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The most secretive play ever staged in Wilmington, plus your weekend
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (437+ words) On Wednesday night, Feb. 11, I was invited to a dress rehearsal of what might be the most secretive play ever staged in Wilmington. "White Rabbit Red Rabbit," by the Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour, is being put up by Big Dawg…...
A comedy special that filmed in Wilmington is set to premiere on Netflix
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (242+ words) A comedy special that filmed in Wilmington over the summer is getting ready to premiere on the world's biggest streaming service. In June, Cape Fear Community College's Wilson Center hosted four sold-out shows by comic Leanne Morgan and its first-ever…...
Laugh-out-loud Wilmington stage comedy delivers batty Halloween humor
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (98+ words) Wilmington's Big Dawg Productions delivers a laugh-out-loud funny staging of "Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors," a madcap send-up of the vampire tale. Laugh-out-loud Wilmington stage comedy delivers batty Halloween humor We've all experienced the Dracula story so many times and…...
Well-known stand-up comedian name-drops Wilmington area in new Netflix special
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (410+ words) The Wilmington area is known for a lot of things: great beaches, a vibrant downtown, being the hometown of basketball great Michael Jordan. Now, it will also be known as the place where popular stand-up comedian Dusty Slay had a…...
Love, death and 'Bowling': Darkly gentle stage comedy throws a strike in Brunswick County
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (376+ words) Bowling is often a pop-culture footnote, used as comic fodder in memes about the sport's supposed ridiculousness while occasionally getting a starring role in feature films both raunchy ("Kingpin") and cosmically ambitious ("The Big Lebowski"). But Steven Dietz's darkly gentle…...