Theatre Events

Happy Spring! The Acts of Faith Festival is nearly complete (Joseph at Swift Creek runs a bit longer), and now some folks are getting into the Jamestown 2007, 400th Celebration.

Events opening or running currently:
Barksdale Theatre.... Intimate Apparel, playing 4/13 through 5/20
Barksdale Theatre.... Smoke on the Mountain, playing at Hanover Tavern through 4/28
Carpenter Science Theatre... The Very Best of CST Storytelling, playing through 5/13
Chamberlayne Actors Theatre.... Enchanted April, playing through 4/7
Firehouse Theatre Project.... The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, playing 4/26 through 5/19
Living Word Stage.... African American Trailblazers: A Musical Odyssey, playing 4/20 through 5/3 (replaces Cabin in the Sky as part of the Jamestown 400 celebration)
Richmond Triangle Players.... Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, playing 4/11 through 5/5
Swift Creek Mill.... Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, playing through 6/9
Sycamore Rouge.... Matoaka: A Pocahontas Story, playing 4/20 through 5/5 (World Premiere)
Theatre IV.... The Wizard of Oz, playing4/27 through 5/13
Theatre VCU.... Smokey Joe's Cafe, playing 4/6 through 4/22
University of Richmond Players.... Tegonni: An African Antigone, playing 4/19 through 4/22

Other events of interest:
Barksdale Theatre.... Starlight Cabaret Series, various evenings 4/16 through 5/1 only
Barksdale Theatre.... Coffee & Conversations: Intimate Apparel on 4/17
Firehouse Theatre Project.... Starr Foster Dance Project: Confessions playing 4/5 through 4/7
Firehouse Theatre Project & Richmond Playwrights Forum.... Lunchtime Reading Series, playing 4/24 at noon
Jamestown 2007, 400th Celebration... Various Performances and events, check Web site for full listings
Modlin Center for the Arts (at UR).... Various Performances, check Web site for full listings
Murder Mystery Dinner... Death by Disco, playing through 6/9
Sycamore Rouge... Various Performances, check Web site for full listings
Theatre IV.... 10th Annual Fairy Tale Ball, 4/14 (If you've never been - you should give this a shot. It's a lot of fun, children or not!)

And off the beaten path (aka, not in the Richmond area):
TTeatro La Tea – (Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center), NYC, Off-Broadway....The Neon Man and Me written by and starring Richmonder Slash Coleman playing 4/10 and 4/22 (tickets online) (One of ten shows chosen from around the world as part of The One Festival which runs 4/9-4/22.)

If I missed something opening or running this week or next, let me know!

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