By Laura DeMaria
Here’s one complaint you can’t make for the rest of the year: “I have nothing to do!”
Carolina Woman has gathered together a sampling of the music, dance, performance art, comedy and theater events that the Triangle has to offer.
And there’s more than enough to fill up your calendar, whether you’re interested in catching a critically acclaimed artist, seeing big stars or supporting the performer next door.
The following is a month-by-month listing of just a few of the fabulous spectacles that will fill local stages in the months ahead.
August
Music
AUGUST 2
Rock-ska group O.A.R. jams with Mat Kearney.
Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Cary
AUGUST 5
Luisito Rosario, Santino and others groove at the Festival Ritmo Latino.
Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Cary
AUGUST 5
R&B queen Mary J. Blige sings with special guest Jaheim.
Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek, Raleigh
AUGUST 9
Ozzy Osbourne’s Ozzfest 2006 features System of a Down, Hatebreed, Disturbed, Lacuna Coil, Unearth and many more.
Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek, Raleigh
AUGUST 11
Louisiana-flavored blues outfit Mel Melton & The Wicked Mojos tear up the stage.
St. Joseph’s Historic Foundation
Durham Hilton
AUGUST 11-12
Kenny Chesney, Dierks Bentley and Jake Owen croon their soulful country music.
Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek, Raleigh
AUGUST 15
Glam metal bands Poison and Cinderella rock out.
Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek, Raleigh
AUGUST 18
Banjo star and Grammy winner Bela Fleck picks with the Flecktones on the Acoustic Planet Tour.
Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Cary
AUGUST 19
Rockers the Gin Blossoms put on a show.
Bud Light Downtown Live
Moore Square Park, Raleigh
AUGUST 23
Counting Crows and Goo Goo Dolls play pop favorites.
Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek, Raleigh
AUGUST 25
Bobby Hinton sings the blues with Shades of Blue.
St. Joseph’s Historic Foundation
Durham Hilton
Theater
AUGUST 2-13
What starts out as a helpful professor-student relationship becomes a game of manipulation in “Oleanna.” Kennedy Theater, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
AUGUST 4-27
Three wannabe country singers meet on a Greyhound bus headed for Nashville in “The Honky Tonk Angels.”
Raleigh Little Theatre
Cantey V. Sutton Main Stage Theatre, Raleigh
AUGUST 17- SEPTEMBER 10
“Smokey Joe’s Café” chronicles the evolution of Motown and rock ‘n’ roll.
Temple Theatre, Sanford
AUGUST 17-19
“The Apple Tree” examines the eternal struggle between man, woman and devil through three witty, one-act musicals.
University Theatre
Thompson Theatre, NCSU, Raleigh
September
Music
SEPTEMBER 8
Chapter 6, a six-man a cappella group, gives a sampling of its signature pieces: “Ode to Krispy Kreme,” Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “The Wizard of Oz.”
Center Stage
Stewart Theatre, NCSU, Raleigh
SEPTEMBER 8-9
The 19th annual Bull Durham Blues Festival celebrates traditional and contemporary music, in the same stadium where the movie “Bull Durham” was filmed.
St. Joseph’s Historic Foundation
Durham Athletic Park
SEPTEMBER 9
September Prelude, part of the Triangle’s annual Festival of Chamber Music, features players from UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University and East Carolina University in a tribute to the music of France.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill Campus
SEPTEMBER 9-10
A bevy of Elvis impersonators compete in the Southeastern Regional Tribute to the King.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
SEPTEMBER 10
The September Prelude features music by Jewish composers who fled Europe, with Paul Ben-Haim’s String Quartet.
Raleigh Chamber Music Guild
N.C. Museum of Art, Raleigh
SEPTEMBER 13
Funky soul man Ben Harper and his Innocent Criminals join special guest Damian “Junior Gong” Marley.
Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Cary
SEPTEMBER 15
Country singer and songwriter Lyle Lovett croons in Chapel Hill as part of the Season Opening Gala.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
SEPTEMBER 15-17
The North Carolina Symphony presents its Pops Series.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
SEPTEMBER 16
Country music favorites Rascal Flatts and Gary Allen make you long for “Mayberry.”
Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek, Raleigh
SEPTEMBER 17
Viva Latino! celebrates Central- and South-American music with performances by Susanna Eyton-Jones, Ernesto Lecuona, Jose White and others.
Mallarme Chambers Players
First Presbyterian Church, Durham
SEPTEMBER 29-30
The North Carolina Symphony presents its Classical Series.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
SEPTEMBER 30
The Durham Symphony Orchestra offers up chamber music.
Durham Arts Council
PSI Theatre, Durham
SEPTEMBER 30
Jon Nakamatsu and Jon Manasse combine piano and clarinet chamber music.
Duke Performances
Reynolds Industries Theater, Durham
Theater
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER
Musical comedy “1776” tells the story of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Burning Coal Theatre Company
Date and location TBA, Raleigh
SEPTEMBER 8-24
Secrets are revealed as a family member lies in intensive care in “The Waiting Room.”
Raleigh Little Theatre
Gaddy-Goodwin Theatre, Raleigh
SEPTEMBER 15-OCTOBER 22
Broadway’s Tony-winning play “Disney’s The Lion King” pounces into the Triangle.
Broadway Series South
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
SEPTEMBER 23
A variety of cirque acts depict one woman’s struggle between good and evil, and love and hope, in “White: The Light Beyond.”
Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Cary
SEPTEMBER 25-OCTOBER 15
A Broadway writer suffers a creative block until he receives a script from a former student in “Deathtrap.”
Temple Theatre, Sanford
SEPTEMBER 28
Mikel Rouse pays tribute to the movies while mourning the loss of cinematic artistry in his dream-like, digital alternative performance.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
Dance
SEPTEMBER 14-24
French opera “Carmen” portrays the life of a beautiful gypsy and her loveuck men.
Carolina Ballet
A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
SEPTEMBER 15
The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange uses multi-media modern dance to explore the Genome Revolution.
Duke Performances
Reynolds Industries Theater, Duke, Durham
October
Music
OCTOBER 7
Opera Express presents “How Nanita Learned to Make Flan,” a multicultural show in which magical shoes take the heroine on a sleepwalking adventure.
Duke Performances
Doris Duke Center, Duke Gardens, Durham
OCTOBER 7
Tai-Yin choirs sing traditional music of Taiwan.
Taiwanese American Association
Fletcher Opera Theater, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
OCTOBER 7
Musicians go head to head to play with the Durham Symphony Orchestra in the Young Artists Competition.
Durham Arts Council
OCTOBER 8
The Quatuor Stanislas from France and American guests play music by Ravel and Brahms.
Raleigh Chamber Music Guild
N.C. Museum of Art, Raleigh
OCTOBER 10
The UNC Symphony Orchestra commemorates Shostakovich's 100th birthday with his Symphony No. 6.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
OCTOBER 13
Robin and Linda Williams & Their Fine Group kick out a robust blend of bluegrass, folk, old-time and acoustic country.
The ArtsCenter, Carrboro
OCTOBER 13
The North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra swings with the big-band music of Duke Ellington, Count Basie and others.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
OCTOBER 13-14
The North Carolina Symphony presents its Classical Series.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
OCTOBER 14
Combining music, humor and joy, the Tannahill Weavers take part in the 5th- Annual World Arts Festival.
The ArtsCenter, Carrboro
OCTOBER 14
Soprano Dawn Upshaw shows off her repertoire, which ranges from Bach to contemporary works.
Duke Performances
Page Auditorium, Duke, Durham
OCTOBER 14
Toby Keith and Joe Nichols show audiences what it’s like to be an American cowboy.
Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek, Raleigh
OCTOBER 14
Legendary jazz pianist Chick Corea teams up with Grammy-winning Gary Burton.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
OCTOBER 19
Grammy-winning McCoy Tyner plays blues-based jazz with the McCoy Tyner Trio.
Duke Performances
Page Auditorium, Duke, Durham
OCTOBER 20
The North Carolina symphony entertains with its Masterworks series.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
OCTOBER 22
String quartet The Young Eight opens the season with Mendelssohn and more.
Raleigh Chamber Music Guild
Fletcher Opera Theatre, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
OCTOBER 27-28
The North Carolina Symphony presents its Classical Series.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
OCTOBER 29
Grammy-winning a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock creates music based in traditions of African-American blues, jazz and spirituals.
Carolina Performing Arts Series
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
Theater
OCTOBER 4-8
“Sweet Charity” depicts an eternal optimist whose bad luck with “big losers” changes when she meets a man named Oscar.
University Theatre
Stewart Theatre, NCSU, Raleigh
OCTOBER 4-29
Adapted by Steve Martin, “The Underpants” tells of a man’s brush with overnight celebrity when his wife’s panties fall down during a public parade.
Playmakers Repertory Company
Paul Green Theatre, Center for Dramatic Arts, UNC-Chapel Hill
OCTOBER 6-22
Murder and mystery lurk around every corner in Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap.”
Raleigh Little Theatre
Cantey V. Sutton Main Stage Theatre, Raleigh
OCTOBER 10
Aquila Theatre Company adapts Chaucer’s saucy and slightly romantic “The Canterbury Tales.”
Center Stage
Stewart Theatre, NCSU, Raleigh
OCTOBER 11-15
“Romeo and Juliet” fall in love and land in tragedy, while a wild woman is broken in “The Taming of The Shrew.”
N.C. Shakespeare Festival
Fletcher Opera Theater, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
OCTOBER 16 & 31
“Junie Jones” is a typical 1st-grader dealing with new friends, new teachers and new adventures.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
OCTOBER 25
East Village Opera Company’s five-piece band, string quartet and two vocalists gather for a rock-opera retrospective. Center Stage
Stewart Theatre, NCSU, Raleigh
OCTOBER 26-NOVEMBER 19
In “The Sound of Music,” Maria finds her way into the hearts of the Von Trapp family.
Temple Theatre, Sanford
OCTOBER 27
“Nine Hills One Valley,” by Ratan Thiyam’s Chorus Repertory Theatre, combines theater, music and poetry about the culture of Manipur.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
November
Music
NOVEMBER 2
UNC-Chapel Hill’s the Brentano String Quartet with Mayron Tsong offer up critically acclaimed music.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill
NOVEMBER 2
Rodney Crowell, Minton Sparks, Elizabeth Cook and Will Kimbrough gather for a night of songs, stories and Southern culture.
The ArtsCenter, Carrboro
NOVEMBER 4
North Carolina’s own Triangle Brass Band performs music in the British tradition.
Fletcher Opera Theater, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
NOVEMBER 4
Bo Lozoff & Friends puts on an Annual Benefit Concert and celebrate the release of its new CD.
The ArtsCenter, Carrboro
NOVEMBER 4
The North Carolina Symphony presents its Young People’s Concert.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
NOVEMBER 5
Winners of October’s Young Artists Competition join the Durham Symphony Orchestra for a classical concerto.
Carolina Theatre, Durham
NOVEMBER 5
“Mozart Serenades and Diversions” pays tribute to the composer’s works for wind instruments.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
NOVEMBER 5
The Middle Voices music program features new music by Stephen Jaffe and Robert Schumann’s “Fairy Tales.” Mallarme Chambers Players
Nelson Music Room, Duke, Durham
NOVEMBER 7
Latin America’s premiere orchestra, Orquestra de Sao Paulo, with cellist Antonio Meneses, play the music of Rachmaninoff and others.
Duke Performances
Page Auditorium, Duke, Durham
NOVEMBER 9
Kurt Elling and his quartet get jazzy. Center Stage
Stewart Theatre, NCSU, Raleigh
NOVEMBER 10
World-famous musician Peter Serkin expresses his passion through the piano.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
NOVEMBER 10-11
The North Carolina Symphony presents its Classical Series.
Meymandi Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
NOVEMBER 11
North Carolina’s finest songwriters vie for cash and prizes in the 8th Annual North Carolina Songwriters Competition.
The ArtsCenter, Carrboro
NOVEMBER 11
Non-profit organization Night of Dreams provides a venue for artists of all genres to share their talent.
Fletcher Opera Theater, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
NOVEMBER 12
The Solzhenitsyn/Kim/Shao trio play Schubert’s two great piano trios.
Raleigh Chamber Music Guild
Fletcher Opera Theatre, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
NOVEMBER 16
Female vocal group Anonymous 4 joins instrumentalists Darol Anger and Scott Nygaard.
Center Stage
Stewart Theatre, NCSU, Raleigh
NOVEMBER 17-18
The North Carolina Symphony presents its Classical Series.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
NOVEMBER 19 & 21
The talented kids of the Triangle Youth Philharmonic put on their fall concert.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
NOVEMBER 24-26
The North Carolina Symphony delights with its Holiday Pops show.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
NOVEMBER 28
The UNC Opera Orchestra brings to life Mozart opera “Cosi Fan Tutte.”
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
Theater
NOVEMBER
Williams Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is a fantasy-like play of love and magic.
Burning Coal Theatre Company,
Date and location TBA, Raleigh
NOVEMBER 2-5
In Pearl Cleage’s “Bourbon at the Border,” a young black couple’s work with civil rights in Mississippi is never quite done.
University Theater
Thompson Theatre, NCSU, Raleigh
NOVEMBER 3-19
“Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood” puts a New Orleans twist on the fairy tale.
Raleigh Little Theatre Family Series
Gaddy-Goodwin Theatre, Raleigh
NOVEMBER 4-12
Wily salesman Harold Hill cons the people of River City, Iowa, until he meets Marian the librarian in “The Music Man.”
N.C. Theatre
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
NOVEMBER 5
Storyteller Charlotte Blake Alston breathes life into tales from African and African-American heritage.
Duke Performances
Doris Duke Center, Duke Gardens, Durham
NOVEMBER 8
LA Theater Works’ “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial” is a court-room drama featuring David Selby and Eric Stoltz.
Duke Performances
Reynolds Industries Theater, Duke, Durham
NOVEMBER 15-DECEMBER 10
Mitch Albom is reunited with a former professor and learns the value of life in “Tuesdays With Morrie.”
Playmakers Repertory Company
Center for Dramatic Arts, UNC-Chapel Hill
NOVEMBER 28
A gang of incorrigible kids gets to put on a play in “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.”
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
NOVEMBER 28-DECEMBER 3
The magic of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Dean Martin is brought back to life in “The Rat Pack Live From Las Vegas.”
Broadway Series South
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER 17
“The Best of Broadway Christmas” showcases yuletide numbers.
Temple Theatre, Sanford
Dance
NOVEMBER 16-19
Carolina Ballet’s “Balanchine & Mozart” celebrates the two composers.
Carolina Ballet
A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
NOVEMBER 17
Vietnam’s Company Ea Sola puts on the U.S. premiere of “Drought and Rain Vol. 2.”
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
NOVEMBER 20-26
“The Nutcracker” tells the classic story of Clara and her magic Prince.
Carolina Ballet
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
December
Music
DECEMBER 2
The General Assembly Chorus is the Southeast’s premier men’s chorus.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
DECEMBER 2
The Borealis String Quartet proves its reputation for excellence and refined musical interpretation.
Duke Performances
Reynolds Industries Theater, Duke, Durham
DECEMBER 2
Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgare — the Bulgarian Women’s Chorus — mixes traditional folk melodies with compelling rhythms.
Duke Performances
Page Auditorium, Duke, Durham
DECEMBER 3
The Durham School of the Arts Choirs put on a holiday pops concert.
Downtown Armory, Durham
DECEMBER 5
Peter White’s Christmas performance features jazzy holiday sounds.
Carolina Theatre, Durham
DECEMBER 9
North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra presents its “Holiday Jazz Blizzard.”
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
DECEMBER 10
The Durham School of the Arts encores its holiday pops concert.
First Baptist Church, Clinton
DECEMBER 11
170 voices rise up in N.C. Master Chorale’s version of Handel’s Messiah.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
DECEMBER 16-17
The Triangle Brass Band plays signature British music.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh
DECEMBER 26-JANUARY 1
Durham’s only seven-day Kwanzaa celebration includes nightly musical entertainment.
St. Joseph’s Historic Foundation
Hayti Heritage Center, Durham
Theater
DECEMBER 6-13
The holiday classic “A Christmas Carol” follows old Scrooge as he goes from miser to philanthropist.
Theatre in the Park
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
DECEMBER 8-17
“Cinderella” returns for her 23rd annual appearance in hopes of finding Prince Charming.
Raleigh Little Theatre
A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
DECEMBER 16-17
World-renowned hand-bell choir, the Raleigh Ringers, puts on a holiday show.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
DECEMBER 26-DECEMBER 31
“Cirque Dreams” entertains the whole family with an acrobatic jungle adventure.
Broadway Series South
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
Dance
DECEMBER 1
Carolina Ballet continues to wow audiences with the holiday classic “The Nutcracker.”
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
DECEMBER 10
The North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble and the Footnotes Tap Ensemble join forces for a holiday show with reception.
The ArtsCenter, Carrboro
January ‘07
Music
JANUARY 6
The North Carolina Symphony presents its Young People’s Concert.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
JANUARY 7
An instrumental and vocal quartet pair up for “Sounds of Monet’s Normandy.”
Raleigh Chamber Music Guild
N.C. Museum of Art, Raleigh
JANUARY 10
Grammy-winning Susan Graham sings Debussy and more.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
JANUARY 12-13
The North Carolina Symphony presents its Classical Series.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh
JANUARY 13
South England’s chamber ensemble, Trio con Brio, is praised for its young and energetic performances, including pieces by Mozart and The Beatles.
Duke Performances
Reynolds Industries Theater, Duke, Durham
JANUARY 19-21
The North Carolina Symphony presents its Pops Series.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy
Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
JANUARY 19
Legendary Broadway star Barbara Cook sings.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
JANUARY 19-20
Jazz trumpeter Chris Botti plays contemporary hits.
Carolina Theatre, Durham
JANUARY 20
String group the Vega Quartet joins professor Thomas Otten.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
JANUARY 21
The string musicians of the Ying Quartet offer up works by Chinese-American composers.
Raleigh Chamber Music Guild
Kenan Recital Hall, Peace College, Raleigh
JANUARY 24
The Artemis Quartet is regarded as one of the premier string quartets of Europe.
Duke Performances
Reynolds Industries Theater, Duke, Durham
JANUARY 26-27
The North Carolina Symphony presents its Classical Series.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
JANUARY 28
“I Hear America Singing” includes multi-cultural music and poetry by U.S. composers.
Mallarme Chambers Players
Hayti Heritage Center, Durham
JANUARY 31
The chamber musicians of the Moscow Soloists join viola player Yuri Bashmet.
Duke Performances
Page Auditorium, Duke, Durham
Theater
JANUARY 2-7
“Movin’ Out” features 24 Billy Joel tunes and tells the turbulent story of five life-long friends.
Broadway Series South
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
JANUARY 17-FEBRUARY 11
A comical clash of cultures occurs when a Hollywood movie team comes to an Irish town in “Stones in His Pockets.”
Playmakers Repertory Company
Center for Dramatic Arts, Chapel Hill
JANUARY 25-FEBRUARY 11
One of the longest-running musicals in Broadway history, “The Fantasticks,” follows two fathers who use reverse psychology to make their children fall in love.
Temple Theatre, Sanford
JANUARY 26
Harlem-born Sekou Sundiata’s “the 51st (dream) state” is a comment on America and its place in the world.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
JANUARY 30-FEBRUARY 4
Comedy “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” trails two con artists as they find trouble on the Riviera.
Broadway Series South
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
Dance
JANUARY 11-14
Carolina Ballet’s “Monet Impressions” is inspired by impressionist paintings.
Carolina Ballet
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
February ‘07
Music
FEBRUARY 1
Jazz group Turtle Island String Quartet joins guitarists Sergio and Odair Assad for a night of string theory.
Duke Performances
Page Auditorium, Duke, Durham
FEBRUARY 2
Grammy-winning Radu Lupu tickles the ivories.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
FEBRUARY 8
David Holland, who has played with Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Stan Getz and other greats, joins the David Holland Sextet.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
FEBRUARY 9
Eric Bibb and the Campbell Brothers play blues and gospel music.
Carolina Theatre, Durham
FEBRUARY 9-10
The North Carolina Symphony presents its Classical Series.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh
FEBRUARY 13
Carolina Wind, a UNC faculty group, comes together for chamber music.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
FEBRUARY 16
The North Carolina Symphony presents its Masterworks series.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
FEBRUARY 18
The Ciompi Quartet joins New York Philharmonic principal oboist Joseph Robinson, to honor Durham composer and Pulitzer-Prize-winner Robert Ward.
Raleigh Chamber Music Guild
NC Museum of Art, Raleigh
FEBRUARY 23-25
The North Carolina Symphony presents its Pops Series.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
FEBRUARY 24
Anchorage, Alaska’s acoustic group Bearfoot mixes vocals, mandolin, guitar, fiddle and acoustic bass.
The ArtsCenter, Carrboro
Theater
FEBRUARY 3
“Songspiel and Stravinsky” combines concert and theater into a story about an American city devoted to pleasure.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
FEBRUARY 6
“Freedom Train” depicts Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad.
Classic Productions
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
FEBRUARY 9-25
“A Raisin in the Sun” chronicles an African-American family dealing with a financial windfall in late-1950s Chicago.
Raleigh Little Theatre
Cantey V. Sutton Main Stage Theatre, Raleigh
FEBRUARY 13
“The Light in the Piazza” follows a mother and daughter on vacation in Italy, where love and marriage abound.
Broadway Series South
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
FEBRUARY 14-17
“Room Service,” a 1930s screwball comedy, shows how far a director, producer and others will go to be successful on the New York stage.
University Theatre
Thompson Theatre, NCSU, Raleigh
FEBRUARY 16
A Philadelphia DJ and producer creates a visual-audio compilation of a 1960s gospel singer’s work in “King Britt Presents Sister Gertrude Morgan.”
Carolina Performing Arts Series
Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill
FEBRUARY 24-MARCH 4
The musical “Jesus Christ Superstar” sets the last seven days of Jesus’ life to music.
N.C. Theatre
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
Dance
FEBRUARY 9
Dance Brazil’s “Retratos de Bahia” combines samba, modern dance and an energetic style of dancing associated with 16th- and 17th-century African slaves.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
FEBRUARY 15
Africa’s most accomplished dance company, Les Ballets Africains, performs in a colorful set to fast-paced rhythms.
Carolina Theatre, Durham
FEBRUARY 15-25
Carolina Ballet dances several works in its “Ballet Festival.”
Carolina Ballet
A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
FEBRUARY 20
Dayton Dance Company’s “The Jacob Lawrence Project,” is inspired by one of the greatest African-American painters of the 20th century.
Center Stage
Stewart Theater, NCSU, Raleigh
March ‘07
Music
MARCH 1
North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra’s “Jammin’ at the Reno: Count Basie and Kansas City Swing” features the music of Bennie Carter, Count Basie, Lester Young and others.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
MARCH 2
Kenny Garrett and Nicholas Payton take opposite ends of the stage to compete in a jazzy battle of the bands.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall,UNC- Chapel Hill
MARCH 2-3
The North Carolina Symphony presents its Classical Series.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
MARCH 3
The Durham Children’s Choir sings a classical concert, free to the public.
Emily Krzyzewski Family Life Center, Durham
MARCH 4
Composer and mandolin player David Grisman mixes bluegrass, jazz, swing and gypsy music in the David Grisman Quintet.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
MARCH 6
The Milestones Festival is a collaboration between the Duke and UNC music departments.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
MARCH 8
The Kodo Drummers of Japan shows off its dexterity, speed, rhythm and precision.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
MARCH 10
Grammy-winning pianist George Winston plays.
Carolina Theatre, Durham
MARCH 10
Chamber ensemble Opus One is dedicated to contemporary American works.
Duke Performances
Reynolds Industries Theater, Duke, Durham
MARCH 10
The North Carolina Symphony presents its Young People’s Concert.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
MARCH 16
Anoushka Shankar blends traditional music of India with her own contemporary sound.
Center Stage
Stewart Theatre, NCSU, Raleigh
MARCH 16-17
The North Carolina Symphony presents its Classical Series.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
MARCH 18
The Cleveland Orchestra holds its Spring Gala.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
MARCH 18
The American Brass Quintet shows why its members are considered “the high priests of bass.”
Raleigh Chamber Music Guild
Fletcher Opera Theater, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
MARCH 22
American pianist Murray Perahia returns to Duke as a highlight of the concert season.
Duke Performances
Page Auditorium, Duke, Durham
MARCH 25
Grammy -winning musician Wynton Marsalis joins the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
MARCH 25
The Reflections program features Olivier Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time” and a world premiere by Paul Schoenfield.
Mallarme Chambers Players
Nelson Music Room, Duke University, Durham
MARCH 30-APRIL 1
The North Carolina Symphony presents its Pops Series.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
MARCH 31
“N*W*C: The Race Show” uses humor and storytelling to show how three men from different backgrounds faced stereotypes.
Carolina Theatre, Durham
Theater
MARCH 1
Lydia R. Diamond’s adaptation of Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” tackles racism, betrayal and ideals of beauty.
Playmakers Repertory Company
Center for Dramatic Arts, UNC-Chapel Hill
MARCH 8-25
The comedy “See How They Run” follows a couple and their maid as they try to maintain a household in Britain during World War II.
Temple Theatre, Sanford
MARCH 9-25
The Pope is scheduled to appear at the local stadium, while a songwriter, his goofy wife, his girlfriend and three nuns wait on a roof to watch the motorcade pass in the comedy “The House of Blue Leaves.” Raleigh Little Theatre
Gaddy-Goodwin Theatre, Raleigh
MARCH 20
“All Shook Up” combines romance, rebellion and Elvis’s rock ‘n’ roll in a story about a girl’s encounter with The King.
Broadway Series South
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
MARCH 22-25
“Les Liaisons Dangereuses,” set in pre-revolutionary France, deals with seduction, betrayal and tragedy.
University Theatre
Thompson Theatre, NCSU, Raleigh
MARCH 24
Jody Cassell’s “Up the Mountain” involves the audience in a mountainside adventure.
Duke Performances
Doris Duke Center, Duke Gardens
Dance
MARCH 13
Carolina Ballet’s “Firebird” features an enchanted forest, an evil sorcerer, and a beautiful prince and princess.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
April ‘07
Music
APRIL 10
The Orpheus Chamber Music Orchestra, with Gil Shaham on violin, plays Mendelssohn, Ingram, Marshall and Beethoven.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
APRIL 13-14
The North Carolina Symphony presents its Classical Series.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
APRIL 14
The hot sounds of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet meet the voice of Brazilian jazz singer Luciana Souza. Center Stage
Stewart Theatre, NCSU, Raleigh
APRIL 16
Mr. Al, live in concert, entertains children and their families.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
APRIL 17
The UNC Symphony Orchestra puts on an all-Russian program, with Richard Luby on violin.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
APRIL 20
The Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra offers up an evening of big-band and swing sounds.
Duke Performances
Page Auditorium, Duke, Durham
APRIL 20
Pianist Andre Watts plays Debussy, Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert and more.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
APRIL 21
The F.M. Kirby Foundation sponsors a free pops concert.
Cameron Park, Hillsborough
APRIL 21
The North Carolina Symphony presents its Contributor’s Concert.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
APRIL 22
The N.C. Master Chorale performs Mozart’s Requiem.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
APRIL 26
The Carolina Choir and an orchestra of period instruments combine for Bach’s Mass in B Minor.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
APRIL 28
The Emerson Quartet approaches classical and contemporary works with mastery and enthusiasm.
Duke Performances
Reynolds Industries Theater, Duke, Durham
APRIL 29
The award-winning Pacifica Quartet joins pianist Wu Han.
Raleigh Chamber Music Guild
The Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
Theater
APRIL
Adapted from the Alan Lightman book, “Einstein’s Dreams” gives audiences a glimpse of the genius’s sleeping mind.
Burning Coal Theatre Company
Date and location TBA, Raleigh
APRIL 4
4-D art is part of “la tempete,” a Canadian, high-tech adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.”
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
APRIL 6-22
Arthur journeys to the Otherworld to find his parents and remove Excalibur from the stone in “Merlin and the Cave of Dreams.”
Raleigh Little Theatre Family Series
Cantey V. Sutton Main Stage Theatre
APRIL 11-MAY 6
A prideful man, sensing death, seeks the help of a magician to help him find his estranged son in “The Illusion.”
Playmakers Repertory Company
Center for Dramatic Arts, UNC-Chapel Hill
APRIL 19-MAY 13
“A Dash of Rosemary” pays tribute to Rosemary Clooney’s life through her own songs.
Temple Theatre, Sanford
APRIL 21
Melding art with aerodynamics, Fred Garbo Inflatable Theater is fun for everyone.
Carolina Theatre, Durham
APRIL 21
The Paperhand Puppet Intervention uses larger-than-life puppets to depict nature and humans while discussing environmental protection.
Duke Performances
Doris Duke Center, Duke Gardens, Durham
Dance
APRIL 13
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater interprets the African-American experience through movement.
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
APRIL 19
Carolina Ballet’s “Swan Lake” is a classic fairy-tale romance.
Carolina Ballet
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
May ‘07
Music
MAY 4
The North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra offers a night of golden swing in “The King By George.”
Carolina Performing Arts
Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill
MAY 6
A quintet plays the “Best of Baroque” in a gala concert with champagne reception.
Mallarme Chambers Players
Location TBA, Durham
MAY 6
The Triangle Youth Philharmonic presents its spring concert.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
MAY 8
The Triangle Youth Orchestra and Symphony put on a spring concert.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
MAY 15
Marc-Andre Hamlin shows why he is considered one of the greatest pianists of our time.
Raleigh Chamber Music Guild
Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
MAY 18-19
The North Carolina Symphony presents its Classical Series.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
Theater
MAY 1-6
Two rival actresses, hoping to regain their former glory, are misled into starring in a play together in “Legends.”
Broadway Series South
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
MAY 4-13
“Garden of the Wild” follows a man and his connection to the jungle.
Raleigh Little Theatre and Paperhand Puppet Intervention
“Scottie” Stephenson Amphitheatre, Raleigh
MAY 11
“Grease” is the word at Rydell High, where pink ladies and T-Birds rule.
N.C. Theater
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
MAY 29-JUNE 3
Charity is a dancehall hostess with a heart of gold in “Sweet Charity.”
Broadway Series South
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
MAY 31-JUNE 24
“Beehive: The ‘60s Musical Sensation” features the performers, styles and sounds of the decade.
Temple Theater, Sanford
June ‘07
Music
JUNE 10
The Mallarme Chamber Players offers up Egyptian, Lebanese and Persian selections.
Raleigh Chamber Music Guild
NC Museum of Art, Raleigh
Theater
JUNE 1-24
After finding a Chippendale’s dance club, six out-of-luck guys decide to give the gig a try in “The Full Monty.”
Raleigh Little Theatre
Cantey V. Sutton Main Stage Theatre, Raleigh
Get the Tix
Link directly to venues and artists or call for tickets.
Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek
719-5537
livenation.com/venue/getVenue/venueId/502
ArtsCenter
929-2787
artscenterlive.org
Broadway Series South
831-6060
broadwayseriessouth.com
Burning Coal Theatre Co.
834-4001
burningcoal.org
Carolina Ballet
719-0900 or 834-4000*
carolinaballet.com or
ticketmaster.com/artist/836166
Carolina Theatre
560-3030
carolinatheatre.org or
Duke Performances
684-4444
http://aux16.auxserv.duke.edu/peo/default.asp
Durham Arts Council
560-2787
durhamarts.org
Koka Booth Amphitheatre
462-2052
amphitheatreatregencypark.com
Mallarme Chamber Players
560-2788
mallarmemusic.org
NCSU-University Theatre and Center Stage
515-1100
ticketcentral.ncsu.edu
North Carolina Shakespeare Festival
(336) 841-2273
ncshakes.org
North Carolina Symphony
546-9755
ncsymphony.org
North Carolina Theatre
831-6950 or 834-4000*
www.ticketmaster.com/venueartist/115203/804544
Playmakers Repertory Company
962-7529
playmakersrep.org
Progress Energy Center
831-6060 or 834-4000*
ticketmaster.com/venue/115203
Raleigh Chamber Music Guild
rcmg.org
Raleigh Little Theater
821-3111
raleighlittletheatre.org
St. Joseph 's Historic Foundation/Hayti Heritage Center
683-1709
hayti.org
Temple Theatre
774-4512
templeshows.com
UNC Carolina Performing Arts
843-3333
carolinaperformingarts.org
*Ticketmaster
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