Superb performances, beautiful staging, splendid costumes and an ebullient live orchestra make for an enviable production of this classic! BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC Glow Lyric Theatre’s repertory season celebrating the power on women continues with a pristine and polished work...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC Upstate theatre this summer can be summed up in one word: WOMAN. I am a woman, hear me roar in numbers too big to ignore. – Helen Reddy Prospera (yes, a gender switch) in The Tempest...
By Carol Hall Glow Lyric Theatre kicks off its 2019 Summer Festival with The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Thursday, July 18 at The Warehouse Theatre in Greenville. Located in sleepy Gilbert, Texas, the Chicken Ranch has been operating for...
Handel’s Mystical Opera Blows the Roof off Daniel Hall’s Ice Palace BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC If you have ever attended a performance at Daniel Recital Hall at Converse College, you should be well-acclimated to the glorious acoustics and the mighty...
BY SANDY STAGGS DRAMA CRITIC The chandelier in “Phantom.” The Barricade in “Les Misérables.” The swimming pool in “Sunset Boulevard.” These are iconic special effects and set piece spectacles that audiences have come to expect from the blockbuster musicals of...
Carolina Curtain Call’s Critics’ Picks of the 2017-18 Theatre Season (September 1, 2017 – August 30, 2018) VOTING INFO COMING SOON! The Upstate is so fortunate to be a Mecca of theatre and this list by two of our critics...
