by Jeff Maisey | Apr 5, 2022 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
(Aamira Challenger, Katie Housley, Palymyra Mattner, Joshua Liburd, and Conner Keef. Photo by Darryl Estrine. Aquila Theatre’s The Great Gatsby.) By Montague Gammon III The Aquila Theatre’s casting of The Great Gatsby, coming to the Norfolk’s Attucks Theatre...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 29, 2022 | Classical, Music, Music News
(Virginia Symphony Orchestra Music Director Eric Jacobsen) By Montague Gammon III The Virginia Symphony opens the month of April with that most exuberantly glorious piece of symphonic and choral music, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and its particularly timely message of...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 29, 2022 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
(Banjo great Bela Fleck. Photo by William Matthews) By Jim Morrison Bela Fleck is on the phone ruminating about why he dips in and out of so many genres from bluegrass to newgrass to jazz to classical, from his mind-blowing creations with The Flecktones to his work...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 29, 2022 | Music, Music News
(New Morse Code. Photo by Tatiana Daubek.) By Montague Gammon III Some things visual and lots of things musical this way come, in the hands of a cello-percussion pair of performers/professors (accompanied by a computer wielding composer), a duo called New Morse Code....
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 26, 2022 | Dance, Musical Theater, Stage & Film
(Don Quixote dreams of his Dulcinea. Photo by David Polston) By Jeff Maisey The legendary Don Quixote triumphantly rode into Chrysler Hall on Friday, March 25, conquering the hearts and minds of all who attended the phenomenal opening night to the Virginia Arts...