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Tickets on sale: Lisa Lampanelli targets Carpenter Theatre

Published Feb. 11, 2010 at 5:01 a.m.

The self-proclaimed “Queen of Mean,“ comedian Lisa Lampanelli, will bring her saucy humor Lampanellito the Carpenter Theatre at Richmond CenterStage at 8 p.m. March 27. Tickets, at $37.75, go on ...

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Lights Up at CenterStage

Published Jan. 21, 2010 at 12:00 a.m.

CenterStage's "Lights Up" includes workshops, classes, demonstrations and live performances to educate and excite Richmond youth ...

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Tickets on sale: Henry Rollins, Alice in Chains, Rodney Carrington

Published Dec. 3, 2009 at 5:01 a.m.

Comedian-country music singer Rodney Carrington will head to the Carpenter Theatre at Richmond CenterStage at 7 p.m. Jan. 21. Tickets are $41.75 and go on sale at 10 a.m. today ...

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David Copperfield, David Cook, A.S. Byatt, 3rd Thursdays and More Fun Stuff to Do This Week

Published Oct. 12, 2009 at 2:24 p.m.

It's a magical week, Richmond. That's what the press release said for the David Copperfield show at CenterStage -- "Magical news!" And we just can't stop saying it around the office. But is a wild week with magician David Copperfield, "American Idol" winner David Cook, big names authors like A.S. Byatt and Robert Olen Buter and much more fun festivities all week long. David Copperfield Tuesday It's magical! David Copperfield brings his big Broadway show to the new CenterStage. His new show is

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Folklife Area at Richmond Folk Festival to explore spiritual life in Virginia

Published Sept. 18, 2009 at 4:01 a.m.

From Ethiopian Orthodox singing to Persian spiritual music to Islamic calligraphy, this year’s CenterStage Virginia Folklife Area and Stage at the Richmond Folk Festival seeks to mine the talents of ...

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Taking CenterStage

Published Sept. 14, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.

In the time CenterStage took to finally open, tenors turned to baritones. Ballet dancers trained, hit their peak and retired. And a huge Richmond riverfront music hall opened, closed, and is opening again with a mechanical bull.Patience is a virtuoso.The first meeting of Richmond CenterStage’s planners was on Sept. 11, 2001. And at one point or another over the past eight years and $73 million spent, the proposed expansion and face lift of the Carpenter Theatre was up in the air, down-sized,

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If you go: American Bluegrass Masters

Published Sept. 17, 2009 at 4:01 a.m.

If you go What: American Bluegrass Masters featuring J.D. Crowe and Bobby Osborne When: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Carpenter Theatre at Richmond CenterStage Tickets: $18-$36 Info: (800) 745-3000 or http://www.ticketmaster.com ...

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American Bluegrass Masters tour rolls into town Sept. 20

Published Sept. 17, 2009 at 4:01 a.m.

The Carpenter Theatre at Richmond CenterStage gets its bluegrass baptism when the American Bluegrass Masters tour stops in town Sunday. Bluegrass legends J.D. Crowe and Bobby Osborne will take the ...

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Concert grand piano returns to Carpenter Theatre after 5-year hiatus

Published Aug. 22, 2009 at 4:01 a.m.

LINDY KEAST RODMAN/ Grand piano returns to Carpenter Center Piano movers Victor Barksdale (left) and Douglas Stanley guided the Richmond Symphony’s 9-foot Steinway concert grand onto the CenterStage loading dock ...

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Classical Music: CenterStage Set to Open as Arts Return Downtown

Published Aug. 15, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.

Home again! Richmond’s two leading musical organizations – the Richmond Symphony and the Virginia Opera – will be returning downtown to the renovated 1,700-plus-seat Carpenter Theatre after a five-year hiatus ...

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