He’s played before the queen of England, scored soundtracks, redefined genres — and Jimi Hendrix even sat in with his band at bar gigs. But while entertainers like Jessica Simpson play to sold-out arena audiences, Richard Thompson is playing small clubs and theaters.

And there’s nothing like walking into the recording studio to make all those qualities vaporize in a heartbeat.

The problem isn’t necessarily in Johnson’s directorial vision, though there are some issues there.

Every performance is terrific.

“I carry notes around so I don’t forget anything,” Muraine said with a chuckle. “I have them on a leash attached to my pants.”

Dancing draws a crowd. Executives at ABC were so confident in that fact that they staged “Dancing with the Stars” toe-to-toe with Fox’s power “House” and NBC’s new drama “Trauma.”

Clinton Johnston directs William Shakes-peare’s tale of a general who marries a senator’s daughter and makes a dangerous enemy when he promotes someone else instead of the brilliant but bitter Iago.

The 65 horses currently calling Montpelier home don’t realize it, but this Sunday is a very big day in their lives.

Live Arts is taking a musical look at naked ambition starting tonight in its DownStage space.

What was easily Charlottesville’s be-there-or-be-square concert of the year

Performing before 55,000 fans at the University of Virginia’s Scott Stadium, U2 delivered a rock show on a scale never before seen in Charlottesville.

U2 brought their massive 360 Degree Tour which includes the band members plus an epic sized stage to Scott Stadium.

A blogger and radio host shares what she’s learned on the way to losing 73 pounds to help others achieve their goals.

Theater review of “Glengarry Glen Ross” at Live Arts

UVa alumni will be on hand tonight for screening of their new “Bureaucracy” film

Charlottesville Host Lions Club presents variety of acts tonight at the Paramount Theater

UVa Department of Drama shares a comedy hit—Larry Shue’s “The Foreigner.“

Symphony opens new season with Italian music

Devoted fans have many reasons for loving U2

Devoted fans have many reasons for loving U2

“Cavalia” much more than Cirque du Soleil with horses

The Decemberists will perform new album in its entirety during Pavilion show

The Second City brings goldern-anniversary show to Paramount

The Southern’s first three shows will be at Fry’s Spring Beach Club.

Symphony takes a pops concert outdoors at UVa’s McIntire Amphitheater

‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ opens at Live Arts

After another long cross-country road stint, the Hackensaw Boys are ready for a weekend of shows back in Virginia.

Once the Ash Lawn Opera Festival has closed for the summer, usually it’s time to start thinking about the national search for the next season’s singers.

... but it’s more fun to catch Temptations at the Paramount

While many have spent the past months fighting over health care, there is a new project that addresses the health care needed from fighting.