by Jeff Maisey | Feb 13, 2023 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
(Steve Lukather and Joseph Williams. Photo by Alex Solca) BY JEFF MAISEY Multi-Grammy Award winning classic rock band Toto, known for its late ‘70s and early ‘80s hit songs like “Hold the Line,” “Rosanna” and “Africa,” will be stopping in Newport News on February 16...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 9, 2021 | Classical, Concert Previews, Music, Music News
(Maestro JoAnn Falletta bids us farewell with Beethoven. Photo by David Beloff.) By Montague Gammon III Celebrating Beethoven by polishing off a couple of Fifths, JoAnn Falletta, formerly Music Director of our Virginia Symphony Orchestra and now appointed to the...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 24, 2020 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
Billy Joel’s original band will bring hits—and some deep cuts—to Newport News By Jim Roberts Liberty DeVitto played drums for Billy Joel for 30 years—a time span that included nine Platinum albums, three of which won Grammy Awards. In 2014, DeVitto and the...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 23, 2017 | Musical Theater, News, News & Views
Compiled by Staff Turandot Virginia Opera March 17, 19, 21 Based on an ancient fable set in China, this story of the legendary Princess Turandot, so desirable that men risked their heads for her hand in marriage, weaves the quest for love with the ultimate...
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...
