“The Producers” is resplendent in every way from the calibrated hijinks of its “Broadway” leads and the glorious choreography, to the sparkling costumed-chorus and baby-blue ruffled bloomers worn by its Swedish bombshell. Quite frankly, “The Producers” may be the Best...
BY SANDY STAGGS DRAMA CRITIC While its mainstage venue on Walnut Street undergoes extensive renovations including brand new seating, Asheville Community Theatre is mounting its current hit play with the theatre department at UNC Asheville. This co-production of “Peter and...
BY SANDY STAGGS DRAMA CRITIC Revenge is a dish best served hot – and in a meat pie with a walloping dollop of dramatic exuberance and musicality in Asheville Community Theatre’s piping hot 71st season opener “Sweeney Todd: The Demon...
13 Theatre, Dance, Film & Music Events to Haunt This Halloween Season! Upstate theatres and performing arts groups have a frightening line-up this Halloween season that is sure to entertain and give you a case of the creepies. This year’s picks feature...
BY SANDY STAGGS DRAMA CRITIC Big budget Disney Musicals, chamber pieces and lots of dancing await Upstate audiences in the 2016-17 Season. Hundreds of performers and technical artists around the Upstate have been preparing all summer for some of the...
BY SANDY STAGGS DRAMA CRITIC Asheville Community Theatre is breaking legs, heels and taboos on the mountain. There’s likely not a single community theatre in the area that has the artistic audacity to tuck and roll with the musical punches...
