by veermagmain | Jan 25, 2024 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
(Michelle Liu Coughlin (pictured) and Daniel Domingues are making their Virginia Stage Company performance debuts in Dial M For Murder.) By Jerome Langston “Well I make no apology for saying that I love this play. It’s a wonderful play. It’s a brilliant piece of...
by veermagmain | Jan 25, 2024 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
(Composer Damien Geter) By Montague Gammon III An unsung hero of the Underground Railroad, which spirited enslaved African-Americans to havens safe from bondage in the years from the late 1700’ to the time of the Emancipation Proclamation, gets that unsung status...
by veermagmain | Jan 6, 2024 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
By Jerome Langston The subject of comedian Preacher Lawson’s lengthy locs, comes up quite early in our recent phone chat. His hair is even alluded to in his most recent comedy tour name, Loc’d And Loaded, though I guess the tour name didn’t stick…as he quickly...
by veermagmain | Dec 29, 2023 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
By Synnika Alek-Chizoba Lofton While standing on the main stage at Zeiders American Dream Theater in Virginia Beach, Sharon Cook screams “Representation Matters!” Standing on stage with her are Derrion La’Zachan Hawkins (Director), Jennifer Kelly-Cooper...
by veermagmain | Nov 30, 2023 | Dance, Stage & Film
(Ballet Virginia’s “Nutcracker” performance by professional dancers.) By Jeff Maisey In retail, many programs exist to “Buy Local” or “Shop Local During the Holidays.” These promotional efforts advocate for supporting locally owned and operated business competing...
by veermagmain | Nov 24, 2023 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
(Beatty Barnes Jr. portraying Ebenezer Scrooge in Virginia Stage Company’s “A Merry Christmas Carol.” Photo by Sam Flint. By Jerome Langston “We’ve been able to build this – for the last 3 years,” says Tom Quaintance, Virginia Stage Company’s producing...
