The sun, our sun, will expand to engulf the planet Earth in 5 billion years. Don’t bother setting an alarm or getting some extra SPF sunscreen, it won’t matter. Everything we have ever built, or will build, will vaporize and collapse to cinders. Everything. If it all...
A “spaghetti western” for the opera is woven with suspense and adventure through Giacomo Puccini’s “The Girl of the Golden West.” Virginia Opera’s production of this classic, which opened last Friday at Dominion Arts Center, is pitch perfect, making for a wonderful evening for the whole family. In a performance on Friday, Nov. 17, at the...
Richmond Ballet’s “Trio” transformed the Carpenter Theatre into three separate worlds with three remarkably presented ballets. Prior to the 2017 premiere of the “Trio,” RVA Mag was able to join the Richmond Ballet’s Company dancers as they prepared to present their repertoire to not only Richmond, but Norfolk as well. The rehearsals of “Gloria,”...
This love triangle has taken a turn for the worse. 5th Wall Theatre, along with Artistic Director Carol Piersol and local Director Lucian Restivo, is producing the 2013 off-broadway show “Murder Ballad.” The musical was originally a book written by Julia Jordan, with music later written by Juliana Nash. This love-story meets murder-mystery show...
This weekend marks the premiere of the Richmond Ballet’s second ballet of their performance season, “Trio.” This powerful show runs from Friday, Nov. 3, to Sunday, Nov. 5, at the Dominion Arts Center, and it aims to highlight the Ballet’s Company at the utmost of its capabilities. The “Trio” performance features three different ballets: “Gloria”...
I looked down at my hands, finally, away from the stage as the play ended -- and realized I had crushed my flimsy, disposable cup between my fingers until it was just twisted plastic in my bare hand. It was this visceral reaction that carried me through Act One and Act Two of Firehouse Theatre's Desire Under the Elms this past Saturday. Eugene O’...
The set is bare-boned, simple, roughly hewn. Soft white lighting pours over actor Adam Turck’s shoulders. As he balances a rake between his hands, he repeats a string of words over and over, perfecting the New England accent that will carry him through Act One: “fuck you, fuck you.” Looking around, no one but me is giving Turck’s impassioned...
Quill Theatre and the Virginia War Memorial are bringing history to life and putting audiences in the middle of the most pivotal war in history by partnering to present “For the Duration: Letters from Home.” The one-night-only event features real letters from WWII soldiers and their loved ones back home, collected by James Triesler, a historian...
Local RVA modern dance company Starr Foster Dance Project (SFDP) premiered their annual performance “The Shaking Season” this past weekend at Grace Street Theater. SFDP has been performing locally and touring nationally behind founder and lead choreographer Starrene Foster for 16 years. Their mission is to provide a positive experience for its...
I definitely did not bring enough tissues. This past weekend, TheatreLAB and Yes, And! Entertainment held their official opening night for “The Last Five Years,” a contemporary musical written by Jason Robert Brown about two lovers who meet, marry, and separate over the course of five years. The show is special in that the couple each tell their...
