by Jeff Maisey | Jul 26, 2020 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
By Jerome Langston Since being officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization back in March, COVID-19 has dramatically disrupted our society’s social norms—temporarily ending our unrestricted enjoyment of concerts and theme parks, indoor fine...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 19, 2020 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
(SENSE & SENSIBILITY, actresses Manna Nichols and Ally Farzetta. Photo by Crystal Tuxhorn) By Jerome Langston Getting to interview director Jessica Holt about the latest big show that she’s directing at the Wells Theatre, for the Virginia Stage Company, is...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 28, 2019 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
(Chilina Kennedy & Sasson Gabay. Photo by Matthew Murphy) Israeli film star leads “different kind of musical” into Norfolk By Jim Roberts “Hamilton” is the “talk of the town” for Broadway In Norfolk’s 2019-2020 season, but “The Band’s Visit” was almost as...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 22, 2019 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
(Director Thomas W. Jones II) By Jerome Langston There’s been just a few days for the Atlanta-based director and playwright, Thomas W. Jones II, to get his bearings here in Norfolk, as rehearsals for the play that he’s here to direct, Detroit ’67, begin in earnest....
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 25, 2019 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
BY MONTAGUE GAMMON III Shakespeare’s most popular comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, has that claim to preeminence reinforced locally this week. . Shakespeare in the Grove’s big cast, Big Top, all stops out, Push-motored free admission production of Dream takes the...
by Jeff Maisey | May 18, 2019 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
By Jeff Maisey Comedian/actress/recording artist Vicki Lawrence, best known for her role as Mama on CBS’s “The Carol Burnette Show” (1967-78), will bring her “two-woman” act to Ferguson Center on June 9. (NOTE:The Vicki Lawrence and Mama: A Two-Woman Show...
