- John Stoehr
Arts Editor
There's more to art than you think. It's not just theater, paintings, books and dance. It's the enterprise of human creativity and it takes vastly different shapes and forms. Here you'll find my thoughts about the arts in Charleston and beyond. Neither of us knows what to expect.
Category Archives: Review
Review: The Violet Hour
March 9, 2008 – 4:47 pm
The Footlight Players opened their latest show Friday. Called The Violet Hour, it’s about a book publisher who must decide between publishing the book of his best friend or the book of his secret lover. Oh, and then there’s the sci-fi element that’s thrown in, too. Will Bryan went to the theater Saturday night. He […]
Review: An Evening of Pas de Deux
March 8, 2008 – 5:44 pm
The Charleston Ballet Theatre presented last night An Evening of Pas de Deux. Kinsey Labberton went to check out the show and sent us this review. CBT continues tonight at 7:30 p.m. at 477 King St. Click here for tickets.
The best duets over the past 20 years of Charleston Ballet Theater’s history.
That’s how […]
A Busy Week: Defiance, Fiddler, Pettigrew, Zombies, and Piccolo
March 7, 2008 – 11:37 am
Our 216-page Best of Charleston issue crowded out pretty much everything else we typically published in City Paper. That had some people (understandably) peeved. Susan Hallatt, director of graduate admissions at the College of Charleston, spent some time looking for a review of Charleston Stage’s Fiddler on the Roof, which continues tonight, tomorrow night, […]
Letter to the Editor: Mt. P councilman likes Defiance
March 7, 2008 – 10:47 am
We got this the other day from Mt. Pleasant Councilman Ken Glasson. —JS
Dear Editor,
I attended a performance at the Playhouse in Mount Pleasant called “Defiance.” I was curious over the advertising which included a Marine in a Dress Blue uniform. Being a Mustang Lieutenant Colonel in the Marine Reserve and having served for the […]
Review: Fiddler on the Roof
March 1, 2008 – 3:34 pm
The Charleston Stage opened Fiddler on the Roof Friday night with accompaniment for the first time ever by the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. The lead role of Tveye was played by Charleston native and Equity actor John Fennel. Kinsey Labberton went to opening night and sent us this review —JS
Traditionally Traditional Tradition
By Kinsey Labberton
Tradition!
That’s the theme […]
Book Review: Ace of Spades
March 1, 2008 – 3:30 pm
The passing of David Matthews
A new memoir chronicles author’s quest for peace amid turmoil of racial identity.
In Harlem Renaissance author Claude McKay’s 1931 short story “Near-White,” Angelina Dove, a pale African American hoping to move up in the world, asks her mother “if some people are light enough to live like whites, why should there […]
Review: Quilters at CofC
February 22, 2008 – 12:07 pm
The College of Charleston last week opened Quilters, a musical about life on the prairie. Will Bryan went last night and sent this review. The production continues tonight and tomorrow night at 8 p.m. — JS
It would be easy to make various sewing, stitching, and quilting references while writing this review of the College of […]
Review: CBT’s ode to Balanchine
February 18, 2008 – 9:24 am
The Charleston Ballet Theatre gave the second installment of its 20th anniversary celebration this weekend with an ode to choreographer George Balanchine. CBT is the only company in South Carolina with the rights (give by the foundation named in his honor) to perform the great Russian expat. Nick Smith, who usually covers film, theater, or […]
Review: CSO and Dixieland
February 11, 2008 – 4:52 pm
The Charleston Symphony Orchestra performed with the Dukes of Dixieland on Saturday. Our ever-present critic Lindsay Koob, newly freed from his email travails, sent us this review of the performance. —JS
After a steady diet of highbrow music lately from the Charleston Symphony, it seemed a welcome change of pace to catch my first McCrady’s Pops […]
Review: Gary Grier and Lou Stovall at City Gallery
February 10, 2008 – 7:41 pm
The City Gallery at Waterfront Park opened its new exhibit Friday featuring the work of Georgia artist Lou Stovall and Charleston painter Gary Grier. Kevin Murphy went to the show and sent us this review. —JS
History is full of groundbreaking artists. To celebrate that artistry, along with Black History Month, the City Gallery at Waterfront […]
