This Masterpiece is in Good Hands in Anderson BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC Rent, one of Broadway’s longest-running musicals, is experiencing a revival of sorts in the Upstate with the Market Theatre Company kicking off the first of two productions this...
BY STEVE WONGDRAMA CRITIC As a little black boy, Sutter asked his mamma, “Why do you call my d*** bootycandy?” From the mouths of babes to a teenager feeding his institutionalized grandmother orgasmic soul food ordered from his iPhone, the...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC The Plastics are burning the streets of Greenville this week causing mayhem, throwing shade, dictating fashion, and maybe even dodging buses. That’s right, Mean Girls fans, the Burn Book musical has arrived at the Peace Center....
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 STEVE WONGDRAMA CRITIC Falsettos, the current musical production of Spartanburg’s Proud Mary Theatre Company, starts off with the rousing and hysterically funny song “Four Jews In A Room Bitching,” but by the end of the musical, if you are...
Editor’ Note: This review was originally published in March 2020 before Covid closed down Hedwig. BY SANDY STAGGS DRAMA CRITIC Let’s just Spill the Tea now: Hedwig and the Angry Inch at The Warehouse Theatre is MUST-SEE theatre! Bold, brash,...
