Perry Tannenbaum
Writer and Critic at Freelance
Performing arts writer/critic for Queen City Nerve, JazzTimes, https://t.co/htB3VleY0N, Classical Voice North America and American Record Guide. Member of ATCA and MCANA.
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3 days ago |
broadwayworld.com | Perry Tannenbaum
Programming at Spoleto Festival USA is noticeably more fragmented and bunched-up this season (May 23-June 8), making it a little easier for jazz fans and theatergoers to see the entire sets of offerings without overstaying their budgets. Most of the jazz performances are blocked together on the tenth day through the sixteenth day of the 17-day festival, though Cecile McLorin Salvant and Phillip Golub could be savored on Days 5 and 6.
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2 weeks ago |
qcnerve.com | Perry Tannenbaum
After they break out on Broadway, some plays only seem to become more relevant, profound and mature — if they manage to stick around. That was my experience in attending the opening night of Lydia R. Diamond’s Stick Fly at Theatre Charlotte, which runs through June 1 at the Queens Road Barn, my third go-round with the dramedy since I first saw the original production at the Cort Theatre in early 2012. Times were different then.
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2 weeks ago |
qcnerve.com | Perry Tannenbaum
Across the Carolinas, the season flips on Memorial Day in late May each year, signaling the start of summer. In Charlotte and Charleston, our respective tourist meccas, each city’s transformation can be marked by an annual event. In the Queen City, it’s all about Circle-K Speed Street and the Coca-Cola 600 — “NASCAR’s toughest test of man and machine.” Down in Charleston, an alternative option, as Spoleto Festival USA brings hordes of arts patrons seeking sun and culture.
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4 weeks ago |
qcnerve.com | Perry Tannenbaum
It’s amazing how public sentiment outpaces settled American law on some issues — specifically in the evolution toward the approval of marijuana, abortion, gay marriage and assisted suicide. When Marsha Norman’s ‘Night, Mother premiered on Broadway in 1983, the concept of physician-assisted suicide hadn’t really evolved into a public issue.
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1 month ago |
cvnc.org | Perry Tannenbaum
CHARLOTTE, NC – With two renowned companies, Charlotte Ballet and Carolina Ballet, listed among the Data Dance Project‘s Top 30 in the USA – and the well-established American Dance Festival staged annually in the middle of the state – North Carolina must be considered one of America’s premiere destinations for professional dancers and dance performance. Yet in recent years, showcases for our in-state companies like the NC Dance Festival have grown less robust than they were a decade ago.
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Although the road to physician-assisted suicide in Georgia and even New York is closed for repairs, the issue is still red-hot in Mansa Ra's ...WHAT THE END WILL BE, a stunning Three Bone Theatre production that's even better than the truthy script. https://t.co/KgTih6x0WS
From seething frustration to pole-dancing spaghetti, Martha Connerton/Kinetic Works' fifth NC Choreographers Residency Project delivered a wide swath of insights - both solemn and silly - into today's wildly trendy pop culture. https://t.co/PlSSejRX7E
https://t.co/2D8qUTe5jQ The newly, belatedly renovated Carolina Theatre finally staged a live concert - and a honey it was, featuring diva Renée Fleming and our Charlotte Symphony, with cinematic goodies from National Geographic. So the new place was firing on all cylinders.