Review: Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Being Alive with Adam Ben-David on Piano at Paramount Theater
A poignant and reflective journey through the celebrated artist's career and personal contemplations on life and mortality.
Central Virginia Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Central Virginia.
BWW Review: STRAIGHT WHITE MEN at Conciliation Lab
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
A sweet and sentimental Christmas play geared to fans of the classic movie
BWW Review: WINTER WONDERETTES at Swift Creek Mill Theatre
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
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
For a change of pace, Richmond Triangle Players’ holiday offering is an original musical, “A Christmas Kaddish.
BWW Review: PIPELINE at Virginia Rep
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
'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
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
Philip Ridley's emotional two-character play confronts homophobia and searing loss.
BWW Review: EVERY BRILLIANT THING at Illuminated Stage Theatre Company
Perkinson Center for the Arts and Education presents Illuminated Stage Theatre Company's one-actor play, showcasing the new facility
BWW Review: I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE at Swift Creek Mill Theatre
The 1995 revue 'I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change' was to open four days before quarantine shuttered Swift Creek Mill Theatre in 2020, but it's the season opener for 2021.
BWW Review: THE PINK UNICORN at Richmond Triangle Players
Marie Lucas gives a lovely performance as the devoted mother of a genderqueer youth
BWW Review: THE BOTTOM SHOW at Quill Theatre
In true repertory fashion, nine of the ten actors who perform Quill's 'Twelfth Night' are also presenting 'The Bottom Show,' featuring the rude (in this case, very rude) mechanicals from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.
BWW Review: TWELFTH NIGHT at Quill Theatre
The reliable Shakespeare comedy is half of a summer repertory season, with a company of ten actors rotating between two plays.
BWW Review: ELLA AND HER FELLA FRANK at Virginia Repertory Theatre
Richmond favorites Desiree Roots and Scott Wichmann, as Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra, swing audiences through a delightful selection of beloved songs.
BWW Review: WALLED IN at Firehouse Theatre
Richmond's Firehouse Theatre, which has presented live theater throughout the pandemic, now presents the world premiere of 'Walled In,' with material from Thoreau's 'Walden'
BWW Review: 4000 DAYS at Richmond Triangle Players
Richmond Triangle Players has had occasional live productions going through the pandemic, but its new '4000 Days' is the first in-person show for many newly vaccinated theatergoers.
BWW Review: KRAPP'S LAST TAPE at Firehouse Theatre
Firehouse Theatre's production of 'Krapp's Last Tape' brings thing too-rarely-produced masterwork to brilliant life with the collaboration of director James Ricks and actor Alan Sader.
BWW Review: THIS BITTER EARTH at Richmond Triangle Players
Harrison David Rivers' play focuses on a loving partners Neil, a white BLM activist, and Jesse, a black writer.
BWW Review: RICHMOND'S 2020 ARTSIES AWARDED at Richmond Theatre Critics Circle
Richmond's TheatreLAB won ten awards and eight went to Virginia Rep in the 13th annual Artsies, presented virtually for the first time.
BWW Review: MASH NOTE TO THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT AND CORPUS CHRISTI at Henley Street Theatre Company And Richmond Triangle Players
Two related selectionsa?"a?oeThe Last Days of Judas Iscariota?? and a?oeCorpus Christi.
BWW Review: Silliness is Raised to Absurd in Hanover Tavern's Hysterical 39 STEPS
Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1935 film, 'The 39 Steps' is a typical Hitchcockian concoction of action, suspense and surprising twists, topped off with a bit of humor for good measure.
BWW Review: SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS at Virginia Repertory Company And Cadence Theatre Company Reveals Acting Artistry
In 'Small Mouth Sounds,' a co-production of Virginia Rep and Cadence Theatre Company, six people participate in an extended silent meditation retreat in upstate New York, led by a pompous guru.
BWW Review: THE CAKE at Richmond Triangle Players Is a Sweet, Fluffy Treat
I was lucky to see 'The Cake' at Richmond Triangle Players.
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Josh Groban: Stage, Screen, and Symphony with Virginia Symphony Orchestra Chartway Arena (8/16-8/16) |
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The Wiggles – Tree of Wisdom Spectacular! Capital One Hall (8/18-8/18) |
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Violent Femmes Elmwood Park Amphitheate (9/22-9/22) |
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Golden Girls The Laughs Continue Academy Center of the Arts (10/14-10/14) |
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Strings & Ballads Capital One Hall (11/01-11/01) |
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Toad the Wet Sprocket Rings: The Acoustic Tour Capital One Hall (10/23-10/23) |
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The Wiz Berglund Performing Arts Theatre (10/18-10/18) |
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Spongebob, The Musical The Hurrah Players (8/06-8/07) |
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Lyricism & Legacy Capital One Hall (3/12-3/12) |
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Gary Allan Live in Concert! Capital One Hall (8/22-8/22) |