TRISH SUGAREK has a theory. “I believe every director has a short list of plays they’d really like to direct,” she says. “The Vagina Monologues is on my list.” That […]
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Play opens at SCAD
Nobody writes about a dysfunctional family as well as playwright Sam Shepard. A Lie of the Mind is yet another Shepard play about yet another dysfunctional family, but in his […]
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Dig it
Imagine a civilization so powerful it conquered the ancient Egyptians, with people so industrious that they built more pyramids than the Egyptians did. Such a place actually existed in ancient […]
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Boiling over
You can’t blame political cartoonist Patrick Oliphant for hoping for the worst. After all, he makes his living from the stupid things politicians do. The last eight years have been […]
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Boiling over
YOU CAN’T BLAME political cartoonist Patrick Oliphant for hoping for the worst. After all, he makes his living from the stupid things politicians do. The last eight years have been […]
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The man with the plan
EVER WONDERED how Heinz 57 steak sauce got its name? “In my day, Heinz made pickles,” Gen. James Edward Oglethorpe told me. “The 57 referred to the number of varieties […]
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‘A wonderful showcase for our city’
THE SAVANNAH Black Heritage Festival has changed considerably since its beginning in 1990. “The festival has grown from a two-day event to a festival that is held multiple days throughout […]
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Clerical error
There’s not much I can say about See How They Run without spilling the beans, so you’re just going to have to trust me when I say it’s a hilarious […]
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Who’s afraid of Edward Albee?
AMERICA’S GREATEST living playwright is coming to Savannah. Edward Albee will make a rare appearance on Tuesday, Jan. 29 as part of the Creative Minds Lecture Series. The series is […]
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When Skunk Apes Attack!
JIM REED, founder of the Psychotronic Film Festival — who’s also this publication’s music editor — says this year’s 5th Annual festival is actually a microcosm of the types of […]
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A Dickens of a show
Everyone is busy at the Savannah Children’s Theatre these days. The musical Oliver! opens Jan. 18, and there’s been some scrambling to get everything done. Yet Kelie Miley, the theater’s […]
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Trees, please
THE SAVANNAH TREE FOUNDATION wants you. “We’re looking for people’s ideas about places that need trees,” Adrienn Mendonca, the foundation’s communications director, says. Mendonca is looking for anyone who wants […]