Elizabeth Derby

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ASC’s She Stoops To Conquer stands on comic timing

With a tilt of her head and a cascade of red curls, Kate Hardcastle considered her suitor across stage. “You’re so...

PVCC reaches out to the community for Rosencrantz and...

When Tom Stoppard wrote Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, an absurdist comedy about two minor characters from...

Filmmaker and actor Brian Wimer on freedom in expression

“There’s a point in Peter Pan when Peter and Wendy are pretending to be parents to the Lost Boys. Peter says, ‘Are we...

Spirited away

Rain pattered against windows of the Court Square apartment where I sat in near-darkness, listening for ghosts. Two...

Live Arts takes off with Stephen Adly Guirgis’ The...

When Stephen Adly Guirgis wrote The Motherfucker with the Hat, he didn’t overthink the f-bomb. “It just felt like the...

ARTS Pick: The xx

London trio The xx performs its signature chill-out electro pop on the final leg of a U.S. tour that followed the...

Hard pressed

A reader’s world is fast and bright these days, an infinite scroll through limitless content. To slake our thirst for...

Virginia Folklife apprenticeships promote the arts of...

In a world of exploding tuitions, shaky job markets, and ubiquitous unpaid internships, the notion of an...

ARTS Pick: Carnival of Wonders

Fill up on sword swallowing, fire eating, and other illusions at the Carnival of Wonders, an evening of fantastic...

Graphic novelist Laura Lee Gulledge found inspiration in...

When you ask Brooklyn-based artist and graphic novelist Laura Lee Gulledge about Charlottesville, her upbeat voice...