Seamless Join: JazzGrass with Bela Fleck and The Marcus Roberts Trio
Bela Fleck, photo courtesy Duke Performances. Duke Performances brought a jazz concert to a right-sized community venue again on November 8, when the Carolina Theatre hosted the fabulous quartet of...
View ArticleTHE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, swashbuckling and singing once again as The Durham...
The lead characters in Durham Savoyards’ 50th anniversary production of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE. Photo: Joe Cohn. In need of some unalloyed entertainment with singing, dancing, bold costumes, and a...
View ArticleFaith, Fate, Fado: Queenly Ana Moura in Durham
I fell for fado when I visited Portugal nearly 14 years ago. I went after the Lisboa Olympics, and before Portugal went on the euro and was still very affordable–and before fado had become a world...
View ArticleSassy Savoyards: UTOPIA, LIMITED, This Weekend Only
Durham’s venerable Gilbert and Sullivan group, The Durham Savoyards, Ltd., presents its annual show this weekend only at the Carolina Theatre. This year’s romp is the timely UTOPIA, LIMITED, directed...
View ArticleThe Cubans are Here!
The American Dance Festival and the Carolina Theatre of Durham co-present Ballet Folklórico Cutumba, from Santiago de Cuba It’s something I didn’t expect to happen in my lifetime. The invisible wall...
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