by Jeff Maisey | Mar 15, 2022 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
Maya Days, who played roles in Law & Order (1990), Damages (2007), and Melange (2020), is now cast in “Fountain of You” at Zeiders. By Jim Roberts Faye Chiao and Tasha Gordon-Solmon are working artists in New York’s theater industry, but their new musical...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 14, 2022 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III It’s a murder mystery every bit as baffling as any Agatha Christie whodunit; it’s a look at the African-Americans who were an under-recognized part of our Greatest Generation. It’s about stereotypes and how people of any race can succumb...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 19, 2022 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
( Director Jessica Holt) By Jerome Langston “It’s been an incredibly challenging 20 months to be a theater artist,” says Jessica Holt, early on in our conversation about her latest directorial work for Virginia Stage Company, The Thanksgiving Play. A bit earlier in...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 29, 2021 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
(Beatty Barnes plays the iconic role of Scrooge.) By Jerome Langston “It’s good to be back producing,” says Tom Quaintance, Virginia Stage Company’s Producing Artistic Director. “And I’m excited to go into rehearsal for this show on Tuesday.” The show that Tom is...
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 | Jul 26, 2020 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
By Jerome Langston Since being officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization back in March, COVID-19 has dramatically disrupted our society’s social norms—temporarily ending our unrestricted enjoyment of concerts and theme parks, indoor fine...
