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Judith Shakespeare wants to be a playwright. So when her debt-ridden father tries to marry her off, Shakespeare’s...

ARTS Pick: Blood Wedding

UVA Drama’s David Dalton approaches Federico García Lorca’s Blood Wedding with a modern hand, as he connects themes...

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When Sir Oliver Surface returns to England after a voyage in the West Indies, he must choose an heir to his enormous...

American Shakespeare Center...

Backstage at the American Shakespeare Center’s Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, actor Chris Johnston pulls on a red...

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A sparse Christmas tree, a roundheaded kid who questions holiday spirit, a jazz soundtrack and a stirring read of the...

ARTS Pick: Water or Glass

In 1943, Charlotte Salomon died in a gas chamber at Auschwitz. Leading up to her capture and unimaginable death, the...

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Blues guitarist Dugan McBane is taken hostage by his former lover, Anya Magnifico—a crossword puzzle-obsessed, punk...

ARTS Pick: ‘Electric Baby’

In Stefanie Zadravec’s Electric Baby, a mysterious moon floats over six characters who navigate through three stories...

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Sorcery, magic and family feuds combine in The Comedy of Errors, one of 18 plays that entered the theatrical world...

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Former “Seinfeld” writer Pat Hazell stars in The Wonder Bread Years, a fast-paced production that rides the line...