| Good Food + VSC = A Great Night | | Print | |
| Written by David Springstead | |||
| Thursday, 20 September 2007 | |||
 Virginia Stage Company recently hosted an evening of food and a quick preview of the upcoming 2007-2008 season. For those of us who like to eat (and who doesn't?) it was worth the price of admission just for the buffet provided by local restaurants. Imagine my dismay as I stood looking, and drooling, over the sumptuous feast before me, and being unable to even sample most of what was there.
The upcoming season for the Virginia Stage Company. They open with the hit of Broadway for the last 2 years, Doubt - the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning play by John Patrick Shanley. Doubt is the story of a strong-minded nun who runs a Catholic school with an iron hand and the charismatic young priest she believes has molested one of her young charges. This show is a hot property, now that it's finally been released, and the Stage Company is among the first in the country to produce this play. September 18 is the date, and it will run through October 7. Following that will be a new interpretation of the classic musical Man of LaMancha. This play-within-a-play, written by Dale Wasserman with music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion, is based on Cervantes' "Don Quixote". Rather than producing what everyone's seen in the past, the director has chosen to give the show a fresh look, and theatre-goers should find it very interesting. It will run from October 23 to November 11. The holiday season brings us the return of the classic Dicken's tale, A Christmas Carol. Not included as part of the season package available, this show along with Lost in the Stars by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson are extra added attractions available for an additional fee. Lost in the Stars is based on Alan Paton's novel "Cry, the Beloved Country" - a story of the friendship between a black country parson and a white British planter in apartheid South Africa
This is followed by a comedy by author Deborah Brevoort, The Poetry of Pizza. Set in Copenhagen we see an American professor who falls for a Kurdish pizza-maker, with what are sure to be humorous results. Running from February 26 to March 16, be sure to catch this one. It sounds like a great escape from the winter blues. Closing out the regular season the Company brings Hank Williams Lost Highway. The title says it all, and fans of this great country star are sure to enjoy this production. Opening April 1, the show will trod the boards until April 20. The season promises to be as rich as the food that was served. And a good time can be had by all. |
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With the new year
brings us the late August Wilson's The Piano Lesson, another Pulitzer Prize winner. During the Great Depression, a brother and sister struggle over selling a precious family heirloom. Arguably
African-America's greatest dramatists, this show bridges the ethnic gap
as the audience can identify with the characters regardless of race.
One of those plays that is sure to be classic, it will be on the boards
from January 15 until February 3.