On local stages
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Review - Charming ‘Pump Boys' fills stage with good tunes
"Pump Boys and Dinettes" has no plot to speak of, and just enough of a story to string the show's songs together.
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Youth company's ‘Shadows of Shakespeare' opens at Greenfield
And this, children, is where Lady Macbeth commits suicide.
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Review - ‘My Generation' is fun walk down memory lane
The set list includes music from The Beatles, The Dave Clark Five, The Who, The Kinks, Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark
More stories
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Playhouse 211 shuts its doors
Playhouse 211 opened in 2010 and housed several productions by Brunswick Little Theatre
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Musical fixture around town takes on acting role in 'Pump Boys'
The show opens Thursday, May 16, at Thalian Hall for a two-weekend run.
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Theater Review - ‘Swing and a Miss' a real ball to watch
The story concerns the star players of the Wilmington Sharks – a longtime local fixture of the Coastal Plain League.
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Curious ‘Marriage' doesn't know what it wants to be
Show can't get its act together
Area theaters
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New Hanover, Brunswick venues
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The WAE
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'Brooklyn " The Musical' makes its local debut at City Stage this weekend
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Ladies: the Black Chippendales will be in Wilmington on Saturday
You might not think of the Black Chippendales as high art, but why not?… Read More »…
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Free Ticket Tuesday winner, Penguin Music Fest
One lucky WAE reader won a pair of tix to the Castle Street festival on June 1. … Read More »
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Winston-Salem music venue Ziggy's plans to open club in Wilmington
The new club could open as early as mid-June.… Read More »
Upcoming stage events
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Event: Murder on the Set at TheatreNOW, Fri, May 24 6:30p
Interactive murder mystery dinner show. The cast of popular teen drama, "Sunny Came Home", attempts to film their season and show finale, but there's more than a hurricane that is brewing as the line between onscreen and off screen relationships get blurred with tragic consequences. Includes show…
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Event: 'Pump Boys and Dinettes' at Thalian Hall Center for Performing Arts, Fri, May 24 8:00p
by Thalian Association. Starring The Brent Stimmel Band, this visionary tribute to life on the roadside follows the hard-working fellas at a rest stop gas station and the waitresses with whom they have a special kinship.
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Event: RED, WHITE & BLUE: A Celebration of Patriotic & American Music at TheatreNOW, Sun, May 26 1:00p
Bob Workmon & Nicole Thompson, Vocalists with Judson Hurd on Keys
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Event: 'Les Misérables' at Thalian Hall, Wed, Jun 5 8:00p
by Opera House Theatre Co. Epic and uplifting, the musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's masterpiece has thrilled audiences world-wide for almost thirty years! The magnificent score of Les Misérables includes the classic songs "I Dreamed a Dream," "On My Own," "Stars," "Bring Him Home," "Do…