by Jeff Maisey | Jun 22, 2016 | Film, Stage & Film
By Tench Phillips, Naro Cinema I live in an interspecies household. We consist of a male and female human, two female canines, and two male felines. Each of us had originally lived solitary lives–some of us having grown up on the streets. We have all been brought...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 21, 2016 | Dance, Stage & Film
By Jim Roberts It’s no secret that Busch Gardens’ “Celtic Fyre” show was inspired by “Riverdance,” which debuted in 1995 and popularized Irish stepdancing all over the world. Lesser known is the fact that Maggie Darlington, who danced lead in the original...
by Jeff Maisey | May 21, 2016 | Film, Stage & Film
By Tench Phillips, Naro Cinema I was stunned to recently learn that the revenue of the biggest 500 multinational U.S. corporations now makes up 72% of the country’s GDP (gross domestic product). And the remaining part of the economy? That’s what all the...
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 19, 2016 | Stage & Film
By Jim Roberts The Virginia International Tattoo, like the Virginia Arts Festival, is celebrating its 20th year in 2016. Scott Jackson, a percussionist in the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, has produced and directed the show since 2003. In an interview with Veer...
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...
