Reviewed by Mark Bowen Five years ago, my now-wife Jennifer and I had our official first date at SPARC’s production of The Addams Family, so checking out Little Shop of Horrors from Richmond’s youth theatre was a no-brainer for…
There’s something a little magical and sneaky about the feeling you get when you get to go somewhere in the dark that’s typically reserved for daytime activities. That’s how my family and I felt when we visited Maymont for Garden…
It’s always fun to see a play after reading the book and/or watching the movie. Since my boys and I had read Tuck Everlasting and watched the movie version together in the last year, I was excited to see the…
When my oldest daughter turned thirteen, her Godmother gave her the soundtrack of the first and only all-kid Broadway show ever produced. From that moment on, my whole family was hooked on 13. That was ten years ago. Today, I…
For some people, The Rocky Horror Show walks the line between love and hate. And, with the entire run of the production sold out at Richmond Triangle Players, it’s obvious that love is in the air here in Richmond for…
Who doesn’t need to kick it waaaay back and laugh for a couple of hours – free of technology and outside distractions? With its good old-fashioned physical comedy, cheesy gimmicks, and flat-out-fun script, Broadway in Richmond’s production of The Play…
It’s no surprise to me that Sesame Street is such an important part of so many families’ lives – or that the show is fifty years old this year. I was an original Sesame Street kid! The first episode of…
Scott Wichmann and Alexander Sapp share more than the stage in Virginia Rep’s current production of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder; they share a high level of energy and stamina that rivals an army of Energizer bunnies. These…
If you think you know the story of Willy Wonka and his chocolate factory, you’ve seen the two incarnations of movies, and you’ve read the book, put all of that aside for Broadway in Richmond’s presentation of Roald Dahl’s Charlie…
My family has the privilege of not having to think about race very much. Being white in a racist society affords us the power to ignore that our whiteness informs every interaction we have with the rest of our culture.…
