It’s difficult for Lili Thomas not to think of her own kids when she steps on stage every night in Dear Evan Hansen. Thomas plays Cynthia Murphy, a parent who…
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DeMone Seraphin is inherently familiar with the dramedy that occurs when dysfunctional families – like the Jenkins family in Virginia Rep’s production of Chicken & Biscuits – come together for…
Family dynamics can be challenging, even under the best of circumstances. When the worst happens, families can either rally or fall apart. Or both, in the case of Chicken & Biscuits.…
In modern pop psychology, the term gaslighting is used to describe deliberately and methodically influencing another person to doubt their own sanity. It comes from the 1944 movie Gaslight, starring…
Getting cast as Cady Heron, the lead role in Mean Girls, was a surreal moment for actor English Bernhardt. “It caught me by surprise,” says Bernhardt, who had been a…
Broadway performer Mary Page Nance is thrilled to be back in her home city. She’ll share her talents and glimpses of her life and career in the kickoff of Richmond…
Between the music, the message, and the ambience of Altria Theater, seeing Broadway in Richmond’s Wicked with my child was such a happy memory maker. I just don’t know “witch”…
The Broadway musical Wicked resonated with Keeley and Evie Maddux the first time the kids saw the bewitching blockbuster musical with their family when they were in second and fourth…
Like many of us, Eleanor Robertson doesn’t make changes on a whim. So when she made the decision to move Rigby’s Jig Dance Studio to a new location, she knew…
[Photos by Joan Marcus. This article was originally published in 2014 and has been updated.] Live theater has been dicey with my boys since the first giraffe walked onto…
Actor Loren Lester’s job on The Band’s Visit is one of daily anticipation. A standby for four roles — three Egyptians and one Israeli, including the lead role of Tewfiq…
A new stage has been set for the Richmond Shakespeare Festival on the back lawn of Agecroft Hall, the Tudor manor house that was built in the late 15th century…