo’s, but also her frequent television appearances on shows such as Are You There, Chelsea?, @midnight, DICE,...
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Jim Gaffigan’s fire still burns for stand-up comedy, and they keep coming back
By Michael Venutolo-Mantovani October 26, 2017 Jim Gaffigan is as affable a superstar as they come. During the initial moments of our interview as he thanked this no-name writer for taking the time to interview him, the good-natured charm and easy going spirit that he’s...
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Brent and Amy Bagwell bring unique poetry and Jazz experience to Plaza Midwood
By Matt Cosper September 27, 2017 The Bagwells are at it again and that is good news for those of you who nurture curiosity and a sense of adventure in your hearts. Amy is a poet, professor and visual artist, one of the minds behind...
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Broadway Dreams come true for aspiring actors in Charlotte
By Lindsay Kosma August 2, 2017 Bright lights, big city, and big talent is making its way from Broadway to the Blumenthal this weekend, August 4th and 5th. The Broadway Dreams Summer Intensive, a two-week theatre program which focuses on acting, dance, and vocal performance,...
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See your favorite Pixar characters with Charlotte Symphony as your soundtrack
By Michelle Wheeler May 4, 2017 From the earliest days of film, music has always been a powerful tool in the film-maker’s toolbox. Before technology was developed to record the actors’ voices on set, movies relied on the marriage of moving pictures and evocative music...
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‘Miles & Coltrane: Blue (.)’ is a Beautifully Bittersweet Kind of Duet
By Branna Calloway March 25, 2017 Whenever I start thinking about jazz, one of the first things that pop into my mind is the movie Love Jones. Darius putting his desire for Nina to rhyme with that cool as hell jazzy accompaniment on “Brother To...
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Japan’s profound percussion production comes to Charlotte
By Dan Cava March 10, 2017 Rhythm is at the core of human existence. We breathe in the steady back and forth of respiration. Our footsteps clack out a beat to tell us how fast were moving over the ground. Our hearts pound out the...
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Dates for ‘Hamilton’ in Charlotte have been announced
By Cameron Lee March 4, 2017 In an email to Blumenthal Performing Arts newsletter subscribers, president Tom Gabbard announced the lineup for the 25th anniversary season of Broadway Lights and the much anticipated dates for the 11-time Tony award-winning production of Hamilton in Charlotte. Hamilton will...
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Why you should make the Charlotte Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ part of your holiday tradition
By Lindsay Kosma December 2, 2016 The Charlotte Ballet is spicing up the holiday season, performing the Nutcracker at the Belk Theatre from December 3-23. While you likely don’t need too much persuasion to fit this holiday classic into your busy schedule, here are five...
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Synthetic Dreamers, an art exhibit preview
By Julia Simon November 7, 2016 Goodyear Arts has a migratory history but, to artists Blaine Hurdle and Holly Keogh, it’s home. Founded in 2015 at the now-demolished Goodyear Tire shop uptown, the new Goodyear has grown up some: the gallery space is more conventional,...
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