Kelie Miley opened the first Savannah Children’s Theatre in the back room of a downtown church, with six kids, in 2003. They did two shows that first year. Today, nearly […]
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Tossed salads and scrambled eggs
Because it has so many different interpretations, on so many different levels, Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was named one of the 100 Best English–Language Novels by […]
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Mississippi queen
When Beth Henley was a little girl, in genteel Jackson, Miss., her mother would often drive past Eudora Welty’s house. “I would look up at the window and see her […]
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Southern stagework
Southern–fried whimsy and eccentric characters are the stock–in–trade of Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Beth Henley, whose Impossible Marriage is onstage at the Lucas Theatre this weekend. The SCAD production is directed […]
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Taking a ‘Lesson’ from history
Winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson opens Friday, May 14 and runs through the 23rd at S.P.A.C.E., home to the City of Savannah’s […]
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The power of ‘Luv’
After more than four decades, Carl Rosengart discovered this unshakeable truth: All you need is Luv. Rosengart, a neurologist who spent 22 years as the senior vice president of medical […]
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Adventures in playwriting
More than 250 submissions were received for Armstrong Atlantic State University’s 2010 Coastal Empire New Play Festival. Just three will be performed by the Masquers company this weekend. “It’s a […]
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‘A black comedy about white trash’
Sordid Lives, the Los Angeles Times said in 1996, “has more laughs than a hunting dog has ticks. Del Shores is a master of the Texas comedy.” Billing itself as […]
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Dead in the water
There’s something foul on the Savannah River. And it’s not the stinking remnants of last week’s diesel spill. As sure as there’s green beer on St. Paddy’s Day, a homicide […]
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Dirty dozen
In an unusual twist, the stage production of Twelve Angry Men began life as a TV screenplay for the CBS series Studio One. Written in 1954 by Reginald Rose as […]
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People & ‘Pirates’
Author Jonathan Raab has published four works of historical fiction, including Rosa and Shadow and Light. It’s a tough row to hoe, combining real people and events (successfully) with elements […]
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From Shirley with luv
In order to become the title character in Shirley Valentine, Grace Diaz Tootle had to memorize 55 pages of dialogue.That’s because it’s a one–woman show. She’s the only person onstage, […]