TWO BROTHERS SET OUT TO WRITE THE WORLD’S FIRST MUSICAL IN THIS HILARIOUS MASH-UP OF SIXTEENTH-CENTURY SHAKESPEARE AND TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY BROADWAY! Welcome to the Renaissance … and the outrageous, crowd-pleasing musical comedy, Something Rotten! Created by Grammy Award-winning songwriter Wayne Kirkpatrick, and blockbuster screenwriters Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell, Something Rotten has been lauded by audiences and critics alike, receiving several Best Musical nominations and hailed by Time Out New York as "the funniest musical comedy in at least 400 years!" It's the 1590s and Brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance leather-clad rock star known as “The Bard.” When a soothsayer shockingly foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing, and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first musical!Something Rotten features large song and dance numbers including tap, and a delightfully wacky cast of over-the-top characters. This history-twisting tale makes it clear that “nothing’s as amazing as a musical!” Directed by: Whitaker Gannon
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| 2015 | Best Musical |
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina is at 14 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head Island, SC.
COME FROM AWAY (10/1/25-10/26/25)
SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL (7/9/25-8/17/25)
WAITRESS (4/23/25-6/1/25)
Night of Broadway Benefit: "MAMA, I'M A BIG GIRL NOW!" (3/22/25-3/22/25)
THE COTTAGE (1/29/25-2/23/25)
42ND STREET (12/4/24-12/29/24)
CHICAGO (6/26/24-8/18/24)
BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL (4/24/24-5/26/24)
August Wilson's FENCES (1/31/24-2/24/24)
IRVING BERLIN'S HOLIDAY INN (11/29/23-12/24/23)
Each theater season, we produce five theater shows — including musicals and comedies — in our 349-seat main stage Elizabeth Wallace Theater. From concept to curtain call, every element of our productions is created in-house: featuring outstanding direction, superb production design, and top-notch progressional performers, many who've been on Broadway.
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1984
Electric City Playhouse (5/8 - 5/17) | ||
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Nuncrackers: The Nunsense Christmas Musical
Electric City Playhouse (12/4 - 12/13) | ||
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Candlelight Series: A Festive Fanfare
Risen Christ Lutheran Church (12/16 - 12/16) | |
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The Sleeping Beauty: International Ballet Stars in Columbia, SC! On January 09, 2026
Koger Center for the Arts (1/9 - 1/9) | |
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Menopause The Musical 2: Cruising Through ‘The Change’®
Legends In Concert – Broadway at the Beach (1/22 - 2/1) | |
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THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS: Christmas with Neel Patrick & Friends
The Simpsonville Arts Center (12/19 - 12/19) | |
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The Great Gatsby
Peace Center (3/31 - 4/5) | |
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