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a blog by Preston Lane
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Triad Stage in the News
January 27, 2012
Triad Stage and NewBridge Bank Present New Music Trilogy by Reynolds Price
Broadwayworld.com
Utilizing two different casts to tell a story spanning four decades, Triad Stage and NewBridge Bank present the entire New Music trilogy by Reynolds Price, directed by Preston Lane, in a two part extended run—Part I, comprised of the plays, August Snow and Night Dance, and Part II, the final play in the series, Better Days—produced together for only the second time since they were written.
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January 23, 2012
Greensboro's Triad Will Mount Reynolds Price's New Music Trilogy; Casting Announced
by Michael Gioia
Playbill.com
Greensboro's Triad Stage will present North Carolina native Reynolds Price's entire New Music trilogy — for the second time since they were written — in two parts from Feb. 12-March 18 at the Pyrle Theater.
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September 4, 2011
Triad Stage set for 11th season
by Elise Roberts
News 14 Carolina
The stage is set for another season at Triad Stage. Every year the Greensboro based theater company brings a series of productions that attracts thousands of people.
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June 27, 2011
Triad Stage buys property to house costumes, build sets
by Dawn DeCwikiel-Kane
News & Record
The sign above the door advertises the building’s former occupant, a company called Envision. Sometime this summer, it will display the name of its new owner: Triad Stage.
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June 8, 2011
Grand ball ends Triad Stage's 10th season
by Lenise Willis
YES! Weekly
To celebrate the end of Triad Stage’s 10th year, Artistic Director Preston Lane brought home Masquerade, a Danish delicacy. To modernize the play for his American audience, Lane relied not just on his own adaptation, but also on his design team, including costume designer Kelsey Hunt.
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Reviews
December 2, 2011
Triad Stage gets its"Humbug" on.
Theater Review by Lynn Jessup
Classical Voice of North Carolina
On opening night of A Christmas Carol, a theatre-goer was overheard to say, “The season has not started until I come down here and see this.” Wait a minute! This is only the second year of Preston Lane’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Already a tradition? So it would seem. Yes, A Christmas Carol is back at Triad Stage, and with it comes all the wonderful effects, wacky characters, seasonal sentiment, and spectacular staging, all tied up in a sparkling – and spooky –package.
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October 21, 2011
Come into the house. A Doll House, that is, Triad Stage's latest production in its 11th season.
Theater Review by Lynn Jessup
Classical Voice of North Carolina
Edgy, raw, and riveting, Preston Lane's adaptation of Henrick Ibsen's A Doll House is a must for students of classic theatre, a thrill for Triad Stage fans, and a compelling installation for contemporary art lovers. As anyone who has watched an adaptation of a century-plus-old work knows, these productions can vary wildly from the originals. In A Doll House, Lane shows us Ibsen through a soft filter of time, which seems to only intensify the play's timelessness and the message Ibsen threw in the face of Victorian mores.
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September 9, 2011
Kicking Off Its 11th Season, Triad Stage Has a Hard Act to Follow: Itself
Theater Review by Lynn Jessup
Classical Voice of North Carolina
In its 10th season, Triad Stage was designated as one of the nation's top ten most promising regional theatres by the American Theatre Wing (founder of the Tony Awards). When you're at the top, where is there to go? Nowhere but up, apparently. In Dial "M" for Murder, Triad Stage's 11th season premiere, director Preston Lane brings audiences a first-class product : a pinch of Hitchcock, a smattering of Broadway, a touch of the London stage. Watching this thriller is a thrill in itself and should not be missed, no matter what theatrical genre you subscribe to.
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June 11, 2011
Masquerade - a Feast for Eyes & Ears at Triad Stage
Theater Review by Lynn Jessup
Classical Voice of North Carolina
A theatre's season finale should be a celebration for everyone: actors, crew, directors and, especially, the audience. If you miss Masquerade, Triad Stage's 10th season finale, you will miss what is surely one of the most riotous and ribald productions in this theatre company's history. Sure, it's a theatrical celebration, but it's also a straight-up rave commemorating everything Triad Stage has accomplished in its decade of existence.
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April 15, 2011
Sweet, Intoxicating Steel Magnolias at Triad Stage
Theater Review by Lynn Jessup
Classical Voice of North Carolina
Smell that sweet fragrance? It's the intoxicating Steel Magnolias, the latest Triad Stage production. It hardly seems possible that Magnolias is now a "period" piece, but it has, after all, been some 24 years since the play, almost instantly made into a movie starring Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Julia Roberts, et al., flowed from the pen of Nachitoches, La., native Robert Harling.
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Podcasts
August 31, 2011
"Triad Arts Up Close" – Dial "M" for Murder
With host David Ford
WFDD 88.5 FM
May 3, 2011
“The State of Things” – The America Play
With host Frank Stasio
WUNC North Carolina Public Radio 91.5 FM
April 6, 2011
"Triad Arts Up Close" – Steel Magnolias
With host David Ford
WFDD 88.5 FM
Press Releases
January 17, 2012
Reynolds Price’s New Music trilogy comes to Triad Stage for a once-in-a-lifetime theatrical event. The ambitious work of one of the South’s greatest writers is performed in two parts in rotating repertory, February 12 – March 18, 2012.
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November 10, 2011
Crumpet reports for duty to the fourth season of The Santaland Diaries, December 6 – 23, 2011. Jon Mozes is the disgruntled Macy's elf in The UpStage Cabaret's wildly successful production.
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October 20, 2011
Charles Dickens’ ghostly tale returns to downtown Greensboro. Preston Lane’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol takes the stage November 25 – December 24, 2011.
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September 27, 2011
Triad Stage presents a new vision of A Doll House, Henrik Ibsen’s “Door Slam Heard Around the World”. Preston Lane’s world premiere adaptation of the life-changing classic takes the stage October 16 – November 6, 2011.
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September 7, 2011
Vampires, ghosts, werewolves and a mummy give downtown Greensboro a satirical fright. Charles Ludlam’s penny dreadful, The Mystery of Irma Vep, returns to Triad Stage September 29 – October 15, 2011.
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August 30, 2011
Triad Stage announces artistic partners for the 2011-2012 UpStage Cabaret season.
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August 16, 2011
Triad Stage opens the 11th season with Dial “M” for Murder. Lincoln Financial Foundation presents Frederick Knott’s diabolical thriller, September 4 – 25, 2011.
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June 24, 2011
Triad Stage announces the 2011-2012 Upstage Cabaret season.
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