VIRGINIAN-PILOT: VSC mines Austen’s ‘Sense and Sensibility’ for comedy gold
The Virginia Stage Company’s production of “Sense and Sensibility” tells you immediately that Jane Austen is in for a modern makeover…Yes, this will be Austen’s familiar tale of the Dashwood sisters, who must navigate the waters of wealth, class, heartbreak and love in 1790s England. But it will be told in a raucous way that aims for laughter more than drama, and gets plenty of it.
VEERMag: Finding Balance in Sense & Sensibility
Jessica’s journey to helming VSC’s production of Sense & Sensibility has been quite inspired. The San Francisco native has long been a fan of Jane Austen novels. “I was definitely that adolescent girl that was reading all of her books repeatedly,” she happily admits…
THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT: Themes of ‘Detroit ′67’ pack a punch decades later
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.”
VEERMag: Thought Provoking Detroit ’67 Takes Center Stage
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.
Alt-Daily.com: GUYS AND DOLLS is full of talent and heart
Guys and Dolls. Three small words can muster an iconic image in anyone’s mind. Virginia Stage Company’s season opening production emulates the iconic status. It is full of talent, memorable interpretations, and heart…
THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT: VSC delivers on the happy promise of “Guys and Dolls”
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…
VEER: GUYS AND DOLLS is the Perfect Musical
“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…
SEARCH BLOG
CATEGORIES
POPULAR TAGS
FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM
