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Political Theatre Doesn't Have To Be Boring

Norfolk, VA -

It’s been a long road for Neil Murray. From the initial process of conceptualizing what he calls the idea of Black Watch, to the play’s debut at the Edinburgh Festival in the summer of 2006, to the international tour that followed, Murray, the play’s producer, has remained... SEE THE FULL STORY

Concert review: Erykah Badu at Chrysler Hall

Norfolk, VA -

Erykah Badu's sold-out show at Chrysler Hall on Friday was both gripping theater and play time, an intimate trip with a superstar and a personal chit-chat with family and friends.

The Roots, the hip hop group that is also a live band, warmed up the stage before Badu. Or, the seats at... SEE THE FULL STORY

Leslie Jordan's 'My Trip Down the Pink Carpet'

Los Angeles, CA -

"I am, without a doubt, the gayest man I know," Leslie Jordan says in "My Trip Down the Pink Carpet." True -- and thank heaven for that. As seen on Wednesday at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Renberg Theatre before a 30-city tour, "Pink Carpet" is as deceptively compact, delightfully... SEE THE FULL STORY

To Tell These War Stories, Words Aren't Enough

It’s not until the first body pushes itself out of the pool table, a few minutes into the show, that you begin to grasp just how thrilling — and how disturbing — “Black Watch” is going to be. Up to that point, this transfixing play from Edinburgh about a... SEE THE FULL STORY

A New Erykah

Norfolk, Virginia -

Dance—whether it’s in the style of modern, jazz, ballet, or even hip-hop—is release, and thereby freedom; freedom to shake one’s ass in spite of it all. I think of this as Erykah Badu—who is relaxing with her feet propped up against a back window of her tour... SEE THE FULL STORY