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Theatre Events
Doubt
September 18th – October 7th
Virginia Stage Company
Virginia Stage Company (VSC) will begin their 29th season as
Hampton Road’s leading professional, resident theater company with the regional
premiere of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play, Doubt, by John
Patrick Shanley. Doubt opens the 2007/08 season September 18 and runs through
October 7. VSC is proud to be one of the first regional theaters nationwide to
produce this gripping new drama after its wildly successful Broadway run.
The Pillowman
September 21st - October 13th
The 40th Street Stage
Called “A spellbinding stunner of a play” by The
New
York Times, this black comedy postmodern fairytale was at the top of our “must do” list of
plays. Produced
and presented by Source
Theatre (Art and Two Rooms).
Winner of the Olivier Award in London for best play, this play
is
thrilling-
disturbing- wildly funny in oh so wickedly ways. Two brothers have been brought
in
for questioning about a series of
brutal murders – murders that bear an uncanny resemblance
to stories that one of the brothers has written. ‘The
Pillowman’ is one of those stories, about
a soft pink ‘pillowman’ whose work it is to visit the
bedrooms of children who are fated (The pillowman can
see the future) to be abused and hurt – and convince them
that’s its better that they kill themselves now. It is not
recommended
for younger viewers, as it deals with torture, mutilation and the ritualistic
murders of children.
And for all that, it is as fine a piece of storytelling and
pure theatre as anything you’ll see this season.
Long Day's Journey into Night
September 21st – October 14th
Generic Theatre
“None of us can help the things life has does to us.” O’Neill wrestled with the demons of his past
in this famous, autobiographical explosion of human passions. In 1912 James Tyrone, a celebrated actor,
watches his family reveal their haunted souls in one day. Arguably America’s greatest play, O’Neill’s
Pulitzer Prize wining masterpiece is savage, beautiful and hypnotic.
The Belle of Amherst
October 6th - 7th
The
American Theatre, 125 E. Mellen Street, Hampton, VA 23663
Based on the life and poems of Emily Dickinson, The Belle
of Amherst is an inspiring portrait
of the famous and eccentric spinster
who is one of America's greatest literary figures. Having composed over
1,700
poems, Dickinson was a passionate and mysterious figure who continues
to
captivate our imaginations over a hundred years after her death.
Nijinsky's Last Dance
October 13th - 14th
The
American Theatre, 125 E. Mellen Street, Hampton, VA 23663
A one-man drama, Nijinsky's Last Dance is a
visually
stunning new play about the life of ballet's most famous dancer, Vaslav
Nijinsky. Winner of the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play,
this
production is a tour de force that delves into the hidden recesses of
the great
Russian dancer's psyche as he fights for his sanity. In this play,
Nijinsky not
only relives his past but embodies the people who inhabit it, including
partner
and Ballet Russes impresario Sergei Diaghilev, prima ballerina Tamara
Karsavina, renowned sculptor Auguste Rodin and wife Romola Pulsky.
Mamma Mia
October 17th - 21st
Chrysler Hall Theater
Over 20 million people all around the world have fallen in love with
the characters, the story and the music that make MAMMA MIA! the
ultimate feel-good show! Writer Catherine Johnson's sunny, funny tale
unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a
daughter's quest to discover the identity of her father brings 3 men
from her mother's past back to the island they last visited 20 years
ago. The story-telling magic of ABBA's timeless songs propels this
enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship, and every night
everyone's having the time of their lives!
Man Of La Mancha
October 23rd - November 11th
Virginia Stage Company
Virginia Stage Company (VSC) will continue their 29th season
as Hampton Road’s leading professional, resident theater company with a
bold re-imagining of the classic musical, Man of La Mancha by Mitch Lee, Dale
Wasserman and Joe Darion.
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