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The Civil War from the Inside
A ONE-ACT PLAY by Actors’ Theatre of South Carolina casts intriguing new light on the little-known personal conflicts and ironies of the Civil War. Co-produced by The South Carolina Historical Society, and partially adapted from material in its archives, “The Road Home” examines unique war-time perspectives of union and confederate citizens and soldiers, along... Read »
Real Musical Theatre
SILENCE, tears, integrity, and music. These are what remain vivid in my mind nearly two weeks after seeing The Gift of the Magi at the Dock Street Theatre. Ostensibly, it was a co-production of the American author O. Henry’s play put on by Actors’ Theatre of South Carolina and Chamber Music Charleston. But at... Read »
The Art of Giving
IMAGINE SEEING O. Henry, the twentieth-century raconteur and humorist, live on stage in Charleston. Well, it’s happening December 22 and 23 at the Dock Street Theatre where O. Henry himself will recount The Gift of The Magi, his touching Christmas story about the true nature of love and giving. On one end of the... Read »
Beethoven Alive
THEY SAY THE BEST acting—like the best music, best dancing, and best art—is done from the inside. You can learn technique—the outside part—but it doesn’t become ‘art’ until you tap an inner source from whence flows an indescribable something that renders technique secondary: as a tool to be employed. That’s what Clarence Felder did... Read »
The Inner Fabric of Beethoven
IT IS ONE THING to hear his music. It is another to see Beethoven himself on stage with the musicians as he divulges his inner struggles—in particular, his plight with women. In a unique musical-theatre presentation, this is exactly what Clarence Felder does to perfection in the Piccolo Spoleto production of Beethoven, His Women,... Read »
