BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC Shakespeare aside, few playwrights have ingratiated their prose into our cultural vernacular with quotable dialogue as Tennessee Williams. Stanley Kowalski’s “Stellaaaaaaaaa” and Blanche Dubois’ “I have always depended on the kindness of strangers” rank right up...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC When the grumpy old patriarch of the Turpin family (Roger Carr) drops dead at the breakfast table, the extended dysfunctional family leaves no gravestones unturned to honor the Dearly Departed “mean and surly” Bud with a memorable “fun”eral....
This Masterpiece is in Good Hands in Anderson BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC Rent, one of Broadway’s longest-running musicals, is experiencing a revival of sorts in the Upstate with the Market Theatre Company kicking off the first of two productions this...
BY STEVE WONGDRAMA CRITIC As a little black boy, Sutter asked his mamma, “Why do you call my d*** bootycandy?” From the mouths of babes to a teenager feeding his institutionalized grandmother orgasmic soul food ordered from his iPhone, the...
BY STEVE WONGDRAMA CRITIC Head Over Heels, the latest live stage production by Proud Mary Theatre Co., is a delightful and bawdy Broadway musical comedy that leaves skidmarks of social acceptance on the heart and mind, as it reimages a...
It’s Party Time in Texas with Larger than Life Women, a Ghost, and Geriatric Lust BY STEVE WONGDRAMA CRITIC When you go see Rex’s Exes, the current play at The Historic Pelzer Auditorium (with gorgeous brand new lighting) produced by...
