Community Cue: Conversations Inspired by the Stage
This series of free events, open to the general public, welcomes the community to explore a theme or topic inspired by an upcoming show. Community Cues elicit impactful conversation from attendees around these themes, with moderated events featuring local experts, teaching artists or members of the featured production's cast, crew or creative team. Community Cues take place at community sites around the Charlotte region, as well as at Blumenthal Arts venues.
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Immediate Family
We enjoyed a fun and engaging conversation with playwright, Paul Oakley Stovall and members of the cast of Immediate Family. This show has been extended in the Booth Playhouse until September 7 2025.
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Tina
We enjoyed a wonderful Q&A with Broadway vet, Deidre Lang (Gran Georgeanna) and newcomer, Sterling Baker-McClary (Ike Turner). After the show, we met Victoria Gambill, an incredible young artist from Charlotte, who sketched this drawing during the Community Cue. We’re still in awe of the talent of all three!
Shucked
We had a blast chatting with cast members Danielle Wade (Maizy) and Miki Abraham (Lulu) about the uncanny parallels in their professional and personal lives and about how those similarities have helped the two actors form a true friendship while on the tour of Shucked.
Kimberly Akimbo
We were joined by two members of the cast, one who plays a principal role and the other, a swing. Both actors are from North Carolina, and they chatted with our audience about their experience with this show on the road versus this show on Broadway!
Parade
We enjoyed a thought provoking and engaging conversation with members of the cast about their work on the show and the little known moment in history told through the musical, Parade.
Life Rules
We had a wonderful Q&A with Paul Oakley Stovall, Yassmine Alers, and Billy Rude about their recent cabaret show, Life Rules, which played the Stage Door Theater in early March. We also teased Paul's play, Immediate Family, which will play the Booth Playhouse this summer.
Hamilton
Cast members of Hamilton, the acclaimed Broadway musical based on Ron Chernow's biography of Alexander Hamilton, sat down for a conversation about the 2025 tour.
The Lion King at NourishUP
We partnered with Nourish Up (formerly Loaves and Fishes) to highlight food scarcity, one of the themes in The Lion King. In addition to a Q&A with members of the cast, local Chef, Shef Shaun, used the demo kitchen at Nourish Up to us how to make leftover chicken last for multiple meals by using it as an ingredient in pasta. We all got to sample his creation and we left with recipes for that pasta, quesadillas, and chicken salad. Learn more about Nourish Up here.