Photo Flash: First Look at Firehouse's East Coast Premiere Of STUPID KID
In the east coast premiere of Sharr White's very dark and powerful comedy, Chick Ford surprises his parents when he returns home from prison after serving only 14 years of a 486 year sentence. He's been released to face a possible retrial for a gruesome murder that he confessed to committing when he was a teenager. The flat-broke Ford family has tried to rebuild their lives and overcome the shame and guilt of their son's crime. Now that Chick is back they're forced to reluctantly face the consequences of the past and chose a path forward.
Virginia Rep Presents THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME
This 'eye-opening, life-affirming, unmissable' (TIME Magazine) Tony Award-winning play by Simon Stephens comes to Virginia Rep's November Theatre this Fall. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time opens Friday, September 21st, and runs through Sunday, October 14th, with two preview performances on Wednesday, September 19th and Thursday, September 20th. It is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Mark Haddon.
BWW Review: TheatreLAB and 5th Wall Theatre's HAND TO GOD is Savagely Funny!
Audiences who want to be thoroughly entertained should get down to The Basement to see a sidesplitting production of Robert Askins' HAND TO GOD. Boasting one of the strongest ensembles of the summer, TheatreLAB and 5th Wall Theatre's co-production is certainly not for children or those easily offended. It is provocative and deliciously funny. It's the puppetry of AVENUE Q and the irreverence of THE BOOK OF MORMON-without song and dance numbers.
5th Wall and TheatreLAB Present Quick-Witted Dark Comedy HAND TO GOD
5th Wall Theatre's artistic director Carol Piersol and TheatreLAB's artistic director Deejay Gray announce their upcoming co-production HAND TO GOD, an ingenious contemporary comedy that shocked and delighted audiences for years on the Off-Broadway and Broadway circuits before nabbing five Tony nominations including one for Best New Play. The local production of this play that opens July 13th at The Basement in downtown Richmond features a talented local cast led by Adam Turck playing both Jason and his demonically possessed hand puppet, Tyrone. A host of other talented actors fill out the ranks including Kimberly Jones Clark, Anne Michelle Forbes, Adam Valentine, and Fred Iacovo.
Firehouse Theatre and TheatreLAB to Present HEATHERS THE MUSICAL
What's your damage? Based on the classic 1989 cult-favorite film, HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL is the darkly delicious story of a brainy, beautiful teenage misfit who finds herself in the most powerful and ruthless clique at Westerberg High -- the Heathers. But before she can get comfortable on the peak of the high school food chain her mysterious boyfriend has a plan to put the Heathers in their place -- six feet under. HEATHER: THE MUSICAL is sexy, sassy, laugh-out-loud funny, and is guaranteed to blow you away.