It’s a great metaphor, suggesting theater’s rich history; a stage’s velvet curtains (Scott M. Davis’ scenic design surrounds an in-the-round playing space with cascading red velvet ...

But is the play, which premiered last night, as redolent of greasepaint and plush curtains as its title implies ... if she is still getting used to the Tricycle’s stage. But if Red Velvet is a ...

Lolita Chakrabarti's new play "Red Velvet" retells the once notorious ... which is why the other actors at the Theater Royal, Covent Garden, are willing to countenance him being brought in ...

“Red Velvet” also offers a sense of spectacle, thanks to You-Shin Chen’s lush, rotating set, which spins from a dressing room to a parlor room to the Theatre Royal stage itself. Yuki Nakase ...

Lindsay Smiling stars as groundbreaking British actor Ira Aldridge in "Red Velvet," now playing at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. (Photo by Jerry Dalia). "Red Velvet" is a historical ...

Truth is, the talented Jones has more to do than clank around Quill Theatre’s well-intentioned but ultimately flat-as-a-pancake production of “Red Velvet,” British playwright Lolita ...