Richmond VA Theater

• Post-Thanks Post

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  Reviews from recently opened shows continue to pop up. Today, Susan Haubenstock’s take on “Bus Stop” is in the T-D. John Porter’s review of “Greetings” showed up on Thanksgiving eve. Style didn’t have any reviews last week but did run my lovely wife’s recounting of the “Sound [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 8:17am EST
  by Dave T

• Mondo Monday

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  John Porter posted his review of "Scrooge in Rouge" on his website yesterday. Makes for good reading. I'm not sure what's going to show up in Style today, but I'm eagerly awaiting at least a review or two. [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 10:08am EST
  by Dave T

• “I Love Paul!”

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  With their almost completely unfiltered reactions, children can be great critics. At the end of “Greetings” last Friday, I asked my children what they thought of the show. Two out of the four immediately said variations of “I love Paul!”
  
  Paul is, of course, Paul Deiss who plays Mickey [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:59pm EST
  by Dave T

• Trio

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  A trio of reviews have appeared in the Times-Dispatch over the past several days, including Julinda Lewis's review of the Mill's "Greetings" in today's paper. Over the weekend, Ms. Lewis also weighed in on Barksdale's "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" and Celia Wren made a rare [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:25am EST
  by Dave T

• The African Company presents Richard III

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  One of those worthy events in town that I've ended up overlooking in the midst of everything else is the University of Richmond's production of "The African Company presents Richard III." It sounds like the kind of challenging work that Richmond should embrace; only 2 more shows left!
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:37am EST
  by Dave T

• Two wrongs make a right

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  So I thought last night was the charitable admission night for “Scrooge in Rouge” – you know, donate canned goods and you can see the show. Well, turns out it was opening night (duh). I ended up keeping my boxfull of Sauer’s condiments and jars of Costco peanut butter but [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:40am EST
  by Dave T

• Covered!

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  I wrote yesterday’s post before picking up the latest Style. Another notable thing about “Scrooge in Rouge” is that it’s cast graces the cover of the latest issue, as well as being featured in a few pictures inside the issue.
  
  There is a short piece on the number [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:30am EST
  by Dave T

• Xmas Carol for Two Venues

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  It’s pretty interesting that both Theatre IV’s “A Christmas Carol” and Triangle Players’ “Scrooge in Rouge” are in rehearsal at the same facility right now. I don’t know all of the details of either production but from all accounts they are two very distinctly different takes on the traditional Dickens [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 1:43pm EST
  by Dave T

• Merch

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  Here’s something that I’ve wondered about for a while: I’ve only been to one CYT show (“Narnia”) and there were tables and tables of show-related merchandise for sale in the lobby. “Avenue Q” at CenterStage had its booth of show-schwag of course and was doing a brisk business.
  
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 9:22am EST
  by Dave T

• Kid’s Stuff

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  My review of Firehouse’s “This Is How It Goes” showed up in Style yesterday. I’m not sure whether to expound upon the review or just leave it be. I’ll be mulling over that today.
  
  It’s funny how the universe (read: fate, God, etc.) works sometimes. I’ve had the [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 9:03am EST
  by Dave T

• Venue News (Ven-news?)

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  Theatre IV is opening up the Little Theater at the Empire for Triangle Players’ upcoming “Scrouge in Rouge,” a welcome return of that cute little black box into circulation.
  
  Also, I recently heard from the new management at the Hat Factory who would like me to tell [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 10:48am EST
  by Dave T

• Alternate Avenues

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  It was quite a scene at Short Pump Mall this past weekend, with scores of talented kids coming out for the “Sound of Music” auditions. At least one collection of performances has shown up on YouTube if you want to get a sense of the general atmosphere. I hear [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 9:21am EST
  by Dave T

• Wild Things

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  The Tlines spent the evening enjoying alternate art forms tonight. I took the youngest to see “Where the Wild Things Are” while the other boy was squired to appreciate some ballet (a new online review of which showed up on the Style site today). Variety is the spice, right?
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:08pm EST
  by Dave T

• Critical thinking

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  Style has a preview of "Avenue Q" this week. I'm looking forward to this show, as much because it'll be the first production I'll be seeing in the new Carpenter Theatre. Should be fun.
  
  Many weeks ago, Grant Mudge posted some links to blog posts by Isaac Butler.' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:03am EST
  by Dave T

• Vote!

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  The word on the street (and across the airwaves) is that there isn't a whole lot of excitement about the election today. That's a shame because for Virginians, there is just as much at stake today as there was a year ago, maybe more.
  
  So, as a lame attempt [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 8:51am EST
  by Dave T