Tom Griffin’s The Boys Next Door is a slice of life. It’s just that it’s a slightly different life. Opening April 15 at Bay Street Theatre, The Boys Next Door […]
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A killer thriller
Two wily, articulate men in a drawing room, attempting to out-maneuver one another through tart words and dubious deeds. Blackout. A scream. A murder. A mystery. The very blueprint for […]
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The next chapter?
In Ray Bradbury’s futuristic story Fahrenheit 451, a group of brutish law-enforcers called the Firemen are responsible for “disciplining” anyone caught with books – the paper is instantly burned, and […]
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The passion of pioneers
Opening March 3, Pearl Cleage’s drama Flyin’ West is the spring mainstage production for the Masquers of Armstrong Atlantic State University. Dr. Elizabeth Desnoyers-Colas, an assistant professor in speech communication, […]
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Frost/Nixon = Politics+Showbiz
First a hit play by Peter Morgan and then a movie by Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon tells the story of the pivotal 1977 TV interviews between journalist David Frost and former […]
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The subversion of Nanki-Poo and Yum-Yum
W.S. Gilbert moved in the most exclusive circles in Victorian–era London; he was a member of high society, a rich and famous man, a snappy dresser and a coveted party […]
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Live onstage: A diverse trio of performances
Bridget Tunstall directs the Bay Street Theatre’s annual production of Eve Ensler’s insightful and incendiary The Vagina Monologues this weekend. Playwright Ensler mandates that 10 percent of proceeds from community […]
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All walks of Shakespeare
Lakesha L. Green is a firm believer in the positive effect theatre can have on young people. “It changes their lives,” she says. “It gives them the opportunity to tap […]
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Just Beastly
Kentucky native Justin Glaser has the lead role in the current national tour of Beauty and the Beast – although, if you’re a friend of Glaser’s, you won’t recognize him […]
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The other side of the mirror
I think what all of us have in common is that we’ve been taught and trained and programmed to focus on fixing and mutilating ourselves. That’s a core reason why […]
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A change of ‘Color’
Those familiar with Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Color Purple, which deals almost exclusively with themes of subjugation and abuse among poor black residents of the Old South, might […]
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Review: City Lights’ ‘Sleeping Indoors’
Savannah playwright Jim Holt has directed three of his own works since September, each with varying degrees of charm and magnetism, under the banner of his resurrected City Lights Theatre […]