Enloe Magnet High School is the first school (and regional/community theater) to produce Jack Murphy and Frank Wildhorn's musical WONDERLAND anywhere. The Enloe Magnet High School production…
The Southeastern Theatre Conference's annual convention was in February in Louisville, Kentucky. Lauren Van Hemert reports live from the convention floor. https://indyweek.secondstreetapp.co…
https://indyweek.secondstreetapp.com/2020-Best-of-the-Triangle-Nominations/gallery/217735061 (Click here to nominate the RDU on Stage podcast for Indy Week's Best of the Triangle Podcast.) A…
https://indyweek.secondstreetapp.com/2020-Best-of-the-Triangle-Nominations/gallery/217735061 (Click here to nominate the RDU on Stage podcast for Indy Week's Best of the Triangle Podcast.) A…
When the North Carolina Theatre production of KINKY BOOTS opens this week, it won't be the first time that Joseph Anthony Byrd puts on the red high-heeled boots as Lola. In fact, Byrd made h…
Hear what Michael Larson, star of the https://raleighlittletheatre.org/shows/the-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time/ (Raleigh Little Theatre) production of The Curious Incident of…
In 1999, two high school seniors went on a shooting rampage at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, killing 13 people and wounding 20 others before turning their guns on themselves.…
Students from the Sanderson High School Theatre Ensemble in Raleigh are on their way to Louisville to represent the Triangle at the https://www.setc.org/ (Southeastern Theater Conference). T…
Raleigh Little Theatre's Executive Director Charles Phaneuf, Education Director Meredyth Pederson Cooper, and Women's Theatre Festival Executive Director Johannah Maynard Edwards talk about …
It's hard to believe, but it's been a year since we launched RDU on Stage. Between us, we have reviewed over 90 shows in the Triangle (and beyond). Hear which shows and performances stood ou…
On this episode, I'm doing something a bit different. I am chatting with two different artists about two different princess stories, one steeped in Raleigh theater history, and one working i…
Why is representation on stage so important? If you've followed this podcast, you know that is a question I frequently ask. And perhaps nobody has given me a more insightful, personal answer…
Alton Fitzgerald White is the only black actor who has played in a lead role in five hit shows on Broadway; John in MISS SAIGON; Ken in SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE (he originated the role in London's …
Alan Campbell has had anything but a predictable career. He's done everything from television to film to Broadway, including starring opposite Glenn Close in the musical Sunset Boulevard,…
Did you know, that the RDU on Stage podcast is nominated for a https://wral5.secondstreetapp.com/2019-WRAL-Voters-Choice-Awards/gallery/193006845?fbclid=IwAR3CA1XhvDrv6e9NmEXKtVQn5fHwnM82…
Mickey Rowe was the first autistic actor to play Christopher Boone in the Tony Award-winning play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Talleri McRae is a theatre artist, edu…
Broadway stage veteran Gayle Turner says she's proud to bring HAVING OUR SAY: THE DELANY SISTERS' FIRST HUNDRED YEARS, a tale of divine sisterhood to the https://nctheatre.com/ (North Car…
Anyone who has beat out Heart and Soul on the piano, fell in love with the soundtrack to "Sleepless in Seattle" or can remember Ray Charles singing Georgia on My Mind is familiar…
The unlikely friendship of black community activist Ann Atwater and C.P. Ellis, the Exalted Grand Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, brought together to co-chair a series of meetings about the des…
It's always so much fun to sit down with Ira David Wood III (David) and Ira David Wood IV (Ira), mostly because the father-son pair have such good stories to tell. I'm also never quite sure …
There have been many studies on the links between creative people and drug and alcohol abuse. And while many of these studies are somewhat outdated or inconclusive, the fact is that in the s…
A year ago, I interviewed Kristin Chenoweth in advance of her concert in Boone, North Carolina. So, with the release of her seventh album https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VRFYDQV?p…
Last week, Bill Maher made a comment, "Fat-shaming needs to make a comeback." As an actor, educator, and combat artist, Tara Nicole Williams, has experienced fat-shaming and bullying and has…
Ethel Waters was a pioneer who broke down barriers on Broadway, in films, and on television. She was the first to sing the song "Stormy Weather" at the famed Cotton Club in 1933. In fact, he…
The story of The Scottsboro Boys, which began in 1931 and evolved over the course of 80 plus years, has inspired books, documentaries, songs, movies, and even a Broadway musical. But the sig…