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Virginia Theatre Festival Makes First Casting Announcement for Upcoming Production of Tony Award-winning Musical Disney’s Newsies

The Virginia Theatre Festival has announced the cast and creative team for its production of Disney’s Newsies. Set to run July 9-19 in the Culbreth Theatre at the University of Virginia, Disney’s Newsies will be directed and choreographed by Matthew Steffens. A favorite of VTF audiences for his acclaimed direction and choreography of 2023’s smash-hit Cabaret and last season’s highly acclaimed Into the Woods.

https://virginiatheatrefestival.org/casting-announcement-for-newsies/

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Virginia Theatre Festival Announces Cast and Creative Team for Upcoming Production of Ken Ludwig's Moriarty: A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure

The Virginia Theatre Festival has announced the cast and creative team for its production of Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty: A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure. Set to run June 20-28 in the Ruth Caplin Theatre at the University of Virginia, Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty will be directed by noted theater, film, and television director Nicolas Minas, who returns to VTF following his acclaimed 2024 production of The 39 Steps.

https://virginiatheatrefestival.org/casting-announcement-for-moriarty/

The Paramount Theater, Fralin Museum of Art at UVA, and Virginia Theatre Festival Join Forces This Spring and Summer to Celebrate Iconic Artist and Cultural Figure Frida Kahlo

A trio of the area’s leading arts organizations, including The Paramount Theater, The Fralin Museum of Art at UVA, and the Virginia Theatre Festival, are joining forces to celebrate the life, work, and legacy of the iconic artist Frida Kahlo with a series of phenomenal presentations and events.

May 21, 2026

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Art This Week: Hypocrite The Musical

The Thursday, April 9th, performance of Hypocrite The Musical has been canceled by the promoter. All tickets purchased for this performance have been transferred to the performance on Friday, April 10th at 7:00PM.

https://www.wtju.net/art-this-week-hypocrite-the-musical/

Dance

Arts This Week: Virginia Dance Committee Spring Concert

The University of Virginia’s Dance Program and Department of Drama present the Spring Dance Concert 2026, an evening of eight original works by faculty, guest, and student choreographers.

https://www.wtju.net/arts-this-week-virginia-dance-committee-spring-concert/

Visual Art

Arts This Week: Sunshine Fruit Market

This Sunday May 17, the Sunshine Fruit Market will take place at Visible Records from 11am to 4pm with local artists and live screen printing from 12pm to 3pm. For Arts This Week, we spoke with the event organizer, Hazel Addams.

https://www.wtju.net/arts-this-week-sunshine-fruit-market/

Visual Art

Arts This Week: CreativeMornings with Emma Terry

So Creative Mornings is an international organization, and the general idea is that all these different chapters across the world, one Friday a month, find a speaker from the community, someone with a creative practice, and you come and you get free breakfast, you get free coffee, you hear what someone in your community is doing, and then it’s done by 10:00 AM and you go off to your day, hopefully inspired to make that last push through the work week to get to the weekend.

https://www.wtju.net/arts-this-week-creativemornings-with-emma-terry/

‘The Art of Research’ calls for proposals that celebrate the visual language of research

Have you, your colleagues, your lab, or your collaborators created a striking image, schematic, model or other visual element in relation to produced research? Do you ever wish you had a wider audience for a compelling visualization within an article, chapter, or book?

http://library.virginia.edu/news/2026/art-research-calls-proposals-celebrate-visual-language-research

A black background with a male college student wearing graduation regalia is shown leaping towards the camera. His arms and legs are pointed and outstretched.

Dance

This Hoo is Dancing His Way into Physical Therapy

As a high school senior, Ephraim Bullock faced a major decision: pursue a career in professional ballet or attend college. A trainee at the Richmond Ballet, he had just received an offer from the company’s artistic director to join its second company, the entry point into professional dancing, complete with a salary. It was a step toward making it into the main company, and he had been dancing ballet since fourth grade, so the offer carried the weight of nearly a decade of hard work.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/hoo-dancing-his-way-physical-therapy

6 college students stand in a brick stairwell with white-painted brick walls. 3 students hold electric guitars, 1 holds a keyboard, 1 holds a pair of drumsticks, and 1 holds a microphone.

Music

Meet the Students Behind the Sound: UVA’s Battle of the Bands Winners

From late-night dorm room jam sessions, a rained-out show and a misheard lyric, Loose Champagne has proven that great things can come from passion and a little bit of luck. The University of Virginia-based band and winners of the University Programs Council’s Battle of the Bands will open Saturday for American rapper and record producer Quavo at John Paul Jones Arena. Doors open at 6 p.m., and entry is free for students with a UVA ID. Tickets are also on sale to the public.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/meet-students-behind-sound-uvas-battle-bands-winners

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Visual Art

The Fralin Museum of Art Announces Two Major Gifts

The Fralin Museum of Art at The University of Virginia celebrates two remarkable gifts that will strengthen the museum’s community impact, teaching, and curatorial practice for years to come. Arriving at a pivotal moment as UVA plans for its new Center for the Arts, these contributions underscore the museum’s vital role at the university and its vision of bringing art to all.

March 31, 2026

A close up image of a hand adjusting a small chair in a miniature display. The display shows a room with various desks and rolling chairs, and globes placed on the desks. One of the walls is a large bookshelf, filled entirely with colorful books.

Architecture

UVA Alumna Artist is Big into Miniature Artworks

Jill Orlov is a cave-diver of sorts. “I go what I call ‘spelunking in junkyards,’” Orlov, a graduate of the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture, said. “I collect interesting things, just odds and ends.” Those odds and ends make their way into Orlov’s miniature sculptures – often miniature recreations of indoor spaces like game rooms, libraries or an artist’s studio. Her work has appeared in exhibitions at venues including the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., and the Museum of Miniatures in Tucson, Arizona.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/uva-alumna-artist-big-miniature-artworks