Performing arts writer/critic for Queen City Nerve, JazzTimes, CVNC.org, Classical Voice North America and American Record Guide. Member of ATCA and MCANA.
Joined July 2011
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Fortunate to return from Charleston for the final weekend of Bach Charlotte's 7th Bach Festival, featuring new vocal stars in Handel's THEODORA and my first glimpse of two fine instrumentalists in ECHOES OF BACH. cvnc.org/final-weekend-of-ch…
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The semi-quincentennial edition of Spoleto Festival USA has begun in Charleston with a roar, a momentum, and a dizzy effervescence that I’ve never seen before in my 33 years of covering America’s preeminent performing arts festival. cvnc.org/amid-multiple-celeb…
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Review: THE NOTEBOOK THE MUSICAL at Belk Theater broadwayworld.com/charlotte/…
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Memories may stretch back to September 2012, when Keston Gary made history at Halton Theater in THE COLOR PURPLE, directed by future Tony Award winner Corey D Mitchell. Well, they're back together again at Theatre Charlotte. Good luck snagging a ticket!! qcnerve.com/the-color-purple…
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Your cellphone will have to wear blinders before you're allowed to see Three Bone Theatre's very adult OEDIPUS EL REY. Other aspects of the Oedipus tragedy are also compacted into Luis Alfaro's wondrous retelling that Sophocles never touched... qcnerve.com/oedipus-el-rey-t…
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Alejandro Cerrudo's ONE THOUSAND PIECES may sometimes seem like a surprisingly dark way to celebrate America's upcoming semi-quincentennial, but so do Marc Chagall’s AMERICAN WINDOWS, his inspiration. cvnc.org/charlotte-ballet-ce…
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Hurry, hurry, and rush to Booth Playhouse for QC: Queen City Concerts' WE WILL ROCK YOU. They will, with electrifying performances and mercifully calibrated decibels! cvnc.org/through-5-2-queen-c…
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Gotta give an extra-long review of David Adjmi and Will Butler's extra-long STEREOPHONIC - including whether or not it was kind of them to lop off 75 minutes from the heralded Broadway smash. Good as it is, it just didn't measure up to the hype for me. qcnerve.com/stereophonic-blu…
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Two things persuaded me to take a chance with the NC-based Blackhawk Quintet: they were playing music by Thelonious Monk, and they were playing it with the imprimatur of a Middle C Jazz booking. Paid off! cvnc.org/blackhawk-quintet-c…
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No Kings for me EXCEPT BNS Productions' KING HEDLEY II, a slam-dunk triumph at The Arts Factory, Rory Sheriff's new theatrical home. qcnerve.com/king-hedley-ii-b… via @queencitynerve
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Toasting the recent Theatre Charlotte production of GOD OF CARNAGE - particularly the hurling!! qcnerve.com/god-of-carnage-t… via @queencitynerve
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‘The Revolutionists’ Mixes Comedy and High Ambition qcnerve.com/warehouse-pac-th…
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It's a somewhat zany ride to the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Yet Shaina Taub's SUFFS educates and entertains while beginning the worthy work of telling the history of America's great sheroes. broadwayworld.com/charlotte/…
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‘Primary Trust’ Could (and Should) Go Bigger on Joy qcnerve.com/primary-trust-th… via @queencitynerve
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Blood, Fire and Hebrew in ‘Prince of Egypt’ at Matthews Playhouse qcnerve.com/prince-of-egypt-… via @queencitynerve
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10 Dec 2025
Which is more criminal, the neglect suffered for over 300 years by the Spanish composers and traditional songs on this admirable LUZ DE NAVIDAD program OR the indignities suffered by our Hispanic CLT community since the heinous invasion of the Federales?cvnc.org/luz-de-navidad-over…
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26 Nov 2025
I guess it's just me because I'm late to the fable, but the RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER story will never be nearly as lovable as the hit song. Still, the @CTCharlotte version at ImaginOn, is way better than the 1964 animated TV special it's based on. cvnc.org/through-12-23-if-yo…
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