Nancy Thomas of Richmond will never forget the look on her 3-year-old daughter’s face when she saw the IMAX version of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast at the Science Museum of…
An award-winning writer based in Richmond, Joan Tupponce is a parent, grandparent, and self-admitted Disney freak. She writes about anything and everything and enjoys meeting inspiring people and telling their stories. Joan’s work has appeared in RFM since the magazine’s first issue in October 2009. Look for original and exclusive online articles about Richmond-area people, places, and ideas at Just Joan: RVA Storyteller.
Reviewed by Joan Tupponce Virginia Rep is keeping with the tone of the Acts of Faith Festival with its current production of Moliere’s Tartuffe at The Sara Belle and…
Reviewed by Joan Tupponce If you’ve never experienced the flashy, shameless, and often addicting theatrics of professional wrestling, then you’re in for a treat thanks to Firehouse Theatre Project’s…
Reviewed by Joan Tupponce Virginia Rep at Hanover Tavern is fetching big laughs with its current production of Olympus On My Mind. Part of the Acts of Faith Festival,…
Anyone who grew up in the 1960s and couldn’t get enough of the songs of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons will not want to miss the Broadway mega hit…
Reviewed by Joan Tupponce You don’t have to pay the high prices and stand in the long lines in New York to see a Broadway-caliber show. Just head to…
Chaney, a 12-year-old SPARC student, was uneasy about performing with her uncle before she stepped on stage at the school’s LIVE ART show last year. It wasn’t because her uncle…
Joy Elliott was talking with a reporter at The Giving Heart Community Thanksgiving Feast last year when her eyes locked in on a twenty-something young man across the room. He…
Nicholas Hogan of Richmond never realized how much volunteering with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Richmond & Tri Cities could impact his life until he met 11-year-old Gabriel. "He…
Reviewed by Joan Tupponce Extra Performances Added Through June 29 Richmond Triangle Players couldn’t have picked a better production to end its 20th anniversary season than La Cage aux Folles.…
