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 SANDY STAGGS DRAMA CRITIC Treachery, sorcery, spirits, grotesque creatures, a pack of wild dogs, goddesses, a maelstrom, and a Mediterranean island located somewhere akin to the Great Garbage Patch (that vast accumulation of the world’s plastic waste floating in...
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...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC Since their very first show four summers ago, Scrappy Shakespeare, Spartanburg’s only professional theater company and only outdoor Shakespeare troupe, has always infused music, original music, in its low-budget but inventive model of theatrical exploration. But...
BY JEFF LEVENEDRAMA CRITIC When you think Pride and Prejudice what comes to mind? Mr. Darcy’s gruff exterior? Elizabeth’s resolute determination to remain single? Sibling wrestling matches, heavy beat house music, and an ever growing competitive argument with an impressive...
BY DAN ARMONAITISDRAMA CRITIC A 16-year-old runs away from home and becomes a successful con artist who somehow manages to impersonate a pilot, a doctor and a lawyer while still only in his teens. As much as that might sound...
