by Jeff Maisey | Oct 28, 2019 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
(Chilina Kennedy & Sasson Gabay. Photo by Matthew Murphy) Israeli film star leads “different kind of musical” into Norfolk By Jim Roberts “Hamilton” is the “talk of the town” for Broadway In Norfolk’s 2019-2020 season, but “The Band’s Visit” was almost as...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 22, 2019 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
(Director Thomas W. Jones II) By Jerome Langston There’s been just a few days for the Atlanta-based director and playwright, Thomas W. Jones II, to get his bearings here in Norfolk, as rehearsals for the play that he’s here to direct, Detroit ’67, begin in earnest....
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 22, 2019 | Film, Stage & Film
By Tench Phillips, Naro Cinema It seems that congratulations are in order. At this point in the universe’s 13.76 billion year trajectory, earthlings have reached a comprehensive understanding of all the laws of physics that make up our everyday reality. That’s...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 18, 2019 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
(Brian Ray Norris and Sam Simahk in Guys & Dolls. Photo by Samuel W. Flint.) By Jerome Langston “He always brings me in for comedies,” says director Nicolas Minas, with a bit of a chuckle, in response to my question about how he was selected to direct Guys and...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 4, 2019 | Film, Stage & Film
By Tench Phillips, Naro Cinema It’s been a rewarding summer for a greying audience of baby boomers who have been rediscovering their hippie roots from the sixties and seventies. I’m not referring to CBD oil. The Naro has shown a number of new documentaries...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 18, 2019 | Film, Stage & Film
WATER LILIES OF MONET Claude Monet was an art-world disruptor at the turn of the 20th century whose obsession with capturing light and water broke all convention. This is an exclusive tour led by Monet scholars through the French museums that house the...
