Actor Portrays Nine Characters During Uptown Play

Actor portrays nine characters during Uptown play

WEST CHESTER — It is possible; one actor can portray all nine roles in a play. Actor Mike Thorton pulls it off and plays all the characters in the play—“The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey”–showing this weekend at the Uptown Knauer Performing Arts Center. During a phone interview, Director Bob Lohrmann said that Thorton seamlessly shifts from one character to the next on an almost bare stage set in a garage. The play moves to various locat…

How this actor portrays the complex 'villain' of the Tina Turner musical

Many performers receive applause and standing ovations after a successful show, but Sterling Baker-McClary has come to expect boos as a sign that he has performed well. Baker-McClary plays Ike Turner in “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical,” a Broadway show about the life and career of the legendary songstress. The Charlotte run of the show opened before a packed house on June 10 at Belk Theater. The three-hour show follows the struggles and triumphs …