Theater News

Bruce Hornsby Musical to Premiere at Virginia Stage Company

Virginia Stage Company will produce the world premiere of SCKBSTD, A New Musical by Bruce Hornsby, January 18-February 6, 2011.

Featuring music and lyrics by multi-Grammy Award winner Hornsby with additional lyrics by Chip deMatteo, and a book by Clay McLeod Chapman, the piece revolves around a stranger who moves into a small town and ignites rumors. The production will be part of VSC’s American Soil Project, the Company’s multi-year new play development project that explores the cultural fabric of southeastern Virginia.

VSC’s 2010-2011 season will also include The Diary of Anne Frank (September 21-October 10), by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett, adapted by Wendy Kesselman; the world premiere of Chris Hanna’s The New Pink – An Implausible Comedy (October 26-Novenber 14); Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (November 30-December 24); Jason Robert Brown’s musical The Last Five Years (February 22-March 13); and August Wilson’s Radio Golf (March 29-April 17).

For more information, visit www.vastage.com.