Reviewed by Joan Tupponce If the old saying “imitation is the sincerest from of flattery” is true, then comedian/actor George Burns’ spirit is no doubt feeling the love from Scott Wichmann. Wichmann is currently starring in Say Goodnight Gracie…
Reviewed by Robin Schwartzkopf Everyone can relate to at least one of the characters in this charming musical from SPARC’s teen players, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. This play truly is for the misfit in all of us.…
Reviewed by Joan Tupponce You’ll find as many twists and turns in The Beauty Queen of Leenane as you would a roller coaster barreling out of control. The show, which is set in Ireland, closes out the 2012-2013 season…
Reviewed by Karen Schwartzkopf Taking a cue from VMFA’s “Hollywood Costume” exhibit, which opened this weekend, Henley Street Theater and Richmond Shakespeare’s production of The Taming of the Shrew is set in the thirties, a decade of gangsters, real…
Reviewed by Joan Tupponce Anyone familiar with William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew will certainly have an opinion about Henley Street Theatre and Richmond Shakespeare’s unique take on the familiar tale. To modernize the production, the partnered companies…
Reviewed by Joan Tupponce Cadence Theatre Company in partnership with Virginia Rep opened its season with the comedy Good People, marking the theatre’s second production by Pulitzer prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire. The winner of the 2011 New York…
Reviewed by Karen Schwartzkopf Everybody knows Andy Warhol. Many have heard of Roy Lichtenstein. But Tom Wesselmann? Hmmm. If the name doesn’t strike a chord, the artwork should soon inspire a symphony of voices in your family. Pop Art and…
Reviewed by Robin Schwartzkopf Without special focus, it is easy to miss a spectacular sight in nature. One of the smallest creatures and the most beautiful, the Monarch butterfly possesses magnificent talents and traits that can easily go unnoticed…
Reviewed by Susanna Wu-Pong The Tony Award winning play by John Logan, Red, is the fictionalized tale of American abstract artist Mark Rothko. Though the artistic ambition is less familiar to us than the more familiar worship of financial…
Reviewed by Tony Farrell They could be any modern American family—having trouble sleeping, waking up from edgy dreams, shuffling off to work and school each morning with a home-packed lunch and a stomach full of dread. But even as…
