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Straw and Tin: Freshmen Steal the Spotlight

When it comes to casting for shows and musicals, seniors usually have bigger roles for their final year at Charlotte Catholic. However, freshmen Aaron Quintero and Will Oakes have found their way into the spotlight in this year’s spring musical, The Wizard of Oz . Will will play the Tinman, and Aaron will play the Scarecrow. Both freshmen have experience on stage. Will’s first ever role in the Charlotte Catholic theater was Mr. Smith in Meet Me in St. Louis . This was not W

Gray Farrar

2 days ago

Nutcracker Takes Center Stage

The Charlotte Ballet Academy has staged The Nutcracker at the Belk Theater in Uptown Charlotte all throughout the month of December every year since 2006. The Nutcracker is a widely performed ballet based on a fictional story in which Clara, a young girl, falls asleep on Christmas Eve and dreams of a magical adventure. The Nutcracker is a massive phenomenon in the ballet world. Choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, it originated in 1892 at the St. Mariinsky Theatre

Alexis Rand

Jan 4

War of the World’s Worst Movie

Amazon Prime Video took the 2025 film War of the Worlds off the shelf, and everybody hated it. Amazon produced the movie, starring O’Shea Jackson Sr., better known as Ice Cube, and directed by Rich Lee, in 2021 but released it to the public in 2025. With a four percent on Rotten Tomatoes, War of the Worlds is objectively one of the worst-rated movies in history. It lacks action because the main character sits at his desk for the entire runtime. Jackson Sr. plays William