The adage “persistence pays off” rang true for Phil Crosby when he finally got the go-ahead for Richmond Triangle Players to produce the Tony Award-winning musical Falsettos. “It was something we were looking at and wanted to do five or…
When Brandon McKinney steps onstage as Evan Goldman in Cadence Theatre Company and Virginia Rep’s production of 13, it will mark his second time playing the lead character in the musical. The Glen Allen High School junior played the role…
Each day, Scott Wichmann finds himself channeling multiple personalities. Not in real life, mind you. The sought-after actor is busily preparing for his eight roles in Virginia Rep’s upcoming production of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, opening this…
Henry “Hen Dogg” Williams doesn’t get tired of hearing stories of how so many people’s lives have changed because of the Sugarhill Gang. A member of the group for the past twenty-four years, Williams explains the Sugarhill Gang didn’t invent…
There can be some sweet perks for cast members of Roald Dahl’s Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, as actor James Young discovered when the touring production recently played Hershey, Pennsylvania. “Myself, Charlie, and Willy Wonka were presented with a 5-lb.…
Richmond Performing Arts Alliance wants to open up the world of performing arts for children in the greater Richmond area through its newly expanded Genworth Lights Up! Youth Series. RPAA held its first biennial Lights Up! event in 2010. The…
Nathan Morris, Wanya Morris, and Shawn Stockman of the iconic R&B group Boyz II Men look back at their journey in amazement. The group, recognized as Billboard magazine’s biggest boy band from 1987 to 2012, got its start at Philadelphia…
Seventeen-year-old Sophie Ward had trouble falling and staying asleep when she was in preschool age. She didn’t like sleeping alone, nor did she want to go to sleepovers at friends’ houses. Her parents saw her behavior as separation anxiety, but…
Twelve-year-old Camellia Sharma jumped up when she heard she was one of ten finalists of the 2019 3M Young Scientist Challenge. “I was too excited,” says Camellia, a rising seventh grader in the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program at George…
Trying to put a label on Tuffy Stone is difficult, to say the least. Most people know him as a 6-time World Barbecue Champion pitmaster and a reality television star. But Stone, a veteran, is also a classically trained chef.…
