Charlotte Magazine – August 2019

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NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

July 9

If you grew up listening to their totally rad

cassettes, come have a fan girl moment when

New Kids on the Block stop at Spectrum Center

during their 2019 MixTape Tour. The former

teen idols will share the stage with awesome

’80s acts like Salt-N-Pepa, Tiˆ any, and Debbie

Gibson. Travel back in time with NKOTB hits like

“Hangin’ Tough,” “I’ll Be Loving You (Forever),”

and “Step by Step.”

Find more events happening in Charlotte this month in our GUIDE, starting on page 92.

ARTS + EVENTS

The Playlist

BEST THINGS TO DO AND SEE THIS MONTH

BY EMMA WAY

COURTESY

THE GOOD LIFE

BY THE NUMBERS:

MUSIC ECOSYSTEM

STUDY

Music Everywhere

wants to make

Charlotte synonymous

with music. Charlotte

Center City Partners’

economic development

initiative supports the

city’s live music com-

munity, which includes

venue owners, festival

organizers, bookers,

and performers. In May,

the coalition released

its Charlotte Music

Ecosystem Study and

Action Plan, created by

Sound Music Cities, an

Austin-based consult-

ing œ rm. Some of the

œ ndings:

16

Percent of music fans

who experience live

music at least once a

week.

1:2

Ratio of local musicians

and other music creatives

who hold full-time jobs in

other industries. Only 15

percent of local creatives

have full-time jobs in

music.

$10,000

Median income of local

musicians.

28205

Zip code that received

the most responses to

the Music Everywhere

survey. This zip code

includes Plaza Midwood,

Commonwealth Park,

Plaza-Shamrock, Country

Club Heights, Villa

Heights, and NoDa.

$116

Amount spent on music

(tickets, streaming

services, merchandise,

etc.) by the average fan

per month.

Betty Buckley is a performer whose talent transcends television, œ lm, and stage. Audiences of a certain age

know her from Eight is Enough, and millennials may recognize her from the HBO series Oz. She’s one of the

most respected names in theater; New York magazine called her “The Voice of Broadway.”

Now 72, the Tony Award winner stars in the revival of Hello, Dolly! which comes to Belk Theater this month.

She steps into the title role of Dolly Gallagher Levi, a middle-aged marriage broker in 1880s New York City

who runs side hustles like music lessons and surgical corset-reboning. It’s the role Carol Channing originated,

and it won Bette Midler a Tony in 2017. (Barbra Streisand played Dolly in the movie version.) The role requires

star power, and Buckley is one of the few leading ladies with the prowess to do it.

It’s an old-time musical with horse-drawn trolleys and carpetbags, but certain lines still hold up today. At

the end of the show, Dolly remarks, “Money, pardon the expression, is like manure. It’s not worth a thing

unless it’s spread around, encouraging young things to grow.”

HELLO, DOLLY!

July 9-14

Betty Buckley stars

as Dolly Gallagher

Levi in Hello, Dolly!

ADELE GIVENS

July 5-7

Adele Givens has starred on TV shows like The

Hughleys, Moesha, and Russell Simmons’ Def Comedy

Jam, as well as movies like Beauty Shop and The

Players Club. Her fans call her the Queen of Comedy,

and her catch line—“I’m such a f*cking lady”—has

gone viral. The funny lady is also a writer, producer,

and director, and her hilarious observations about

celebrity culture, relationships, and life as a female

in comedy will have audiences howling when she

comes to Charlotte Comedy Zone this month.