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Plumber butt, penis jokes and the return of the 'stache

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Alli Marshall | 2 days ago

The Feral Chihuahuas fortel the end of the world in "The Chihuacolypse," running two weekend at BeBe Theatre.

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Review of Fight Girl Battle World

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John Crutchfield | 12 days ago

The fast-paced if somewhat chaotic action features bizarre aliens, cool ray guns, girls in tight outfits, a loquacious robot, spaceships and fire-fights, a Chinese dragon ride across a desert planet, an intergalactic zookeeper, copious pseudo kung-fu and/or quasi ninja shenanigans, puppetry so bad it’s good, and an implement of “enhanced interrogation” I’ll call a tickle drill.

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Review of Solstice

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David Hopes | 20 days ago

Solstice is funny. It is tragic without somberness, moving without sentimentality. It’s squalid, but without a trace of self-pity. ... It allows its characters to be fatally screwed up and sublime at once, and the list of playwrights who can do that is short indeed.

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"The First Time I Ever..." by Asheville Playback Theatre

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Halima Flynt | 27 days ago

The Asheville Playback Theatre held a couple performances at N.C. Stage over the weekend. On Saturday, Jan. 7, the crew of six helped to showcase personal stories presented by volunteers from the audience with the overall theme "The First Time I Ever." Using improvisation and comedy, the troupe reenacted comical and heartfelt first times.

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Pre-New Year's revelry

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Alli Marshall | 12/19/2011

"Get Some Fairie Tale" plays one night only at NC Stage on Dec. 30.

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Review of A Christmas Carol

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John Crutchfield | 12/18/2011

Charles Dickens was never one to shy away from good old-fashioned sentimentality, but his A Christmas Carol is downright shellacked with it. Stage versions of the story typically either give it one more half-hearted buff, or try somewhat desperately to scrape away the goo with a little irony. Now, however, we may rightfully speak of a third option: Cram the whole damn thing into The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and populate it with Children of the Corn. Oh, and throw in a little cross-dressing for good measure.

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Review of The 12 Dates of Christmas

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Kim Ruehl | 12/06/2011

We live in a world of two Christmases. One is a jingly, happy, merry, glass-clinking, snow-cavorting good time. The other is marred by a harsher reality.

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The Laramie Project could be Anywhere, USA, even Asheville

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Tracy Hyorth | 12/02/2011

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Full speed ahead: a review of Dashing Through the Snow

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Alli Marshall | 11/22/2011

This year's holiday offering (by playwright trio Jones Hope Wooten) opens on the lobby of the Snowflake Inn in Tinsel, Texas where it's Christmas 365 days a year. (The premise is that year-round Christmas is a good thing, FYI.) The show runs at ACT through Sunday, Dec. 4.

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Review: Brief Encounters at the Magnetic Field

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Elizabeth Phillips | 11/22/2011

Brief Encounters was a bit like riding shotgun with a friend who has just learned to drive a manual transmission — jerky, slightly uncomfortable, but very fun.

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A critique of John Crutchfield's "Moody Solstice"

Jeff Fobes | 9 days ago

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Flat Rock Playhouse celebrates 60 years in WNC

Caitlin Byrd | 17 days ago

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Carolina Day's theatre class participated in annual conference, wins awards

Margaret Williams | 11/29/2011

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Twelve Shakespeare plays in two days — can you survive a BARD-A-THON!?

Jeff Fobes | 09/27/2011

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See "The Voice of John Muir" Oct. 15 in Waynesville

Jake Frankel | 09/22/2011

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Montford Park Players seek help winterizing amphitheatre this Saturday

Jeff Fobes | 09/19/2011

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