by Jeff Maisey | Jan 25, 2023 | Drama & Comedy, Featured, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III Virginia Opera’s upcoming production of Fellow Travelers offers “exquisite music,” a profoundly moving love story, a bit of a history lesson, a local connection, and what just might be, in its emotionally accessible music and plot, a...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 18, 2023 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
Cast of 39 Steps. Samuel Flint Photography. By Jerome Langston “I make no apology for loving both a good comedy, and a good mystery,” says Mark Shanahan, with both a smile and an emphatic tone—following a day full of rehearsing the latest Virginia Stage...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 23, 2022 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
(The avant-garde mime troupe has a distant connection to Norfolk) By Jim Roberts Mummenschanz, the avant-garde mime troupe celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, has a distant but meaningful connection to Norfolk: Floriana Frassetto, one of the group’s founders,...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 21, 2022 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
(Lucy with Dracula lurking in the background. Photo by J. Stubbs Photography.) By Jim Roberts Sandra Epperson has directed “Dracula” three times over the last 50 years. If there’s one thing she’s learned, it’s this: “No existing theater company will allow you to cut a...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 19, 2022 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III Shakespeare in the Grove, Hampton Roads’ free of charge, annual summer, Tidewater Community College mounted outdoor showcase of one Bard written work per year, celebrates its 25th Season with an imaginative new staging of our region’s...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 7, 2022 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
(K’Bana Blaq performs in drag. Photo by Charles Long.) By Jeff Maisey For some 20 years, many in Hampton Roads have experience K’Bana Blaq as one of the charismatic, upfront singers in The Fuzz Band. His fashion sense, dance moves, and vocal talent keep crowds...
