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Jan 16, 2025 | 
broadwayworld.com | Vickie Sokol Evans
"I'm Not Throwing Away My Shot...Again!" That was my mood as I anxiously anticipated the performance of the 11-time Tony Award-winning musical Hamilton, at The Belk Theater in Charlotte, North Carolina. This marks my third time seeing the magnificent masterpiece, and as the saying goes, “The Third Time Is A Charm.”Hamilton is a one-of-a-kind creation where hip-hop and history unite in a harmonious relationship that’s nothing short of remarkable.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
broadwayworld.com | Vickie Sokol Evans
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to attend the opening night performance of Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, written by the award-winning Ghanaian-American playwright Jocelyn Bioh, directed by Donna Bradby, and produced by the women-led theatre company, Three Bone Theatre. This comedic-drama showcased West African hair braiders with stereotypical personalities that could be found congregating in a typical beauty shop or hair-braiding salon as this depiction showcases.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
broadwayworld.com | Vickie Sokol Evans
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to see the comedic-drama, Clyde’s, written by Lynn Nottage. Clyde's was produced and performed by Rory Sheriff’s BNS Productions, at The Parr Center, on the main campus of Central Piedmont Community College. Lynn Nottage is the first and only woman to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize twice…in 2009 for her play Ruined and in 2017 for her play, Sweat. Although I am familiar with Lynn Nottage by name, I have never seen any of her productions.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
broadwayworld.com | Vickie Sokol Evans
Get Access To Every Broadway StoryUnlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Email:Existing user? Just click login. If you thought the Oscars were star-studded, then you would have loved the 2024 International Black Theatre Festival’s (IBTF) gala.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
broadwayworld.com | Vickie Sokol Evans |Petri Hawkins-Byrd
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
broadwayworld.com | Vickie Sokol Evans
Enter Your Email to Unlock This ArticlePlus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Email:Existing user? Just click login. Friday night and the mood is right for an extraordinary evening of jazz at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center’s Knight Theater. And the mood-setter was none other than the Grammy and NAACP award-winning, multi- platinum jazz saxophonist Najee.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
broadwayworld.com | Vickie Sokol Evans
Enter Your Email to Unlock This ArticlePlus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Email:Existing user? Just click login. INTERVIEW WITH MARILYN KLAUS, FOUNDER/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF “BALLETS WITH A TWIST”, NEW YORK CITYMarilyn Klaus is an American choreographer and artistic director based in New York City.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
broadwayworld.com | Vickie Sokol Evans
Enter Your Email to Unlock This ArticlePlus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Email:Existing user? Just click login. Tonight, I witnessed a lyrical angel.
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May 31, 2024 | 
broadwayworld.com | Vickie Sokol Evans
Enter Your Email to Unlock This ArticlePlus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Email:Existing user? Just click login. This past Thursday at Comedy Arts Theater of Charlotte (CATCh), I attended the performance of “How To Be An Ethical Slut”, a one-woman musical comedy performed by Brooke McCarthy, (a Charlotte newcomer) that tackled unconventional relationship types and risky sexual health.
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May 7, 2024 | 
broadwayworld.com | Dan Marois |Vickie Sokol Evans |Cady Hickman
Review: SPRING AWAKENING at Seacoast Repertory Theatreby Dan Marois - May 08, 2024What did our critic think of SPRING AWAKENING at Seacoast Repertory Theatre?... Review: WILLY WONKA at Seacoast Repertory Theatreby Dan Marois - April 24, 2024What did our critic think of WILLY WONKA at Seacoast Repertory Theatre?... Review: GODSPELL at Rochester Opera Houseby Dan Marois - March 24, 2024This is not your Mother's Godspell....
