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The Day Spa, with its excellent customer service and wonderful body treatments and massages, became a place that people visited and never forgot! As the Day Spa’s client base grew, it became evident that a second facility was necessary to fill the demand. A second Renaissance European Day Spa was opened in 2006 on Purdue Drive. And our readers were very happy! The two locations offer a variety of services with everything from leg and bikini waxing, which our readers believe they are tops at. If you’ve never taken Best Live Theatre, Best Local Actress, Best Local Actor, Best Play This Season, Best Musical This Season Cape Fear Regional Theatre 1209 Hay St. Fayetteville 910.323.4233 www.cfrt.org Cape Fear Regional Theatre has been entertaining our community for more than four decades. What started as a small group of local actors that opened their fi rst performance The Night of January 16 in the Fayetteville Courthouse has blossomed into a mainstay in the community. Hosting fabulous plays each year, including the much anticipated River Show in the spring and the Christmas favorite, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, the theatre brings in top Broadway actors and directors, runs drama camps for kids and draws in local talent with its Fayetteville Has Talent competition each year. the time to slow down and get a massage, then you really, really should. A massage isn’t just good for relieving your aches and pains, more importantly it’s good for refreshing your spirit. Once you’ve worked out all your kinks (both physically and mentally) you can treat yourself to a mani-pedi. Fayetteville residents trust their hands and their feets to the trained staff at the Renaissance. And you can top it all off with a cut and color or maybe an up-do hairdo. The folks at the Renaissance are up on the latest trends in hair and know just how to give you a look that is sure to turn heads. The professionally trained massage therapists, aestheticians, nail technicians and hair stylists will have you feeling refreshed, relaxed and rejuvenated in no time. Under the leadership of artistic director Bo Thorp and a dedicated staff and board, the theatre has grown beyond its founders’ wildest dreams, and is looking forward to another 40 years of productions. One of the original founders of Cape Fear Regional Theater, Bo Thorp is not only its artistic director, she also acts in many of the productions that grace the stage. Drama is in her blood. Her rich laugh, sense of humor and perfect delivery of every line make her the grande dame of the community theatre, but they also makes her one of the city’s cultural icons. Over the years, Thorp has mentored countless actors, many of whom are now treading the boards on Broadway. Thorp was awarded the NCTC Marian A. Smith Distinguished Career Award this year for “enhancing the environment for quality theatre in North Carolina through service, leadership and advocacy.” Bo’s work has reached this community in profound ways. She programs shows that speak to social issues, she reaches diverse audiences, encourages meaningful conversations and turns out stellar performance after stellar performance. Bo is also an incredible teacher. She has an amazing talent when it comes to identifying young artists and many of her protégés have gone on to perform on Broadway and in regional theatres across the country. Bo has also served her fi eld as a member of the NCTC board of directors and a leader to young arts managers.” Ken Griggs is a busy guy. He’s an active duty lieutenant colonel (a physician), a husband, a dad and Fayetteville’s favorite actor. He’s starred in productions at several local theaters including South Pacifi c at Temple Theatre, The Full Monty at Cape Fear Regional Theatre, and many others. Theater goers know that Griggs is one talented individual. The fact that he chooses to share that with us while keeping so many balls in the air just makes us appreciate him even more. Peter Pan had one of the longest runs this past season at the Cape Fear Regional Theatre, and its sold-out shows were proof that Fayetteville residents were more than happy to sprinkle themselves with fairy dust and spend some time being children. The show had a talented and dynamic cast from its prancing pirates to its stoic Indians and its lovable Lost Boys. Captain Hook sang and danced his way into our hearts, even while we were booing him, and Peter Pan, well SHE fl ew us straight to Neverland! Peter Pan was a shining star in the theatre’s season, and the theatre staff was reminded of this fact throughout the year as they found fairy dust sprinkled throughout the building! Once again Cape Fear Regional Theater stole the show in this category with the musical Hair. “Hair is a celebration of life, a love letter to freedom and a passionate cry for hope and change,” claims the CFRT website. “Hair features some of the greatest songs ever written for the stage.” The audience fl ocked to the performance with toes tapping and fi ngers snapping. Another hit by Cape Fear Regional Theatre, keep ‘em coming! 30 BEST OF FAYETTEVILLE SEPTEMBER 8-14, 2010 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM