Few topics evoke feelings of discomfort more than race and violence. Only the most masterful storytellers can weave two such themes together in a way that helps us deeply explore…
Browsing: Theatre
Five years and counting. That’s how long Addison Garner has been portraying Velma Von Tussle, the snobbish, racist antagonist in the Tony award-winning musical Hairspray, playing Altria Theater January 24…
I have a confession to make. I go to Swift Creek Mill Theatre for the food, and the play is really just the icing on the cake for me. There,…
Grey Garrett is proud of how Making Merry with Grey Garrett is shaping up.“The format is still a bit loose,” says Garrett, a well-known performer and actress around town. “I’m…
Reviewed by Mara Guyer All’s Well That Ends Well is one of those Shakespeare plays you might only hear about on Jeopardy! or at a trivia night. It’s not frequently…
It’s difficult for Lili Thomas not to think of her own kids when she steps on stage every night in Dear Evan Hansen. Thomas plays Cynthia Murphy, a parent who…
DeMone Seraphin is inherently familiar with the dramedy that occurs when dysfunctional families – like the Jenkins family in Virginia Rep’s production of Chicken & Biscuits – come together for…
Family dynamics can be challenging, even under the best of circumstances. When the worst happens, families can either rally or fall apart. Or both, in the case of Chicken & Biscuits.…
In modern pop psychology, the term gaslighting is used to describe deliberately and methodically influencing another person to doubt their own sanity. It comes from the 1944 movie Gaslight, starring…
Getting cast as Cady Heron, the lead role in Mean Girls, was a surreal moment for actor English Bernhardt. “It caught me by surprise,” says Bernhardt, who had been a standby…
Broadway performer Mary Page Nance is thrilled to be back in her home city. She’ll share her talents and glimpses of her life and career in the kickoff of Richmond…
Between the music, the message, and the ambience of Altria Theater, seeing Broadway in Richmond’s Wicked with my child was such a happy memory maker. I just don’t know “witch”…
