Charlottesville Opera’s second summer production, The Pirates of Penzance, unfolds in a pitch-perfect comedy of errors featuring sentimental swashbucklers, ineffectual police officers, and deeply dutiful young lovers. A technicality threatens […]
The Virginia Theatre Festival keeps rolling with The Heart Sellers, a deeply moving play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Lloyd Suh. Set in 1973 in the wake of the Hart–Celler Act’s […]
As a cynical 50-something who is more likely to win the Mega Millions than be impressed by a folk rock supergroup that he’s never listened to before, I have to […]
Bringing hot, hot heat from the Arizona desert, the one-man band that is Bob Log III comes to town for a shredding party. Diligently traveling the globe since 1996, clad […]
The Heifetz International Music Institute performs Anthems from America & Abroad, celebrating Independence Day with some fine fiddling and classically inspired ensemble music fit for the Fourth of July. Guests […]
In “Joan Mitchell: Uncovering 100 Years” at The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, there’s a 1960 photo of the painter emphatically gesturing while standing in front […]
Wednesday 7/2 – Sunday 8/17 McGuffey Art Center presents a collection of summer shows covering lepidoptera, nostalgia, and the human form. In the Sarah B. Smith Gallery, Deborah Davis’ “Drawn […]
The 51st Virginia Theatre Festival opens with Into the Woods, directed and choreographed by UVA alum and VTF veteran Matthew Steffens. The Tony Award-winning fan-favorite musical follows fairy tale characters […]
“Return of the Triumphal Mother” at Visible Records shares a series of new works by Dani and Sheilah ReStack, including a site-specific projection installation. The exhibition by the ReStacks, who […]
The American Shakespeare Center brings Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility to the stage this summer. Brimming with wit, despair, humor, and insight, the adaptation by Emma Whipday with Brian McMahon […]