The 2021-2022 season begins with Richard Wagner’s first installment in his epic Ring Cycle, "Das Rheingold." This newly conceived production will be performed outdoors exclusively at Topgolf Virginia Beach and Topgolf Richmond.
Concerts on Windmill Green
The lineup has been announced for the Eastham summer Concerts on Windmill Green series.
Changes to COVID-19 restrictions will allow gatherings of 250 socially distanced music fans as of May 29, and the series of outdoor shows produced by the Eastham Visitors Services Board is due to begin a month later.
With a record number of summer visitors expected this year, according to board chair Jim Russo, the concerts will be scheduled at 7 p.m. Mondays in June and July; 6 p.m. in August; and 5 p.m. in September.
Who’s playing? June 28: Sarah Burrill Circus; July 5: Brass Connection Quintet; July 12: Natalia Bonfini; July 19: Toast & Jam; July 26: Sarah Swain & the Oh Boys; Aug. 2: Bert Jackson Quartet; Aug. 9: Dawn Derow, featuring guitarist Peter Calo; Aug. 16: Peking & the Mystics; Aug. 23: Rip It Ups; Aug. 30: Grab Brothers; and Sept. 6: Chandler Travis Philharmonic and Jam Session.
23:47 The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference devoted to musical theater’s most prolific and admired composer and lyricist. Entries cover Sondheim’s numerous collaborators from composers and directors to designers and orchestras key songs such as his Academy Award winner “Sooner or Later” (Dick Tracy), and major works including Assassins, Company, Follies, Sweeney Todd, and West Side Story.
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