Category: Little Theatre of Virginia Beach
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An Acting Troupe Takes the Off-Off-Off Broadway Route to the Silver Screen at Little Theatre of Virginia Beach’s “Moon Over Buffalo”
Photo courtesy of J. Stubbs Photography (https://jstubbsphotographyvb.com/) If you aren’t sure what you are in for when walking into LTVB to see “Moon Over Buffalo”, just take a second (after taking your seat) to read David Kutteroff’s bio in the playbill; you’ll immediately know just how farce-y this farce is (answer: extremely). Playwright Ken Ludwig…
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The 2025-26 ACT-y Winners
Three years in – so we can officially call ourselves an annual event! We are still buzzing from last night’s awards ceremony – thank you all for being an amazing audience yet again! A few thank-yous are hugely necessary upfront: Thank you to the Ferguson Center at CNU for giving us a venue, providing guidance,…
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Disco, Dancing, and Dreams: The ‘Holy Trinity’ of “Sister Act” at LTVB
Photo courtesy of J. Stubbs Photography (https://jstubbsphotographyvb.com/) What is it about nuns that so consistently captures the imagination of audiences? By percentage of population in the real world, they have to be one of the most over-represented groups on stage – and yet, I’m totally here for it. Maybe it is the clash of cultures…
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The 2025-26 HRACT Awards Nominees
Another remarkable year of theater has come and gone here in the Hampton Road region, and we can’t wait to celebrate it all at our awards ceremony on August 20th at 7:30PM at the Ferguson Center at CNU. Narrowing down the list of nominees was once again incredibly difficult – a credit to all the…
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Did the HRACT Awards Just Tear Apart a Show? Yes… and No. We Review Otstar Productions’ “Nothing On”
Photo courtesy of J. Stubbs Photography (https://jstubbsphotographyvb.com/) “Sardines? Sardines. Sardines! You don’t get to see that fish take center-stage all that often. Anchovies? Yes. But sardines?” This was indeed the conversation in our row during the first intermission of “Nothing On”, a show described as “the funniest farce ever written”, playing now at the Grand…
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The Duality of Faith and Doubt: LTVB Masterfully Presents “Doubt, A Parable”
Photo courtesy of J. Stubbs Photography (https://jstubbsphotographyvb.com/) “What do you do when you are not sure?” asks the first line of “Doubt, A Parable”, playing now at the Little Theatre of Virginia Beach. It is uttered by Father Flynn from his pulpit, ironically the only character in this show who can be sure of what…
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It’s Never Easy to Meet the Parents as LTVB Showcases with “Stick Fly”
Photo courtesy of J. Stubbs Photography (https://jstubbsphotographyvb.com/) As the pre-snow cold bore down on Virginia Beach, we were welcomed into the warm and well-appointed house that is the set of LTVB’s show “Stick Fly”. Seriously – set designer Sandy Lawrence and Set Dresser Lisa Stafford should have a show on HGTV. The house they built…
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Little Theatre of Virginia Beach Taps the Night Away with “Crazy For You”
A quirk in the scheduling of HRACT-Award eligible shows this year meant that it had been over two months since we’d seen a musical – “much too long” I said to my wife as we walked toward the Little Theatre of Virginia Beach to see “Crazy For You”. I do love a play, but there…
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The 2024-25 ACT-y Winners
Year number two of the HRACT Awards is in the books! Thank you to everyone for coming out to support the amazing community that these theaters create (and of course, some remarkable performances and impressive technical work). We’ve got to run the credits one more time for all the incredible people who made the evening…
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Information and Reminders for those Attending the Awards Ceremony
The 2024-2025 Hampton Roads Achievement in Community Theater Awards is almost here! If you are planning to attend, here are some reminders and information: The show is at the Ferguson Center at CNU in the Peebles Theatre on Thursday, October 23. Curtain is at 7:30 PM, so you probably want to arrive a bit before…
