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Press Release: John Davidson: In Concert (July 30, 2017) has been cancelled

For Immediate Release June 2, 2017   Contact:   Patrick A’Hearn Producing Artistic Director Riverside Center for the Performing Arts 540.370.4300, ext. 217 artisticdirector@riversidedt.com   Fredericksburg, Virginia – Riverside Center regrets announcing that due to unforeseen circumstances, John Davidson is no longer able to appear at Riverside on Sunday, July 30, 2017.     For […]

Sandwich-maker Greencore, Riverside theater win Stafford business awards

The Stafford County Cornerstone Business award was given to Riverside Center for the Performing Arts, which recently celebrated 20 years and set attendance records last year with 50,000 guests.

“For a theater to stay in existence for 20 years is extraordinary,” said Patrick Ahearn, producing artistic director. “We want to be around for another 40, if not more.”

Stafford Celebrates Business at Appreciation Reception

The Riverside Center for the Performing Arts received the 2017 Cornerstone Business Award. The newly renovated Riverside Center is 36,000 square feet of dinner theater and conference facility. They received their award for their 20 year legacy of entertainment and success. As the region’s largest tourist attraction, Riverside is a mid-Atlantic destination for performing arts, special events, business meetings and classes for children.

‘Saturday Night Fever’ plays up the fun of the ’70s

Riverside Center for the Performing Arts is looking to bring disco fever to audiences with its current production of “Saturday Night Fever.”

The musical, based on the iconic John Travolta movie, follows Tony Manero, a Brooklyn 19-year-old who doesn’t seem to have a care in the world. Except for maybe the hair. Please don’t touch his hair.

Riverside Center for the Performing Arts catches ‘Saturday Night Fever’

The movie “Saturday Night Fever” premiered 40 years ago in December 1977. John Travolta’s opening strut down a Brooklyn street to “Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees is among the most familiar scenes in movie history.

Riverside Center for the Performing Arts revives all that energy in an exciting live production of “Saturday Night Fever—The Musical” onstage now through May 7.