The production is an enthusiastic deep-fried tribute to cornbread Christmas, and a throwback to the energy of “The Arthur Smith Show,” which was televised nationwide from 1951-1982 or “The Porter Wagoner Show.” The only thing missing was Speck Roads, although Mill Town Players founder Will Ragland brings a fried chicken breath performance, complete with Whispering Bill Anderson wig.
Read MoreThe Market Theatre kicked off a Halloween offering this weekend, with “The Rocky Horror Show,” a mixture of horror, science-fiction and sexual coming of age story intended exclusively for an adult audience. This one is not for the kids.
The show is based on the movie of the same name which debuted in London in 1973 as a sendup of corny sci-fi films from the 1950s, the same fare “Mystery Science Theater” later tackled on cable television (which did not feature a transvestite host).
Read MoreThere are too many surprises for me to say any more other than this one is among the most entertaining local plays I’ve seen, with engaging performances, fine directing and the perfect set.
Photo credit: Escobar Photography
Read MoreIn this stage version of the cult classic movie, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Along the way they meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock music, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named “Rocky.”
The stage play includes extra songs and verses not in the movie, and there are a few other changes, but the spirit of the story and audience interaction remain the same.
Read MoreThe aging Nettles sisters are determined to escape spinsterhood. Willie Mae plans to head out to Salt Lake and finding a good Mormon husband. Faye is ready to hop on a spaceship when the "space people" return for another visit (She witnessed the first landing 25 years earlier in her daddy’s sugarcane field. Her daddy claims to have seen dead people walking through Sugar Bean).
Read MoreThe Market Theatre, in cooperation with the City of Anderson, will present the family-friendly musical “James and The Giant Peach” Aug. 22-26 in Carolina Wren Park.
The production is free, and those who attend are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket, and picnic baskets and coolers are welcomed (though no glass or outside alcohol is allowed), but pets are not allowed in the park for the show.
Read MoreTickets are free for the production, which will be performed at 7 p.m. at Anderson University’s Henderson Auditorium, but reserved seating is $25 and will go to offsetting costs of the musical.
Read More“Bonnie & Clyde” runs through Aug. 11 at the Mill Town Players. Tickets here.
Read MoreThe Mill Town Players’ "Barefoot in" the Park" is a carbonated, wacky comedy, with a small cast bubbling with big jokes and a running bit that leaves the actors breathless and the audience laughing.
Read MoreMoss is the winner of the Anderson Arts Center “Art Slam” held in February, a competition where artists from the area were provided with a box of random items and given two hours to create an original piece of mix-media art.
Her work will be on display at the library through June 14.
Read MoreFive new public sculptures have joined other works on the streets downtown as part of the Anderson Arts Center’s SculpTOUR, a public partnership between the Anderson Arts Center and the City of Anderson to increase public art downtown.
Read MoreThe award is organization’s the top honor, and is given to recognize the individual or organization that has made the most significant contribution to theatre in South Carolina during the year most recently completed. The honor will be given to Ragland at the group’s annual meeting in June in Columbia.
Read MoreIn the play, 10 contestants vie for a "hardbody" truck in Longview, Texas. The last contestant who has his or her hands on the truck wins it. The truck is a Nissan "hardbody" pickup (on stage).[5] The lives of each contestant, along with the car dealer and a radio announcer are revealed during the "hardbody" contest.
Read MoreTen performance as set, beginning Friday night and running through May 11 with show times of 7:30 p.m on Thursdays and Fridays and 3 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. More than 4,300 tickets have already been sold and the best availability is on May 9, 10, and 11. Tickets are $15, with $12 for seniors, military, and students (a $1.50 processing fee is added to all tickets) and can be purchased online at www.milltownplayers.org, by calling (864) 947-8000, or at the door.
Read MoreKym Day was awarded Best in Show for her oil on canvas “The New Ambassadors,” pictured below, as is a full list of winners from this year’s juried show.
Read MoreBut it’s the voice of Drew Kenyon, who portrays Frankie Valli, that takes the show to another level, making this one of the best shows to date at Market Theatre.
Read MoreMarket Theatre will tell the story of “Jersey Boys,” beginning this week, a musical that follows the foursome’s decades of professional success and rocky personal interactions in a play that was also a major motion picture.
Read More“The Savannah Sipping Society,” is a worthy addition to the theater’s run of Southern comedies. The show runs through March 10.
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