(Feb. 1 4:54 PM) - Nigel Redden, General Director, announced Saturday that Spoleto Festival USA will hold a special gala concert on April 1 to celebrate the reopening of Charleston's historic Dock Street Theatre following a three-year renovation.
(Jan. 30 9:15 PM) - The Village Square Theatre of Lexington proudly presents "The Sound of Music". The show, directed by Deborah Leopard, will run March 5 -21, 2010. Friday and Saturday shows will open at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees will run at 3 p.m. The box office opens February 22, 2010.
(Jan. 30 12:24 PM) - ONE LAST CHANCE (unexpectedly) to see Coal Creek
Our already record-breaking production of Walter Thinnes' Coal Creek will not perform this evening (Saturday, Jan. 30) due to the ice storm, BUT we've added a 3 p.m. matinee tomorrow (Sunday, Jan. 31). If you have tickets for tonight, don't worry. Your tickets are good for tomorrow's show. If you don't have tickets for tonight, this is your chance to get some for tomorrow!
(Jan. 28 1:30 AM) - Trustus Theatre is reviving one of its most popular and moving Late Night shows, as Steve Harley returns to star in Eric Bogosian’s Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead. This intensely stirring one-man show opens its doors to Columbia at the intimate Trustus Black Box space on Thursday, January 28 at 7:30pm.
(Jan. 27 8:16 PM) - After two wildly successful runs of Regina Taylor’s gospel-driven musical Crowns in 2005 and 2007, Trustus Theatre is celebrating their 25th Anniversary by reviving this hit production in 2010. Crowns opens Friday, February 12 at 8:00pm on the Trustus Main Stage.
(Jan. 26 1:05 PM) - The Greenville City Council has passed a resolution awarding the Peace Center with a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) grant of $2.5 million for a facilities and site development project.
(Jan. 22 2:00 AM) - While the streets of the Vista are bustling with people hopping from bar to bar seeking nightlife and entertainment, Trustus Theatre will provide both as the bar opens and TOAST, Columbia and USC's premiere improve troupe takes the stage. Toast will perform an evening of improv comedy on Friday, January 22nd at 11:15pm. The doors will open at 10:45pm, following the performance of RENT.
(Jan. 21 1:30 AM) - More than 7,500 strikers walked out of nearly 100 coal mines in the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek coal fields of West Virginia during the bloody 1912-1914 labor war. Coal Creek is the story of one family's turmoil, caught in the cross hairs of that struggle.
(Jan. 20 3:38 PM) - A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of orchestra seats will be held daily for WICKED, which will be performing from January 27th to February 14th at the Peace Center.
(Jan. 16 8:13 PM) - Trustus Theatre is reviving one of its most popular and moving Late Night shows, as Steve Harley returns to star in Eric Bogosian’s Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead. This intensely stirring one-man show opens its doors to Columbia at the intimate Trustus Black Box space on Thursday, January 28 at 7:30pm.
(Jan. 14 3:15 PM) - Join the Electric City Playhouse as they start their 26th year with the award winning Man of Constant Sorrow, a Stanley Brothers Musical by Douglas Pote and directed by Jimmy O. Burdette.
(Jan. 12 1:51 PM) - More than 7,500 strikers walked out of nearly 100 coal mines in the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek coal fields of West Virginia during the bloody 1912-1914 labor war. Coal Creek is the story of one family's turmoil, caught in the cross hairs of that struggle.
(Jan. 8 12:27 PM) - With all branches of the military represented, a packed house for Showtime at First Baptist helped the Electric City Playhouse's December 17th performance raise $1,450 for the Upstate Marine Corps League Detachment #1106.