For five days in 1967, Detroit was embroiled in dissension. Rebellion was in the air and city streets resembled war zones. Considered part of the national riots known as the “long, hot summer of 1967,” unrest in Detroit began when the police department raided an unlicensed, after-hours bar on the city’s West Side. This week, the Virginia Stage Company begins to bring that chaos and conflict to the stage in its production of “Detroit ′67.”
There’s been just a few days for the Atlanta-based director and playwright, Thomas W. Jones II, to get his bearings here in Norfolk, as rehearsals for the play that he’s here to direct, Detroit ’67, begin in earnest. The Dominique Morisseau penned drama is being produced by Virginia Stage Company at the Wells Theatre, and follows the company’s excellent production of Guys and Dolls, which just launched VSC’s 41st season last month.
The Virginia Stage Company picked a crowd-pleaser to open its 41st season, the lively, classic musical “Guys and Dolls.” And, indeed, the Wells Theatre was the scene of much laughter and toe-tapping as the VSC delivered this tale of gangsters the gals who love them, set to Frank Loesser’s music and lyrics…
“I thought Guys and Dolls would specifically look really great in here because of the old history of the theatre and the way that it is,” Nick later says. The decision for this classic, huge Prohibition era musical to launch season 41, a season that follows the historic and heavily hyped 40th season of the company, was made in large part…
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.
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