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 SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC The Upstate Theatre scene has always been a close-knit community, often sharing artists, props, costumes, scenic elements, and since 2019, auditions. Companies have even collaborated on shows in the past (i.e. Mary Poppins in Greenwood/Abbeville) But...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC Of the four fantastic plays I saw this weekend across the Upstate (Spartanburg, Greenville, Anderson and Tryon), Barbecue at the Market Theatre is the one that lingered with me, just as that barbecue bowl I indulged...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC 1. Ice cream. 2. Kung Fu movies. 3. Burning things. 4. Laughing so hard you shoot milk out your nose. 5. Construction cranes. 6. Me. This is the initial list in Every Brilliant Thing at the...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC After a mega-successful outdoor run of Mamma Mia! in Anderson’s Wren Park and the unfortunate cancellation of follow-up Shrek due to too many patrons and too few masking up, The Market Theatre Company stepped back inside...
Market Theatre Company’s Mamma Mia! is one not to be missed! By Martha VandellaCONTRIBUTOR Under the full Buck Moon, some 1,200 revelers gather to view the Market Theatre Company’s production of Mamma Mia! The excitement is palpable as neighbors scooch...
