There are several strong similarities between the stage version of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Mel Brooks’ The Producers. Both began as non–musical movies – funny stuff, in both cases, but […]
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The con is on
Central to the plot of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is the relationship between its central characters, a pair of con men on the French Riviera. Lawrence Jackson and Freddie Benson are […]
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The business of show
No less a country music star than Reba McEntire has given her seal of approval to the Savannah Theatre, where Country Star Revue has just begun a three week–run. Last […]
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The sun’ll come out…
The Savannah Children’s Theatre is hoping to “absolutely delight” audiences with their fifth season’s opening production of Annie. Kelie Miley, director of the Children’s Theatre, has this to say […]
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Fifty years and change
Tom Coleman’s all–time favorite play is the Tom Jones/Harvey Schmidt musical comedy The Fantasticks, which features ordinary people learning to enjoy — the hard way, sometimes — life’s little blessings. […]
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Miles of aisles
Mike and Jill, Robbie and Julia. Mike and Julia, Jill and Robbie. They’re the same people. The national touring production of The Wedding Singer, which visits the Johnny Mercer Theatre […]
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No business like show business
The stories that Bill DeYoung and I wrote last week about hard times in the local theatre scene – Bill’s was an overview of current troubles, mine an opinion column […]
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The final curtain?
Next June, the Little Theatre of Savannah will celebrate 60 years with a big birthday bash. If they can find a place to hold it, that is. And no one’s […]
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Can you tell me how to get to ‘Avenue Q’?
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the landmark TV series Sesame Street. All similarities between that beloved preschooler program and the musical comedy Avenue Q, however, end there. Don’t […]
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Ring tone from the great beyond
Like Alice through the looking glass, Jean — a timid New Yorker — discovers a portal to another world. But Jean doesn’t find mad hatters, murderous queens and psychedelic tea […]