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 | Jul 17, 2017 | Film, Stage & Film
By Tench Phillips Living here in the greater Norfolk area, we are the beneficiaries of a well-organized urban society. We have cultural events, education, good health care if you can access it, infrastructure and services, and better than average employment thanks to...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 19, 2017 | Film, Stage & Film
By Tench Phillips Once upon a time–not that long ago–we were all indigenous peoples who lived intimately with nature on what was essentially a very different planet than the one we inhabit today. There were countless numbers of land and sea animals and a vast...
by Jeff Maisey | May 14, 2017 | Film, Stage & Film
By Tench Phillips How does a civilized society disintegrate into civil war and murder within a short span of time? Throughout the last century, state backed violence has been waged time and again by modern industrial societies against their own citizens. Germany’s...
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...
