BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC Converse Opera Theatre emerges back from Covid shutdown with a glossy, opulent Hansel and Gretel, the Petrie School of Music’s first full-scale production since the campus was re-branded as co-ed Converse University. And this opera is...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC USC Upstate Theatre delivered one their finest dramatic outings in recent memory this weekend with Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize winning play Sweat. Brimming with commentary about the working class, economic divide, and addiction, Sweat, directed by...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC Poor, poor Charlie Brown. This kid can never catch a break. Except maybe recently at the USC Upstate Theatre’s first Covid indoor production You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, a revival two decades in the making....
You might notice that the Season Announcement looks a little different this year. In the hopes of staying agile in the time of Coronavirus, we’re holding off on scheduling our productions. And, in the interest of flexibility, we have several...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC In this age of digital love “connections” on Tinder, Match.com, and Grinder, meeting someone new via an old-fashion face-to-face bonding (without the benefit of pre-screening) may be just what the doctor ordered. Or in the case...
Upstate theatre was well represented this past weekend at the 53rd Annual South Carolina Theatre Association Annual Convention culminating with a near-total sweep by Market Theatre Company at the Community Theatre Festival. After ending their original run on the Market...
