Li’l Friday: Cape Fear Blues Festival, Leanne Morgan, ‘Hairspray’

Leanne Morgan will perform four shows this weekend as part of a live taping for Netflix comedy special. (Courtesy photo) SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — Li’l Friday features dozen of ways for people to enjoy the weekend via theater, music, art, culinary happenings and …

‘Hairspray’ at Beverly Arts Center Champions Youth, Inclusion and Joy as Resistance

Amid Black Music Month, Pride, and Juneteenth, Beverly Arts Center presents Hairspray—a vibrant musical blending youth leadership, racial justice, queer visibility and community celebration (Photo Provided). During a month when Chicago celebrates Black …

Carolina Civic Center continues annex contruction; Hairspray delayed until ‘26

LUMBERTON — The Carolina Civic Center and Historic Theater is delaying the summer production of Hairspray until 2026. The production was intended to coincide with the grand opening of the new annex, but weather concerns have caused a slight delay in the …

Inside Chicago's high-energy Hairspray revival and how it’s changing lives through music

Summerset Theatre opens its 57th Season with ‘Hairspray’

Published 7:00 pm Tuesday, June 17, 2025 1 of 4 Makenna Fox, playing Tracy Turnblad, rehearses a scene from the Summerset Theatre production of “Hairspray the Broadway Musical,” Monday night in Frank W. Bridges Theatre. The show kicks off Summerset’s 57th …

‘Hairspray’ brings message of change

Lincoln Theatre Guild presents the musical “Hairspray” this weekend at the James W. Warren Citizens Center. Set in 1962 Baltimore, the production’s central character is Tracy Turnblad. She wins a dance contest and uses the fame that brings her to advocate …

Two area actors perform in 'Hairspray'

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Joshua Drewelow, of Marshalltown, left, and Dean Messerly, of rural Conrad, are portraying Edna and Wilbur Turnblad in the Cedar Falls production of “Hairspray.” Joshua Drewelow, of Marshalltown, and Dean Messerly, of rural Conrad, are …

One month after NEA funding cuts, Atlanta theater leaders balance creativty and cost control

Art is not just limited to a song or a painting. At least that’s according to the philosophy of Paul Conroy, a longtime Atlanta resident and founder of Midtown’s OutFront Theatre, Georgia’s only theater company dedicated to telling LGBTQ+ stories. “You get …

Full-circle moment: St. Louis' Kennedy Holmes returns to The Muny in her first starring role

Kennedy Holmes returns to her hometown stage in her first lead role in Bring It On: The Musical. From The Voice finalist to leading lady, 11 seasons in the making. ST. LOUIS — Kennedy Holmes was just 10 years old when she first set foot on The Muny stage …

ENUFF Z'NUFF Announces 'Xtra Cherries' Album With Guest Appearances From JOURNEY, CHEAP TRICK Members

ENUFF Z'NUFF is back with a sweet serving of "Xtra Cherries", the highly anticipated 21st studio album chock full of the band's signature power-pop music stylings mixed with melodic rock, which is due out July 25 via Cleopatra Records ( …