Tag Archives: Melissa Peters

“That Way Madness Lies” – a review of “King Lear” at USC’s Drayton Hall

  “The real difficulty with Lear is that you’ve got to play him all, you know, shaky legs and pratfalls and the dentures coming out, ’cause he’s ancient as hell, and then there’s that heartrending scene when he goes right … Continue reading

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Jillian Owens reviews “Boeing-Boeing” at USC

Fasten your seatbelts…it’s going to be a bumpy ride. Some theatre is aimed at starting intellectual discourse and delving  into complex societal issues…but not this show. Theatre South Carolina’s Boeing-Boeing is a high-flying farce from the swinging sixties.  The decade … Continue reading

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Jillian Owens reviews “Compleat Female Stage Beauty” at USC’s Longstreet Theatre

  The timing could not be better for Theatre South Carolina’s production of Jeffrey Hatcher’s Compleat Female Stage Beauty, directed by Gary Logan.  Gay rights and gender equality have been hot button issues this election season, and both of these … Continue reading

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