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Review: Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Being Alive with Adam Ben-David on Piano at Paramount Theater


by Kirk Cramer - April 29, 2024

A poignant and reflective journey through the celebrated artist's career and personal contemplations on life and mortality. Despite showing signs of vocal aging, Patinkin's mastery in blending song with deeply personal storytelling captivates the audience, making each song a narrative of its own. Th...

BWW Review: STRAIGHT WHITE MEN at Conciliation Lab


by Susan Haubenstock - December 06, 2021

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


by Susan Haubenstock - December 06, 2021

A sweet and sentimental Christmas play geared to fans of the classic movie...

BWW Review: WINTER WONDERETTES at Swift Creek Mill Theatre


by Susan Haubenstock - November 24, 2021

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


by Susan Haubenstock - November 30, 2021

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


by Susan Haubenstock - November 22, 2021

For a change of pace, Richmond Triangle Players’ holiday offering is an original musical, “A Christmas Kaddish.” Using flashback elements from seasonal favorites like “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “A Christmas Carol,” the show takes an unusually serious look at life, death and love....

BWW Review: PIPELINE at Virginia Rep


by Susan Haubenstock - October 26, 2021

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


by Susan Haubenstock - October 03, 2021

'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


by Susan Haubenstock - September 30, 2021

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


by Susan Haubenstock - September 28, 2021

Philip Ridley's emotional two-character play confronts homophobia and searing loss....

Past Shows

It's A Wonderful Life
It's A Wonderful Life
11/12 - 12/28/2022


In this brand new adaptation, written especially for Barters resident acting company, ten quick-changing actors bring to life the world of Bedford Falls and its ...

Over the River and Through the Woods


Every Sunday, Nick crosses the river to New Jersey and has dinner with both sets of his Italian-American grandparents. But Nick has dreams, and when ...

Murder on the Orient Express


World-famous detective Hercule Poirot is headed to London aboard the luxurious Orient Express, a train packed with the most eccentric passengers ever seen. Trouble begins ...

Ripcord
Ripcord
9/16 - 11/5/2022


Join us for a high-stakes comedy about two women locked in a no-holds-barred battle. A sunny room on an upper floor is prime real estate ...

The Royale
The Royale
9/29 - 11/5/2022


Jay The Sport Jackson dreams of being the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world but its 1905, and in the racially segregated world of boxing, ...

Airness
Airness
6/30 - 8/20/2022


When Nina enters her first air guitar competition, she thinks winning will be easy. But as she befriends a group of charismatic nerds all committed ...

Videos


The Dinner Detective Comedy Mystery Dinner Show in Central Virginia The Dinner Detective Comedy Mystery Dinner Show
The Dinner Detective Virginia Beach (6/22 - 6/29)
The Outsider in Central Virginia The Outsider
Little Theatre of Virginia Beach (5/17 - 6/9)
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder in Central Virginia A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Little Theatre of Norfolk (5/31 - 6/23)
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience
Virginia Repertory Theatre (4/10 - 5/19)
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG in Central Virginia THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
Barter Theatre (8/31 - 11/9)
GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN in Central Virginia GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
Barter Theatre (11/20 - 12/29)
Curious George - The Golden Meatball in Central Virginia Curious George - The Golden Meatball
The Hurrah Players (5/18 - 5/19)
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