WTKR News 3 recently went behind the scenes at the Wells Theatre to explore Malcolm X and Redd Foxx Washing Dishes at Jimmyβs Chicken Shack in Harlem. And the real story that inspired it.
The Superpower of Wait Until Dark
βStarting 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 tableβ¦ and you hear their voices, and hear the energy, you can start to already see it coming into viewβ¦β says acclaimed director and playwright, Mark Shanahan, who is in Norfolk to direct the latest Virginia Stage Company production of season 47, βWait Until Dark.β Weβre inside the side lobby of the Wells Theatreβ¦
Review: Share a killer, thriller, chiller night with Virginia Stage Company
In βWait Until Dark,β our heroine canβt see the con men who come to rob her. Page Laws reviews this remake of a 1960s classic.
βWhy do I have to be the worldβs champion blind woman?β
β Susan to Sam in βWait Until Darkβ
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How appropriate for the weather! A thriller that further chills us, its poor paying audience, to the very bone β¦
Wait Until Dark Brings Live Suspense to Coast Live
Wait Until Dark Takes the Spotlight on The Hampton Roads Show
Scrooge and Sherlock on Coast Live
Holiday Mischief on Morning TV: VSC Visits The Hampton Roads Show
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 NEAβs email explained that our program does not align with new funding priorities, intended to βreflect the nation's rich artistic heritage and creativity as prioritized by the President.β







