by Jeff Maisey | Oct 20, 2017 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
TV icon will sing standards at The American Theatre By Jim Roberts Tony Danza has been a fixture in show business since he first appeared on the iconic sitcom “Taxi” in 1978. Though he’s also appeared in more than 20 movies, Danza’s greatest successes have come in...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 26, 2017 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III The incandescent fury of a seductress scorned, fueled by ethnic hate, lights up the Harrison Opera House stage when Camille Saint-Saens’ Samson and Delilah opens Virginia Opera’s 2017-18 Season. Principal Conductor & Artistic Advisor Adam...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 13, 2017 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
BY JEFF MAISEY Ben Hope and Katie Barton co-star in the exciting new musical theater work “Ring of Fire,” which pays homage to the music of Johnny Cash. The production is the 2017-18 season opener for Virginia Stage Company and its new artist director, Tom Quaintance....
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 17, 2017 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III The world premiere of the new one woman musical Second to Nun at Zeider’s American Dream Theater provides a thoroughly entertaining bit of short theater that manages the neat trick of being truly informative while remaining unfailingly...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 17, 2017 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
By Jerome Langston It’s quite fitting that it’s Anthony Stockard, who shows up first. The Wiz is being rehearsed at Brown Memorial Hall, on the campus of Norfolk State University, and I’m here to interview key members of the cast, along with the ambitious production’s...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 23, 2017 | Musical Theater, News, News & Views
Compiled by Staff Turandot Virginia Opera March 17, 19, 21 Based on an ancient fable set in China, this story of the legendary Princess Turandot, so desirable that men risked their heads for her hand in marriage, weaves the quest for love with the ultimate...
