Beltline to Broadway

The Barbecue
2023-10-18 20:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Theatre Raleigh Studio, 3027 Barrow Dr, Raleigh, NC, 27616, United States
The grill is hot, the beer is chilled, and the table is set for a typical O’Mallery family barbecue. Barbecue centers on around the O’Mallerys, a dysfunctional group of siblings who come together for a barbecue in the park to stage an emergency intervention for their sister Barbara, whose drug habit has gotten out of hand. There are in fact two O’Mallery families, one white and one black. Each appear in different, yet similar scenes that juxtapose to create a dialogue about racial and family politics. Their ham-handed intervention ignites the fuse of this raucous and rollicking new comedy that skewers our warped view of the American family.
From Obie and Helen Hayes Award winner Robert O’Hara, this Barbecue serves up a healthy helping of sibling love and loathing.

Misery
2023-10-20 20:00 - 22:00 | Raleigh Little Theatre, 301 Pogue Street, Raleigh, NC, 27607, United States
True life becomes stranger than fiction when an acclaimed romance novelist wakes up in the home of his “Number One Fan.” Rescued from a near-fatal wintery car crash, Paul Sheldon finds himself incapacitated in the secluded home of Annie Wilkes. When events take a nightmarish turn, the injured Paul realizes the unhinged Annie has no intention of letting him leave. This spine-tingling psychological thriller traps you in the room with Paul as he must outsmart Annie if he hopes to escape. Based on Stephen King’s best-selling novel and from the screenwriter of the 1990 Academy Award-winning film adaptation, Misery’s tense cat-and-mouse game will grip you until the very end.

Sunset Boulevard
2023-10-10 19:30 | Duke Energy Center, 2 E. South Street, Raleigh, NC, 27601, United States
In her mansion on Sunset Boulevard, faded silent-screen goddess Norma Desmond lives in a fantasy world. When young screenwriter Joe Gillis accidentally crosses her path, she sees in him an opportunity to make her return to the big screen, with romance and tragedy to follow. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award-winning masterwork of dreams and desire in the land called Hollywood includes the lush, swelling standards “With One Look” and “As If We Never Said Goodbye.” Staring Raleigh’s own Lauren Kennedy in the show that gave her Broadway debut.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
2023-10-05 19:30 - 21:30 | Theatre in the Park, 107 Pullen Rd, Raleigh, NC, 27607, United States
In the quaint village of Sleepy Hollow, stories of wonder and strangeness surround the legend of a mighty headless Hessian. When the humble schoolteacher Ichabod Crane vies for the hand of the beautiful Katrina Van Tassel, the townsfolk might protest, but it is ultimately the Horseman who will decide Ichabod’s fate.

Last Stop on Market Street
2023-09-16 13:00 - 15:00 | Raleigh Little Theatre, 301 Pogue Street, Raleigh, NC, 27607, United States
On a Sunday after church, CJ and his Nana board the public bus for their weekly trip across town to help out at a soup kitchen. Along the way, CJ notices the many differences among people and asks tons of curious questions: Why don’t we have a car? How come that man can’t see? How come it’s always so dirty over there? How?…Why?…With Nana’s fearless and compassionate guidance, CJ discovers that everyone and everything has a unique rhythm and purpose; that the world’s got answers if we listen with more than our ears and see with more than our eyes. This inspiring and imaginative play is based on The New York Times bestseller that won a Newbery Medal, Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, and a Caldecott Honor.

A Piece of My Heart
2023-09-14 19:30 - 21:30 | Firebox Theaatre, 306 S. White St., Wake Forest, NC, 27587, United States
This powerful drama tells the true stories of six courageous women sent to Vietnam: five nurses and a country western singer booked by an unscrupulous agent to entertain the troops. The play follows their journey from recruitment, to Vietnam, to a visit to the memorial wall in Washington, DC.
