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From acclaimed writer Jeff Augustin (The New Englanders at MTC, “The Morning Show”) comes a timely story of a son’s quest to connect with his ...

Disney's Frozen Jr
5/23 - 5/24/2024


For the first time in forever the theatrical take on a modern classic, Disney’s FROZEN JR is set to be performed right here in the ...

The Dinner Detective Comedy Mystery Dinner Show


America’s largest interactive comedy mystery dinner theatre show is now playing Saturday nights in Virginia Beach! Solve a hilarious mystery while you feast on a fantastic ...

Something Rotten!
5/23 - 5/26/2024


Welcome to the Renaissance and the outrageous, crowd-pleasing musical farce, Something Rotten. Created by Grammy Award-winning songwriter Wayne Kirkpatrick, and successful screenwriters Karey Kirkpatrick and ...

Disney's Newsies Jr.
5/30 - 5/31/2024


Disney's Newsies JR. is a 60-minute version of the 2012 Broadway musical, based on the 1992 film. Inspired by the rousing true story of newsboys ...


The Brainy and Beautiful Belle yearns to escape her provincial life...and her brute of a suitor, Gaston. However, Belle gets more adventurous than she wanted ...

GRANDMA GATEWOOD TOOK A WALK


“I said I’d do it, and I’ve done it.” One fine spring day, Emma Gatewood, a 67-year-old mother and grandmother, told her children she was ...

Indecent
Indecent
5/17 - 6/2/2024


A deeply moving play inspired by the true events surrounding the controversial 1923 Broadway debut of Sholem Asch’s God of Vengeance—a play seen by some ...

The Drowsy Chaperone Jr.
6/1 - 6/2/2024


The Drowsy Chaperone is a hilarious and meta-theatrical musical that injects a dose of nostalgia and playful satire into the world of classic Broadway musicals. ...


Winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has charmed audiences across the country ...

KISSNATION SEX SYMBOL, BILLY MAY, BARES ALL - KISSNATION: READY TO ROCK AND ROLL ALL NITE AT EMBER MUSIC HALL IN RICHMOND, VA


KISSNATION SEX SYMBOL, BILLY MAY, BARES ALL Interview by Lisa Gandia YOU WANTED THE BEST! YOU GOT THE BEST! THE HOTTEST BAND IN THE WORLD! ...


In a loving home in the city of London, Dalmatian parents, Pongo and Perdita happily raise their Dalmatian puppies, until the monstrous Cruella De Vil ...


Disney Channel's 2006 smash hit movie musical comes to life! Troy, Gabriella and the students of East High must deal with issues of first love, ...

Into The Woods
6/7 - 6/9/2024


Stepping into the world of Into the Woods, the musical by James Lapin with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, is like entering a twisted ...

The Outsider
The Outsider
5/17 - 6/9/2024


Ned Newley doesn’t even want to be governor. He’s terrified of public speaking; his poll numbers are impressively bad. To his ever-supportive Chief of Staff, ...

Working
5/16 - 6/9/2024


WORKING is a vital new musical based on the book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Chicago’s own Studs Terkel. Newly adapted by Stephen Schwartz (WICKED, ...

Rent
5/31 - 6/15/2024


RENT: DOWNTOWN LA takes place in a warehouse in industrial downtown Los Angeles, where an artistic renaissance is underway in the vein of 1990s Alphabet ...

Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka
5/31 - 6/15/2024


Roald Dahl’s timeless story of the world-famous candy man and his quest to find an heir comes to life in this stage adaptation of Charlie ...

The Dinner Detective Comedy Mystery Dinner Show


America’s largest interactive comedy mystery dinner theatre show is now playing Saturday nights in Richmond, VA! Solve a hilarious mystery while you feast on a ...

Noises Off
Noises Off
6/6 - 6/16/2024


Called “the funniest farce ever written,”  Noises Off  presents a manic menagerie of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called  Nothing’s On . Doors slamming, on ...

Peter And The Starcatcher
5/31 - 6/16/2024


Tony-winning Peter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (a.k.a. ...

Disney's Finding Nemo Kids
6/10 - 6/20/2024


Disney’s Finding Nemo is a musical adaptation of the beloved 2003 Pixar movie Finding Nemo, with new music by award-winning songwriting team Kristen Anderson-Lopez and ...


Disneys Finding Nemo JR. is a musical adaptation of the beloved 2003 Pixar movie Finding Nemo, with new songs written by award-winning composers Kristen Anderson-Lopez ...


Madame's jealous butler Edgar cat-naps Duchess and her Aristokittens and abandons them in the Parisian countryside. What's a cat to do? Luckily, Thomas O'Malley and ...

VAVibe Music Festival


The VAVibe Music Festival will be held at The Halifax County Fairgrounds featuring The Pop 2000 Tour hosted by Chris Kirkpatrick of *NSYNC, OTOWN, RYAN CABRERRA, ...


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Review: Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Being Alive with Adam Ben-David on Piano at Paramount Theater


by Kirk Cramer - April 29, 2024

A poignant and reflective journey through the celebrated artist's career and personal contemplations on life and mortality. Despite showing signs of vocal aging, Patinkin's mastery in blending song with deeply personal storytelling captivates the audience, making each song a narrative of its own. Th...

BWW Review: STRAIGHT WHITE MEN at Conciliation Lab


by Susan Haubenstock - December 06, 2021

Young Jean Lee's 2014 play made it to Broadway in 2018 and now afflicts the comfortable at Conciliation Lab....

BWW Review: IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY at Virginia Repertory Theatre


by Susan Haubenstock - December 06, 2021

A sweet and sentimental Christmas play geared to fans of the classic movie...

BWW Review: WINTER WONDERETTES at Swift Creek Mill Theatre


by Susan Haubenstock - November 24, 2021

This crowd-pleaser is lightweight, fizzy fun—maybe not so much Champagne as sweet sparkling cider, but effervescent nonetheless....

BWW Review: SIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS at The Illuminated Stage Company


by Susan Haubenstock - November 30, 2021

Michael and Lily are an odd couple--they irritate each other, but this play's familiar plot signals that they'll be great friends....

BWW Review: A CHRISTMAS KADDISH at Richmond Triangle Players


by Susan Haubenstock - November 22, 2021

For a change of pace, Richmond Triangle Players’ holiday offering is an original musical, “A Christmas Kaddish.” Using flashback elements from seasonal favorites like “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “A Christmas Carol,” the show takes an unusually serious look at life, death and love....

BWW Review: PIPELINE at Virginia Rep


by Susan Haubenstock - October 26, 2021

Dominique Morisseau's 2019 play--one of the most-produced plays of that year--hurls the audience into the emotions that surface when schoolteacher Nya's son Omari is threatened with being diverted from his private boarding school into the notorious school-to-prison pipeline....

BWW Review: THE NICETIES at The Conciliation Lab


by Susan Haubenstock - October 03, 2021

'The Niceties' is Eleanor Burgess's 2018 drama in which a white professor and a Black undergraduate argue over provocative issues of race and history--an excellent choice for The Conciliation Lab's season opener....

BWW Review: WAR IN PIECES at Firehouse Theatre


by Susan Haubenstock - September 30, 2021

Firehouse Theatre presents a program of four world-premiere one-act plays written by military veterans, taken from their lives in service in different eras....

BWW Review: VINCENT RIVER at Richmond Triangle Players


by Susan Haubenstock - September 28, 2021

Philip Ridley's emotional two-character play confronts homophobia and searing loss....



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