by Jeff Maisey | May 10, 2018 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
By Jerome Langston “I’ve had an affinity for Regina Taylor’s work for forever,” says Raelle Myrick-Hodges, a D.C. native who happens to be directing Virginia Stage Company’s upcoming production of the gospel musical Crowns next month. Raelle now calls New York City...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 1, 2018 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
By Jerome Langston It takes only a few minutes of conversation with Los Angeles based writer/performer/director, Khanisha Foster, to realize that Virginia Stage Company’s producing artistic director, Tom Quaintance, made a very good decision in booking Foster to...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 21, 2018 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
By Jim Roberts Steve Suskin’s excitement about playing Willy Loman in the Little Theatre of Norfolk’s production of “Death Of A Salesman” is palpable—even over the phone. “It is an honor,” he told Veer Magazine a week before the show opened. “This is one of the...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 18, 2017 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
By Jerome Langston As most Hampton Roads theater patrons know, Virginia Stage Company’s long-running production of A Christmas Carol is considered a holiday tradition that families must partake in—every, single, holiday season. Well this year, VSC is also producing a...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 25, 2017 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
By Jim Roberts Howie Mandel is well known for his TV work over the last 12 years—first as the host of “Deal Or No Deal” and then as a judge on “America’s Got Talent.” Viewers under the age of 40 may be surprised to learn that Mandel started out as a stand-up comic in...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 6, 2017 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
By Jerome Langston It is early in my phone conversation with actress Jasmine Guy that I remember what I’d loved about our first time chatting, back in 2014, when the triple-threat performer first brought her Harlem Renaissance show to the 757. Jasmine keeps it extra...
