At a time when it’s easy to feel disheartened by the world, Joshua Holden is a ray of sunshine. Clad in a brightly colored bow tie, blue suit and neatly curled mustache, Holden exudes the charm of a young Mr. Rogers as he makes his entrance on stage. But, unlike Mr. Rogers, Holden’s uplifting message […]
Wortham Center Presents
Popular dance company takes the stage at Wortham: PHILADANCO!
As a young dancer in 1940s Philadelphia, Joan Myers Brown dreamed of attending one of the city’s prestigious dance academies — honing her talents, developing additional skills and learning new methods surrounded by her peers. “When you’re a teenager, that’s when you create your dreams. And that’s what I wanted to do,” Brown recalled in […]
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with father-son pianist duo Ryan & Ryan, and witness expertise across 176 keys, Feb. 14
In a special Valentine’s Day event at the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, dynamic father-and-son piano duo Ryan & Ryan combine their talents to create a dazzling blend of old and new — from Rachmaninoff to Gershwin, Ellington to Copland — blending classic and contemporary music into an enthralling concert experience. The concert takes […]
Aquila Theatre breathes new life into literary classics, “The Great Gatsby” and “Macbeth,” Feb. 4 & 5
For one weekend of stellar performances at the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, Aquila Theatre brings two literary classics to life in downtown Asheville: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby on Friday, Feb. 4 and Shakespeare’s Macbeth on Saturday, Feb. 5. One of the Wortham Center’s fan-favorite companies, returning each season with two new […]
Susan Werner brings variety to her concert at Wortham
Published in Asheville Scene, Oct. 22, 2021 With a catalogue that falls somewhere between folk, jazz and pop, with a pinch of country-Americana and world music thrown in, singer-songwriter Susan Werner stands poised and ready to please any crowd, no matter the musical taste. Though she’s known, first and foremost, as a fixture in folk, […]
World premiere at the Wortham: Pilobolus celebrates 50 years of innovation in dance
It began with a trio of unlikely artists: an English literature major with a knack for cross-country skiing, a competitive fencer majoring in philosophy science, and a pre-med student with a penchant for pole vaulting.
