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 […]
Theatre
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Felix and Oscar, meet Florence and Olive
One of the most successful local theatre runs in recent memory, the Tybee Arts Performing Society production of Neil Simon’s classic The Odd Couple moves to the Landings for two […]
Cardinal Rep’s curtain call
Ryan McCurdy and Sasha Travis were very young, but they had big dreams and a lot of determination. They wanted to establish a theater company in Savannah – and they […]
Butterflies Are Free
For a couple of years now, Tom Coleman has been the only person directing productions of Savannah Community Theatre. No more. While Coleman readies an original production to debut later […]
Brer Rabbit redux
Long before Bugs Bunny hit the big screen, even before Beatrix Potter made Peter Rabbit a household name, there was a lovable, lop-eared, scamp of a critter named Brer Rabbit. […]
All hams on deck
Jack North knew he had a good idea back in 1990, but he never dreamed his interactive murder mystery show, Murder Afloat, would still be sailing strong 20 years […]
Patio/Porch: a ‘story show’
Playwright Jack Heifner (Vanities) has captured a humorous yet touching glimpse of small-town America in Patio/Porch, two short plays that will be presented by Savannah Community Theatre March 6-8 at […]
‘No weak links’ in SCAD’s Carousel
COMING TO the Lucas Theatre this week is SCADs Carousel, directed by Michael Wainstein. This classic Rodgers and Hammerstein play examines the nitty-gritty of life in a way musicals seldom […]
Masquers go Full Monty
“LADIES, the time to grab is now!” Such were the first words I heard upon walking into Jenkins Theatre as director Benjamin Wolfe was giving notes to his cast. Damn, […]
