Richmond Triangle Players is ending its season with the spirited musical The Boy From Oz, a popular show that is selling out night after night. The musical is based on the life and songs of Australian Oscar-winning singer/songwriter Peter Allen.…
Brothers Maksim and Valentin Chmerkovskiy, known for their steamy, bare- chested dancing moves on Dancing with the Stars didn’t disappoint fans when they brought their dance tour “Maks & Val Live on Tour: Our Way” to the Carpenter Theatre at…
As the son of two English majors (one a current English teacher), I doubt I’ve gone twenty-four hours at home without hearing a reference to the man himself, William Shakespeare. I’m quite sure that won’t be changing any time soon,…
“…Consider this—” Portia proclaims during the climactic trial scene in The Merchant of Venice, “that in the course of justice none of us should see salvation.” The line serves as a fitting reminder in the midst of a play…
Five years in the making, the long-awaited Speed exhibit is open. Was it worth the wait? Billed as the most ambitious exhibit at the Science Museum of Virginia in its 40-year history, it was quite an experience to watch unfold.…
When the trampoline park craze first launched in Richmond, I’m sure I wasn’t the first parent to remind her kids about the great, big, beautiful trampoline in the backyard. We have the perfect yard; we have basic safe-jumping strategies;…
If there is anything at all to complain about when it comes to a CharacterWorks production (other than too darned much talent and entirely too much entertainment value), it could maybe, possibly be that they tend to run a little…
It’s been almost thirty years since the delightfully campy Little Shop of Horrors appeared on the stage at Swift Creek Mill Theatre, so bringing the show back was long overdue. Thank goodness Artistic Director Tom Width, who is also…
The idea that one generation can learn from another is loud and clear in Amy Herzog’s 4000 Miles being presented by Cadence Theatre Company in partnership with Virginia Rep. The slice-of-life comedy/drama revolves around the relationship between 21-year-old Leo and…
When I accepted the assignment to review National Parks Adventure in The Dome at the Science Museum of Virginia, I decided to take my mother and my 10-year-old son along for the fun. I had no idea it would be so interesting to consider a multi-generation…
