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'Civil War Voices' Brings True Stories to the Stagenew

Barter Theatre's production of the musical Civil War Voices tells the true stories of five individuals, including a pair of separated lovers, a freed slave employed by Mary Todd Lincoln, and a Northern teacher who decides to fight for his country.
Charleston City Paper  |  Michael Smallwood  |  04-07-2011  |  Theater

'La Cage aux Folles' Is Not a Dragnew

City Paper sent two theater queens to watch the Footlight Players' production of La Cage aux Folles, and they were won over ... in Act Two.
Charleston City Paper  |  Greg Hambrick and Shane Sears  |  05-06-2009  |  Theater

What Would Jesus Do? Thanks to 'Reefer Madness,' Now We Knownew

Laughing at the clay-footed lies of puffed-up authority figures remains one of the great pastimes in any repressive society.
Charleston City Paper  |  Dan Conover  |  02-11-2009  |  Theater

Well, Well, Well: Will & Grace Star Leslie Jordan Walks Down the Pink Carpetnew

Leslie Jordan has made a long career playing short, eccentric, effeminate southerners, characters so popular that fans often fail to distinguish Jordan from, say, the Tammy Wynette-loving drag queen, Brother Boy, featured in the campy stage creation Sordid Lives. Fans often request, and continue to request, unheedingly, Brother Boy's timeless one-liner. "Can you see my pussy now?"
Charleston City Paper  |  Greg Hambrick  |  07-09-2008  |  Theater

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