Arts/Leisure
24-Hour Musical Celebrates 10 Years Saturday
Tickets 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.
Solid Performances Drive Mill Town Players "Bonnie & Clyde"
“Bonnie & Clyde” runs through Aug. 11 at the Mill Town Players. Tickets here.
Review: MTP "Barefoot" an Engaging Walk in the Park
The 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.
Art Slam Winner Moss Work on Exhibit at Library
Moss 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.
SculpTOUR Adds 5 New Works for 2024
Five 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.
Will Ragland Chosen for S.C. Theatre Founders Award
The 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.
"Hands on a Hardbody" Starts Thursday; Admission Free
In 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.
Mill Town Players "Under the Boardwalk" Kicks Off Friday
Ten 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.
Arts Center Winners Work on Display at Gallery, Downtown
Kym 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.
Review: Market Theatre "Jersey Boys" Soars
But 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.
Market Theatre's "Jersey Boys" Starts Friday
Market 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.
“The Savannah Sipping Society,” is a worthy addition to the theater’s run of Southern comedies. The show runs through March 10.
MTP "Savannah Sipping Society" Opens Friday
L to R: Nancy Burkard, Tina Coppock, Kelly Wallace, Dona Shiflette
Photo credit: Escobar Photography
Tickets are $15, $12 for seniors, military and students, and are available at www.milltownplayers.org or by calling (864) 947-8000.
Senior Follies "Bucket List" March 7-10
“Bucket List,” which runs March 7-10, features songs and dance numbers, the staples which have made the senior variety show a sell-out success for more than 30 years.
Arts Community Flourished in 2023
Mill Town Players' bold production of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” featured Broadway-level sets and superior performances to the Pelzer Auditorium stage. Review here.
AU Exhibit Downtown to Feature Stories of Andersonians
Anderson University's Studio 329 will host "ECHO: Unspoken and Retold," showcasing a compelling collection of stories from the Anderson community Saturday from 4-8 p.m. at 215 Main Street downtown.
An AU graphic design class collected narratives of local citizens throughout the semester, celebrating the diverse voices in Anderson, to produce the exhibit.
For more information contact Studio 329 at designforsocialvalue@gmail.com
Review: MT's "She Kills Monsters" Has Game
Perhaps the greatest challenge of the cast and director is overcoming an often campy, sophomoric comedy that almost tips at times into cartoonishly dumb due to the stage play by Qui Nguyen. But Market Theatre mines the best out of a challenging play, bringing life and fun to what could have been nothing but forced silliness.
Photo: Kelly T. Images
Moore Named New Arts Center Director
The Arts Center board of directors has chosen Kathy Moore as the new executive director. In a release, they wrote that Moore “has been active at the Arts Center for some time, understands the mission of the Arts Center, has a passion for the arts, and has the experience to continue moving the Arts Center in a great direction.”