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Was Spanko the best show at this past weekend’s Asheville Fringe Arts Festival? Also, visits with Charlie Mean and Tales from the Chernobyl Disaster.
With Dinner Bell, Taproot taps into the duality of the South: honey-sweet hospitality coupled with hypocrisy. Plus: Visits to Centrifuge and Monsters Under the Bed.
Ripper and Abomination: Memoir of Ambiguity are remarkable new theater works performed at the Asheville Fringe Festival on Friday.
The play is an acting tour de force, trapping two characters with secrets — and a rapt audience — in a cabin in Alaska for 100 intense minutes.
For anyone with a love of pop music and singer-songwriter genius, there’s no better way to start the New Year than with this Broadway musical.
The zippy, hilarious musical send-up is more Broadway history lesson than “Hamilton” satire.
Buoyed by a charismatic cast and mostly delightful songs, the It’s a Wonderful Life musical is quality holiday entertainment.
James Vaughn is brilliant as Kris Kringle, but the adaptation offers few moments for other characters and story lines to shine.
The beloved, annual vaudeville-style holiday sketch show comes to a glorious end after a 10-year run.
The English/Hebrew romantic comedy is a satisfying little stocking stuffer.
There’s nothing else like it in WNC — a professional revue of Christmas music performed live, with plenty of singing and dancing and a feeling of joyous celebration.
C.S. Lewis’ beloved tale inspires strong performances from a cast composed almost exclusively of children.
Subtitled “A Domestic Phantasmagoria with Song and Dance,” this is a world premiere perfect for those who enjoy a Fringe-y theatrical joyride.
A gifted quartet brings Donald Margulies’ Pulitzer Prize-winner to vivid life.
This production makes a strong case for the continued importance of this play about patriotism on steroids, one of Sam Shepard’s last.
Henry James imagined a mansion, two creepy kids, a troubled governess, and some malevolent spirits. This adaptation makes do with just the governess.
A fully standalone drama — no need to revisit the Ibsen — its rapid-fire dialogue keeps you glued to the action. And it’s far funnier than you might expect.
Judy Calabrese fixes her gaze on sexuality so cleverly, so humorously, so humanly, it will make anyone and everyone re-examine their own erotic odysseys.
