HR Show | Take a Look Behind the Yuletide Curtain with A Merry Little Christmas Carol

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — It’s a time-honored tradition for the holiday season. A Merry Little Christmas Carol returns to the historic Wells Theatre next month. Director Jordan Setzer and actor Beatty Barnes from Virginia Stage Company joined HRS with the details of this local holiday tradition.

Virginia Stage Company presents A Merry Little Christmas Carol
Runs December 8 through December 23. You can catch the show at Wells Theatre in Norfolk.
For tickets and information call, 757-627-1234 or visit vastage.org.

This segment of The Hampton Roads Show is sponsored by Virginia Stage Company.

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Diving Deeper into the Life of Charles Dickens

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Diving Deeper into the Life of Charles Dickens

Charles‬‭ Dickens‬‭ was‬‭ a‬‭ prominent‬‭ British‬‭ novelist‬‭ renowned‬‭ for‬‭ his‬‭ intricate‬‭ characters‬‭ and‬ sharp‬‭ social‬‭ commentary,‬‭ which‬‭ reflected‬‭ the‬‭ challenges‬‭ of‬‭ Victorian‬‭ society.‬‭..

From Scrooge to Sherlock: Playwright Mark Shanahan

From Scrooge to Sherlock: Playwright Mark Shanahan

Mark Shanahan has a knack for reimagining beloved stories, transforming them into theatrical experiences brimming with heart, humor, and ingenuity. As the playwright of A Merry Little Christmas Carol and A Sherlock Carol, Shanahan combines his love for classic literature with his talent for …

Virginian Pilot | ‘Dracula, A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really’ sticks it to The Man

Virginian Pilot | ‘Dracula, A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really’ sticks it to The Man

Playwright Kate Hamill (well-aided and abetted by director Melissa Mowry) has taken lucrative liberties with Stoker’s “Dracula,” just as she has with other out-of-copyright classics such as Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility,” “Pride and Prejudice” and “Emma.” Besides gender and nationality-switching key characters such as Van Helsing, Hamill has openly attacked paternalism on all fronts. This VSC production features, for example, an “all-female” creative team (with one nonbinary person, as Mowry specifies). In her playbill notes, Mowry calls this production “a labor of love and rage,” the rage directed against the degradation of women by men legally empowered to suck their life’s blood from them.

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