BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC Star stuff is spilling all over the Chapman Cultural Center both metaphorically and literally as a cascade of stars stake, strut and strike magic on the stage in Spartanburg Little Theatre’s current play “Peter and the...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC After a string of annual Disney musical smashes, Oakbrook Preparatory officially jumpstarts the spring finale season with an oldie but heavenly goodie, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” Easily the most accessible musical by Andrew Lloyd...
Handel’s Mystical Opera Blows the Roof off Daniel Hall’s Ice Palace BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC If you have ever attended a performance at Daniel Recital Hall at Converse College, you should be well-acclimated to the glorious acoustics and the mighty...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC Well, not really. It was an uneventful trip to downtown Spartanburg. But it makes for a great headline. The genuine antics didn’t begin until Dr. Kenneth Tice, in his Spartanburg Little Theatre music directorial debut, raised...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC Jim Huber., Jay Coffman and Benjamin Abrams in “Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!) At any given time during the holidays, there are at least 7 variations of “A Christmas Carol” on Upstate stages....
BY JEFF LEVENE DRAMA CRITIC Take a moment with me to imagine a game. You’re given a phone and instructed that no matter how estranged, no matter how awkward, no matter how obvious the answer, you must call the person...
