By Montague Gammon III The grand reopening of the Virginia Stage Company’s newly renovated, historic Wells Theatre home in downtown Norfolk, January 20 at 6:30 p.m., features a ribbon cutting ceremony, local musicians and tours of the facility, followed by a new production of Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize winning 1947 play, A Streetcar Named Desire.…
PREVIEW: The Hampton Years
By Jerome Langston I’ve always been deeply passionate about theater,” explains playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton during a recent phone call about her fascinating new play, The Hampton Years, which is being produced and presented by the Virginia Stage Company later this month. Lawton is detailing how she used to write stories to entertain her…
VA Stage Company: Puzzler of a Play
By Montague Gammon III Call The Other Place, the upcoming Virginia Stage Company production, a “thriller” or a “psychological thriller” or a “Hitchcock style psychological thrill ride” or the term director Chris Hanna likes best, “a puzzle play,” the script arrives bearing a host of good reviews, and the cast is earning high…
PREVIEW: Book Club Play
By Montague Gammon III Two young veterans of local stages return to Norfolk as stars of Virginia Stage Company’s upcoming comedy, The Book Club Play. Brian Monihan, whose talents stood out during his days at Virginia Wesleyan College, and Ashton Heyl, late of Hurrah Players and Governors School for the Arts (and Carnegie Mellon and…