WTKR Spotlights the Unexpected Origins of Two Icons
WTKR News 3 recently went behind the scenes at the Wells Theatre to explore Malcolm X and Redd Foxx Washing Dishes at Jimmy’s Chicken Shack in Harlem. And the real story that inspired it.
The Superpower of Wait Until Dark
“Starting is always a difficult thing, in any walk in life, but with a play, it looks like this giant mountain to climb. But when you arrive, and as soon as the actors sit at the table… and you hear their voices, and hear the energy, you can start to already see it coming into view…” says acclaimed director and playwright, Mark Shanahan, who is in Norfolk to direct the latest Virginia Stage Company production of season 47, “Wait Until Dark.” We’re inside the side lobby of the Wells Theatre…
Review: Share a killer, thriller, chiller night with Virginia Stage Company
In ‘Wait Until Dark,’ our heroine can’t see the con men who come to rob her. Page Laws reviews this remake of a 1960s classic.
“Why do I have to be the world’s champion blind woman?”
— Susan to Sam in “Wait Until Dark”
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How appropriate for the weather! A thriller that further chills us, its poor paying audience, to the very bone …
Wait Until Dark Brings Live Suspense to Coast Live
Meredith Parker (Susan) and Triney Sandoval (Carlino) took Wait Until Dark from the Wells Theatre to the Coast Live studio this week, chatting with the show about the gripping psychological thriller on stage now from Virginia Stage Company.
Wait Until Dark Takes the Spotlight on The Hampton Roads Show
Wait Until Dark stepped into the spotlight as Meredith Parker and Triney Sandoval appeared on The Hampton Roads Show with host Patrice Covington to talk about bringing suspense to life on stage.
Scrooge and Sherlock on Coast Live
Ebenezer Scrooge and Sherlock Holmes stopped by WTKR’s Coast Live to talk A Merry Little Christmas Carol and A Sherlock Carol.
Holiday Mischief on Morning TV: VSC Visits The Hampton Roads Show
Beatty Barnes, Scot Wichmann, and Elena Camp brought some serious holiday cheer to The Hampton Roads Show! The trio gave viewers a sneak peek into VSC’s brand-new productions of A Merry Little Christmas Carol and A Sherlock Carol…
Stand Up For The Arts!
In the late evening of May 2, 2025, Virginia
Stage Company received word that the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) was withdrawing a $15,000 grant that had been awarded to us to support performances of the mental health-focused play, Every Brilliant Thing, for high school audiences. The NEA’s email explained that our program does not align with new funding priorities, intended to “reflect the nation's rich artistic heritage and creativity as prioritized by the President.”
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