Category: Plays
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A Room with a View is Worth Fighting For at Little Theatre of Virginia Beach’s “Ripcord”
Photo courtesy of J. Stubbs Photography (https://jstubbsphotographyvb.com/) Yankees vs Red Sox. Jim vs Dwight. Will Schuester vs Sue Sylvester. Phoebe Buffay vs that evil twin sister of hers, Ursula. Rivalries are so fun to watch play out – and you can go ahead and add the protagonists of LTVB’s “Ripcord”, Abby vs Marilyn, to that…
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Hijinks and Hoaxes: the Z’s Curtain Up New Play Series Brings Us “As You Love It”
Photo courtesy of J. Stubbs Photography (https://jstubbsphotographyvb.com/) *Note: As per the performance eligibility requirements laid out here, this production is not up for HRACT Award consideration.* It has been a year full of Shakespeare-adjacent plays for us, from “Something Rotten” to “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged (revised) (again)”, so it seemed only proper that…
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Heartwarming and Heartbreaking, PCT’s “The Boys Next Door” Lives in the Moment, and That is Enough
“A society should be judged by how it treats its most vulnerable members.” This line, delivered in an aside directly to the audience by Jack, the social worker in charge of the four intellectually disabled men living together in the acceptable-if-not-luxurious apartment in which this show spends the majority of its time, ensures the intent…
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Is He or Isn’t He? That’s the Magic of Harvey at Williamsburg Players
As someone who has watched “It’s a Wonderful Life” many a time in my day, I am mildly familiar Jimmy Stewart’s work, and thus, although having never seen the movie “Harvey”, was excited to attend Williamsburg Players’ production involving that famous tall rabbit. (Don’t tell anyone, but just a couple hours before the show, I…
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LTVB’s “45 Seconds From Broadway” is a Reflection on the Importance of Found Family
Photo courtesy of J. Stubbs Photography (https://jstubbsphotographyvb.com/) As we sat down in our seats at LTVB on Friday night, the first thing we did was check how our March Madness brackets were doing (unsurprisingly, not well). The second thing we did was be amazed by the restaurant set out in front of us. My wife…
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See Your Reflection in the Glass Ceiling in “Top Girls” at Little Theatre of Norfolk
Photo courtesy of J. Stubbs Photography (https://jstubbsphotographyvb.com/) In 2016, I began working in a very male-dominated field. As a Millennial woman, I truly believed that this would be a non-issue. While I wasn’t naïve enough to believe that we lived in a post-racism world or that people of the LGBTQIA+ community had achieved full equality,…
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Enjoy a Slice of Pizza with That Slice of Life at Smithfield Little Theatre’s “Italian American Reconciliation”
When you think of Little Italy, what comes to mind? Cute little restaurants? Dramatic poetry? How about passionate love? Well, in Smithfield Little Theatre’s “Italian American Reconciliation”, you do get all of those, but a much less romanticized version than is typically depicted. Our cute little restaurant is more of a soup counter, our dramatic…
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Williamsburg Players’ Winter Show “Deathtrap” Brings the Chills and Thrills
In our family, we love a good “for entertainment purposes only” bet – we try to guess what configuration the stage will be at Generic Theater, place wagers on how many empty seats there will be when we go to LTVB (spoiler, it is always less than five), and try to prognosticate how the Green…
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Grab Your Moral Compass and Find Your Way Through “A Great Wilderness” at Generic Theater
Photo courtesy of J. Stubbs Photography (https://jstubbsphotographyvb.com/) As I walked into the Generic Theater on Sunday afternoon, I had the same thought as Daniel on stage – so, where is the shock treatment equipment? We would soon find out that Daniel, played by the fast-rising and talented Lucas Guzzo, has indeed walked into a gay…
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“Into the Breeches” at LTVB is a Love Letter to the Communities that Theatre Creates
Photo courtesy of J. Stubbs Photography (https://jstubbsphotographyvb.com/) “Into the Breeches” begins and ends with only the ghost light burning on stage, a time honored tradition of leaving a single light on in a playhouse when nobody else is there (legend says this is to keep the ghosts away, although its real function may be more…
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