Central Virginia Theater Reviews

BWW Reviews: Richmond Triangle Players Sends You to Summer 'Camp' with PAGEANT

by Bruce Levy — August 8, 2014

Summer, goes hand in hand with going to summer camp.

BWW Reviews: Firehouse Theatre Project's Enjoyable HAIR Has Some Tangles

by Jeremy Bustin — July 23, 2014

Firehouse Theatre Project opens its 21st season with the regional premiere of the 'hippified' musical sensation, HAIR.

BWW Reviews: Big, Beautiful, Breathtaking and Bold - THE COLOR PURPLE Soars at Virginia Rep

by Jeremy Bustin — June 21, 2014

It has taken more than two years to bring THE COLOR PURPLE to Virginia Repertory Theatre, and the ambitious final production of the 2013-2014 season is absolutely stunning and every bit worth the wait.

BWW Reviews: Come to the Seductive and Stirring CABARET in Richmond

by Jeremy Bustin — June 9, 2014

Richmond Triangle Players closes its season with the Sam Mendes revival of Kander and Ebb's CABARET, which has returned to Broadway for a limited engagement at Studio 54.

BWW Reviews: Cadence Theatre's DETROIT Is Fueled By Talent

by Jeremy Bustin — May 7, 2014

Don't be hoodwinked by the welcome barbeque or neighborly communication.

BWW Reviews: OTHER DESERT CITIES - A Scorching Hot Cast

by Jeremy Bustin — April 26, 2014

A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Jon Robin Baitz's OTHER DESERT CITIES is a heavy-hitting and sharply written drama gallivanting about as a comedy for much of the first hour.

BWW Reviews: Firehouse Theatre Project's STREETCAR, A Wild and Engrossing Ride

by Jeremy Bustin — April 22, 2014

BWW Reviews: PATTI ISSUES in Richmond

by Jeremy Bustin — April 6, 2014

When PATTI ISSUES opened off-Broadway in 2012, Ben Rimalower took to the Duplex stage to tell his own personal story-a story that's as fiercely emotional and heartrending as it is witty and entertaining.

BWW Reviews: TheatreLAB Delivers Powerful GRACE by Craig Wright

by Jeremy Bustin — April 2, 2014

As an entry into the Acts of Faith Festival, Richmond's newest company, TheatreLAB, offers high stakes drama with Craig Wright's GRACE.

BWW Reviews: WITTENBERG in Richmond

by Jeremy Bustin — April 2, 2014

A joint achievement from Henley Street Theatre and Richmond Shakespeare, David Davalos's WITTENBERG, is the region's latest entry in the Acts of Faith festival.

BWW Reviews: SHREK Makes a Believer Out of Richmond

by Jeremy Bustin — March 23, 2014

Given its short run on Broadway, it's only fair that one would approach SHREK: THE MUSICAL with a little bit of skepticism.

BWW Reviews: Richmond Triangle Players Presents Matthew Lomabardo's HIGH

by Jeremy Bustin — March 10, 2014

Richmond Triangle Players' production of Matthew Lombardo's HIGH is the theatre's latest entry into the Richmond Acts of Faith Festival.

BWW Reviews: Cadence Theatre Delivers Powerful CLYBOURNE PARK

by Jeremy Bustin — March 8, 2014

BWW Reviews: THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY

by Jeremy Bustin — March 4, 2014

Firehouse Theatre Project, touted as Off-Broadway on Broad Street, was transformed from a decommissioned fire station to an intimate theatre space in the early 1990s.

BWW Reviews: Virginia Repertory Theatre Breathes New Life Into Molière's TARTUFFE

by Jeremy Bustin — February 19, 2014

BWW Reviews: THE QUALITY OF LIFE Rouses Pure, Heartfelt Emotion in Richmond

by Jeremy Bustin — February 9, 2014

The four veteran performers in Jane Anderson's compelling drama THE QUALITY OF LIFE unpack and deliver such raw emotion that audience members feel as if they are privileged visitors peeking into the lives of four individuals who are struggling with the acceptance of death and loss, rather than spect

BWW Reviews: OLYMPUS ON MY MIND Delights Richmond

by Jeremy Bustin — February 2, 2014

Virginia Repertory Theatre's third iteration of OLYMPUS ON MY MIND musters belly laughs and proves that enjoyable musical theatre doesn't have to be elaborate.

BWW Reviews: BROADWAY TENORS Wows Rural Virginia Crowd

by Audrey Liebross — October 24, 2013

The Rappahannock Foundation for the Arts exists to bring cultural programs to a rural Virginia area whose two counties have fewer than 25,000 people between them.