Most of us are born with a seedling of art in our hearts—the desire to create our dreams on paper, in space or on the stage. But we’re taught early on that the path of an artist is hard, one that requires dogged determination and gumption, the kind of commitment to take-no-prisoners passion that stalls […]
Most of us are born with a seedling of art in our hearts—the desire to create our dreams on paper, in space or on the stage. But we’re taught early on that the path of an artist is hard, one that requires dogged determination and gumption, the kind of commitment to take-no-prisoners passion that stalls […]
The Charlottesville Lady Arm Wrestlers are at it again, taking a seat at the table for UnDependence, and proving anything man can do, CLAW can do better. Teachers, moms, CEOs and clerks transform into the tough, gritty characters that the audience knows and loves. With wrestling aliases like General Discontent, Carrie-Oke and Sailor Doom, the […]
Camelot may be a silly place, but the trademark tongue-in-cheek humor of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gillam, Terry Jones and Michael Palin has kept audiences coming back for over 40 years. Lovingly ripped off from the cult classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python’s Spamalot puts the British troupe’s iconic […]
Every summer, Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall floods with a subtle siege: opera singers, orchestra members and technical crew members from all over the country. Unlike participants in traveling productions, they arrive to co-create a few gem-like original performances, shows that debut at The Paramount Theater under the direction (and extended logistical planning) of Ash Lawn Opera. […]
Best known for the love story of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare did not stop there. Antony and Cleopatra, one of his last romantic plays, is an epic unravelling of life and death, passion and hatred, filtered through peace and war in a narrative that circles the lives of two prominent figures during the dictatorship of Octavius […]
From the Oscars to the Oliviers to the Tonys, the performance world can’t throw enough awards at Dame Helen Mirren for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II. The legendary actress reprises her royal role in the National Theatre’s encore HD screening of The Audience, an original West End play that draws back the curtain on […]
It’s a theme of mystery, of unfolding intrigue and wonder, that defines Live Arts theater’s 25th anniversary season, and for writer, director and actor Kisha Jarrett, that same sensibility fuels the non-profit’s quarter-century celebration. “When I think about Live Arts, how it [was] started in this teeny tiny space on a wing and prayer by […]
The man who’s led UVA’s summertime Heritage Theatre Festival for the last 20 years (and the former head of the Department of Drama) will take his last bow in the coming year. But community arts patrons may not have seen the last of Robert Chapel. Chapel says when he drove from New York City to Charlottesville in 1987 to […]
Kathy Griffin is prolific, not only in the number of comedy specials she’s done over the years, but in her ability to yammer. In a recent phone interview with C-VILLE Weekly ahead of her June 19 date at The Paramount Theater, she cut off more questions than she answered. But that didn’t stop her from […]
Once upon a time, Charlottesville-based playwright Caruso Brown was a terribly shy, introverted student at Virginia State College (now University). He grew up writing poems. That may have been the end of it, if a drama director at the school hadn’t read one of Brown’s poems and insisted that he perform it during the school’s […]