[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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Hanover Tavern is a space best suited for intimate theatre, and Dear Jack, Dear Louise is a remarkably intimate piece of theatre. In The Rep’s latest show at the historic…
Anyone who loves to laugh will appreciate the Swift Creek Mill Theatre’s production of Greater Tuna, but it’s especially funny to those who have experienced the recurring characters and petty…
Acting out the roles of a couple in love in Virginia Repertory Theatre’s production of Dear Jack, Dear Louise won’t be a stretch for husband and wife acting duo Lydia…