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No more ‘Girl in Every Port’: Updated ‘Madama Butterfly’ alights at Virginia Opera

March 14, 2024 at 2:18 p.m.

Virginia Opera's "Madama Butterfly" updates the classic tale in a heart-wrenching fashion and the critic praises casting Asians in Asian roles and the opera being under the direction of Asian...

Portly, courtly Henry VIII created quite the ex-wives club, and not the kind anyone would wish to join. But, in the Broadway musical "Six," now at Norfolk's Chrysler Hall, you'll certainly enjoy hearing them sing their stories.

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His-to-re-mix: Broadway’s ‘Six’ offers puns and punditry at Chrysler Hall

March 1, 2024 at 10:21 a.m.

Portly, courtly Henry VIII created quite the ex-wives club, and not the kind anyone would wish to join. But, in the Broadway musical "Six," now at Norfolk's Chrysler Hall, you'll...

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Review: Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Aaron Sorkin soars at Chrysler Hall

February 2, 2024 at 3:01 p.m.

NORFOLK — Most people flocking to Chrysler Hall to see Aaron Sorkin's stage adaptation of "To Kill a Mockingbird," are rightfully excited to see Richard Thomas, who earned his wings...

"Sanctuary Road,” by previous winners of Pulitzer Prizes, Paul Moravec (music) and Mark Campbell (libretto), begins with a brief face-off between two different kinds of conductors.

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Precious testimony: ‘Sanctuary Road’ strikes a blow for freedom at Virginia Opera

January 30, 2024 at 11:52 a.m.

"Sanctuary Road,” by previous winners of Pulitzer Prizes, Paul Moravec (music) and Mark Campbell (libretto), begins with a brief face-off between two different kinds of conductors.

In this great American classic (rightfully enshrined with the best works of Eugene O’Neill, Arthur Miller and August Wilson), even the stage directions are sheer poetry, writes Page Laws.

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Dreams still deferred: ‘Raisin in the Sun’ a timely, timeless classic in Virginia Beach

January 25, 2024 at 12:09 p.m.

In this great American classic (rightfully enshrined with the best works of Eugene O’Neill, Arthur Miller and August Wilson), even the stage directions are sheer poetry, writes Page Laws.

Is "Beetlejuice: The Musical. The Musical. The Musical” — at Chrysler Hall through Sunday — worth a see? Depends.

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Horror meets humor at Norfolk’s loud, insistent ‘Beetlejuice’ musical

December 14, 2023 at 11:44 a.m.

Is "Beetlejuice: The Musical. The Musical. The Musical” — at Chrysler Hall through Sunday — worth a see? Depends.

The Little Theatre of Virginia Beach’s latest musical mission of mayhem, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” is showing Friday through Sunday.

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A guide to the zany ‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder’ at Little Theatre of Virginia Beach

December 5, 2023 at 12:58 p.m.

The Little Theatre of Virginia Beach’s latest musical mission of mayhem, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” is showing Friday through Sunday.

Things in life that we can’t understand — and they almost always involve death and dying — cannot always be dismissed.

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Something weird and wonderful at Chrysler down under: Generic’s Theater’s ‘The Weir’

November 30, 2023 at 12:51 p.m.

Things in life that we can’t understand — and they almost always involve death and dying — cannot always be dismissed.

A scene from "Blood at the Root" with Jay Prime in the foreground.

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Harrowing, spellbinding ‘Blood at the Root’: ODURep play draws on history and ‘Strange Fruit’

November 15, 2023 at 1:28 p.m.

A contemporary tale draws on history and 'Strange Fruit' to explore questions of double standards based in racism.

Their 13 female faces were aglow — with pleasure, anticipation, vitality. With life. Until they weren’t. Until they were aglow with death. The play will explain.

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‘Radium Girls’ tells a gruesome story of guilt, greed and denial at Little Theatre of Norfolk

October 24, 2023 at 3:04 p.m.

Their 13 female faces were aglow — with pleasure, anticipation, vitality. With life. Until they weren’t. Until they were aglow with death. The play will explain.

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