Performing Arts

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ARTS Pick: Bye Bye Birdie

Take a family-friendly romp through the 1960s in Four County Players’ production of the mod musical Bye Bye Birdie....

ARTS Pick: Frankenstein

During a stormy summer holiday, Mary Shelley and her companions were challenged by their host Lord Byron to see who...

Interview

The American Shakespeare Center in Staunton reached two milestones this season: the quarter-century mark and the...

ARTS Pick: War Horse

A young boy and his beloved horse Joey are plucked from tranquil farm life in Devon and thrust into the depraved and...

Wake up call

With notable TV appearances on Comedy Central, three standup recordings, and several film roles under his belt, Burr...

ARTS Pick: Museum

If you’ve ever joined the hundreds of New York City spectators that flood the MoMA on Free Friday Nights, you know...

ARTS Pick

The setting is 1960s rural North Carolina and two little girls have come to stay with their batty Aunt Patty in the...

ARTS Pick: Songs in the Cellar

For one weekend, Four County Players transforms its intimate 50-seat Black Box Theater into an upscale cabaret for...

ARTS Pick

Lots of funny things happen when the United Nations of Comedy brings its talent-filled lineup to a local stage—and...

ARTS Pick: 24/7

Set the timer, choose your topic, write the script, select your cast (random drawing), rehearse, lights, action, and...