The Arts

Born to paint? Second solo show for 4-year-old

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

HAMPTON
Before the artist went into her studio, she plopped onto the living room carpet for a session with the Littlest Pet Shop, pulling out plastic puppies and kitties and spreading them all around her.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Olivia.Hubert-Allen — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Hampton Roads' favorite community theater company presents the timeless story of Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors.

With book and music by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Joseph is a modern musical classic for the whole family.

For more details, check the HamptonRoads.com event listing.

MOMIX: The Best of MOMIX

Olivia.Hubert-Allen — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

FROM THE PROMOTERS:

For years, audiences have watched choreographer/director Moses Pendleton transform dancers into figments of his imagination: unpredictable, sometimes bizarre and notoriously out of this world.

Don't miss this surreal journey though a unique universe of movement featuring over 25 years of work.

Get more details about MOMIX in the HamptonRoads.com events calendar.

'Regiment' tenor hits the high C's

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

By Lee Teply Correspondent The tenor aria "Pour mon ame" is just over two minutes long. Aside from a couple of interesting harmonic turns, there's nothing really remarkable in its composition. For Gaetano Donizetti, it was standard fare, placed early in the comic opera "The Daughter of the Regiment."

Momix is not your typical dance

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Dance recitals have their audience, but dance doesn't exactly woo laypeople in off the street like a bar showing a fight. Dance typically draws serious patrons of the arts, curious students or parents who've surrendered an evening to see their babies onstage.

Dracula playing at Old Dominion this week

cubecandy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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Arts Build Communities Awards nominations deadline: Friday

cubecandy — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:26:50 -0400

The deadline is Friday, Oct. 30, to nominate an arts organization for the Arts Build Communities Awards, to be given out Jan. 27 in Richmond.

Virginians for the Arts, an advocacy group, created the prize to honor organizations that “best demonstrate the ability to enhance the community, lift our spirits and build a better quality of life.”

Step into the dark minds that inspired Tim Burton

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0400

Enter the show of 'film decors' by the Quay brothers with trepidation, for you will soon be charmed and confounded. This new exhibition on Old Dominion University's campus will stop you in your tracks and make you feel out of your wits. Think of it as a Halloween outing for the strong at heart. It's deeply scary, kid you not.

Virginia Stage's 'bold' Romeo/Juliet is that

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

NORFOLK The Virginia Stage Company promised "a bold, new staging" of William Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet." It has delivered - brilliantly.

Good, dirty fun with zombies in 'Evil Dead: The Musical'

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

NORFOLK Deep in the innards of the Scope complex, strange creatures are creeping about singing songs in an off-key register. In their livelier moments they're doing the Necronomicon. That, in case you are alive, is a zombie dance that is meant to be performed by the dead. It is somewhat akin to the Time Warp in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."