Savannah’s community theater renaissance continues with the return of City Lights, which once was synonymous with quality productions but went on extended hiatus in 2007. At its apex, the City […]
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Two for the show
This week’s specials in the theater department are both musicals – a bit of light summer wear, if you like. Kimmi Sampieri is directing The Last Five Years, Jason Robert […]
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Review: ‘The Mousetrap’ at AASU
There are plenty of “Aha!” moments in Armstrong Atlantic State University’s production of the classic Agatha Christie mystery The Mousetrap. Everyone’s guilty, and everyone’s innocent, and with each new stretch […]
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Curtain time
Six months after the latest round of funereal predictions for Savannah’s theater community, things are alive, well – and delightfully vigorous. Two new shows debut this week – one a […]
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Royally screwed
Sex. Seduction. Passion. Sex. Decadence. Lust. Sex. Now that we’ve got your attention, let’s try to focus on Les Liaisons Dangereuses, the drama onstage this weekend at the Indigo Arts […]
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What’s Next: The play’s the thing
Coming soon to a community theater near you: Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, one of the most famous of American plays, is onstage this weekend (June 18-20) in a dinner theater […]
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Reviews: ‘Cuckoo’s Nest,’ ‘Joseph’
With the current production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the fledgling Indigo Arts Center has spread its wings and flown. This nearly-perfect production establishes Indigo – barely six […]
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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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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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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 […]