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Attucks Theatre

4533 VAN NUYS BLVD
Norfolk, VA 23510

Upcoming Shows

Jordan Jensen Stand-Up Tour

Sep 25

Stand-up comedian and actor Jordan Jensen brings her new stand-up comedy tour to the Attucks Theatre in Norfolk, Virginia. Jensen's comedy blends raw storytelling with fearless honesty, drawing on her unconventional upbringing and experiences on the road. Her hour-long comedy...

Central Virginia Critics Wanted

BWW is always seeking talented theater enthusiasts to head up feature coverage our over 130 regional areas. As a Contributing Editor, you will have the opportunity to review the shows of your choice, conduct interviews with local and touring talent, design features of your own choosing for publishing, and work/network with your local theater press reps to bring exposure to the theatrical offerings in your area.

All applicants should have excellent writing skills and an interest for giving local theaters and productions some prominence on BroadwayWorld.com.

Your compensation as a featured writer with us not only includes exclusive press seats to all of the shows you cover (as is standard in your area and arranged between you and the theater) but also the opportunity to be published under your own byline and publishing profile on both the local and main pages of the site for maximum exposure to our 5M+ monthly visitors.

If this sounds like you, please send a resume and one writing sample to social@broadwayworld.com.

Past Shows

26 total · showing 11–20

Soweto Gospel Choir

Soweto Gospel Choir

Oct 14

This multi-GRAMMY and Emmy Award-winning ensemble raises the roof with rich harmonies and soulful sound, whether singing traditional gospel, R&B classics, or any other genre. With “intricate harmonies, perfectly executed,” this world-famous choir is hailed universally by critics...

Attucks Jazz Club: Jaleel Shaw, saxophone

Attucks Jazz Club: Jaleel Shaw, saxophone

Sep 20

Saxophonist Jaleel Shaw is a DownBeat Critics Poll winner whose “brawny and full-bodied” sound ( The New York Times) can be heard in top clubs and in award-winning recordings. Virginia Arts Festival’s Attucks Jazz series brings great jazz artists to Norfolk’s historic Attucks...

In[HEIR]itance Project

In[HEIR]itance Project

May 5 – May 7, 2022

We are divided now more than ever, and it is easier to remain in our chosen silos than it is to engage with our neighbors and communities. These divisions create barriers to civic dialogue and civil society. We believe that something magical happens when people gather together...

Aquila Theatre: The Great Gatsby

Aquila Theatre: The Great Gatsby

Apr 8

Superb acting and clever stagingAquilas productions are beautifully spoken, dramatically revealing and crystalline in effect.-The New YorkerClassically trained, modernly hip (The New York Times), Aquila Theatre is one of the foremost producers of classical theatre in the United...

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

Oct 29 – Oct 31, 2021

Lady Day at Emersons Bar & Grill Anthony Mark Stockard, Director Ashley Bishop-Diggs, Billie Holiday In collaboration between Virginia Arts Festival and Norfolk State University Theatre Company. Lanie Robertson's play with music entranced audiences on Broadway, on television...

Peter Bernstein

Peter Bernstein

Apr 7

Ask a jazz pro the guitarist they’d ask to sit in on a set, and at the top of the dream team is Peter Bernstein. A part of the jazz scene in New York and abroad since 1989, he has played on more than 80 recordings with top artists, and has released nine recordings of his own...

Fisk Jubilee Singers

Fisk Jubilee Singers

Mar 18

These vocal artists and students at Tennessee’s Fisk University sing and travel worldwide. The original Jubilee Singers introduced “slave songs” to the world in 1871 and were instrumental in preserving this unique American musical tradition known today as Negro spirituals. Famed...

Veronica Swift

Veronica Swift

Mar 10

This Charlottesville native grew up surrounded by music, with two world renowned jazz artists for parents: her father was the late “master of bebop piano”(LA Scene) Hod O’Brien, and her mother is singer Stephanie Nakasian, acclaimed for her “vocal virtuosity” (The New York...

L.A. Theatre Works The Mountaintop

L.A. Theatre Works The Mountaintop

Feb 24

On the evening of April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated outside room 306 of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. What happened inside room 306 the night before the killing is a mystery. In her internationally acclaimed play, The Mountaintop, playwright Katori Hall...

Charenee Wade

Charenee Wade

Feb 17

“Subtle, soulful…ease and grace” (Charleston City Paper)—a singer like Charenee Wade can make it look easy. Rest assured, this gifted performer has earned her chops, singing, teaching, producing and arranging. Known for her flights of vocal improvisation and her swinging groove...

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