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It’s a hit(?)  The Winston-Salem Journal writes a review of Bug.  Largely a plot synopsis, but — s’okay — it’s a positive: “Buckle up and brace yourself … ” So begins the recording that callers will hear when they dial Theatre Alliance for reservations to its latest production: a play by Tracy Betts called Bug, which opened last night in … Read More

Advanced sales not what they should be. C’mon, people.  This is a good show.  Yeah, I know.  "Eeeeeew.  But it’s about bugs!!  Who wants to see a play about bugs?!?" Look, it ain’t about bugs.  I mean, it deals with bugs superficially, but it is about love, loss, fear, paranoia.  It’s a mystery in the tradition of Lost and X-Files … Read More

Nice little write-up of the upcoming show, with a picture of yours truly, in today’s Winston-Salem Journal: Play is guaranteed to bug you Director says psychological thriller will leave the audience stimulated, surprised and wanting another chapter Sunday, August 12, 2007 By Mary Martin Niepold He’s never been one to choose the easy stuff, the plays that any director worth … Read More

With the collapse of the bridge in Minneapolis, lots of people are talking about the dangerous infrastructure in their backyard. WFDD did a story on this yesterday.  Guess where the most dangerous bridge in North Carolina is located? Right here in downtown Winston-Salem, on the heavily travelled Business 40.  It’s the portion of the highway that passes over Liberty Street. … Read More

Hat tip to Heather for seeing this article (and from whom I am stealing this photo from our production, and yes, they’re naked here).  Yes, it does kind of act as a "spoiler" but not a severe one of the Harry Potter kind.  Besides, with three nights to go, any publicity at this point is a good thing, and this … Read More

I walked through the stage door without much excitement.  We were about to enter Week 4 — the final week — of "Full Monty" performances.  Don’t get me wrong — I love doing the show, but I knew what to expect.  We had all been away from the show for over four days, so naturally, we weren’t going to be … Read More

Well, we’ve got two shows under out belt for the Greensboro run (not including the preview on Thursday night). Two nice reviews — on in the Greensboro News & Record (not online apparently), and one in Yes Weekly, which you can read here.  (I’ll cut and paste below the fold). The entire week we had been running the show for … Read More

Fixed the aspect ratio problem (still a little off but whatever), fixed the sound problem…. But the file was too big too upload to Youtube or VideoEgg.  Had to break it up and lower the quality a tad….. And then Youtube went down for maintenance…. And then it took FOREVER to upload to VideoEgg… But here it is, such as … Read More

Okay.  I’m a neeb when it comes to this TIVO-to-video editting thing. I whittled down the three-hour TIVO recording of yesterday’s Fox 8 Morning Show to the 15-or-so minutes where the cast of "The Full Monty" performed exceprts, etc. A couple of problems with the result: The aspect ration is screwed up (on the other hand — good news — … Read More

Anyone in the Triad up tomorrow at the ungodly hour of 6:00 a.m. should have their head examined should turn their television sets to the local Fox station’s "Good Morning" show (whatever the hell it’s called) for LIVE segments and promos of "The Full Monty" which opens this week in Greensboro. It’s Fox 8. From 6:00 to, oh, 8:30 a.m., … Read More

Salisbury Post: By Sarah Hall If the six men starring in the musical "The Full Monty" were looking for more exposure with the Triad theatre scene when they auditioned, they certainly got what they were looking for. This is the first-ever collaboration between The Little Theatre of Winston-Salem and Community Theatre of Greensboro. They say the joint effort came about … Read More