Virginia Stage 9/18/19 Virginia Stage 9/18/19

THE FLAGSHIP interviews GUYS AND DOLLS' James T. Lane

Get ready to be transported to the New York of yesteryear. Filled with great dance numbers and amazing songs, the story is set in the prohibition era of New York city…

Virginia Stage 8/31/19 Virginia Stage 8/31/19

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…

Virginia Stage 5/20/19 Virginia Stage 5/20/19

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.

Virginia Stage 4/11/19 Virginia Stage 4/11/19

The Virginian-Pilot talks NATIVE GARDENS

At least the fight over the border wall in the latest Virginia Stage Company production, “Native 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….

Virginia Stage 4/11/19 Virginia Stage 4/11/19

VEER goes inside the rehearsal process for NATIVE GARDENS

Very little is left of an intense workday of rehearsal that preceded my current interview time with director Tinashe Kajese-Bolden, and actor John Ahlin, inside of a non-descript, 9th floor rehearsal space in downtown Norfolk. It’s the early evening of a still…

Virginia Stage 3/14/19 Virginia Stage 3/14/19

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, “The Bluest Eye,” on stage at the Wells Theater.