by Jeff Maisey | Apr 14, 2021 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
(The late August Wilson) By Jerome Langston “Of course everybody knows that one and two-person shows are the easiest way back, with social distancing and safety…” says Anthony Stockard, NSU Theatre Company’s producing Artistic Director, regarding the decision to...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 3, 2018 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
By Jeff Maisey For the second consecutive year, Virginia Stage Company will present David Sedaris’ comedically brilliant essay turned one-act play The Santaland Diaries to give grownups — naughty or nice — additional cheer as a complement, or sorts, to Dickens...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 27, 2017 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III Skinflint Scrooge is back at the Wells Theatre, along with his ghostly and human companions, in a new Virginia Stage Company production of Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol that features new music, new costumes, a new set, and a make-over for...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 27, 2016 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III The “music driven” production of Oliver Twist that partners Virginia Stage Company and the Governor’s School for the Arts is not to be confused with the familiar show Oliver. There’s more than one twist that turns this one away from the...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 13, 2016 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III William Shakespeare’s late career verbal enchantments meet Jean Sibelius’ late career musical magic on the Chrysler Hall stage this spring to give Hampton Roads a new look at the Jamestown-old, spell-rich play, The Tempest. Stage director...
