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...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 13, 2016 | Film, Stage & Film
By Tench Phillips, Naro Cinema I was recently invited to speak on a panel at Norfolk State University. The topic was ‘The Film Industry: Its Celluloid Past, Its Digital Present, Its Limitless Future’ sponsored by the Mass Communications and Journalism...
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...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 23, 2016 | Film, Stage & Film
By Tench Phillips, Naro Cinema Dear Bernie, By the time this issue of Veer hits the streets, the media pundits will have declared your campaign for president as effectively over and done with. They’ll rest their claims on the results of the Southern state...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 14, 2016 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III That is very much the message that comes through when talking to Virginia Opera’s Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor, Adam Turner, about the upcoming production of The Flying Dutchman, which got grand reviews at the Glimmerglass...
