This play is most definitely not your typical Beach Blanket Bingo. Instead, try to imagine Gidget crossed with The Three Faces of Eve and Mommie Dearest. The Little Theatre […]
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Dial D for dinner theater
Playwright Frederick Knott had a real knack for putting audiences on the edges of their seats and keeping them there. Best known for Wait Until Dark, he also penned a […]
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New releases: Star Trek, Next Day Air
STAR TREK ***1/2 If it’s true that each generation grows more reluctant to embrace the pop culture of those that came before (and, yes, that seems to be the case), […]
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Behind bug eyes
The furry, primary-colored, people-sized stars of Sesame Street Live aren’t stiff and phony-looking like the hydraulic animals at Chuck E. Cheese’s; nor are they the disfigured, quasi-hallucinogenic nightmares of a […]
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Slavery by another name
One of the most painful – and underreported – chapters in U.S. history is coming vividly to life this weekend, as Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doug Blackmon comes to town to […]
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Period piece
The year is 1905. It’s not a particularly good time to be an ambitious woman, especially an African-American woman. Lynn Nottage’s play Intimate Apparel is about the empowerment of one […]
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Jumpin' at the Savoy
It’s a natural fit. For the first time, the Savannah Arts Academy’s award-winning Skyelite Jazz Band is joining forces with the school’s dance department. The result is Jumpin’ at the […]
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X-Men Origins, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE **1/2 Claws slash, fists smash and teeth gnash in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but will audiences bash the latest superhero saga primed to kick off another summer movie […]
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Review: King Tut in Atlanta
The message travels far and wide. “Come see the ‘Tutankhamen: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs’ exhibition in Atlanta.” There’s even a billboard touting the exhibition on Savannah’s Islands’ […]
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Masquers perform A Raisin in the Sun
There are few things in history that actually change. Mothers want to be strong for their families, fathers want to build good examples for their sons to follow, and every […]
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It’s Pippin, people
It’s a true play-within-a-play. The musical Pippin follows the son of Charlemagne as he heads out to discover the secret of true happiness and find himself. Along the way, he […]
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Embracing the cracker within
Back when I was editor of Creative Loafing here, one of our most popular columnists was the delightful and wickedly funny Lauretta Hannon. Then working in PR at Armstrong Atlantic, […]