by Jeff Maisey | Sep 20, 2016 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
By Jerome Langston It takes a few minutes to fully acclimatize to Virginia Stage Company’s new temporary home—ODU’s modernly designed Goode Theatre, during a rehearsal break for the company’s ambitious brand new musical, I Sing the Rising Sea, which opens their 38th...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 20, 2016 | Drama & Comedy, Musical Theater, Stage & Film
By Jim Roberts Twenty years ago, Jeffery Seneca starred in a college production of “The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940.” This month, he’ll make his directorial debut at the Little Theatre of Virginia Beach with the same show. “I think I’ve seen it now—both from...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 25, 2016 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III The Virginia Opera’s 8th annual, free and open admission, “Opera in the Park” concerts this year showcase the talents of the company’s chorus, whom VO Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Adam Turner calls “the hardest working singers...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 26, 2016 | Drama & Comedy, Musical Theater, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III At the eerie border between this world and the next, wrapped within the blurry boundary that separates what’s natural from what’s not, traveling near the snow bound Scottish-English border in the uncommonly frigid winter of 2010, academic...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 13, 2016 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III William Shakespeare’s late career verbal enchantments meet Jean Sibelius’ late career musical magic on the Chrysler Hall stage this spring to give Hampton Roads a new look at the Jamestown-old, spell-rich play, The Tempest. Stage director...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 6, 2016 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
By Jim Roberts Charles Hardin “Buddy” Holly had a legendary run of hit songs before his untimely death on Feb. 3, 1959—from “That’ll Be The Day” and “Peggy Sue” to “Maybe Baby” and “Rave On.” But it was the song “It’s So Easy!” that got Robbie Limon most...
