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Theater Review: A Stylistic, Stripped-Down ‘West Side Story’ Opens North Carolina Theatre’s Season

Sometimes a less is more approach in theater can be more effective than a lavish production. Such is the case with North Carolina Theatre’s production of West Side Story. West…

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Theater Review: NC Theatre’s Production of ‘Annie’ Banks on Cute Factor, Optimism, and Nostalgia

It’s Christmas in July at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts. That’s because the orphans of the North Carolina Theatre production of Annie have taken over the main…

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Theater Review: NC Theatre’s High-Octane Master STAS Production of ‘Bring It On’ is Something to Cheer For

I was a bit wary stepping into the North Carolina Theatre Conservatory Master Summer Theatre Arts School’s (STAS)  production of Bring It On. I mean, seriously, they made that into…

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Review: Comic Duo Captivate in NCT’s Musical Romp ‘Murder for Two’

By Kim Jackson Two actors and one piano amount to 13 characters and a rib-tickling whodunnit in North Carolina Theatre’s current production of Murder for Two. Laughter dominates Joe Kinosian’s…

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