Artcetera

• Review: 'How to Succeed in Business' is lively, engaging
  "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," the rollicking musical comedy now occupying the stage at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina on Hilton Head Island, is fun and very timely, with costumes that looked like they came right off the racks from the set of "Mad Men."

• Review: 'Driving Miss Daisy' a delightful, interesting performance
  Alfred Uhry, author of the award-winning "Driving Miss Daisy," stands alone as winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Oscar, and almost every theatrical award possible.

• May River Theatre Co. ends 10th season on a high note with "I Love You ... Now Change"
  May River Theatre Co.'s final production of the season closed on a particularly high note. "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change," was filled to the brim with rollicking humor and genuine emotion, and we were completely entertained by this tuneful mating game. It was a musical comedy portrayed energetically, in a series of high-spirited vignettes.

• May River production of 'Pippin' is magic
  A mysterious troupe of actors and Goths -- and a sprinkling of Visigoths -- in brilliant costumes and amazing makeup fill the stage and invite us to share the story of Pippin and his search for fulfillment. What a story, what a trip and what an outcome.

• Musical offers stuff 'Dreams' are made of
  "Dreamgirls," the Tony Award-winning musical which arrived on Broadway in 1981, opened last weekend on the stage of the Elizabeth Wallace Theatre at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina on Hilton Head Island.

• 'Smokey Joe's Cafe' serves up rock 'n' roll hits
  Think juke box. Think familiar, even favorite songs and music of the '50s and '60s. Then picture an earnest, energetic cast of singers and dancers, supported impressively by a collection of talented musicians, and you'll begin to imagine the fun and good time you'll have at a performance of "Smokey Joe's Cafe," the musical on stage in the Elizabeth Wallace Theater of the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina on Hilton Head Island.

• Theater group is all that jazz in production of 'Chicago'
  As it turns out, we are never certain that we can expect something fresh, original and full of energy in just any production of "Chicago."

• You can't stop the infectious fun of arts center's 'Hairspray'
  What fun! The talented and energetic actors, singers and dancers appearing in the opening night production of "Hairspray" on stage at the Elizabeth Wallace Theater of the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina performed in the most amazing way. They kept the energy coming all night long.

• Artcetera: 3 local artists master medium, style, technique in own ways
  A crowd of art enthusiasts and a cross section of Bluffton's culturally supportive neighbors gathered on a recent afternoon at the Four Corners Art Gallery in Bluffton. They came to celebrate the opening of "Paper, Paintings & Prints," a distinctly original exhibition of the work of Louanne LaRoche, Danielle DeMers and Susanne Carmack.

• ‘Mancha' main man brings show to life
  What an unforgettable performance we in the audience enjoyed on opening night at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina's production of the Tony award-winning musical, "Man of La Mancha." Loaded with visual power and musically thrilling, the romantic fantasy was filled with passion, ambition, idealism and most of all, imagination.