May 2023 Theater, Opera, and Dance Calendar Additions

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the Triangle Review's updated Master Calendar of Events for May 2023. If your productions are not listed in this calendar, please e-mail the SHOW TITLE(S), DATE(S), LOCATION(S), and the name of the PRESENTER(S) to RobertM748@aol.com, and be sure to e-mail all your news releases and publicity PHOTOS -- with CAPTIONS and PHOTO CREDITS -- to that address. (Our "snail mail" address is Triangle Review, 2830 Manorcrest Court #442, Raleigh, NC 27609-8702.)

UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS:

The Center Theater Company's May 5-21, 2023 Productions in the Earl & Rhoda Wynn Theater at The ArtsCenter of Carrboro
May 5th and 6th	May 6th and 7th	May 6th and 7th	May 6th and 7th
May 6th and 7th	May 19th and 20th	May 20th and 21st

May 5-6: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday: Alan Menken, Jack Feldman, Harvey Fierstein's Disney Newsies JR. Young Company (Jack Cast) (In Person), directed by Jenny Latimer and choreographed by Sydney Pope, with music direction by Dr. Joanna Sisk-Purvis (Center Theater Company in the Earl & Rhoda Wynn Theater at The ArtsCenter of Carrboro). VIDEOS: https://www.facebook.com/CenterTheaterCompany/videos/ THE PRESENTER: https://www.centertheatercompany.com/, https://www.facebook.com/CenterTheaterCompany, and https://www.instagram.com/CenterTheaterCompany/. THE VENUE: https://artscenterlive.org/, https://www.facebook.com/artscenterlive, https://www.instagram.com/artscenterlive/, https://twitter.com/artscenterlive/, and https://www.youtube.com/user/TheArtsCenterLive. DIRECTIONS/PARKING: https://artscenterlive.org/about/#visitor-info. COVID REQUIREMENTS (scroll down): https://artscenterlive.org/. Disney NEWSIES JR. ("Junior" Version of the 2011 Paper Mill Playhouse, 2012 Broadway, and 2022 West End Musical): https://www.mtishows.com/disneys-newsies-jr, https://newsiesthemusical.com/, https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show/newsies-the-musical-491209, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsies_(musical). THE NEWSIES JR. LIBRETTO (scroll down): https://www.mtishows.com/disneys-newsies-jr. TICKETS: $15 general admission ($10 children 6 and under), plus taxes and fees. Click here to buy tickets. INFORMATION: centertheatercompany@gmail.com.

May 6-7: 11 a.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Al Rinker, Floyd Huddleston, Bryan Louiselle, and Michael Bernard Disney The Aristocats KIDS (Roquefort Cast) (In Person), directed by Jenny Latimer and choreographed by Marcie Emmett, with music direction by Parker Harris (Center Theater Company in the Earl & Rhoda Wynn Theater at The ArtsCenter of Carrboro). VIDEOS: https://www.facebook.com/CenterTheaterCompany/videos/. THE PRESENTER: https://www.centertheatercompany.com/, https://www.facebook.com/CenterTheaterCompany, and https://www.instagram.com/CenterTheaterCompany/. THE VENUE: https://artscenterlive.org/, https://www.facebook.com/artscenterlive, https://www.instagram.com/artscenterlive/, https://twitter.com/artscenterlive/, and https://www.youtube.com/user/TheArtsCenterLive. DIRECTIONS/PARKING: https://artscenterlive.org/about/#visitor-info. COVID REQUIREMENTS (scroll down): https://artscenterlive.org/. TICKETS: $15 general admission ($10 children 6 and under), plus taxes and fees. Click here to buy tickets. INFORMATION: centertheatercompany@gmail.com.

May 6-7: 1 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. Sunday: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Al Rinker, Floyd Huddleston, Bryan Louiselle, and Michael Bernard Disney The Aristocats KIDS (O'Malley Cast) (In Person), directed by Jenny Latimer and choreographed by Marcie Emmett, with music direction by Parker Harris (Center Theater Company in the Earl & Rhoda Wynn Theater at The ArtsCenter of Carrboro). VIDEOS: https://www.facebook.com/CenterTheaterCompany/videos/. THE PRESENTER: https://www.centertheatercompany.com/, https://www.facebook.com/CenterTheaterCompany, and https://www.instagram.com/CenterTheaterCompany/. THE VENUE: https://artscenterlive.org/, https://www.facebook.com/artscenterlive, https://www.instagram.com/artscenterlive/, https://twitter.com/artscenterlive/, and https://www.youtube.com/user/TheArtsCenterLive. DIRECTIONS/PARKING: https://artscenterlive.org/about/#visitor-info. COVID REQUIREMENTS (scroll down): https://artscenterlive.org/. TICKETS: $15 general admission ($10 children 6 and under), plus taxes and fees. Click here to buy tickets. INFORMATION: centertheatercompany@gmail.com.

May 6-7: 2:30 p.m. Saturday and 6:30 p.m. Sunday: Alan Menken, Jack Feldman, Harvey Fierstein's Disney Newsies JR. (Crutchie Cast) (In Person), directed by Jenny Latimer and choreographed by Sydney Pope, with music direction by Dr. Joanna Sisk-Purvis (Center Theater Company in the Earl & Rhoda Wynn Theater at The ArtsCenter of Carrboro). VIDEOS: https://www.facebook.com/CenterTheaterCompany/videos/ THE PRESENTER: https://www.centertheatercompany.com/, https://www.facebook.com/CenterTheaterCompany, and https://www.instagram.com/CenterTheaterCompany/. THE VENUE: https://artscenterlive.org/, https://www.facebook.com/artscenterlive, https://www.instagram.com/artscenterlive/, https://twitter.com/artscenterlive/, and https://www.youtube.com/user/TheArtsCenterLive. DIRECTIONS/PARKING: https://artscenterlive.org/about/#visitor-info. COVID REQUIREMENTS (scroll down): https://artscenterlive.org/. Disney NEWSIES JR. ("Junior" Version of the 2011 Paper Mill Playhouse, 2012 Broadway, and 2022 West End Musical): https://www.mtishows.com/disneys-newsies-jr, https://newsiesthemusical.com/, https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show/newsies-the-musical-491209, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsies_(musical). THE NEWSIES JR. LIBRETTO (scroll down): https://www.mtishows.com/disneys-newsies-jr. TICKETS: $15 general admission ($10 children 6 and under), plus taxes and fees. Click here to buy tickets. INFORMATION: centertheatercompany@gmail.com.

May 6-7: 5 p.m. Saturday and 3:30 p.m. Sunday: Alan Menken, Jack Feldman, Harvey Fierstein's Disney Newsies JR. (Young Company) (In Person), directed by Jenny Latimer and choreographed by Sydney Pope, with music direction by Dr. Joanna Sisk-Purvis (Center Theater Company in the Earl & Rhoda Wynn Theater at The ArtsCenter of Carrboro). VIDEOS: https://www.facebook.com/CenterTheaterCompany/videos/. THE PRESENTER: https://www.centertheatercompany.com/, https://www.facebook.com/CenterTheaterCompany, and https://www.instagram.com/CenterTheaterCompany/. THE VENUE: https://artscenterlive.org/, https://www.facebook.com/artscenterlive, https://www.instagram.com/artscenterlive/, https://twitter.com/artscenterlive/, and https://www.youtube.com/user/TheArtsCenterLive. DIRECTIONS/PARKING: https://artscenterlive.org/about/#visitor-info. COVID REQUIREMENTS (scroll down): https://artscenterlive.org/. Disney NEWSIES JR. ("Junior" Version of the 2011 Paper Mill Playhouse, 2012 Broadway, and 2022 West End Musical): https://www.mtishows.com/disneys-newsies-jr, https://newsiesthemusical.com/, https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show/newsies-the-musical-491209, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsies_(musical). THE NEWSIES JR. LIBRETTO (scroll down): https://www.mtishows.com/disneys-newsies-jr. TICKETS: $15 general admission ($10 children 6 and under), plus taxes and fees. Click here to buy tickets. INFORMATION: centertheatercompany@gmail.com.

May 18-19, 21, 25-28: 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, except : Dr. Lisa B. Thompson's Single Black Female (In Person), directed by JaMeeka D. Holloway and starring Lauren Foster-Lee and Kyma Lassiter (Bulldog Ensemble Theater at Mettlesome Theater in Durham). THE PRESENTER: https://www.bulldogdurham.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/BulldogEnsembleTheater/. THE VENUE: https://thisismettlesome.com/, http://www.facebook.com/thisismettlesome, http://instagram.com/hellomettlesome, and https://twitter.com/hellomettlesome. DIRECTIONS: https://thisismettlesome.com/location. COVID-19 POLICY: Bulldog Ensemble Theater notes that "Masks will be required inside the theater on Sunday performances." SINGLE BLACK FEMALE (1999 Comedy): https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/6518/single-black-female, https://lisabthompson.com/plays, and https://newplayexchange.org/plays/52282/single-black-female. DR. LISA B. THOMPSON (Playwright, Patton Professor of African & African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, and MacDowell Fellow in Theatre Arts): https://lisabthompson.com/, https://theatredance.utexas.edu/people/thompson-lisa, https://www.macdowell.org/artists/lisa-b-thompson, and https://twitter.com/DrLisaBThompson. NOTE Bulldog Ensemble Theater cautions that this show "Contains strong language and adult themes [emphaasis added]." TICKETS: $20 ($10 young people under 35 and $18 seniors 65+ and veterans), plus taxes and fees. Click here to buy tickets. INFORMATION: info@bulldogdurham.org. PLEASE DONATE TO: Bulldog Ensemble Theater.

May 19-20: 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 12:30 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Al Rinker, Floyd Huddleston, Bryan Louiselle, and Michael Bernard Disney The Aristocats KIDS (Marie Cast) (In Person), directed by Jenny Latimer and choreographed by Marcie Emmett, with music direction by Parker Harris (Center Theater Company in the Earl & Rhoda Wynn Theater at The ArtsCenter of Carrboro). VIDEOS: https://www.facebook.com/CenterTheaterCompany/videos/. THE PRESENTER: https://www.centertheatercompany.com/, https://www.facebook.com/CenterTheaterCompany, and https://www.instagram.com/CenterTheaterCompany/. THE VENUE: https://artscenterlive.org/, https://www.facebook.com/artscenterlive, https://www.instagram.com/artscenterlive/, https://twitter.com/artscenterlive/, and https://www.youtube.com/user/TheArtsCenterLive. DIRECTIONS/PARKING: https://artscenterlive.org/about/#visitor-info. COVID REQUIREMENTS (scroll down): https://artscenterlive.org/. TICKETS: $15 ($10 children 6 and under), plus taxes and fees. Click here to buy tickets. INFORMATION: centertheatercompany@gmail.com.

May 20-21: 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 12:30 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday: MTI's Broadway Junior Revue: Raise Your Voice (In Person), directed by Parker Harris and choreographer Josie Patterson (Center Theater Company in the Earl & Rhoda Wynn Theater at The ArtsCenter of Carrboro). VIDEOS: https://www.facebook.com/CenterTheaterCompany/videos/. THE PRESENTER: https://www.centertheatercompany.com/, https://www.facebook.com/CenterTheaterCompany, and https://www.instagram.com/CenterTheaterCompany/. THE VENUE: https://artscenterlive.org/, https://www.facebook.com/artscenterlive, https://www.instagram.com/artscenterlive/, https://twitter.com/artscenterlive/, and https://www.youtube.com/user/TheArtsCenterLive. DIRECTIONS/PARKING: https://artscenterlive.org/about/#visitor-info. COVID REQUIREMENTS (scroll down): https://artscenterlive.org/. MTI'S BROADWAY JUNIOR REVUE: RAISE YOUR VOICE: https://www.mtishows.com/broadway-junior-revue-raise-your-voice. TICKETS: $15 ($10 children 6 and under), plus taxes and fees. Click here to buy tickets. INFORMATION: centertheatercompany@gmail.com.

May 27: 7:30 p.m. Saturday: Lucky Street Comedy (In-Person Family-Friendly Improv), featuring Tanya Quinn, Tom Quinn, and Ben Quinn (Center Theater Company in CTC Studios at 4221 Garrett Rd. in Durham). THE PRESENTER/VENUE: https://www.centertheatercompany.com/, https://www.facebook.com/CenterTheaterCompany, and https://www.instagram.com/CenterTheaterCompany/. DIRECTIONS: https://www.mapquest.com/us/nc/durham/27707-3467/4221-garrett-rd-35.9602,-78.97545. TICKETS: $15 general admission ($10 children 6 and under), plus taxes and fees. Click here to buy tickets. INFORMATION: centertheatercompany@gmail.com.

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