By Thompson Eskew Rounding out the summer before autumn comes in full swing, the Little Theatre of Alexandria revitalizes the ...

The blithe among us can be happy and carefree. But the word’s definition also notes that blithe can also mean showing a lack ...

Perhaps it’s self-evident, but the ability to communicate with the dead would appear to be, in a word, “challenging.” Having never personally attended a séance, the ingredients necessary to summon a ...

“You’ve been commissioned to write a 90-page screenplay, not ‘War and Peace.'” With these airy words, in the opening minutes of “Blithe Spirit,” exasperated trophy wife Ruth (Isla Fisher) admonishes ...

Dear Readers, I do love a good farce. That rollicking romp with oodles of physical comedy and improbable situations. Combine that with a good comedy of manners and it’s gold. What that spells is Noël ...

So there is something really fitting about casting her as the spiritual medium Madame Arcati in this revival of Noël Coward's 1941 mega-hit, Blithe Spirit, which comes to London from the Theatre Royal ...

To begin with, I honestly have no idea what to make of the paradoxical version of Noel Coward’s classic, comedy of British manners, “Blithe Spirit” that I encountered on stage during its opening night ...

Blithe Spirit plays through September 19, 2026, presented by Little Theatre of Alexandria, performing at 600 Wolfe Street, Alexandria, VA. Patrons may purchase tickets ($30) online in advance or ...

A departed wife returns to haunt a neurotic British writer in Noël Coward’s classic comedy “Blithe Spirit.” The uproarious show runs at Ross Valley Players through Dec. 15. Coward is enjoying quite a ...