"This Little World"
a blog by Preston Lane
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Triad Stage in the News
June 3, 2010
The Appalachians' Rodgers & Hammerstein
by Dawn DeCwikiel-Kane
GoTriad
Characters and themes in Triad Stage's new play, "Providence Gap," echo the artistic partnership of its creators, playwright Preston Lane and singer/songwriter Laurelyn Dossett. Chance. Luck. Fortune.
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April 8, 2010
Former teacher now uses the stage to educate
by Rebecca Warren
GoTriad
If life's a stage, Cassandra Lowe Williams deserves a Tony Award. She has been many things to many people -- a mother, teacher, minister, actress, director and friend. And now she's poised to take on yet another role as the legendary Ethel Waters in the upcoming Triad Stage production "Ethel Waters: His Eye Is on the Sparrow" written by Larry Parr.
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April 7, 2010
"Ethel Waters: His Eye Is on the Sparrow" at Triad Stage
by Frank O'Neill
Carolina Peacemaker
If the good Lord has his eye on the sparrow, He also had his eye on Ethel Waters (1896-1977). And today her life still stands as a testament to the power of faith, the miracle of talent, and the indomitablity and resilience of the human spirit.
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Reviews
June 11, 2010
Triad Stage's World Premiere of Providence Gap Is One Musical, Mystical, Miraculous Play
Theatre Review by Lynn Jessup
Classical Voice of North Carolina
There are spirits in this place. The place is the Pyrle Theater in downtown Greensboro. The spirits are part of Triad Stage’s newest production, the world premiere of Providence Gap. They drift down a mountain hollow, rustle the treetops, and rush like a brook from scene to scene. Of course, these spirits are all actors — aren’t they? Such is the mysteriousness of Providence Gap: a dream state from which you don’t want to be stirred, a story that encompasses many stories, lives, and emotions, collected into one musical, mystical, miraculous play.
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April 28, 2010
Triad Performance in Review: Ethel Waters
Theatre Review by Suzana McCalley
The Community Arts Café
Ethel Waters – a legend that many of us do not even know about. If pressed we can recall her strong and vulnerable unique rendition of “His Eye is On The Sparrow”, but unless you see “Ethel Waters” at Triad Stage (April 11 – May 2, 2010), I am convinced you will not get the full version of her miraculous story. Not only was Ethel Waters an incredible singer, but she also happened to be black, poor and a woman in a time when it was unacceptable to be any of those things. This play is particularly important not only as an incredible work of art, but as a biography, and a striking historical account.
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April 18, 2010
Ethel Waters: His Eye is on the Sparrow
Theatre Review by Lynn Jessup
Classical Voice of North Carolina
For millions who watched the Billy Graham Crusades, the name Ethel Waters is familiar as one of Graham’s most faithful comrades, a woman so close to Graham that she called him her son. “His Eye is on the Sparrow,” sung in her throaty contralto, became the African-American singer’s theme and as much defined her as did George Beverly Shea’s “How Great Thou Art.” Her beatific smile and powerful stage presence established her as a woman who was close to God.
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February 23, 2010
Recalling Around the World in 80 Days
Theatre Review by Perry Tannenbaum
Creative Loafing Charlotte
Two of my favorite French-speaking literary characters, Hercule Poirot and Phileas Fogg, have similar personalities, cool and precise to a fault, yet surprisingly quick-witted and quick-acting in a crisis. We can have our fill of Poirot, who appears in no less than 33 Agatha Christie novels, but Fogg (an Englishman who only "spoke" French in the original text) was brought to life once by Jules Verne in 1872. His epic adventures in Around the World in 80 Days are so vast that, after the humongous Hollywood version of 1958, Fogg has largely evaporated from popular culture.
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February 14, 2010
Preston Lane Takes Triad Stage Patrons on a Remarkable Trip Around the World in 80 Days
Theatre Review by Lynn Jessup
Classical Voice of North Carolina
What could be more staid than the Victorian stage? Heavily draped curtains, overdone fringe, portraits of pompous dignitaries, painstakingly painted backdrops. Enter Preston Lane. Thanks to Triad Stage’s co-founder and artistic director, chaos erupts within this stuffy Victorian setting, and the theater’s audiences are whisked away on a rollicking whirlwind tour: Around the World in 80 Days, adapted from the 19th century Jules Verne adventure novel by Mark Brown.
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Podcasts
June 3, 2010
“The State of Things” – Providence Gap
With host Frank Stasio
WUNC North Carolina Public Radio 91.5 FM
June 1, 2010
"Triad Arts Up Close" – Providence Gap
With host David Ford
WFDD 88.5 FM
April 8, 2010
“The State of Things” – Ethel Waters: His Eye Is on the Sparrow
With host Frank Stasio
WUNC North Carolina Public Radio 91.5 FM
December 8, 2009
"Triad Arts Up Close" – The Santaland Diaries
With host David Ford
WFDD 88.5 FM
Press Releases
August 17, 2010
Triad Stage Launches 10th Anniversary Season with Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie. Greensboro regional theater presents the classic masterpiece with a bold, new look September 5 – 26, 2010.
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May 18, 2010
Triad Stage concludes its 2009-2010 Season with Preston Lane and Laurelyn Dossett’s Providence Gap. The world premiere of an Appalachian Saga takes the stage June 6 – July 4, 2010.
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March 22, 2010
Triad Stage spotlights America's first black superstar in Ethel Waters: His Eye Is on the Sparrow. New play spans the turbulent life of one of the 20th century's greatest performers, April 11 – May 2, 2010.
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January 27, 2010
Triad Stage announces 2010-2011 "The 10th Season"
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January 22, 2010
Bring the kids out to Around the World Day at Triad Stage, Saturday, February 20. Free activities for children and mini-performances from cultures around the world
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January 19, 2010
Greensboro audiences go Around the World in 80 Days with Triad Stage. Mark Brown’s family-friendly comic adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic adventure in extended run, February 7 – March 7, 2010.
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January 14, 2010
It’s Around Downtown in 80 Minutes, Friday, February 5
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