ARCHIVE: The Barksdale Buzz

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Posted by Bruce Miller A dear friend of Barksdale Theatre and Theatre IV died on February 12, 2012, after a relatively short battle with cancer. He was 84 years young, and sharp as a tack. Alth...

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Posted by Bruce Miller There's an old saw that goes "Nine tenths of directing is casting"--the point being that if a director is fortunate enough to be able to cast the right actors in the right...

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Posted by Bruce Miller Barksdale Theatre and Theatre IV have been working in official strategic collaboration since July 1, 2001--just over ten years. While some may think of us as one company--...

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We recently received this very gracious email from veteran Richmond actress Jackie Jones. It's filled with so much of Jackie's signature joie de vivre that we asked her if we could post it here....

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It's our farewell conversation with Evan Nasteff who plays Chris, son of the title character in Becky's New Car. Becky's continues to cruise at Barksdale's Hanover Tavern home, and will be deligh...

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Posted by Bruce Miller On Friday of this week, we'll open one of our two Broadway for the Holidays musicals, A Year with Frog and Toad, directed by Steve Perigard and choreographed by Leslie Owe...

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We're back again with Evan Nasteff, the young but seasoned pro (college level) who is new to Richmond theatre but knockin' 'em dead nonetheless at every performance of Becky's New Car. So far our...

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After introducing you to Evan Nasteff yesterday, today we're back for Part 3 of our interview with Jill Bari Steinberg. I guess we're testing your ability to multi-task. I'd know for sure what we...

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We've decided to save Jill Bari 3 to sneak in another plug for the final two weekends of Becky's New Car. So today we begin our--is it too soon to say "traditional"?--three-part interview with E...

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Posted by Bruce Miller We're gavotte-ing into rehearsals for My Fair Lady this week, the 100th Anniversary production of the historic Empire Theatre. Our fair (and historic) theatre opened on Ch...

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We're back for another visit with Richmond favorite (and Theatre Gym veteran) Jill Bari Steinberg. From what I've observed, most of Jill Bari's friends call her "Jill Bari" ("Bari" being pronounc...

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This week we're posting a three-part interview with Jill Bari Steinberg, one of Richmond's finest. JB is currently starring as the truly dysfunctional Aunt Debra in Kimberly Akimbo, by Pulitzer P...

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Posted by Phil Whiteway Congratulations to our good friends at Commonwealth Architects. They have been selected to receive the 2011 T. David Fitz-Gibbon Award, the highest honor given by the Vir...

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Posted by Bruce Miller Our resident great guy, Tom McGranahan, showed up at work today. You just can't keep him away from the place. "I just wanted to see if any checks came in, so that I could ...

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Posted by Phil Whiteway We're pleased to announce the cast of Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas, our world premiere holiday musical at Hanover Tavern, running Nov 25 - Jan 8. Returning from our Smo...

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Posted by Nick Ciavarella (pictured below at the RTCC Awards and in Lend Me a Tenor, with Chris Stewart) It was a very strange feeling getting off the train from Richmond back into New York Cit y...

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Posted by Annie Hulcher What can you learn from stuffing envelopes? I suspect anyone who has ever interned has asked himself or herself this very question. I was asking myself this question a...

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Posted by Bruce Miller Considering the theatre work week to be Monday through Sunday, last week ended with a bang, with Central Virginia's talented theatre artists taking home 12 of the 20 Richm...

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Posted by James Ricks, Artistic Director, Henley Street Theatre I’ve been invited by Barksdale to say a few words on the subject of the upcoming Bootleg Shakespeare Project to be performed fo...

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Well, we promised this post for Monday, but since the Sunday post isn't quite ready yet, we have Maggie 3 one day earlier than expected. This is the conclusion of our interview with Maggie Roop, ...

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Posted by Bruce Miller It's another week's end grab bag post, but since I didn't really want to use the words "grab bag" again, I searched for synonyms and found "salmagundi," a noun, meaning "a...

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We're in the midst of an interesting interview with Maggie Roop, who is playing the ingénue role of Kenni in the new comedy, Becky's New Car, playing now through November 6 at Barksdale Theatre ...

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Maggie Roop has been earning admiration and loyal fans for a while now at Barksdale, Theatre IV, and other theatres around town. She contributed mightily to the musical merriment of Honk!, Seussi...

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Posted by Bruce Miller With Thursday's preview and Friday's opening night performances of Kimberly Akimbo, our fabled Theatre Gym series will rise again like a phoenix from the ashes. Kimberly A...

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