Theatre Events

Lot's of great things going on in town, it seems this list just keeps getting longer each update. 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 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
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 through 5/5
Randolph Macon .... The Beauty Queen of Leenane, playing 5/2 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, playing 4/27 through 5/13
Theatre VCU.... Smokey Joe's Cafe, playing 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, postponed.... I'll keep checking the Web site for updates.
Barksdale Theatre.... Coffee & Conversations: Intimate Apparel on 4/17
Firehouse Theatre Project & Richmond Playwrights Forum.... Lunchtime Reading Series, playing 4/24 at noon
Firehouse Theatre Project hosts 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
Richmond Shakespeare... The Bard Bash, benefit at Agecroft Hall 4/28
Sycamore Rouge... Various Performances, check Web site for full listings
Yellow House.... Project Resolution, 4/29 at Firehouse Theatre

And off the beaten path (aka, not in the Richmond area):
Teatro 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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