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Found letters put C’ville...

Since its debut in 1911, opera-lovers have considered Der Rosenkavalier a masterpiece of the repertoire. The German...

ARTS Pick: Advanced Anatomy

Who knew that our great state of Virginia had a favorite stripper doctor? Dr. Ophelia Derriere claims the title while...

ARTS Pick: Once on This Island

Based on the novel My Love, My Love by Rosa Guy, Once on This Island follows a group of village storytellers as they...

Summer ensemble turns...

On a warm Monday morning earlier this month, a dozen twentysomethings gather in a bright, high- ceilinged room on the...

ARTS Pick: Cirque Italia

Looking for an affordable spectacle? Try the Italian circus that tours city to city, sets up under a giant tent and...

ARTS Pick: South Pacific

Ash Lawn Opera heats up summer with Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific, the popular musical about love in the...

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Just before his wedding night, a 1920s playboy runs into a bit of a mess that results in bootleggers on his tail and...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe...

Every August, tens of thousands performers from all over the world flock to Edinburgh, Scotland, and transform the...

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Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance brings the high seas into the theater as young Frederic battles a...

Creative sparks

“This is just a glorious space,” says the artist, his eyes drinking it all in. Many people would probably balk at...