BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC “A Bronx Tale” may be set in the rough-and-rumble Bronx of the 1960s, but this autobiographical story by Chazz Palminteri adapted from his one-man show, though polished and thoroughly entertaining, and bustling with sentimentality. This version...
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...
BY SANDY STAGGS DRAMA CRITIC Hamilton Mania has indeed come to the Upstate. As fans eagerly await their appointed curtain times, or for a lottery miracle to the theatrical event of the decade, others, like me, are just thankful to...
This is NOT FAKE NEWS! Producer Jeffrey Seller and the Peace Center announce a digital lottery for HAMILTON tickets will begin in conjunction with the show’s first performance (December 4) in Greenville at the Peace Center. Forty (40) tickets will be sold for every performance for...
BY JEFF LEVENE DRAMA CRITIC I’m going to level with you. I am a major, major, fan of the 1997 animated 20th Century Fox animated classic Anastasia. Sure it’s iconic and nostalgia caked. But it’s also beautifully animated, has gorgeous...
BY SANDY STAGGS DRAMA CRITIC Ever heard the theatre maxim “The REAL drama happens backstage”? The Peace Center’s 2018-19 Broadway Series opener turns this hypothesis on its head with all of the drama and sidesplitting’ comedic antics on stage and...
