by Jeff Maisey | May 20, 2025 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
(Dress rehearsal of Little Theatre of Virginia Beach’s production of “Ripchord.” Image by J. Stubbs Photography.) By Jim Roberts When “Ripcord” opened off-Broadway in 2015, The New York Times compared it to classic TV sitcoms like “The Odd Couple,”...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 21, 2025 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
(Actress Anna Sosa) By Jerome Langston “Every Brilliant Thing is a play that I have seen more often than any other play that I’ve directed,” says Tom Quaintance, the Producing Artistic Director of Virginia Stage Company, during a recent phone chat earlier this week....
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 13, 2025 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
REHEARSAL SCENE: Audrey Seymour (Cree Carrico) and Urchins (Nikki Wilson, Jhayda Washington, ShaaNi Dent) Photo by Samuel Flint By Jerome Langston Arriving at the Wells Theatre on a recent Friday afternoon, I spotted theater artist Melissa Mowry, who directed...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 27, 2025 | Drama & Comedy, Musical Theater, Stage & Film
Director Jerrell L. Henderson By Jerome Langston “James Ijames is one of the best actors that you will ever see in your life,” surprisingly says Chicago-based play director, Jerrell L. Henderson, who is in town to direct Ijames’s best-known play, Fat Ham, for...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 23, 2024 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
The Cast and Production Stage Management Team of Virginia Stage Company’s A Sherlock Carol : (L-R)Patrick Halley, Scott Wichmann, Seth Patterson, Steve Pacek, Sarah Manton, Beatty Barnes, Tia Collier, Emma D. Emde, Rachel Fobbs, and Abbigail LaRocque. Photo by...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 15, 2024 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
(Cast of Dracula during rehearsals. Photo by Sam Flint.) By Jerome Langston Walking into the large, nondescript MacArthur Center space, which formerly housed some glitzy retailer during the Norfolk mall’s glory years — but now serves as adequate rehearsal space for...
