Arts

Ataloa Theatre, Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center

Don't miss this fascinating and high-octane musical revue with an exciting cast of singers and dancers who have shined on the Broadway stage and on-tour around the world. Broadway Tonite Live! is a memorable and educational evening of pure entertainment and non-stop hits that continues to receive standing ovations and rave reviews in the U.S., Europe,and Asia. Broadway Tonite Live! takes you on an unforgettable journey through the greatest Broadway shows, including show-stoppers from "Oklahoma," "Anything Goes," "West Side Story," "Les Miserables," "Phantom of the Opera," "Rent," "Wicked," "Chicago," "Cabaret," "Jekyll & Hyde," and many more! The beautifully costumed performers will sing and dance their way into your heart with the timeless songs you know and love.

Advance Tickets are $15. Click here to purchase tickets.

Chalmers Herman Theatre, Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center

Performances are each night at 7:30, Thursday through Saturday.

Senior Margie Beck will direct Beth Henley's award winning "Crimes of the Heart" in the Chalmers Herman Theatre. The tragicomedy is set in Hazlehurst, Missouri in the mid-20th century and won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.  The story follows the three McGrath sisters who reunite in Old Grandaddy's house after Babe has shot her abusive husband.

Ticket prices range from $5 for children to $10 for adults. ECU students and employees get in free with ECU ID.

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Ataloa Theatre, Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center

Performances are 7:30 each night, Thursday through Saturday.

ECU Theatre and ECU Music bring Frank Loesser's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING to the Ataloa Stage. Based on Shepherd Mead's 1952 book, the musical opened in October 1961, winning 7 Tony awards, New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and the 1962 Pulitzer.  It starred Robert Morse and Rudy Vallee, who reprised their roles in the film. Recent revivals included Matthew Broderick's in 1995 and Daniel "Harry Potter" Radcliffe in 2011 winning Tonys for Best Revival, Best Director/Choreographer,and Best Featured Actor in a Musical for John Larroquette.  The show will be directed by Dr. Rick Groetzinger with musical direction by Vickie Reifsnider.

Ticket prices range from $5 for children to $10 for adults. ECU students and employees get in free with ECU ID.

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Ataloa Theatre, Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center

This riotous, interactive pirate escapade satisfies children's universal curiosity for the briny buccaneers of yore, while promoting everyday polite behavior and social courage.  Now in its 24th season, Pirate School! has delighted thousands of families with a mischievous blend of improvisational clown theater and its signature brand of boisterous full-audience participation. Parents marvel as their kids become "good pirates," swaggering out of the theater transformed by this heartwarming family show.   The audience partakes in riotous, joyful competitions that rattle the rafters and zany lessons on how to stand, talk,sing, and laugh like jaunty buccaneers. Featuring an original cartoon-like sound effect and musical score, eye-popping puppetry, eccentric props, adept magic, slapstick swordplay antics,a misbehaving cannon, a talking skull, and the world's only wearable pirate ship, Pirate School! is truly a treasure to discover!

Advance tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for children. Click here to purchase tickets.

Ataloa Theatre, Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center

Performances are at 7:30 each night, Thursday through Saturday.

ECU Theatre presents Michael Frayn's uproarious theatrical farce NOISES OFF on the Ataloa Stage directed by graduate student Jamie Davis. The play starts with an onstage rehearsal of a play called NOTHING ON.  The second act takes you backstage during the opening performance.  Act Three is a replay of the second act seen onstage.  The play opened on Broadway in 1984 and has had revivals in 2002 and 2015, winning Outer Critic Circle awards for the two revival directors,a Drama Desk award for direction, and a Tony and Outer Critic Circle award for featured actress Katie Finneran.

Ticket prices range from $5 for children to $10 for adults. ECU students and employees get in free with ECU ID.

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Pogue Art Gallery

Pogue Art Gallery, Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center

Estem Multimedia Center, Bill S. Cole Unviersity Center

Dr. Bernida Webb-Binder will present the 7th annual Locmiller Lecture in Art History: "Iconic Tributes: Jewel Castro's Representations of Family and Identity in Samoan American Art."

Tale of the Fisherman II - (Assimilation series)

Ada Arts and Heritage Center           

A-Wake for Debussy: A Centennial Celebration of Claude Debussy’s music

In the Estep Multimedia Center inside the Bill S. Cole University Center