by Jeff Maisey | Mar 13, 2019 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
Khanisha Foster returns to Virginia Stage Company to direct another challenging play By Jim Roberts When Tom Quaintance, Virginia Stage Company’s artistic director, asked Khanisha Foster to direct “Disgraced” last year, she originally said no. When he asked again, she...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 22, 2019 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
Virginia Stage Company production will hit home for LGBTQ community By Jerome Langston When director Jessica Holt and Virginia Stage Company’s producing artistic director, Tom Quaintance, met in New York City last year to discuss the possibility of her directing Fun...
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 11, 2018 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
Musical finds new audiences after being jilted on Broadway By Jim Roberts “It Shoulda Been You” had a short run on Broadway—it closed after only 135 performances—but the musical quickly found a second wind in local theaters all over the United States....
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 15, 2018 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
By Jerome Langston “This is a big show!” exclaims Chris Hanna, former Artistic Director of the Virginia Stage Company, and current director of Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic play, Our Town, which continues VSC’s landmark 40th season following last...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 30, 2018 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
By Jeff Maisey As a comedian, Jeff Foxworthy has about done it all — 26 best-selling books, comedy-recording artist, radio, television, movies. He’s even been the voice of Handy in the animated film “The Smurfs.” What Foxworthy is best known for, however, are his...
