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…
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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…
Emelie Faith Thompson was just a little girl when she started loving the music of ABBA. Now, she is playing the title character of Donna in Virginia Rep’s current…
If you’re expecting to have a ball when you see Mamma Mia! at Virginia Repertory Theatre, you won’t be disappointed. This fun and light-hearted production will turn you into…
Actor Tommy Sherlock and his wife Corinne owe their meeting to rock and roll. Sherlock was performing with his band Tenors of Rock at Harrah’s Casino in Las Vegas. Corinne…
A play about death has the potential to be a downer, a huge cliché – or both. Everybody, a play presented by Cadence Theater Company, written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, and…
Martin Fisher is learning that musical theatre can be much more intense than the world of opera or television. Fisher, an opera singer turned actor, has worked in off-Broadway productions…
Virginia Rep’s Hanover Tavern world premiere of Bonnie and Claire gives audiences a glimpse of what it’s like to grow older as seen through the eyes of two sisters in…
Inspiration comes in a variety of forms for actor and playwright Bo Wilson. In the case of his new world premiere of Bonnie and Claire, opening this Friday at…
There are a lot of hard jobs in the world, especially now. One that is made to look easy by the cast of Beehive: The 60s Musical, now playing at…
Did you find the study of Greek classics in high school confusing and stressful? I thought so. In An Iliad, an Obie Award-winning, one-actor play based on Homer’s The Iliad,…
Fiddler on the Roof at Altria Theater is a masterfully staged retelling of an ever-relevant classic. The show follows Tevye, a Jewish dairyman, and his family, who live in the…