Category: Little Theatre of Virginia Beach
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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: If you are a NAMED NOMINEE (i.e., your name individually appears on our nomination announcement here): Finally, if you are part of a nomination for Best Performance of a Song (Ensemble),…
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“Sleuth” Out the Truth at Little Theatre of Virginia Beach
A few of the leaves on the crepe myrtle outside the window of my condo have just begun to change to a reddish-orange color, which can mean only one thing – we have moved on from the summer musical season into the murder-mystery season at our local community theaters. Though maybe not fitting directly into…
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A Flop? Nowhere to be Found at LTVB’s “The Producers”
Photo courtesy of J. Stubbs Photography (https://jstubbsphotographyvb.com/) Is there a story that Americans like more than one in which a chained-to-his-desk worker chases big dreams by committing a white collar crime, finds friendship (and maybe even love) along the way, and then faces the consequences of his actions? Throw a couple big musical numbers in…
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The 2024-25 HRACT Awards Nominees
We can’t believe that the second season of the HRACT Awards has already come to a close. We thoroughly enjoyed seeing all the shows this year, and really struggled to narrow down the list of deserving nominees to the requisite number for each category. The winners will be announced at our awards ceremony on October…
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