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Four Old Broads Visit the World’s Oldest Ham at Smithfield Little Theatre
On a Friday night in October, we made the trek past the oldest ham in the world and parked incredibly easily in the Smithfield Little Theatre parking lot (looking at you, Little Theatre of Virginia Beach), for their performance of Four Old Broads. It seems to be becoming a tradition at Smithfield Little Theatre to…
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Williamsburg Players Gives us a Taste of Brooklyn in Brighton Beach Memoirs
Upon walking into the James-York Playhouse for Williamsburg Players’ production of Brighton Beach Memoirs, all I could say was “wow”. The set design, led by Bill Velardi, was amazing. They made a whole functional second story on stage, such that they effectively had four separate rooms on stage (two upstairs, one large room downstairs, and…
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Generic Theater is Flyin’ High with Flyin’ West
Our very first time attending a play at the Generic Theater (underneath Chrysler Hall in Norfolk) was to see Flyin’ West on Saturday, September 23rd, and we were not disappointed. Flyin’ West is a period piece, taking place in a rural, all-black town in Kansas in 1898. The story revolves around three sisters (two by…
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LTVB’s The Play That Goes Wrong… Goes Right
As Tropical Storm Ophelia rained down on Hampton Roads, the Little Theatre of Virginia Beach declared that the show must go on. The cast of “The Play that Goes Wrong” did not let the soggy weather affect their performance. From the moment we walked into the lobby at LTVB, the cast was already in character…
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The Prom at PCT: An Emotional Whirlwind of a Musical
Since my wife and I generally will see any play or musical that our local community theaters here in Hampton Roads put on, we sometimes like to go in totally blind to knowing anything about the play other than the title. So, when we walked into The Prom at Peninsula Community Theatre (PCT), we thought…
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Escape to Margaritaville at LTVB is a Romp from Start to Finish
In the days leading up to seeing Escape to Margaritaville at the Little Theatre of Virginia Beach (LTVB), I kept accidentally calling it Escape from Margaritaville when mentioning it to my wife, which sounds more like a horror show where something goes terribly wrong on Jimmy Buffett’s cruise ship, the shakers of salt are overaggressive…
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Urinetown at LTN is a privilege to see
Urinetown the Musical, performed at the Little Theatre of Norfolk (LTN), was the first play I saw for the 2023-2024 season of community theater shows in Hampton Roads, and it did not disappoint. Urinetown the Musical is about a town in which the water supply has dried up, and the government has partnered with a…
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