19 stories by "Megan Wrappe"
I will always be the first to admit that I was never, ever the cool kid in school. I was somewhere between the well-known-but-not-popular kids and the geeks, thanks to my obsession with Broa…
By Megan Wrappe, Contributing Writer, August 9, 2018 Discovering how life works is what resonates the most in Lisa Langseth's one-woman show Beloved, starring Ellinor DiLorenzo and directed …
By Megan Wrappe, Contributing Writer, May 22, 2018 Many say that New York City is the greatest city in the world, and for some maybe it is. But if you haven't traveled below the Mason-Dixon …
By Megan Wrappe, Contributing Writer, May 1, 2018 When I was in high school, my friends found a Youtube channel called "Team StarKid" which had recently created a musical, A Very Potter Musi…
By Megan Wrappe, Contributing Writer, April 30, 2018 The Public Theater’s production of Henry V, as directed by Robert O'Hara, truly opened my eyes to the amazing world that Shak…
By Megan Wrappe, Contributing Writer, April 10, 2018 Playwrights Horizons newest production, This Flat Earth, written by Lindsey Ferrentino and directed by Rebecca Taichman, tells the sto…
By Megan Wrappe, Contributing Writer, March 22, 2018 When discussing William Shakespeare, there’s a certain level of mystery surrounding the writer, since there is so much unknown abou…
By Megan Wrappe, Contributing Writer, March 19, 2018 Growing up in central North Carolina, we lived and breathed ACC sports. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC State, and Du…
By Megan Wrappe, Contributing Writer, January 31, 2018 Walking into the Jacob K. Javits Center on Friday, January 26, I knew what I was in for. BroadwayCon had just kicked off a few hours be…
By Megan Wrappe, Contributing Writer, January 18, 2018 Last January, fans of Broadway and all things theater-related flocked to the Javits Center for the second annual BroadwayCon. There the…
By Megan Wrappe, Contributing Writer, January 3, 2018 In the last few years, Hans Christian Anderson's tale The Snow Queen has become even more popular since the release of Disney’s…
By Megan Wrappe, Contributing Writer, December 5, 2017 Walking into the Palace Theatre recently, I had no idea what to expect from SpongeBob SquarePants the Musical. I grew up watching th…
By Megan Wrappe, Contributing Writer, November 22, 2017 It’s the time of year when holiday-themed shows are popping up all over town, and with the Christmas Spectacular already underwa…
By Megan Wrappe, Contributing Writer, November 3, 2017 Friends the TV show has its own cult-following, so when I heard there was a Friends musical in the works, I was curious to see how it w…
HBO's hit show Game of Thrones has been infuriating audiences since 2011 with its many character deaths and long season breaks. Still, the show has earned a cult following of avid fans. And …
By Megan Wrappe, Contributing Writer, August 18, 2017 In the world of art, you often hear about Van Gogh's style of painting described as revolutionary when compared to his Impressionist cou…
By Megan Wrappe, Contributing Writer, August 14, 2017 As someone who frequents the theatre, I'm accustomed to taking my seat and remaining there for two hours, maybe longer. This isn't exact…
By Megan Wrappe, Contributing Writer, July 12, 2017 The story of The Three Musketeers was already a “classic” when it was written by Alexandre Dumas in 1844, setting the story…
By Megan Wrappe, Contributing Writer, July 7, 2017 In 2004, a new theatre festival came onto the scene with the idea that strength and vitality of musical theater lie in its ability to stay …
