After a triumphant opening week, audiences are raving about The Legend of Georgia McBride! If you're still on the fence about whether you should go or not, here are just a few more reasons why this is a must-see:
LEGEND-ary Events at the Wells!
Virginia Stage Company patrons are invited to a bourbon tasting hosted by Ironclad Distillery on March 12 at 6:30 PM. The event will be held in the Tazewell Lounge of the Wells Theatre and is an additional $10. March 12th also marks the return of "Night Out" where readers of Outwire757 will enjoy a special offer. Guests of Night Out will get to enjoy the Ironclad Bourbon tasting and also get to mingle with a drag entertainer or two. Be sure to visit Outwire757.com for the special offer.
Mermaid Winery will be hosting a wine tasting on March 19 at 6:30 PM. The event will be held in the Tazewell Lounge of the Wells Theatre and is an additional $10.
THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE: Cast & Creatives
Virginia Stage Company to Receive $20,000 Art Works Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for Public Works Virginia Project
Virginia Stage Company has been approved for a $20,000 Art Works grant to support a world premiere theater production by Ronve O'Daniel and Jevares Myrick, co-creators of contemporary hip-hop musical Once Upon A Rhyme: A Musical Tale. Mr. O’Daniel and Mr. Myrick will write a hip-hop musical that will serve as both education and a celebration of the unique history of the Hampton Roads community.
VIRGINIAN-PILOT: VSC mines Austen’s ‘Sense and Sensibility’ for comedy gold
The Virginia Stage Company’s production of “Sense and Sensibility” tells you immediately that Jane Austen is in for a modern makeover…Yes, this will be Austen’s familiar tale of the Dashwood sisters, who must navigate the waters of wealth, class, heartbreak and love in 1790s England. But it will be told in a raucous way that aims for laughter more than drama, and gets plenty of it.
