The cast of Othello is working at the 12th Street Taphouse. Desdemona watches her tables, brings burgers and pints of beer to customers. Roderigo, the man secretly in love with Desdemona, glances her way every so often as he manages the bar. More than once, Montano—the former governor of Cyprus, before Othello took charge—storms into […]
“If music be the food of love, play on,” says Orsino in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, a local production of which we praised in 2007 for its direction, musical numbers and actors—one of whom happens to be the subject of this week’s cover story. Local thespian Clinton Johnston is directing the Four County Players in Othello […]
“Who’s That Girl?” Seriously? Thirty-six songs on the two-disc version of Madonna’s otherwise groovy, career-spanning greatest hits compilation, Celebration, and she includes “Who’s That Girl?” If you’re going to bother with that largely forgettable movie soundtrack, why not include the vaguely danceable “Commotion,” instead? Upon further consideration, maybe it’s a wise number to include—if not […]
“My body’s now a begging bowl,” Bono sang at the end of U2’s two-and-a-half hour show last night,
When Ben Marcus reviewed UVA professor Deborah Eisenberg’s most recent collection of short fiction, 2006’s Twilight of the Superheroes, he characterized the 63-year-old Eisenberg as a sort of archaeologist of American domestic secrets. “Eisenberg has given us these remarkable stories,” wrote Marcus, “machines of perfect revelation deftly constructed by a contemporary master.” UVA professor Deborah […]
Hey, teachers of the future, there may be something even more daunting than standardized tests coming your way.
The world is getting to be a pretty scary place, Ace. I don’t know how I’m supposed to protect myself, for example, from the type of person who would carry an assault rifle to a presidential speech. Or in the event of the zombie apocalypse, which is also starting to look pretty likely. Where can […]
“I don’t remember any of that,” writes Liz Welch in The Kids Are All Right, a heart-rending new memoir she co-authored with her brother and two sisters about their transition from members of an elite Connecticut family to orphans and outcasts. The book shifts in perspective between the four Welch siblings, whose ages span more […]
It was as if the rainiest night of the summer didn’t come until the first week of autumn. Lucinda Williams, awaiting showtime, was sheltered in one of two identical tour buses behind the Charlottesville Pavilion. Across the Ninth Street Bridge a small group of folks, many of whom appeared to be friends, was assembled at […]
Suffice it to say that this will not go down as Rep. Eric Cantor’s finest moment. Appearing at Richmond Times-Dispatch “Public Square” healthcare forum, Virginia’s most-photographed congressman was confronted by a Virginia voter with an all-too-common tale of woe: One of her relatives had recently lost her job and her insurance, leaving her without the […]