As a cast member of Dancing with the Stars and the co-host of Dancing with the Stars Live! 2023, Emma Slater feels honored to be doing something she loves…
Author: Joan Tupponce
Joan Tupponce
An award-winning writer based in Richmond, Joan Tupponce is a parent, grandparent, and self-admitted Disney freak. She writes about anything and everything and enjoys meeting inspiring people and telling their stories. Joan’s work has appeared in RFM since the magazine’s first issue in October 2009. Look for original and exclusive online articles about Richmond-area people, places, and ideas at Just Joan: RVA Storyteller.
One of the goals of Richmond Shakes is to make the classics the most accessible to the community as possible. According to Jase Sullivan, managing director of the theatre, the…
Chip Jones hopes his book The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South about Bruce Tucker, a Black factory worker who was the…
Five years and counting. That’s how long Addison Garner has been portraying Velma Von Tussle, the snobbish, racist antagonist in the Tony award-winning musical Hairspray, playing Altria Theater January 24…
Growing up, Ariel Brown didn’t want anyone to know she had type 1 diabetes, but now she is telling her story as a way to help others with diabetes cope…
Magician and variety artist Carisa Hendrix plans to dazzle and amaze you as Lucy Darling in the touring production of A Magical Cirque Christmas. The show, which plays Altria Theater…
History repeated itself on December 8, 2022, when the ever-popular musical comedy, Anything Goes: 50th Anniversary Production, took the stage at the Jewish Family Theatre of the Carole and Marcus…
Tom Sharpe loves the connection he has with the audience when he’s drumming for Grammy award winning Mannheim Steamroller during the group’s Christmas tour. “This music has such a rich…
Grey Garrett is proud of how Making Merry with Grey Garrett is shaping up.“The format is still a bit loose,” says Garrett, a well-known performer and actress around town. “I’m…
Being in the national tour of Pretty Woman: The Musical is like being part of a family-oriented business for actor Chris Manuel. “The whole creative and production team is really…
When Isabelle McCalla walks onto the stage at Altria Theater for Disney Princess: The Concert on November 16, don’t expect the Broadway veteran to be dressed as a Disney…
One day in the future, single-use plastic bags will be nonexistent in Henrico. At least that’s the hope of Bob Shippee, Mark Deutsch, and Romy Sharieff, coordinators of the Say…
