BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC The Upstate Theatre scene has always been a close-knit community, often sharing artists, props, costumes, scenic elements, and since 2019, auditions. Companies have even collaborated on shows in the past (i.e. Mary Poppins in Greenwood/Abbeville) But...
By Zoe OliphantGuest Writer “What does it mean to be a man in the eyes of God?” What does it mean to be a man in the eyes of men? Are the perceptions of the image that these two entities...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC Do not miss Sunday’s final performance (2 pm_ of Stinney: An American Execution, a powerful, thought-provoking, new opera that is most timely and confronts our own state’s history of racial injustice. George Junius Stinney Jr. (played...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC Let me first say that this production is outstanding, even epic, and the best musical at Centre Stage maybe since Dreamgirls. Topping off a transformation of Upstate theatrical stages with BIPOC actors in leading roles (SCCT’s...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC Mauldin Cultural Center has done it again! Still in awe of the company’s phenomenal production of Newsies, this reviewer was sitting on the edge of my chair for most of the Upstate premiere of Something Rotten!...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC In a weekend of two fine musicals with many a nun (after Spartanburg Little Theatre’s sparkling Sister Act)the Upstate Foothills are alive with a glorious The Sound of Music at South Carolina Children’s Theatre. Artistic Director...