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Firehouse Launches First NFT/Crypto Theatre Collection
by BWW News Desk - July 30, 2021
Firehouse Theatre has launched its first limited collection of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) on OpenSea.com.
1st Stage to Open The Logan Festival of Solo Performance with Lori Brown Mirabal
by BWW News Desk - July 28, 2021
1st Stage will kick off the celebrated Logan Festival of Solo Performance with two outstanding productions by renowned opera singer, Lori Brown Mirabal.
Virginia Children's Theatre Names Anna Locklear As The 2021-2022 Sarabeth Hammond Scholarship Recipient
by BWW News Desk - July 28, 2021
Producing Artistic Director Brett J. Roden, along with the staff and board of Virginia Children's Theatre has announced that Anna Locklear will receive the Sarabeth Hammond Scholarship for the 2021-2022 Season. 
1st Stage Announces 2021-2022 Season Featuring A World Premiere and Three Regional Premieres
by BWW News Desk - July 22, 2021
1st Stage has announced its 2021-2022 season. The season will begin with a reimagined and expanded Logan Festival of Solo Performance. This engaging outdoor festival of incredible solo shows will be a collaboration between 1st Stage and the new mixed-use development The Boro located just blocks from 1st Stage.
Roz White & The Kennedys Will Perform at Creative Cauldron This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - July 21, 2021
This weekend Roz White takes the stage Friday with “Turntable Dreams” followed by DC Legends The Kennedys on Saturday. Concerts begin at 7:30 pm.
BWW Review: THE BOTTOM SHOW at Quill Theatre
by Susan Haubenstock - July 20, 2021
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'.
The City Of Fairfax Theatre Company Presents A Brief Shakespeare Festival
by BWW News Desk - July 19, 2021
If music be the food of love, play on! Join us for dinner theatre at Veterans Amphitheater and enjoy a whirlwind of Shakespeare performances. Three groups of student actors will be performing some of Shakespeare's greatest works: Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, The Tempest, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Each group will perform two, 15-minute versions of different plays while playing several characters each.
Hank Williams Jr. To Play After Hour Concert Series At SERVPRO Pavilion
by BWW News Desk - July 19, 2021
EventMakers - USA announced that Hank WIlliams Jr. will perform on Saturday, October 9 at the After Hours Concert Series at the SERVPRO Pavilion, located at The Meadow Event Park in Doswell, VA. Tickets go on sale this Friday, July 23, at 10:00 AM. A limited number of Early Bird General Admission tickets will be available for just $31 from Friday, July 23 to Thursday, July 29.
The Town and The City Festival Adds More Than A Dozen Artists to 2021 Lineup
by BWW News Desk - July 14, 2021
Adam Ezra Group, Senseless Optimism, and more than a dozen other musicians will join the lineup for The Town And The City Festival. Produced by Porter Productions with support from the Greater Merrimack Valley Convention & Visitors Bureau, the 2-day music and arts festival will feature both locally-based and national touring acts on Friday, October 22 and Saturday, October 23 in event spaces, bars, cafes and galleries throughout downtown Lowell, Massachusetts.
Broadway's James Moye To Direct MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET at Mill Mountain Theatre
by BWW News Desk - July 14, 2021
For the first time since the Sound of Music in December 2019, MainStage Musicals are back at Mill Mountain Theatre. Roanoke's professional regional theatre is kicking off its 2021 Trinkle MainStage series with the 'rockin'' story of America's rock'n'roll icons.
NUNSENSE to Open Friday At Little Theatre Of Virginia Beach
by BWW News Desk - July 13, 2021
Little Theatre of Virginia Beach is back to 100% capacity on July 16 with the opening of the musical comedy, 'Nunsense' by Dan Goggin. ''Nunsense' is a show that is designed to give the audience an evening of wonderful song, dance and side-splitting laughs, performed by a multi-talented cast,' said director Karen Buchheim.
BWW Review: ELLA AND HER FELLA FRANK at Virginia Repertory Theatre
by Susan Haubenstock - July 12, 2021
Richmond favorites Desiree Roots and Scott Wichmann, as Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra, swing audiences through a delightful selection of beloved songs.
BWW Review: TWELFTH NIGHT at Quill Theatre
by Susan Haubenstock - July 12, 2021
The reliable Shakespeare comedy is half of a summer repertory season, with a company of ten actors rotating between two plays.
THE PINK UNICORN Opens Richmond Triangle Players' 29th Season
by BWW News Desk - July 08, 2021
Richmond Triangle Players opens its 29th season with the Virginia premiere of Elise Forier Edie's The Pink Unicorn, an acclaimed, award-winning new play. The production will open Friday, July 30, 2021 after two low-priced previews on Wednesday and Thursday July 28 and 29, and will run through Sunday, August 15.
ELLA AND HER FELLA FRANK to be Presented by Virginia Repertory Theatre
by BWW News Desk - July 08, 2021
Inspired by the late Randy Strawderman’s 1999 hit musical of the same name, Ella and Her Fella Frank invites you to a heavenly concert with Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra, played by Virginia Rep favorites Desirée Roots and Scott Wichmann.
Synetic Theater Welcomes Back In-Person Audiences for 2021-2022 Season
by BWW News Desk - June 26, 2021
Synetic Theater, a center for American Physical Theater, is re-opening its doors after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of in-person events.
Vienna Youth Joshua Thrush Places First In International Bassist Competition
by BWW News Desk - June 25, 2021
Joshua Thrush, age 14 from Vienna, Virginia, recently won first place in the Age 14 and Under division of the 2021 International Society of Bassists Solo Competition. The biennial convention of the International Society of Bassists is the premier double bass gathering.
Virginia Children's Theatre To Mount OZ: A Staged Concert In Elmwood Park
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2021
To close out the 2020-2021 Season, Virginia Children's Theatre will mount OZ: A STAGED CONCERT. The production will be directed by VCT's Producing Artistic Director Brett Roden and will be performed outdoors in Elmwood Park (706 S Jefferson St.) July 30, 31 and August 1.
Peter Wolf and The Midnight Travelers Will Return to the Cabot in December
by BWW News Desk - June 23, 2021
The Cabot has announced that Peter Wolf will perform December 4, 2021 with his band The Midnight Travelers in a benefit concert to support Someone Else's Child, an organization committed to empowering  the lives of underserved children and teens.
Richmond Triangle Players Announces 2021-2022 Season
by BWW News Desk - June 18, 2021
Six plays, covering the depth and breadth of LGTBQ+ theater, comprise Richmond Triangle Players' 2021-22 Season, as the company continues its second quarter-century as one of the area's most acclaimed cultural arts institutions.
Folk, Americana And Roots History at The Boch Center's Wang Theatre
by BWW News Desk - June 16, 2021
The Boch Center is putting the Folk Roots Americana Hall of Fame (FARHOF) on full display. Images of some of the hundreds of items from artists such as Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Joan Baez will be displayed on the marquee outside the Wang Theatre.
BWW Review: WALLED IN at Firehouse Theatre
by Susan Haubenstock - June 15, 2021
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'
Wolf Trap Announces Full Capacity Shows - Harry Connick Jr., Train, Straight No Chaser, and More!
by BWW News Desk - June 15, 2021
Newly announced shows include Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit with Waxahatchee; Harry Connick Jr.; Indigo Girls with Ani DiFranco; Train with Vertical Horizon; Straight No Chaser; Lindsey Stirling; Pink Martini featuring China Forbes; Renée Fleming with the National Symphony Orchestra; and Yacht Rock Revue.
Mill Mountain Theatre Announces 2021 Summer Camps
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2021
Mill Mountain Theatre has announced its summer camp lineup for 2021, which kicks off this month. Different themes being presented throughout the summer include dance, musical theatre, Harry Potter, technical theatre, and more!
Charlottesville Opera Announces 43rd Summer Season
by BWW News Desk - June 10, 2021
Opera in the Park at IX Art Park will feature iconic operatic moments sung by rising stars of the operatic world on June 17 at 7pm. The concert is 80 minutes with no intermission. Finally, Puccini's La Bohème at the Charlottesville Pavilion is a visionary production set in 1960's Paris that gives a contemporary perspective to this timeless classic. It runs June 24 and 26 at 8pm. This is an abridged 90-minute production with no intermission.

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