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...
The Spartanburg Youth Theatre is excited to open their 2018-2019 season with Grace for President, The Musical Oct. 5-6 at the Chapman Cultural Center. One day in 3rd grade history class, Grace Campbell realizes there has never been a female president,...
BY SANDY STAGGS ARTS CRITIC Stefan Sanders is officially a Hub City resident. A Sparkle City denizen. Spartanburg’s newest prominent citizen. And as music director for the Spartanburg Philharmonic, Sanders is already cementing his reputation as a local treasure. Sanders...
BY SANDY STAGGS DRAMA CRITIC “OX” by Derek Davidson, is a short play with a huge heart. Davidson, who penned the paean to the Women of Shakespeare in “A Part Equal” performed by Theatre Converse at Converse College last season,...
