by Jeff Maisey | May 22, 2025 | News, News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham Male and female represent the two sides of the great radical dualism. But, in fact, they are perpetually passing into one another. Fluid hardens to solid, solid rushes to fluid. There is no wholly masculine man, no purely feminine woman. – Margaret...
by Jeff Maisey | May 20, 2025 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
(Dress rehearsal of Little Theatre of Virginia Beach’s production of “Ripchord.” Image by J. Stubbs Photography.) By Jim Roberts When “Ripcord” opened off-Broadway in 2015, The New York Times compared it to classic TV sitcoms like “The Odd Couple,”...
by Jeff Maisey | May 20, 2025 | Classical, Music, Music News
( Zemlinsky Quartet by Ilona Sochorová) By Montague Gammon III A prodigy composer and piano virtuoso, a crusty old alcoholic and a middle-aged deaf musician who turned the musical world on its figurative and maybe literal ear, are all one colossus who still bestrides...
by Jeff Maisey | May 13, 2025 | Music, Music News
By Jim Roberts Punch Brothers have performed all over Virginia—from FloydFest to Richmond to Wolftrap, but they’ve never been to Hampton Roads. That will change on May 13, when the Grammy Award-winning bluegrass band performs at the Sandler Center for the Performing...
by Jeff Maisey | May 4, 2025 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Tracii Guns briefly was part of a marriage of Los Angeles bands named Guns N’ Roses, but he left before fame arrived to found Sunset Strip sleaze metal group L.A. Guns. While he has been in and out of other groups over the last 40 years,...
