onHamptonRoads.com site syndication http://www.onhamptonroads.com 2010-03-18T12:53:57+01:00 http://www.onhamptonroads.com http://www.onhamptonroads.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2008-08-04T14:31:47+01:00 http://www.onhamptonroads.com http://www.onhamptonroads.com/reviews/theatrereviews/a-successful-seussical.html You should see this -- YES YOU SHOULD! You’ve got to see this -- IT’S VERY GOOD! You cannot MISS this -- NO YOU CAN’T! You shouldn’t MISS this -- NO YE SHAN’T! Okay…. I’m no Dr. Seuss, but after seeing the wonderful production of “SEUSSICAL” this past weekend, at Peninsula Community Theater, I would hope you’d understand my sudden urge to speak in “Seuss” … or something relatively close to it. My hat is off (pun intended) to Ms. Laura Apelt for her incredible vision, direction, and staging of this show. With a cast of 30 and a crew of just about that many more, the entire company should be applauded for a job well done. text/html 2008-07-29T22:31:34+01:00 http://www.onhamptonroads.com http://www.onhamptonroads.com/reviews/theatrereviews/1776.html I have seen 1776 several times now, and a couple of things remain consistent among all of the performances: the staging remains pretty much the same (there is only so much you can do with a historical piece that has 22 men onstage at the same time), the set looks pretty much the same (it's a historical piece with evidence as to how it did look), and some AMAZING talent always shows up in the cast (and not always in the lead roles). Little Theatre of Virginia Beach (http://ltvbonline.homestead.com/)'s cast is replete with talent, particularly with some professional level acting from a couple of the leads and some great singing from the ensemble. text/html 2008-07-01T14:07:10+01:00 http://www.onhamptonroads.com http://www.onhamptonroads.com/reviews/theatrereviews/pips-ends-season-with-a-mixup-comedy-2.html The Poquoson Island Players have finished their season with Marc Camoletti’s Don’t Dress for Dinner, his follow-up play to Boeing-Boeing, which recently won a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. Don’t Dress for Dinner is your traditional mistaken identity comedy, originally set in France this adaptation by Robin Hawdon takes place outside London, England. text/html 2008-06-27T14:52:24+01:00 http://www.onhamptonroads.com http://www.onhamptonroads.com/reviews/theatrereviews/quilters-a-promising-patchwork.html Yoder’s / CNU’s / Ferguson Center’s new theatre company, Tidewater Regional Repertory offers up their first production in a strong, lovely, and occasionally moving way. The evening was a patchwork of the lovely and not-quite-so-lovely, but the end product did end up revealing a whole that promises to entertain and enchant. text/html 2008-02-14T12:16:27+01:00 http://www.onhamptonroads.com http://www.onhamptonroads.com/reviews/musicreviews/a-russian-triumph.html There is much to be said about Virginia Operas' debut production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. But, the most important is that it was nothing less than a triumph. Based on the Alexander Pushkin novel, Onegin was heralded of the perfect example of Russian life. In similar fashion VOA production equally expressed what a perfect night at the Opera should be.