The Savannah Theatre, one of the oldest continually operating theatre in America, is once again illuminating the marquee with a Broadway title for the first time since the pandemic.
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Transport to Irish Coast
Tybee Post Theater is host to a bevy of entertainment options as they reemerge from the confines of COVID. Legendary Harry O’Donoghue takes the stage on Aug. 14 to perform traditional Irish Folksongs with the energetic accompaniment of Molly Elizabeth Gibson. Special guests Caitlin Frasure and Vito Gutilla provide melodies meant to transport you to the rainy Irish Coast.
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J. Parker, Ltd hosts ‘Sharp Dressed Men, and A Lady’ at Victory North Savannah
If you have been looking for a reason to hit the town in your finest threads, Victory North Savannah is the place to peacock. On Thursday, July 22, J. Parker, Ltd presents Sharp Dressed Men, and a Lady. Prepare for a night of sipping and swooning over the silky voices of Isaiah Johnson, Stacey Orrico, Roger Moss, and Trae Gurley. This powerhouse cabaret performance, with musical direction by Kim Steiner, welcomes everyone aged 13 and beyond.
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Savannah Stage Company presents PAY WHAT YOU CAN Camp
Savannah Stage Company will be offering their annual week of improv camp from June 14-18 for one week focusing on saying yes, following their impulses, and storytelling. This year SSC is offering a brand new special musical theatre camp from June 21-25. Kids’ 3rd-10th grade are going to be learning the foundations of improv and music theatre while building their bravery, expanding their imaginations, and growing their self-confidence.
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Local extras needed for movie casting
Bill Marienella Casting is searching for men to act as extras immediately starting next week as soon as April 5 and 6 to film in Statesboro. Set in a 1950s Korean war era film called “Devotion” is looking to fill extra roles as pirates, sailors and marines.
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New interactive theatrical experience is staging fright in Savannah
The city’s dark secrets of its oft-brutal history have been swept clean away to usher in the glamour and gentrification of the city’s modern-day scene, but Savannah’s untold horrors still lie just below its cobblestoned streets – and they are ready to be retold in a new and fascinating light.
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Nonprofit theater to light up Broughton St.
local legends from various storied businesses in Savanah are working to bring the first nonprofit theater to Broughton St., with an aim of attracting theater fans to the Hostess City the way Broadway brings them to New York.
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Savannah’s Front Porch Improv debuts ‘Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons’
You speak an estimated 5,000 to 20,000 words per day. Imagine if you were restricted to a mere 140 words. For Bernadette and Oliver, the only two characters in Sam […]
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Savannah’s new ‘Picasso to Hockney’ exhibit features dramatic works by renowned artists
Opening to the public on Feb. 19 at Savannah’s Jepson Center, Picasso to Hockney: Modern Art on Stage is a traveling exhibition considering modern artistic practice from the late 19th century through the 21st century, focusing on how visual artists innovate and experiment with theater arts, said Erin Dunn, associate curator of Modern and Contemporary Art with Telfair Museums.
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The Savannah Stage Company presents a virtual version of ‘Alice in Wonderland’
The Savannah Stage Company is inviting schoolchildren down the rabbit hole by presenting an imaginative virtual production of Alice in Wonderland. Since the Savannah-based troupe remains unable to stage large-scale […]
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Stars of the future give life to voices of the past at the Savannah Theatre
Some artists are inspired by past greats. Others are inspired to bring past greats back to life. The five young performers starring in “Legends Live On” – a decade-hopping revue […]
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Georgia Southern theatre professor appointed regional chair of Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival
GEORGIA Southern University theatre professor Lisa Abbott has stepped into a new role as the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) “region 4 chair.” The regional festival, held each […]