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Acting Up
Richmond Triangle Players’ “one in two” explores the experience of HIV-positive queer Black men.
Backstage, Onstage
Ruminations on the behind-the-scenes changes impacting fall’s theater lineup.
Irresistible Angst
Anxiety about aging propels powerful musicality in Swift Creek Mill’s “tick, tick…Boom!”
The White House Mess
“POTUS” serves up a feminist farce at Virginia Rep.
Shake-up at Virginia Rep
Co-founder Phil Whiteway removed as managing director.
A New Stage
Nathaniel Shaw takes the reins at the Firehouse Theatre amid a busy year.
Folksy, Fun and Flimsy
Dueling divas bring the heat In “Honky Tonk Laundry,” but the show only simmers.
Turning Jukebox on its Head
The Go-Go's provide music, D’Errico adds star power to RTP’s “Head Over Heels.”
A Case for Pace
“The Comedy of Errors” has many delights but needs to move through them faster.
Get Ready
The Temptations musical “Ain’t Too Proud” gears up for a six-day residency at the Altria Theater.
King of Hits
In a crowd-pleasing construction of jukebox genre elements, “Beautiful” spotlights the timeless Carole King.
Fighting the Format
Firehouse’s “The Sound of the Guns” blends rock concert and musical with mixed results.
Authentic Expectations
A pregnant Amber Marie Martinez takes method acting to the next level for “Native Gardens.”
To Be Frank
This year's Richmond Shakespeare Festival kicks off with a sterling “The School for Lies.”
Southern Joviality
Swift Creek Mill Theatre gears up for the Southern-styled comedy of “The Sweet Delilah Swim Club.”
Name is Hades, Lord of the Dead
Broadway in Richmond’s “Hadestown” to take audiences to hell and back.
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