by Jeff Maisey | Jul 17, 2022 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III It’s families to the fore when Hurrah Players’ multi-generational cast of Disney’s Descendants: The Musical hits the Wells Theatre stage July 22-24. It’s not just the characters, but some cast members as well, who live up to the...
by Jeff Maisey | May 26, 2022 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
(Soprano Maren Weinberger as Leslie Sinclair in Rachel J. Peters’ opera ‘Companionship,’ Nine Photography) By Jim Roberts The mission of the Virginia Arts Festival’s John Duffy Institute for New Opera is “to add diverse, relevant and underrepresented...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 15, 2022 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
(The Dreamettes. Photo by Sam Flint.) By Jerome Langston “I was holding on to this,” says Anthony Stockard, the producing Artistic Director of Norfolk State University Theatre Company, regarding his theatre company’s latest collaboration with Virginia Stage Company,...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 26, 2022 | Dance, Musical Theater, Stage & Film
(Don Quixote dreams of his Dulcinea. Photo by David Polston) By Jeff Maisey The legendary Don Quixote triumphantly rode into Chrysler Hall on Friday, March 25, conquering the hearts and minds of all who attended the phenomenal opening night to the Virginia Arts...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 22, 2022 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
(Alisa Jordheim is playing Susanna) By Montague Gammon III If Mozart’s opera The Marriage of Figaro, the Virginia Opera production coming up on the last weekend of March, were a Golden Age Hollywood romantic comedy, or a door slamming stage farce, it could well be...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 15, 2021 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
By Jeff Maisey Anthony Wayne, the former Norfolk resident who scored success on Broadway performing in “Tootsie: The Musical,” “Pippin,” “Once On This Island,” and “Anything Goes,” as well as Broadway nationwide touring productions of “The Color Purple” and “A...
