Hamilton – Orpheum Theatre Cast Greenville, S.C. –The 2018-2019 Broadway season at the Peace Center offers timeless stories of hope and history, a celebration of the undying human spirit and moments of uproarious laughter. The productions...
BY SANDY STAGGS DRAMA CRITIC Director John Doyle’s exemplary reboot of “The Color Purple” (2016 Tony winner for Best Revival) is in many ways, the anti-Broadway musical. This production is, by far, the least flashy show you will see all...
BY JEFF LEVENE DRAMA CRITIC The sharp blaze of light, a shot of pyrotechnics, and a blast of that iconic haunting organ that illuminate a precariously dangling chandelier. An illustrious ballroom surrounded by gargantuan mirrors and gothic era statues. An...
BY SANDY STAGGS DRAMA CRITIC Who would have thought a Jack Black movie would make successful fodder for a Broadway musical? Based on the 2003 “School of Rock,” the first of three Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals this season – “Phantom...
By Jeff Levene Drama Critic If you listen closely this week in Downtown Greenville, you may just hear the sound of angry men (and women) as “Les Miserables” once again takes the stage at Peace Center. And while adding an...
BY SANDY STAGGS DRAMA CRITIC As patrons somberly filed out of the Peace Center after the opening of “Fun Home,” there wasn’t a dry eye in the house. That’s because this musical is exquisite, emotional, enthralling, endearing and unorthodox in...
