Told with a visceral ferocity that sweeps its audience into the fray, the story is a fascinating study of what keep us coming back to the ones we love, even when it means entering back into the storm.
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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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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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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, […]
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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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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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Paying it forward
Reports of the imminent demise of Savannah’s community theatres may have been premature. JinHi Soucy Rand, a community activist who happens to be an 18–year veteran of the local stage […]
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‘Livid’ over theatre coverage
Editor, Regarding your recent coverage of the health of the local theatre scene: Just wanted to make sure you were aware that theatre is indeed alive and well in the […]
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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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Comedy to die for
It’s not only the Masquers’ summer season that comes to a close with the end of their next play, Arsenic and Old Lace. One of the most intriguing experiments in […]