(01/10/2019) - 5th Wall Theatre amps up its 2018-2019 season with Pulitzer-nominated Talk Radio starring Scott Wichmann. Written by American stage provocateur and bad-boy Eric Bogosian, Talk Radio gives us a glimpse into the night-life of talk radio host Barry Champlain. Not just a chronicle of radio life, this play weaves together juicy incites and observations on life, love, commercialism, and free speech in America.
(12/06/2018) - It wouldn't be the holidays without Dickens' A Christmas Carol at the Wells Theatre. Experience the childlike wonder of this heartwarming story that follows the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future as they take Ebenezer Scrooge on a journey of redemption where he learns the power of kindness and compassion. This play is recommended for all ages and, in our opinion, is better the more kids you bring.
(12/01/2018) - It's 1864 and Washington, D.C. is settling down to the coldest Christmas Eve in years. "History lessons and holiday warmth sit cozily alongside each other" (The New York Times) in this pageant of carols by Paula Vogel, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of Indecent. Stories of many intertwining lives- spanning from the battlegrounds of Northern Virginia to the halls of the White House- demonstrate that the gladness of one's heart is the best gift of all. This "rich and moving play with music" (Variety) is a treat the whole family will enjoy.
(11/17/2018) - Firehouse Theatre presents the work-in-progress new play WRONG CHOPPED-a Dada comedy by Dixon Cashwell and Levi Meerovich -- from November 8 thru November 17.
(11/16/2018) - In this long-awaited sequel to the popular musical "The 1940s Radio Hour," it's Christmas Eve, 1943, and the Feddington Players are now broadcasting from a hole-in-the-wall studio in Newark, New Jersey. The company's take on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol descends into all the comedic mayhem and madness of a live radio show, resulting in a heart-warming dramatic climax.
(11/07/2018) - Signature Theatre is proud to present Billy Elliot the Musical directed and choreographed by Signature Theatre Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner (Signature's Passion, West Side Story). Based on the powerful and acclaimed film, all 11-year-old Billy wants to do is dance. Initially facing opposition from society and his father, Billy's passion instead unites the community and changes his life in extraordinary ways. The original production with book and lyrics by Lee Hall and music by Tony, Grammy and Academy Award® winner Elton John was universally lauded, sweeping the Tony, Drama Desk and Olivier Awards for Best Musical. Billy Elliot the Musical runs now thru January 6, 2019 in Signature Theatre's intimate MAX Theatre.
(09/18/2018) - Wolfbane Productions will be presenting the highly anticipated musical-comedy "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" in Appomattox from September 20-October 13, 2018. In association with Williams Collision Center and Jamerson Building Supply, Wolfbane is proud to host this incredible production at their new indoor location, The Wolf Den, 197 Old Courthouse Rd, Appomattox, VA 24522. Thursday-Saturday, doors open at 7pm; the show will begin at 8pm. Sunday will be matinee day, with doors opening at 5pm; the show will begin at 6pm. Enhance your experience and order a meat pie (or sweet pie) to enjoy before the show!
(09/18/2018) - Opening Night for Virginia Stage Company's Season 40 opening production Always…Patsy Cline will take place on Wednesday, September 19 at 7:30pm, with a preview performance on Tuesday, September 18. Written by Ted Swindley and directed by Amy Jones, who also directed the Season 39 hit musical Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, this production returns to Virginia Stage Company nearly 20 years later.
(09/10/2018) - Hero's Welcome weaves a twisted and darkly comedic tale of relationships shaped by love, redemption, jealously, and deceit. When Murray, a war hero, returns to his home town after 17 years away he hopes to settle down with his new wife and refurbish his family's old hotel
(08/28/2018) - Firehouse will produce the world premiere of INVALID -- a new adaptation of Moliere's 17th century French farce THE IMAGINARY INVALID -- directed by Josh Chenard in a new adaptation by Chenard and Jane Mattingly. Performances begin Thursday, August 30, 2018 and run thru Saturday, September 29, 2018.
(08/06/2018) - Richard III chronicles the cataclysmic end of England's greatest power struggle, the Wars of the Roses. Richard is the play's remarkable, charismatic, and repulsive ringmaster - he takes the audience into his confidence as he plots to kill everyone before him in line for the throne. Being seduced by Richard's shameless treachery is one of theatre-going's most delicious guilty pleasures.
(07/19/2018) - Strap in, folks…things are about to get wild over at Heritage Theatre Festival with the classic Marx Brothers musical The Cocoanuts - coming to the Culbreth Theatre from July 20-29.
(07/06/2018) - To escape death, the extraordinary Rosalind, her brave cousin Celia, and one of Shakespeare's funniest fools flee into the woods. There, in the bewitching Forest of Arden, they discover shepherds and aristocrats, country folk and lovers - and, ultimately, life, love, joy, and freedom. Shakespeare's glorious and wise comedy As You Like It reminds us of everything it is to be alive.
(05/16/2018) - Virginia Stage Company runs the hit gospel musical Crowns. Written by Regina Taylor and directed by Raelle Myrick-Hodges, this production returns after breaking box office records in 2006. "There is something about Crowns that warms the soul" (Chicago Tribune), and there is no better production to close the Stage Company's 39th season.
(04/16/2018) - It's 1965 in New York City and the lights are about to go out. But not before a melancholy sandwich maker becomes enchanted with two sisters in this bittersweet romantic tale about finding hope in a world best by darkness. This truly original rock-fable, nominated for 4 Drama Desk Awards, will sweep audiences off their feet and enchant them in an evening under the stars filled with romance, mystery and enchantment… but not a lot of light.
(04/04/2018) - Tim Crouch's play AN OAK TREE is a unique performance experience that revolves around a traveling hypnotist who discovers that the volunteer he's called up from the audience for his show is the father of a girl he accidentally killed in a car accident. As Crouch explains, for the grieving father 'nothing now is what it is. It's like he's in a play - but he doesn't know the words or the moves.'
(02/20/2018) - "The play that changed American theatre forever" (New York Times) comes to Virginia Rep's November Theatre (114 West Broad Street) this February. Lorraine Hansberry's seminal masterpiece opens Friday, February 16th, 2018 , and runs through March 11th , with two preview performances on Wednesday, February 14th and Thursday, February 15th.
(02/18/2018) - In his return to playwriting, celebrated film and television writer Aaron Sorkin's signature style lends itself to the remarkable story of the invention that changed our lives. In 1929, two ambitious visionaries race against each other to invent a device called "television." Separated by two thousand miles, each knows that if he stops working, even for a moment, the other will gain the edge. Who will unlock the key to the greatest innovation of the 20th century: the ruthless media mogul, or the selftaught Idaho farm boy? The answer comes to compelling life in the regional premiere of this "firecracker of a play" (The Chicago Sun-Times).
(02/15/2018) - WINGS: THE MUSICAL is a haunting chamber musical about transcendence and the capacity of the human spirit to soar to unimagined heights. The play revolves around the journey that aviatrix daredevil Emily Stilson takes as she fights her way back to language and comprehension after a stroke.
(02/02/2018) - Signature Theatre is proud to present the world premiere of 4,380 Nights by DC playwright Annalisa Dias. The production is directed by Kathleen Akerley (Artistic Director of Longacre Lea) and features Ahmad Kamal(Woolly Mammoth's KISS) as Malik Essaid/El Hadj El Kaim, Michael John Casey (Shakespeare Theatre's Othello, Folger Theatre's Henry V) as Bud Abramson/Man, Rex Daugherty (Signature's Shakespeare's R&J) as Luke/Colonel Pelissier, and Lynette Rathnam (Ford Theatre's Death of a Salesman) as Woman (complete cast and creative team bios are below). 4,380 Nights runs from January 16 through February 18 in Signature Theatre's ARK Theatre. 4,380 Nights is Signature's submission to the 2018 Women's Voices Theater Festival.
(01/30/2018) - We long for other worlds. For all our individual reasons, which are varied and true, we long to experience the elsewhere. Be it movies, books, tv, theatre, dance, or museums, we welcomingly fall into other places. These places can provide opposition or solidarity, but always stir empathy within. They may be wholly different or strikingly similar to our own worlds but we are never alone in these places to which we have escaped. We become invested in characters and viscerally respond to their triumphs and failures. By the very essence of the human psyche, we see ourselves in these stories regardless of place or status and Virginia Stage Company's recent production of Jane Austen's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE is proof of that.
(01/23/2018) - Pride and Prejudice at Virginia Stage Company will continue through February 4, having set box office records by opening night this past weekend. Directed by Virginia Stage Company's Artistic Director, this stage adaptation of Jane Austen's most beloved novel will sweep you away with its witty, fast-paced exploration of expectations that has become the template for modern romance. Sparks fly when the charming, vibrant Elizabeth clashes with the aloof, enigmatic Mr. Darcy.
(01/19/2018) - TO DAMASCUS builds on a range of sources including the bible story of Paul's conversion, August Strindberg's THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS, the rivalry between Lorenzo de' Medici's patronage of secular art versus Girolamo Savanarola's bonfire of the vanities and his call for an orthodox religious revival, Thomas Mann's only play FIORENZO, the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, James Marcus Schuyler and Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, and the Catholic Mass. Check out photos below!
(12/14/2017) - The 2017/18 Wicked Folly Tour takes a break from touring the country to present the 16th annual production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL at the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Virginia. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
(12/07/2017) - When Virginia Stage Company's annual tradition, A Christmas Carol, returns to the Wells Theatre this holiday season, it will have a brand new look. For the first time in more than five years there will be a new script, sets, costumes, music, and yes, even a new Scrooge! You won't want to miss this song-filled adaptation by beloved Norfolk director, Patrick Mullins.
(10/24/2017) - Opening Night for Virginia Stage Company and Norfolk State University Theatre Company's The Parchman Hour: Songs and Stories of the '61 Freedom Riders will take place on Saturday, October 28, with preview performances beginning Wednesday, October 25. All are welcome to join in toasting the occasion with complimentary champagne and desserts before the opening night performance on October 28 at 7:30PM.
(10/20/2017) - Firehouse Theatre presents Noble prize-winning American playwright Eugene O'Neill's powerful tale of love, lust, and loathing -- DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS -- from tonight, October 20, through November 5, 2017. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
(10/06/2017) - By popular demand, TheatreLAB and Yes, And! Entertainment have announced that their production of Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years will now run through October 28th. BroadwayWorld has a look at Richmond Theatre Critics Circle Award winners Alexander Sapp and Christie Jackson in action below!
(09/10/2017) - Cadence Theatre Company and Virginia Repertory Theatre are pleased to present their first co-production of the 2017-2018 Cadence Season, Fun Home, book and lyrics by Lisa Kronand music by Jeanine Tesori. Adapted from the graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel, Fun Home is in celebration of Richmond Triangle Players'25th Anniversary Season.
(07/20/2017) - Five Flights by Adam Bock, an independent theater production by IAMSHE Productions opened July 20, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. and will continue through July 29, 2017. All performances are at 319 N Wilkinson Rd, Henrico, VA 23227.
(07/05/2017) - Zeiders American Dream Theater presents the world premiere new musical, Second To Nun, running June 29 through August 5, 2017. Opening night was Saturday, July 1, coinciding with Canada's 150th Anniversary. Performances continue Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7pm.
(06/29/2017) - Firehouse Theatre and TheatreLab, the co-producers of HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL, have added performances of their summer production that will now run for a limited engagement through July 16, 2017. The show is currently in previews for an opening this Saturday, July 1 at 7:30 p.m. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
(04/21/2017) - Anyone who loves movies such as Office Space, loathes their boss, or has ever been at odds with the 'buffoonery' of big business, take note: Virginia Musical Theatre (VMT) is back at it again with another production that will leave audiences laughing, relating, and commiserating. Opening April 21, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (H2$) continues the VMT tradition, now 26 seasons strong, of bringing Broadway-caliber performing arts to the area.
(04/14/2017) - Two of Hampton Road's leading performing arts organizations are teaming up to bring the seminal American musical, The Wiz, to downtown Norfolk. More than 50 performers and 20 technicians are working to make this musical the largest spectacle to hit the Wells Theatre in years. The collaboration between the companies is a landmark partnership for Hampton Roads.
(04/07/2017) - Thursday night, just a few exits away from baggage claim at Washington's Dulles Airport, the comedy Boeing Boeing arrived. The riotous laughter continues at NextStop Theatre Company's 114 seat black box theatre in Herndon through April 30th.
