Category: 2024-2025
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LTVB Starts the Halloween Season Off Right with the Thriller “Misery”
Photo courtesy of J. Stubbs Photography (https://jstubbsphotographyvb.com/) One of the most common disagreements in our house is over when the holiday season begins. My wife believes the popular myth that the holiday season doesn’t start until November 1, i.e., the day after Halloween. I take the side that the Halloween season is totally part of…
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The Golden Age of Broadway is Brought to Us by a Bunch of People in PJ’s at Williamsburg Players’ “The Pajama Game”
The conversation topic du jour this week in our house was – what do you think “The Pajama Game” is going to be about? Guesses for what the plot of Williamsburg Players’ latest show would be included a caper where pajamas are evidence, a teenage girl-based plot where all the action happens at a sleepover,…
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![The Cup of Laughter Doth Runneth Over at LTN’s “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again]”](https://hractawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/3-complete-works.-ltn-1422513837-e1724186881365.jpg?w=1024)
The Cup of Laughter Doth Runneth Over at LTN’s “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again]”
Photo courtesy of J. Stubbs Photography (https://jstubbsphotographyvb.com/) Walking into the Little Theatre of Norfolk for “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again]”, I have to say, I was pretty worried. In fact, I turned to my wife and father-in-law and said “I’m not sure I’m well-versed enough in Shakespeare to get a lot…
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Leave Your Rotten Tomatoes at Home – The Hilarious “Something Rotten!” at PCT is a Hit!
When my father-in-law asked what we were going to see at Peninsula Community Theatre on Sunday, he was surprised by our answer – “Something Rotten!” His reply came swiftly – “how do you know already?” We laughed as we explained to him it wasn’t a judgment statement, but the name of a musical, set in…
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Dancing, Diversity, and Drag – “Kinky Boots” at LTVB is a Fun Night at the Oceanfront
Photo courtesy of J. Stubbs Photography (https://jstubbsphotographyvb.com/) “Ladies, gentleman, and those who have yet to make up their minds…” So begins our 2024-2025 HRACT Award cycle, with the first musical of the year being “Kinky Boots” at the Little Theatre of Virginia Beach. This show, about a shoe factory in Northampton, England on its last…