Review | ‘SMOKE’ at Firehouse, Fire in my Belly.

by Christian Detres | CULTURE, DOWNTOWN RVA, PERFORMING ARTS

Once again, a trip to the Firehouse Theatre has found a way to send me home with a boiling pit of emotions churning in my gut and fiery rants on the tips of my fingers. Art is made to provoke, not to placate, and this is what I signed up for. SMOKE, the current...

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