Charlotte Magazine – July 2019

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THE FABULOUS BEATLES

June 14-16

Charlotte’s rst FABFEST is a weekend celebration

of the British band that gave us hits such as “I Want

to Hold Your Hand,” “Hey Jude,” and “Strawberry

Fields Forever.” Created by Tosco Music, this festival

oŠers fans three days of Beatles-related activities:

an Emmy Award-winning Beatles tribute band

(June 14), rare concert footage, memorabilia for

sale, singalongs, a Beatles-themed VIP dinner, and

more. The event is being held at Knight Theater and

the Faireld Inn uptown.

Find more events happening in Charlotte this month in our GUIDE, starting on page 89.

ARTS + EVENTS

The Playlist

4 BEST THINGS TO DO AND SEE THIS MONTH

BY EMMA WAY

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THE GOOD LIFE

BY THE NUMBERS:

FALSETTOS

June 25-30

The Tony Award-

winning revival comes

to Knight Theater

this month. Written

by William Finn and

James Lapine, the

musical pulls back the

curtain on a modern

family and introduces

audiences to Marvin,

a gay man, and his

wife, lover, son, and

a slew of other

characters.

3

Tony Awards that

Lapine has won

throughout his career.

He continues to direct

the musical during its

2019 national tour.

1992

Year Falsettos opened

on Broadway.

2

Acts in the musical. The

acts first premiered as

separate shows Off-

Broadway: March of the

Falsettos in 1981 and

Falsettoland in 1990.

1979

The year in which

Falsettos is set in

New York City, three

years before the

Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention

used the term AIDS for

the first time.

1.1 MILLION

People living with HIV

in the U.S., according to

HIV.gov. One in seven

are unaware they

are infected.

His can-do attitude as Chris Traeger, a city manager on NBC’s Parks & Recreation, was infectious, and his

portrayal of fast-talking and intelligent Sam Seaborn on The West Wing was admirable. But Rob Lowe’s

time in the spotlight has been anything but perfect, and he examined those moments and more in his

two memoirs. In his one-man show, which comes to Belk Theater this month, he expands upon these

stories with candor and wit. Here’s an excerpt from his 2011 book, and the title of his tour, Stories I Only

Tell My Friends:

“I’m thinking of how unexpected yet oddly preordained life can be. Events are upon you in an instant,

unforeseen and without warning, and o¡entimes marked by disappointment and tragedy but equally

o¡en leading to a better understanding of the bittersweet truth of life.”

AND I QUOTE: ROB LOWE

June 22

Rob Lowe

comes to Belk

Theater on

June 22.

ALI WONG

June 28

In both of Ali Wong’s Net£ix specials, Baby

Cobra (2016) and Hard Knock Wife (2018),

the comedian discusses marriage and

motherhood while seven months pregnant.

Wong is also working on a book, Dear Girls:

Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, and Advice for

Living Your Best Life, which Random House

will publish on October 15. She brings her

relatable jokes on being a working mom to

Ovens Auditorium.