Archives 2013-14 Season
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Starring Leo Grinberg, Brendan Carter, Robin Heck and Kaitlin Baden
Directed by Don H. Baker
Music Direction by Chiaki Ito
SHOW DATES: Sept 5-8, 13-15 and 20-22
All shows are at 8:00 PM.
TICKETS: Click here or (910) 264-2602
ABOUT THE SHOW: This groundbreaking Obie-winning Off-Broadway smash also won multiple awards for its hit film adaptation. It tells the story of "internationally ignored song stylist" Hedwig Schmidt, a fourth-wall smashing East German rock 'n' roll goddess who also happens to be the victim of a botched sex-change operation, which has left her with just "an angry inch." This outrageous and unexpectedly hilarious story is dazzlingly performed by Hedwig (née Hansel) in the form of a rock gig/stand-up comedy routine backed by the hard-rocking band "The Angry Inch." Using songs and monologues, Hedwig tells her story, which began in the former East Berlin where as Hansel he meets Luther, an American GI who promises to take the young man to the States on the condition that he switch his sex. After the bungled operation, Luther abandons newly named Hedwig in a Kansas trailer park where she turns to music and meets geeky Tommy Speck, whom she takes under her wing and soon falls for. Tommy steals her songs, achieves rock star fame, and Hedwig is once again cast aside. She decides to demand redress and stalks Tommy's world tour, performing in the T.G.I. Friday's that are situated next door to his stadiums. Hedwig describes her life's search for "The Origin of Love" and her other half. It's a rocking ride, funny, touching and ultimately inspiring to anyone who has felt life gave them an inch when they deserved a mile.
Ain’t Misbehavin’
in conjunction with
Starring Joy Gregory, Kim Pacheco, Tracy Byrd, Stephanie Newkirk, Markus Temoney
Directed by Joy Gregory
Choreography by Tracy Byrd
Music Direction by Chiaki Ito
SHOW DATES: October 18-20 & 25-27
All shows at 8pm except Sundays at 3pm
TICKETS: Click here or call
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(910)515-3327 or
(910) 264-2602
ABOUT THE SHOW: The outrageously prodigious comic and musical soul of 1930's Harlem lives on in this rollicking, swinging, finger-snapping revue that is still considered one of Broadway's best.
The inimitable Thomas "Fats" Waller rose to international fame during the Golden Age of the Cotton Club, honky tonk dives along Lenox Avenue, rent parties, stride piano players and that jumpin' new beat, Swing. Although not quite a biography, AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' evokes the delightful humor and infectious energy of this American original as a versatile cast struts, strums and sings the songs he made famous in a career that ranged from uptown clubs to downtown Tin Pan Alley to Hollywood and concert stages in the U.S., Canada and Europe.
Assembled under the expert eye of director/lyricist Richard Maltby, Jr., AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' is one of the most popular, well-crafted revues of all time. Sometimes sassy, sometimes sultry, with moments of devastating beauty, AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' is simply unforgettable.
The Rocky Horror Show
Starring Justin Smith, Leo Grinberg, Sam Robison, Amy Tipton, Caitlin Becka, Heather Setzler, LaRaisha Burnette, Anthony Lawson and George Domby
Directed by Jack Skellington
Choreography by Kevin Lee-Y Green
Music Direction by Chiaki Ito
SHOW DATES: October 30-Nov 3 & Nov. 7-10
All shows at 8pm except Sundays at 7:30pm
SHOWS AT THALIAN HALL
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(910)632-2285
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ABOUT THE SHOW: The Rocky Horror Show is a musical with music, lyrics and a book by Richard O’Brien. A humorous tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies of the late 1940s through early 1970s, the musical tells the story of a newly engaged couple getting caught in a storm and coming to the home of a mad transvestite scientist unveiling his new creation, a muscle man named Rocky Horror.
*We encourage audience members to dress up, but please do not bring items or liquid to throw. We want to keep Thalian Hall beautiful. Thank you.
Cabaret
Starring Jason Aycock, Katherine Vernon, Sam Robison, Debra Gillingham, Dick Bunting, Christopher Rickert, and Caitlin Becka.
Directed & Choreographed by Judy Greenhut
Music Direction by Chiaki Ito
SHOW DATES: December 28, 29, 31
January 2 - 5 and 9 - 11
All shows at at THALIAN HALL
8pm except Sundays at 3pm
Join us for our
SPECIAL NEW YEAR’S EVE SHOW including
hors d’oeuvres, open bar, dancing and karaoke!
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(910)632-2285
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ABOUT THE SHOW: A contemporary musical based on the play "I Am a Camera" by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood.
Story: An aspiring writer named Cliff Bradshaw has traveled to Berlin in search of inspiration when happens upon Sally Bowles at a cabaret called the Kit Kat Klub. She ends up moving in with him in a boarding house run by Fräulein Schneider and her suitor, Herr Schultz, a Jewish fruit-shop owner. As the Nazis grow stronger, everything is thrown into disarray.
The Diviners
Directed by Don H. Baker
SHOW DATES: February 7-9, 14-16 & 21-23
All shows at at City Stage
All shows at 8pm
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ABOUT THE SHOW: Winner of the American College Theatre Festival, this marvelously theatrical play is the story of a disturbed young man and his friendship with a disenchanted preacher in southern Indiana in the early 1930s. When the boy was young he almost drowned. This trauma and the loss of his mother in the same accident has left him deathly afraid of water. The preacher, set on breaking away from a long line of Kentucky family preachers, is determined not to do what he does best. He works as a mechanic for the boy's father. The town doesn't have a preacher and the women try to persuade him to preach while he tries to persuade the child to wash. When the preacher finally gets the boy in the river and is washing him, the townspeople mistake the scene for a baptism. They descend on the event and, in the confusion, the boy drowns.
Reefer Madness
Directed by Mike O’Neil
Music Direction by Chiaki Ito
Choreography by Amber Adams
SHOW DATES: March 6-9, 14-16, 21-23 & 28-30
All shows at at City Stage
All shows at 8pm
TICKETS: Click here or call
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(910)264-2602
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ABOUT THE SHOW: Inspired by the original 1936 film of the same name, this raucous musical comedy takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the hysteria caused when clean-cut kids fall prey to marijuana, leading them on a hysterical downward spiral filled with evil jazz music, sex and violence. You won't be able to resist the spoofy fun of REEFER MADNESS. The addictive and clever musical numbers range from big Broadway-style showstoppers to swing tunes like 'Down at the Ol' Five and Dime' and the Vegas-style 'Listen to Jesus, Jimmy,' featuring J.C. Himself leading a chorus of showgirl angels. This dynamic show will go straight to your head! REEFER MADNESS is a highly stylized and satirical political commentary.
Assassins
Directed by Dallas LaFon
Music Direction by Chiaki Ito
Choreography by David Loudermilk
SHOW DATES: April 17-20, 25-27 and May 2-4
All shows at at City Stage
All shows at 8pm
TICKETS: Click here or call
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(910)264-2602
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ABOUT THE SHOW: Bold, original, disturbing, and alarmingly funny, ASSASSINS is perhaps the most controversial musical ever written.
This American of musicals lays bare the lives of nine individuals who assassinated or tried to assassinate the President of the United States, in a one-act historical "revusical" that explores the dark side of the American experience. From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, writers Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman bend the rules of time and space, taking us on a nightmarish roller coaster ride in which assassins and would-be assassins from different historical periods meet, interact and inspire each other to harrowing acts in the name of the American Dream.
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Directed by Shane Fernando
Music Direction by Chiaki Ito
Choreography by Frank Trimble
SHOW DATES: May 15-18, 23-25 & May 30-June 1
All shows at at City Stage
All shows at 8pm
TICKETS: Click here or call
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(910)264-2602
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ABOUT THE SHOW: BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON creators Michael Friedman and Alex Timbers cook up an alternate universe (and draw parallels to today's political/populist landscape) with their musical about the seventh U.S. president, reinvented as an "emo" rock star.
BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON tells the story of America's first political maverick. A.J. kicked British butt, shafted the Indians and smacked down the Spaniards all in the name of these United States--who cares if he didn't have permission?
An exhilarating and white-knuckled look at one of our nation's founding rock stars, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON recreates and reinvents the life of "Old Hickory," from his humble beginnings on the Tennessee frontier to his days as Commander-in-Chief. It also asks the question, is wanting to have a beer with someone reason enough to elect him? What if he's really, really hot?
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