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THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT: Hampton Roads Students Experience the Arts

THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT: Hampton Roads Students Experience the Arts

Patrick Mullins stands before the Wells Theatre stage in downtown Norfolk. In front of him, a dozen or so students from all over the region await his next command…

TCG & TRG Arts Launch Single Ticket Theatre Collective

TCG & TRG Arts Launch Single Ticket Theatre Collective

Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, and TRG Arts, the data-driven consulting firm for arts and cultural professionals, are pleased to announce the launch of the Single Ticket Theatre Collective. Ten theatres from across the country, including Virginia Stage, will participate in a five-month initiative that will include personalized single ticket campaign plans, classroom-style shared learning, and one-on-one consulting to maximize single ticket revenue and deepen patron loyalty.

The Virginian-Pilot talks NATIVE GARDENS

The Virginian-Pilot talks NATIVE GARDENS

At least the fight over the border wall in the latest Virginia Stage Company production, β€œNative Gardens,” promises some laughs.
But thorny issues of race, what it means to be American, and what it means to be civil in a time of discourse, are still there in the popular comedy that opens this week….

Mal Vincent reviews THE BLUEST EYE

Mal Vincent reviews THE BLUEST EYE

Why do we call a dandelion a weed?

The question, simplistic as it may seem, is at the heart of Lydia R. Diamond’s dramatization of Toni Morrison’s first novel, β€œThe Bluest Eye,” on stage at the Wells Theater.