Fame is a fickle friend who goes just as easily as it came. Film stars, athletic figures, and even singers see their popularity wane as their looks change, their bodies slow down, or their voices age. What is to be done? To paraphrase George Bernard Shaw, those who cannot do, teach.

Terrence McNally excites audiences almost as much as he excites actors. He demands a lot of an actor, and Theatre Raleigh’s production of Master Class points this out to the extreme.

Star football players Terrence Holt and Torry Holt and Broadway actress Lauren Kennedy are among the inductees in the 2018 class of the Wake County Public School Hall of Fame announced on Tuesday. The Hall of Fame honors outstanding alumni and community leaders who have deeply affected the district through their career [...]

Theatre Raleigh's BIG FISH transports audiences to a simpler time, before the age of social media and the insatiable need to curate personal stories on small screens. This is the stuff of pure imagination.

The most recent play to bowl me over is Theatre Raleigh's Big Fish, a full-blown, Equity production of a musical by John August and Andrew Lippa, directed by Eric Woodall. This production pulls out all the stops. It's got sensational music, a beautiful plot, exceptional characters, and a superlative message to relay.

When James McMurtry sings, “Life and legend are an awkward pair,” we take it that the son of Old West novelist Larry McMurtry is voicing a truth that’s close to home. Playwright John August explores similar terrain in this prismatic musical stage adaptation of Big Fish, Chapel Hill author Daniel Wallace’s 1998 best-selling novel,