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 Spartanburg Little Theatre follows up its stunning The Great Gatsby with the long-awaited Whoopi Goldberg classic Sister Act in the penultimate production of the company’s historic 75th season. Simone Mack-Orr reprises the role she first performed...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC The names, occupations, settings and supernatural explanations may have changed among the four Walt Disney film adaptations, and now musical at Spartanburg Youth Theatre, of Mary Rodgers’ popular children’s book, Freaky Friday. But the general concept...
AND ALL THAT JAZZ (COUNTRY, HIP-HOP, POP…) Creating a timeless soundtrack for The Great Gatsby When audiences enter the theater for Spartanburg Little Theatre’s highly-anticipated production of The Great Gatsby, they’ll notice something they don’t usually see in a non-musical...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC Sh-Boom, Sh-Boom! Spartanburg Little Theatre is open again! Sh-Boom, Sh-Boom! Oh, life could be a dream.Sh-Boom, Sh-Boom! I’m still humming this song. Make haste and dash to the Chapman Cultural Center for Spartanburg Little Theatre’s 75th...
Concert venues and theatres in Spartanburg may be temporarily closed but arts organizations are not allowing Covid-19 to Bah Humbug the festive yuletide season. Spartanburg Ballet’s The Nutcracker, Spartanburg Philharmonic’s Twas the Night Before Christmas, and now Spartanburg Little Theatre’s...
