by Jeff Maisey | Oct 20, 2015 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III The opera La Bohème is a story of young love and heartbreak, and heartbreakingly young death. It’s back at the Virginia Opera’s Harrison Opera House, in a new production full of youthful energy and total respect for all that has made Puccini’s...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 28, 2015 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III Hell is open for (monkey) business, and even the gods are partying there. (Olympus is just sooo boring!). The Greek gods’ “Grand Galop” at that soirée, from Orpheus in the Underworld, gives Virginia Opera’s big free outdoor Opera in the...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 4, 2015 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III What can you say about a beautiful young courtesan who dies? Well, oodles of folks have been saying – and singing and even dancing – quite a lot of things about one such star-crossed lass, variously named Marie/Marguerite/Camille/Violetta, since...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 14, 2015 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
By Jeff Maisey Tony award winning Broadway musical Jersey Boys featuring the captivating story of a working class New Jersey quartet going from rags to riches will be staged February 17-22 at the Ferguson Center. Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons are, of...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 29, 2015 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III Apocalypse turns operatic when the tale of King Herod’s stepdaughter Salomé comes to the Harrison Opera House clad in the raiments of the modern Middle East. While the original biblical story of John the Baptist’s murder isn’t about the...
