brauhala: “Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place.” 🥰😭🥳🤩 @ashleyloren and @derek_klena starring together in @moulinrougebway had beaming from ear to ear and crying like a stage FGF in the front row! I AM SO PROUD OF YOU BOTH!!! And I know you are going to lead this company with such kindness, optimism, playfulness, and grace, while serving the incredible, deep-rooted vulnerability, honesty, and dazzling vocals that come to you both so instinctively, and lit up the stage last night. 🤩 This is a stunning example of the best things happening to the best kinds of people. CONGRATS, CHICKENS! Here’s to a long, fulfilling, and fun-filled run at the Moulin Rouge for you both, and all of your wonderful new castmates!!!! 🥰 Go on SLAYTINE and KLENSTIAN! I love you both so much!
slaurenkennedy Tickets are now on sale for a one-night-only performance by Academy Award winner Ariana DeBose on Aug. 26 at Theatre Raleigh Arts Center.
The concert will be a fundraiser for the Raleigh nonprofit professional theater and community arts organization at a time when regional theaters across the country are struggling to survive post-pandemic. DeBose has deep ties to the Raleigh area's performing arts community. She grew up in Wake Forest and graduated from West Millbrook Middle School and Wake Forest-Rolesville High School. Starting in sixth grade, she trained as a dancer at CC & Co. Dance Complex in North Raleigh.
“I am so thrilled to have the opportunity to come back to the Raleigh area to support Theatre Raleigh," DeBose said. "Now more than ever, supporting arts organizations on local levels is paramount to promoting societal empathy, compassion and stimulating creativity. If I am anything, I am living proof that the arts works. Arts education works. Providing performance opportunities for young people and aspiring artists can set them on paths they never dreamed they would find. It’s a privilege to be able to come home, perform and raise funds for an entity committed to offering the highest level of theater entertainment that the area can provide. I hope you’ll join me August 26th and support local theater in your area!”
At the 8 p.m. Aug. 26 concert, DeBose will share stories and songs from her career under the direction of Benjamin Rauhala, a longtime collaborator and one of Broadway's most trusted music directors.
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