Updated May 2022 Theater, Opera, and Dance Calendar

The Carolina Ballet will present Giselle on Thursday-Sunday, May 19-22, in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium in downtown Raleigh

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the Triangle Review's the amended Master Calendar of Online Events for May 2022. 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.)

NOW PLAYING:

The Carolina Theatre of Durham will present Dancing with the Carolina Stars, hosted by Clay Aiken, at 7 p.m. Monday, May 16th

May 16: 7 p.m. Monday: Dancing with the Carolina Stars (fundraiser) (In Person), hosted by Clay Aiken, and featuring (in alphabetical order) Jennings Brody, Wool E. Bull, ShaLeigh Comerford, Adam Dickinson, Pain Fonda, Kim Lan Grout, Willie Hinton, Nadira Hurley, Kristi Johnson, Ricky Moore, Durham Mayor Elaine O'Neal, Nicole Oxendine, David Therrell, Jack Reitz, Britt Spruill, Nicole Thompson, and N.C. State Senator Mike Woodard (The Carolina Theatre of Durham in Fletcher Hall). VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8IUyRJrizW9YuBpTeuJyg. NEWS RELEASES: https://carolinatheatre.org/clay-aiken-joins-carolina-theatre-of-durham-fundraiser/ and https://carolinatheatre.org/carolina-theatre-to-host-dancing-with-the-carolina-stars-fundraiser-on-may-16/. THE PRESENTER/VENUE: https://carolinatheatre.org/, https://www.facebook.com/CarolinaTheatreDurham, https://www.instagram.com/carolinatheatredurham/, https://twitter.com/CarolinaDurham, and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8IUyRJrizW9YuBpTeuJyg. DIRECTIONS/PARKING: https://carolinatheatre.org/visit/directions/. HEALTH & SAFETY POLICIES: https://carolinatheatre.org/visit/health-and-safety-policies/. NOTE 1: Tickets must be bought in advance. NOTE 2: There will be a live auction of one-of-a-kind items and experiences and an online Silent Auction and Raffle. NOTE 3: There will be a cocktail hour, with champagne cocktails and hors d'oeuvres catered by Chef Paris Mishoe of Teer Farm, plus popcorn and drinks at the concession stand. TICKETS: $100, plus taxes and fees. Click here to buy tickets. INFORMATION: 919-560-3030 or efan@carolinatheatre.org. PLEASE DONATE TO: The Carolina Theatre of Durham.

Main Street Dance Company will present Showcases at 6:15 p.m. Monday, May 16th

May 16: 6:15 p.m. Monday: Main Street Dance Company Showcases (In Person) (Main Street Dance Company in the A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater in the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh). VIDEOS: https://www.facebook.com/Main-Street-Dance-Fuquay-122945431081525/videos/. THE PRESENTER: https://www.mainstreetdance.com/, https://www.facebook.com/Main-Street-Dance-Fuquay-122945431081525/, and https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/122945431081525/main-street-dance-fuquay/. THE VENUE: https://www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com/venues, https://www.facebook.com/DECRaleigh, https://www.instagram.com/DECRaleigh/, https://twitter.com/DECRaleigh, and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUCPC9naUI3G8vHw0K8Qnew. DIRECTIONS/PARKING: https://www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com/getting-duke-energy-center. CLEANING PROTOCOLS AND ATTENDEE SAFETY: https://www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com/cleaning-protocols-and-attendee-safety. TICKETS: $15, plus taxes and fees. Call 800-982-2787 or click here to buy tickets. INFORMATION: 919-552-0480 (voice), 919-809-0077 (text), or jocelyn@mainstreetdance.com.

May 18-22: 8 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sunday: Stuart Ross' Forever Plaid (In Person), directed by Stephanie Pope Lofgren and choreographed by Parker Esse, with musical direction by Joanna Li, and starring David Robbins, Andrew Wade, Matthew Fairlee, and Tedd Szeto (Theatre Raleigh at the Theatre Raleigh Arts Center at 6638 Old Wake Forest Rd. in Raleigh). TRAILERS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16VWcsX6QX0 and https://www.facebook.com/TheatreRaleigh/videos/2316337715207650. 2022 MAIN-STAGE SEASON: https://theatreraleigh.com/2022-main-stage-season/. THE PRESENTER/VENUE: https://theatreraleigh.com/, https://www.facebook.com/TheatreRaleigh, https://www.instagram.com/theatre_raleigh/, https://twitter.com/theatreraleigh, and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBrPHqUNhtfRMWQ2Ej8Fxeg. DIRECTIONS/PARKING: https://theatreraleigh.com/location-parking/. COVID REQUIREMENTS: https://theatreraleigh.com/covid-19-updates/. THE SHOW: https://www.mtishows.com/forever-plaid, http://www.iobdb.com/Production/1372, http://www.foreverplaid.com/, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1262896/, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_Plaid. THE SCRIPT (excerpts): https://idoc.pub/documents/forever-plaid-libretto-546g99ey7qn8. TICKETS: $35 ($32.50 students, seniors 62+, and active-duty military personnel), plus taxes and fees. Click here to buy tickets. INFORMATION: 919-832-9997, info@theatreraleigh.com, or boxoffice@theatreraleigh.com. PLEASE DONATE TO: Theatre Raleigh. Susie Potter's Review.

Sweet Tea Shakespeare will present Jane Austen's Emma, adapted by Claire F. Martin and directed by Hayley
Philippart, on May 12-15 and 19-21 in the Leggett Theater at William Peace University in Raleigh

May 19-21: 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday: Jane Austen's Emma (In Person and Streaming Saturdays), adapted by Claire F. Martin and directed by Hayley Philippart, with musical direction by Ashlyn Parsons and costumes by Lizzy Andrews (Sweet Tea Shakespeare in the Leggett Theater on the second floor of Main Building at William Peace University in Raleigh). VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/user/SweetTeaShakespeare. 2021-22 SEASON: https://sweetteashakespeare.com/tickets/. THE PRESENTER: https://sweetteashakespeare.com/, https://www.facebook.com/sweetteashakes, https://www.instagram.com/sweetteashakes/, https://twitter.com/sweetteashakes, and https://www.youtube.com/user/SweetTeaShakespeare. THE VENUE: https://www.visitraleigh.com/listing/leggett-theatre-at-william-peace-university/59630/. DIRECTIONS: https://www.peace.edu/about/locations-directions/. COVID REQUIREMENTS: https://www.peace.edu/health/. TICKETS: $22 ($10 students, $19 active-duty military personnel, and $20 seniors) in advance and all tickets $30 at the door, plus taxes and fees, and $10 Streaming Saturday tickets. Click here to buy tickets. INFORMATION: 910-420-4383 or info@sweetteashakespeare.com. PLEASE DONATE TO: Sweet Tea Shakespeare.

May 20-22: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday: Robin Roberts' Dinner with Dilemmas (In Person), directed by Kathleen Rudolph and starring Jenny Anglum, Chris Brown, Joey DeSena, Kristen Ehlert, Larry Evans, Rebecca Leonard, Scott Nagel, and Dee Penven-Crew (Peak Ensemble Players at the Halle Cultural Arts Center in Apex). TRAILERS: https://www.facebook.com/PeakEnsemblePlayers/videos/. VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP1PZg3QSWMInviV5N5v2MA/videos. 2021-22 SEASON: https://www.facebook.com/PeakEnsemblePlayers/events/. THE PRESENTER: https://www.facebook.com/PeakEnsemblePlayers and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP1PZg3QSWMInviV5N5v2MA/videos. THE VENUE: http://thehalle.org/, https://www.facebook.com/thehalleofApex, https://www.instagram.com/thehalleapex/, http://thehalle.org/twitter, and http://thehalle.org/youtube. DIRECTIONS: https://www.google.com/maps/. WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY: http://thehalle.org/accessibility. COVID REQUIREMENTS: http://thehalle.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=442. TICKETS: $18 ($10 students 16 and under, $12 students 17+, and $12 seniors, plus taxes and fees. Click here to buy tickets. INFORMATION: 919-249-1120, larryevans500@gmail.com, or halleculturalartscenter@apexnc.org. PLEASE DONATE TO: Peak Ensemble Players. Halle Cultural Arts Center.

May 20-22: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday: Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart's Hello, Dolly! (In Person), based on Thornton Wilder 1955 comedy The Matchmaker, directed for HRT by Jacob Godwin and Bob Schmid and choreographed by Alicia Howell, with musical direction by Karen Mollins (Harnett Regional Theatre at Stewart Theater in Dunn). VIDEOS: https://www.facebook.com/onlinehrt/videos. 2021-22 SEASON: http://onlinehrt.org/season/. THE PRESENTER: http://onlinehrt.org/, https://www.facebook.com/onlinehrt/, and https://www.instagram.com/onstagewithhrt/. THE VENUE: https://stewarttheater.com/, https://www.facebook.com/StewartTheater/, and https://www.instagram.com/stewarttheater/. DIRECTIONS: https://www.google.com/maps/. COVID REQUIREMENTS: N/A. THE SHOW: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show/hello-dolly-4310 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello,_Dolly!_(musical). TICKETS: $18 and up, plus taxes and fees. Click here and scroll down to buy tickets. INFORMATION: 910-892-0448 or info@stewarttheater.com. PLEASE DONATE TO: Harnett Regional Theatre. Stewart Theater.

May 20-22: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday: Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis' Urinetown: The Musical (In Person) (Studio 1 at Holly Hill Mall in Burlington). VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgcWtfcfkm81uhP9kNo07QA. 2022 SEASON: https://studio1online.org/season/. THE PRESENTER: https://studio1online.org/, https://www.facebook.com/Studio1online, https://www.instagram.com/studio1.theatre/, and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgcWtfcfkm81uhP9kNo07QA. THE VENUE: https://studio1online.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/Studio1online. DIRECTIONS: https://www.hollyhillmall.com/directions-contact. COVID REQUIREMENTS (scroll down): here. THE SHOW: https://www.mtishows.com/urinetown, http://www.iobdb.com/Production/67, https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show/urinetown-10611, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urinetown. THE SCRIPT (excerpts): https://books.google.com/books. TICKETS: $17 ($14 students and seniors), plus taxes and fees. Click here to buy tickets. INFORMATION: 336-534-0321 or info@studio1online.org. PLEASE DONATE TO: Studio 1.

May 20-22, 26-29: 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday: Jiehae Park's Peerless (In Person), directed by Katy Koop and starring Samual Brown, Sarah Koop, Ella Mock, Foye Thornton III, and Pimpila Violette (Bulldog Ensemble Theater at Walltown Children's Theatre in Durham). THE PRESENTER: https://www.bulldogdurham.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/BulldogEnsembleTheater/. THE VENUE: https://www.walltownchildrenstheatre.org/, https://www.facebook.com/walltownchildrenstheatre/, and https://twitter.com/wct_durham. MAP/DIRECTIONS (at lower left): https://www.walltownchildrenstheatre.org/. NOTE 1: Masks are required. NOTE 2: This play contains adult themes and language. TICKETS: $20 ($10 students 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.

UPGOING PRODUCTIONS:

DPAC will present Lin-Manuel Miranda's 2016 Tony® and Pulitzer Prize winner, Hamilton: An American Musical, on May 17-22 and 23-29 and May 31-June 5, as part Truist Broadway at DPAC

May 17-22, 23-29; May 31-June 5: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 1 and 7 p.m. Sunday: Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton: An American Musical (Angelica National Tour) (In Person), based on Ron Chernow's 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton, directed by Thomas Kail, choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler, presented as part of Truist Broadway at DPAC, and starring Edred Utomi as Alexander Hamilton, Josh Tower as Aaron Burr, Zoe Jensen as Eliza Hamilton, Bryson Bruce as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson, Stephanie Umoh as Angelica Schuyler, Paul Oakley Stovall as George Washington, Jon Viktor Corpuz as John Laurens/Philip Hamilton, Tyler Belo as Hercules Mulligan/James Madison, Peter Matthew Smith as King George III, Olivia Puckett as Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds, Taylor N. Daniels as George Eacker, Patrick Garr as Samuel Seabury, Robbie Nicholson as Charles Lee, and Will T. Travis as Philip Schuyler/James Reynolds/Doctor (Durham Performing Arts Center in Durham). TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPaJLqMLRjE&t=1s. 2021-22 TRUIST BROADWAY AT DPAC SEASON: https://www.dpacnc.com/truist-broadway/season/2021-2022-truist-broadway-at-dpac. THE PRESENTER/VENUE: https://www.dpacnc.com/, https://www.facebook.com/DPACNC, https://www.instagram.com/DPACNC/, https://twitter.com/DPAC, and https://www.youtube.com/user/DPACLive. DIRECTIONS: https://www.dpacnc.com/plan-your-visit/directions. PARKING: https://www.dpacnc.com/plan-your-visit/parking. DPAC COVID-19 REQUIREMENTS: https://www.dpacnc.com/events/vaccination-and-covid-19-test-requirements. THE TOUR: https://hamiltonmusical.com/us-tour/home/, https://www.ibdb.com/tour-production/hamilton-angelica-504675, https://www.facebook.com/HamiltonMusical/, https://www.instagram.com/hamiltonmusical/, https://twitter.com/HamiltonMusical/, and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKhSqWRvBtjlivrs_xeT5aQ. TOUR CAST: https://hamiltonmusical.com/us-tour/cast/. TOUR CREATIVE TEAM (scroll down): https://hamiltonmusical.com/us-tour/cast/. THE SHOW: https://hamiltonmusical.com/, http://www.iobdb.com/Production/5911, https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show/hamilton-499520, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hamilton-musical, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_(musical). THE COMPOSER, LYRICIST, AND PLAYWRIGHT: https://www.linmanuel.com/, http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/34364, https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/lin-manuel-miranda-459893, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0592135/, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lin-Manuel-Miranda, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Miranda. TICKETS: $89 and up, plus taxes and fees. Call 800-982-2787 or click here to buy tickets. GROUPS (10+ tickets): 919-680-2787, Groups@DPACnc.com, and https://www.dpacnc.com/events/groups-services. INFORMATION: 919-680-2787 or CustomerService@DPACnc.com.

May 18: 7 p.m. doors open and 8:30 p.m. show Wednesday to 12 a.m. Thursday: Erotic Bizarre: Fetish Cabaret (In Person), featuring performances by Persephone Fivethousand (Charlotte, NC); Stilletta Maraschino (Portland, OR); Meka La Creme (Durham, NC); and Mojo Deville (Oakland, CA) (Creme Cabaret at the Arcana Bar and Lounge in Durham). THE PRESENTER: https://www.instagram.com/cremecabaret_/. THE VENUE: https://www.arcanadurham.com/#home, https://www.facebook.com/arcanadurham/, and https://www.instagram.com/arcanadurham/. MAP (scroll down): https://www.durhamfruit.com/. COVID REQUIREMENTS (scroll down): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creme-cabaret-presents-erotic-bizarre-tickets-322500717327. NOTE: There will be Tarot Card readings, starting at 7:30 p.m. Click here and scroll down for details. TICKETS: $25 in advance and $30 at the door, plus taxes and fees. Click here to buy tickets. INFORMATION: 919-973-1675 or arcanadurham@gmail.com.

May 19: 7:30 p.m. doors open and 9 p.m. show Thursday to 12 a.m. Friday: The Mambo Swing: Latin Cabaret & Burlesque (In Person), hosted by Connie Versace (Raleigh, NC) and featuring performances by Stilletta Maraschino (Portland, OR); Ophelia Pop Tart (Charlotte, NC); Meka La Creme (Durham, NC); and Mojo Deville (Oakland, CA), with special guest salsa dancer Lulu Diaz (Durham, NC) and music by DJ Ezra Croft (Raleigh, NC) (Creme Cabaret in The Black Box @ The Fruit [Durham Fruit and Produce Company] in Durham). THE PRESENTER: https://www.instagram.com/cremecabaret_/. THE VENUE: https://www.durhamfruit.com/, https://www.facebook.com/305sdillardst, https://www.instagram.com/durhamfruit/, https://twitter.com/durhamfruit, and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPMaKqpy0ZLWi_yXODprZGQ. MAP/DIRECTIONS: https://www.arcanadurham.com/#location. COVID REQUIREMENTS: N/A. NOTE: There will be Tarot card readings, starting at 7:30 p.m. Click here and scroll down for details. TICKETS: $25-$35, plus taxes and fees. Click here to buy tickets. INFORMATION: Durhamfruit@gmail.com.

The Carolina Ballet will present Giselle on Thursday-Sunday, May 19-22, in Raleigh
Memorial Auditorium in the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh

May 19-22: 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday: Giselle (In Person and Livestreamed at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 20th) (Carolina Ballet in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium in the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh). 2021-22 SEASON: https://www.carolinaballet.com/2021-2022-season/. THE COMPANY: https://www.carolinaballet.com/company/. THE PRESENTER: https://www.carolinaballet.com/, https://www.facebook.com/CarolinaBallet, https://www.instagram.com/carolinaballet/, https://twitter.com/CarolinaBallet, and https://www.youtube.com/user/CBcarolinaballet. THE VENUE: https://www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com/venues, https://www.facebook.com/DECRaleigh, https://www.instagram.com/DECRaleigh/, https://twitter.com/DECRaleigh, and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUCPC9naUI3G8vHw0K8Qnew. DIRECTIONS/PARKING: https://www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com/getting-duke-energy-center. COVID-19 VACCINATION AND MASK POLICY FAQS: https://www.carolinaballet.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Covid-19-Vaccination-and-Mask-Policy-FAQs-2.pdf. CLEANING PROTOCOLS AND ATTENDEE SAFETY: https://www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com/cleaning-protocols-and-attendee-safety. TICKETS: $27.15-$90.15, plus taxes and ticket fees. Call 800-982-2787 or click here to buy in-person tickets, and call 919-719-0900 or e-mail boxoffice@carolinaballet.com to buy livestream tickets. GROUPS (10+ tickets): 919-719-0900 and https://www.carolinaballet.com/tickets/special-rates/. INFORMATION: 919-719-0900 or boxoffice@carolinaballet.com. PLEASE DONATE TO: Carolina Ballet.

The Monti will present The Monti StorySLAM: Kindred Spirits at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 20th, at Durham's Mystic Farm and Distillery

May 20: 7:30 p.m. Friday: The Monti StorySLAM: Kindred Spirits (In Person) (The Monti at the Mystic Farm and Distillery in Durham). VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWRLGHrensG_L9yTXTE-tow. UPCOMING SHOWS: http://themonti.org/events. THE PRESENTER: http://themonti.org/, https://www.facebook.com/TheMonti, https://www.instagram.com/the.monti/, https://twitter.com/TheMonti1, and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWRLGHrensG_L9yTXTE-tow. THE VENUE: https://www.whatismystic.com/, https://www.facebook.com/mysticfarmanddistillery, and https://www.instagram.com/mysticfarmdistillery/. DIRECTIONS: https://www.mapquest.com/us/north-carolina/mystic-farm-and-distillery-375128250. COVID REQUIREMENTS: http://themonti.org/events/the-monti-storyslam-kindred-spirits-on-5-20-2022. TICKETS: $12, plus taxes and fees. Click here to buy tickets. INFORMATION: 218-666-8445 or info@themonti.org.

May 20-21: 6 p.m. Friday and 12 and 4:30 p.m. Saturday: Triangle Academy of Dance Recitals (In Person) (Triangle Academy of Dance in the A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater in the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh). THE PRESENTER: https://www.triangle-academy-dance.com/, https://www.facebook.com/tad.dance94/, https://www.instagram.com/triangleadance/, and https://twitter.com/TADance2016. THE VENUE: https://www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com/venues, https://www.facebook.com/DECRaleigh, https://www.instagram.com/DECRaleigh/, https://twitter.com/DECRaleigh, and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUCPC9naUI3G8vHw0K8Qnew. DIRECTIONS/PARKING: https://www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com/getting-duke-energy-center. CLEANING PROTOCOLS AND ATTENDEE SAFETY: https://www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com/cleaning-protocols-and-attendee-safety. TICKETS: $15 and up, plus taxes and fees. Call 800-982-2787 or click here to buy tickets. INFORMATION: 919-387-1298 or director@triangle-academy-dance.com.

May 21-22: 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday: On the Banks of the Eno (In Person) by the Seymour Playwrights (Sherry Conway Appel, Pippa Merrick, John Paul Middlesworth, and Mary Turner) (Seymour Playwrights, in association with the Orange County Historical Museum, at the Chapel Hill Courthouse in Chapel Hill). THE PRESENTER: https://artsorange.org/tag/seymour-playwrights/. THE VENUE: https://www.nccourts.gov/locations/orange-county/chapel-hill-courthouse. MAPS/DIRECTIONS: https://www.google.com/maps/. TICKETS: $20 ($15 students and seniors 65+), plus taxes and fees. Click here to buy tickets. INFORMATION: 919-929-4493 or seymourplaywrights@gmail.com. PLEASE DONATE TO: Seymour Playwrights.

Murray & Peter Present will bring the Alyssa Edwards: Life, Love & Lashes Tour to the A.J. Fletcher
Opera Theater in Raleigh's Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts at 8 p.m. Friday, May 27th

May 27: 8 p.m. Friday: Alyssa Edwards: Life, Love & Lashes Tour (In Person) (>Murray & Peter Present in the A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater in the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh). VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk2F1g62KkGZhl96gF8mnpw. THE PRESENTER: https://www.dragfans.com/, https://www.facebook.com/mppresent/, https://www.instagram.com/mppresent/, https://twitter.com/MPPresent, and https://www.youtube.com/user/MPPresent. THE VENUE: https://www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com/venues, https://www.facebook.com/DECRaleigh, https://www.instagram.com/DECRaleigh/, https://twitter.com/DECRaleigh, and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUCPC9naUI3G8vHw0K8Qnew. DIRECTIONS/PARKING: https://www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com/getting-duke-energy-center. CLEANING PROTOCOLS AND ATTENDEE SAFETY: https://www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com/cleaning-protocols-and-attendee-safety. ALYSSA EDWARDS: https://thealyssaedwards.com/, https://www.facebook.com/QueenAlyssaEdwards, https://www.instagram.com/alyssaedwards_1/, https://twitter.com/alyssaedwards_1, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alyssa_Edwards, and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk2F1g62KkGZhl96gF8mnpw. TICKETS: $35 and up, plus taxes and fees. Call 800-982-2787 or click here to buy tickets. INFORMATION: murray@mppresent.com.

May 27-28: 7:30 p.m. Friday and 1 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday: A (VOI D)ANCE: An Evening-Length World Premiere (In Person) (OM Grown Dancers Season 5 at The Fruit [Durham Fruit and Produce Company] in Durham). VIDEOS: https://www.facebook.com/omgrowndancers/videos/ and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgvbb4XWgMvdWB0uMczy2dQ. THE PRESENTER: https://www.omgrowndancers.com/, https://www.facebook.com/omgrowndancers, https://www.instagram.com/OMgrowndancers/, and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgvbb4XWgMvdWB0uMczy2dQ. THE VENUE: https://www.durhamfruit.com/, https://www.facebook.com/305sdillardst, https://www.instagram.com/durhamfruit/, https://twitter.com/durhamfruit, and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPMaKqpy0ZLWi_yXODprZGQ. MAP (scroll down): https://www.durhamfruit.com/. COVID REQUIREMENTS: N/A. TICKETS: $20-$40, plus taxes and fees. Click here to buy tickets. INFORMATION: 910-920-5282 or com@omgrowndancers.com. PLEASE DONATE TO: OM Grown Dancers.

May 29: 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday: Spring Works: New, Contemporary, & Classical (In Person) (Cary Ballet Company in the A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater in the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh). VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOWDzZ8pp4cm2dY5d9kK0Ew. THE PRESENTER: https://www.caryballetcompany.org/, http://www.facebook.com/cbcomp, https://www.instagram.com/caryballetcompany/, and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOWDzZ8pp4cm2dY5d9kK0Ew. THE VENUE: https://www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com/, https://www.facebook.com/DECRaleigh, https://www.instagram.com/DECRaleigh/, https://twitter.com/DECRaleigh, and https://www.youtube.com/user/DukeEnergyPAC. DIRECTIONS/PARKING: https://www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com/getting-duke-energy-center. DECPA SAFETY & SECURITY POLICIES: https://www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com/safety-security. TICKETS: $36 and up, plus taxes and fees. Click here to buy tickets. INFORMATION: 919-481-6509 or info@caryballetcompany.org. PLEASE DONATE TO: Cary Ballet Company.

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