CD sales are off which makes it harder for all types of record stores to keep their doors open. “This has probably cut into about 40% of our sales in cast CDs.” But maybe the most significant factor is the reality of today’s marketplace-more and more music is downloaded. There was also the problem “that many smaller companies that produce cast recordings pre-sell their recordings at a discount price,” again as stated on their website. Astronomical rent increases, according to the store’s website, pushed the company further into debt. Long a fixture in the East Village on 12th Street, then moving to Brooklyn, and finally becoming an Internet-only company, Footlight Records was THE place for aficionados of original cast recordings, especially rare and hard-to-find vinyl LPs.Ī number of factors went into the decision by ownership. On July 4th Footlight Records, the quintessential record store for musical theater enthusiasts, will close its cyber-doors. But there is one closing that is more heartbreaking than all the others combined. This year it seemed an unusually high number of Broadway productions ended their runs during this time. call (843) 722.7521 or visit FootLightPlayers.For weeks after the Tony Award ceremony, poorly performing shows shutter their doors and extinguish their glittering marquees. For more information on Footlight Players, Inc. Presenting on average six Main Stage and three Late Night productions annually, Footlight Players is notably one of the leading community theatres in the South and is focused on providing quality entertainment for and by the community. Gather up your friends and grab a bucket of beer at concessions-LateNight theatre is cheaper than going to a movie! If it’s not LateNight The Footlight, it’s just not theatre.įootlight Players theatre is the longest continuously performing arts group of any kind, in Charleston, has been producing performances since 1931. Put on your favorite pair of jeans and experience theatre from a laid back, fun perspective. It’s perfect for those new to theatre, as well as, seasoned theatre fans. In its sixth season, LateNight The Footlight offers audiences edgy and contemporary productions in a relaxing and sociable environment at a low cost. He recently worked as an apprentice at Horizon Theater Company in Atlanta, GA, where he starred in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot as Judas and wrote Fall Into Sunlight, which made its world premiere in January 2010. A graduate of the College of Charleston with a degree in Theater, Smallwood is a two time Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival award winner for his original plays TALK and The Mind’s I. Michael Smallwood is an actor, playwright, and director. To purchase tickets, contact the Footlight Players box office at (843) 722.4487 or visit and reserve your tickets online. Tickets for the Late Night The Footlight series are $10 on Thursdays and $15 for Friday and Saturday shows. Performances of Topdog/Underdog are September 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 and October 1 at 9 p.m. Local actor, director and playwright Michael Smallwood directs the Players’ production and the two member cast included Tremaine Rapp and Jerod Frazier. The production earned a number awards including Tony Awards for Best Play and Best Actor its most notable award, however, is it’s 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama making Suzan-Lori Parks the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize. The original cast starred Jeffrey Wright and Don Cheadle (later replaced by Mos Def). Written by Suzan-Lori Parks, Topdog/Underdog, premiered on Broadway in April 2002 at The Ambassador Theatre. While his brother Booth-a petty thief-dreams of becoming the slick conman his brother used to be. Lincoln, an ex-card shark is attempting to stay on the straight and narrow by working a demoralizing, yet honest job, impersonating Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln and Booth, so named as a dark joke by their father, are haunted by the past and their obsession with the street con Three Card Monte. Set in a shabby apartment, off the mean streets of Brooklyn, Parks’ savage comedy uses wit, raw dialogue, and poetry to explore the volatile relationship between the two fiercely competitive siblings. CHARLESTON, SC – September 22 – Octo– As the second production of the LateNight The Footlight series, the Footlight Players are pleased to present the Holy City’s premier of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer Prize winning play Topdog/Underdog the play is about two African-American brothers struggling to survive.
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