South Carolina Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations

Review: DISNEY'S THE LION KING at Peace Center
by Elizabeth Cortes - September 18, 2024

The crown jewel of Broadway roars into upstate South Carolina...

Review: MAMMA MIA! at Peace Center
by Elizabeth Cortes - June 08, 2024

What did our critic think of MAMMA MIA! at Peace Center?...

Review: PETER PAN At Peace Center
by Elizabeth Cortes - April 24, 2024

The iconic character hasn’t grown out of perfect family entertainment....

Review: COMPANY at Peace Center
by Elizabeth Cortes - February 05, 2024

Sometimes art imitates life, and such was the case when both Britney Coleman (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Beetlejuice, Sunset Boulevard) and her character both celebrated their 35th birthdays at Tuesday night’s performance of Stephen Sondheim's Company at the Peace Center. In this fresh new ...

Review: Passionate Performances Drive Dramatic, Poetic PIPELINE at Warehouse Theatre
by Neil Shurley - October 07, 2022

What did our critic think of PIPELINE at Warehouse Theatre?...

Review: SOMETHING ROTTEN at Greenville Theatre is Big, Bright, and Brilliant
by Neil Shurley - September 12, 2022

What did our critic think of SOMETHING ROTTEN at Greenville Theatre? Ah, the 90's, when so many things were ripe for reinvention. New clothes, new music, new writers, new ways of spreading ideas....

Review: Warehouse Theatre's THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE is Pure Joy
by Neil Shurley - August 08, 2022

What did our critic think of THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at Warehouse Theatre?...

Review: AIDA Glows at Glow Lyric Theatre
by Neil Shurley - July 17, 2022

This stripped-down AIDA literally glows with life....

BWW Review: APPROPRIATE Digs Up Family Secrets at Warehouse Theatre
by Neil Shurley - June 13, 2022

This play is not to be missed....

BWW Review: Thorny comedy NATIVE GARDENS Takes Aim at Issues
by Neil Shurley - March 13, 2022

Good fences make good neighbors - or do they?...

BWW Review: Fun, Energetic GUYS AND DOLLS Opens at Greenville Theatre
by Neil Shurley - March 09, 2022

Just around the corner is a little mission where you are always welcome to seek refuge from this jungle of sin. Inside you will find Sergeant Sarah Brown - Sister Sarah Brown - who only wants her flock to follow the fold and stray no more....

BWW Review: Dorothy Fortenberry's THE LOTUS PARADOX Weaves Humor and Drama in World Premiere at Warehouse Theatre
by Neil Shurley - January 24, 2022

A layered and entertaining story about the stories we tell ourselves....

BWW Review: HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES Brings Chills to Greenville Theatre
by Neil Shurley - November 02, 2021

A dark night, a Victorian drawing room, a foggy moor, the terrifying eyes of a hound from hell....

BWW Review: Gorgeous HADESTOWN Brings the Power of Mythology to Life at the Peace Center
by Neil Shurley - October 11, 2021

HADESTOWN is a triumph. Broadway is back. Long live the power of musical theatre....

BWW Review: THE PRODUCERS Marks the Return of Musical Spectacle to Greenville Theatre
by Neil Shurley - September 14, 2021

If you're ready for spectacle and laughs, have I got a show for you....

BWW Review: Spoleto's Festival Hall Isn't Ideal for THE WOMAN IN BLACK
by Perry Tannenbaum - June 06, 2021

A late shift in venues moved the visitation of THE WOMAN IN BLACK, that famed West End perennial second in longevity to only The Mousetrap, from the Charleston Visitor Center Bus Shed - quite an intriguing choice - to Spoleto Festival USA's Festival Hall. Results are mixed....