BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC Beth Henley’s “Crimes of the Heart” “really is a comedy.” Katie Halstensgard and her castmates had to continually remind themselves with this mantra during rehearsals of the Mill Town Players’ latest production, despite the play’s serious...
The Plaids and their glorious four-part harmonies are back in Pelzer just in time for Christmas. These four young men who perished in an accident with a bus and returned to earth for one final hilarious evening of musical inspiration...
by Jeff Levene Theatre in the Upstate has spread as quickly as an infectious flash mob over the past two decades, but finding timeless theatrical pieces of history on SC stages is still a rare treat. Hoping to offer a...
BY SANDY STAGGS DRAMA CRITIC “OX” by Derek Davidson, is a short play with a huge heart. Davidson, who penned the paean to the Women of Shakespeare in “A Part Equal” performed by Theatre Converse at Converse College last season,...
BY SANDY STAGGS ARTS WRITER Hazel Louise Corts was not a famous person. But she was a champion to Dr. Deborah McEniry and her family. So much that McEniry and her cousin Dr. Alicia Corts wrote a play in her...
Two Theatres Present the Cult Musical Sensation This Season BY SANDY STAGGS ARTS WRITER There are great roles. And then there are GREAT roles: Willy Loman. Hamlet. Lady Macbeth. Blanche DuBois. Dr. Frank-N-Furter. SOUND-OF-A-PHONOGRAPH-NEEDLE-SREECHING-ACROSS-A-VINYL-RECORD! Why, you ask, is the Sweet...
