Chapman Cultural Center, the leading local arts agency in Spartanburg County, awarded 20 arts, science, and humanities organizations and seven local artists a total of $621,200 at a public ceremony on June 12. In the last twenty-three years, through generous...
BY SANDY STAGGS ARTS WRITER Unfortunately, it is merely a coincidence that Glow Lyric Theatre’s performance dialogue on gun violence “Armed” is occurring just two weeks after the Parkland massacre in Florida. This epic event was planned months ago and...
BY SANDY STAGGS ARTS WRITER Glow Lyric Theatre’s summer season triple-bill is still some five months away, but patrons can still take in the company’s cavalcade of talent in its year-round Raising Voices series. This year’s series of concerts kicks...
BY JEFF LEVENE DRAMA CRITIC The sharp blaze of light, a shot of pyrotechnics, and a blast of that iconic haunting organ that illuminate a precariously dangling chandelier. An illustrious ballroom surrounded by gargantuan mirrors and gothic era statues. An...
BY SANDY STAGGS DRAMA CRITIC When Jenna Tamisea Elser was hired last summer to reinvigorate the opera program at Converse College, one could scarcely imagine the end-result would be such a sumptuous affair as “Summer and Smoke.” Co-founder of Glow...
The results of the first-ever Carolina Curtain Call’s Readers Choice Poll are in and there are a few predictable winners as well as some delightful surprises. There were 260 registered voters and 135 actual voters. Not too shabby for the...
