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18 Nov 2009

Duke Theatre Studies' The Lower D's; Solo Takes On Festival's Doin' Time: Through the Visiting Glass and Intimacies
By Byron Woods | 18 Nov 2009 (Arts: Theater)

4 Nov 2009

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"You can spend a lot of time developing new work and never see anything go forward. In our first year, everything went forward. And each of the creators used the Process Series to further their work."
By Byron Woods | 4 Nov 2009 (Arts: Feature)
"I taught myself how to write plays by reading August Wilson. Before the Process Series, I didn't even know what a dramaturge was."
By Byron Woods | 4 Nov 2009 (Arts: Feature)
"I'm not quite certain what the audience will expect; not quite sure how people will respond."
By Byron Woods | 4 Nov 2009 (Arts: Feature)

28 Oct 2009

This Deep Dish Theater production achieves our highest recommendation—and only our 11th five-star review since 2003—on the basis of superior acting, direction, design and script.
By Byron Woods | 28 Oct 2009 (Arts: Theater)
If an occasion ever merited some seasoned acting and directorial backup, this would appear to be it.
By Byron Woods | 28 Oct 2009 (Arts: Theater)

21 Oct 2009

In Picasso's Closet, this phantom called Balzac asks Picasso, "Don't you want to be who you were at the beginning? With nobody between you and the terror?"
By Byron Woods | 21 Oct 2009 (Arts: Feature)
Carolina Ballet's Picasso explores the narratives in Picasso's works more than what makes up their uniquely visual genius.
By Byron Woods | 21 Oct 2009 (Arts: Feature)
N.C. Theatre's production of West Side Story is a somewhat truncated version of the Big Show, but is still a competent, engaging version of the classic, while Temple Theater's production of Stones in His Pockets ups the ante traditionally associated with intimate theater.
By Byron Woods | 21 Oct 2009 (Arts: Theater)

14 Oct 2009

Johannah Maynard new play asks us to experience the hyperawareness to sound that a librarian might have, attuned to its absence and also to the potential drama when the silence is broken.
By Byron Woods | 14 Oct 2009 (Arts: On the Boards)
Code f.a.d.'s Indulge and In Our Own Backyard hosted by Even Exchange Dance Theater
By Byron Woods | 14 Oct 2009 (Arts: Dance)

7 Oct 2009

Raleigh's Burning Coal Theatre takes part in a worldwide Web premiere of a revised Laramie Project.
By Byron Woods | 7 Oct 2009 (Arts: Theater)
This week, two local companies are presenting Shakespeare plays; both shows are hit-or-miss.
By Byron Woods | 7 Oct 2009 (Arts: On the Boards)

30 Sep 2009

"The audience went absolutely ballistic. No one had ever danced their [Capezio Dance Award] acceptance speech there before."
By Byron Woods | 30 Sep 2009 (Arts: Dance)

23 Sep 2009

Drift's premise—a decidedly noncomic musical about a divorce, told largely from the husband's point of view—seems either the perfect setup for an SNL sketch or a joyless trial in the kangaroo court of the emotions.
By Byron Woods | 23 Sep 2009 (Arts: Theater)
The Italian Actress is a rewarding, satirical, left-handed tribute to film studies programs, artistic ruthlessness and Italian neorealism.
By Byron Woods | 23 Sep 2009 (Arts: Theater)

16 Sep 2009

The Last Cargo Cult, Daisey's new stage work about materialism and faith, opens this week in Chapel Hill.
By Byron Woods | 16 Sep 2009 (Arts: Theater)
This is the first regional pairing of The Zoo Story, a classic Edward Albee one-act from 1958, with Homelife, his 2003 prequel.
By Byron Woods | 16 Sep 2009 (Arts: On the Boards)

9 Sep 2009

If it's easy to see what A.R. Gurney was aiming for in his 1969 play Scenes from American Life, by now it's equally obvious just how far it misses the mark.
By Byron Woods | 9 Sep 2009 (Arts: Theater)
Repeatedly, REP found itself closing productions just as word of mouth was bringing them full houses.
By Byron Woods | 9 Sep 2009 (Special Issues: Fall Guide)
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