“Bye Bye Birdie,” so colorfully helmed by Upstate educator, playwright, actor and director Reed Halvorson, favors solid comedic and musical performances, cheery choreography and playful building block scenic design that will command your Happy Face! BY SANDY STAGGS DRAMA CRITIC The Mill...
Pelzer Theatre to Launch Sister Company in Fountain Inn This Fall BY SANDY STAGGS ARTS WRITER In three brief but bountiful years, the Mill Town Players have packed the historic Pelzer Auditorium dozens of times, brought home tons of awards...
BY SANDY STAGGS ARTS WRITER Jennifer Lopez fans may have to wait until 2018 to see the Latina legend in NBC’s Live production of “Bye Bye Birdie,” but Upstate audiences will get a bite of 1950s Americana next week when...
BY JEFF LEVENE DRAMA CRITIC Typically where there’s smoke there’s fire, but in the case of Mill Town Player’s newest nearly sold out show, smoke is instead permeating from some skillful banjo pickin and sizzling vocal harmonies. Hitting entertainingly close...
BY SANDY STAGGS/ARTS WRITER Tricia Dyar has somewhat of a love-love history with “Smoke on the Mountain,” the newest musical production by the Mill Town Players that opens Friday at the historic Pelzer Auditorium. The actress/singer/musician first fell in love...
BY SANDY STAGGS DRAMA CRITIC If the Mill Town Players had an artistic motto, it would certainly fall along the lines of “Build it and they will come.” Or more accurately “Renovate it and they will come.” And boy...
