CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Broadway is lighting up Charlotte, and Blumenthal Arts is giving you a front row seat with “Blumenthal Arts Presents: From Broadway to Charlotte.”
Hear what shows are coming direct to Charlotte in our WBTV-produced one-hour special! Watch the full special in the video player up above.
Former QC Life host Kristen Miranda is bringing you behind the scenes of this year’s most exciting shows. You’ll also catch exclusive interviews with the writers and producers, and sneak peeks you won’t see anywhere else.
Kristen Miranda blog: Behind the project
It is so much fun to be able to combine the two things I love most in my professional life: theater and TV!
Hi everyone, Kristen Miranda here! I am excited to give you a little behind-the-scenes info on a big project I’ve been working on with my new work family, and my former work family.
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As you may know, I spent about 17 years as a reporter, anchor, and lifestyle host at WBTV before leaving last fall to try something new. Now I work at Blumenthal Arts, an outstanding not-for-profit organization in the center of Uptown, which operates four theater venues and our brand new Blume Studios, and brings the largest Broadway season in the Carolinas to our community.
It is that new Broadway season that brought a team from Blumenthal and a team from WBTV to New York City recently.
On April 14, we officially announced the PNC Broadway Lights, Equitable Bravo and Extras seasons -- 17 amazing Broadway shows that are coming straight to Charlotte and our stages.
This is an exciting time, with Broadway fans on the edges of their seats waiting to see which shows they can snag tickets for here in Charlotte. I’ve known the list for a while now, and as a total Broadway geek myself, I am nearly jumping out of my skin to tell you about them!
We could have simply released the list, but we wanted to do more this year. That’s why we worked with WBTV on the hour-long, super informative and exciting season announcement special.
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We’re calling it “Blumenthal Arts Presents: From Broadway to Charlotte.” Check it out in the video player up above, or find it on WBTV’s apps or the Blumenthal Arts YouTube channel.
We are sharing with you the whole list of shows coming to town, but there’s more. We were in New York City to talk to the creative teams behind those shows, getting insight into the “can’t miss” moments, and how the productions came to be. I was having so many “pinch me” moments with the people I had a chance to talk with. You’ll love hearing from them!
We’ll also introduce you to some brilliant young local folks who attended Charlotte-area high schools, have deep roots in Blumenthal Arts and its mission, and are now thriving in the theater scene in New York. That includes two young men getting standing ovations and breaking hearts in big, bold musicals.
You’ll also learn more about the not-for-profit work we do every day to support students, teachers, artists, and community members who are life-long learners. Raising money to support these programs is a big part of my job, and it makes my heart so big to see the impact your dollars have on growing these programs.
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