Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, February 21, 1992 TAG: 9202210168
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: E-1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Joe Kennedy
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
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ELECTRIC: Van Halen, the big-name metal band, will fill the Roanoke Civic Center coliseum with its distinctive tones Wednesday night at 7:30.Special guests will be Baby Animals.
General admission tickets are $18.50 in advance and $19.50 on the day of the show. For more information, call the civic center at 981-1201.\
\ SHOWTIME: "Barnum," the three-ring circus musical about P.T. Barnum's rise to fame, comes to Burruss Hall at Virginia Tech on Tuesday night at 7:30.
It's said to be a dazzling display of color, music and dance, with clowns, acrobats, jugglers and bands of all sizes, shapes and descriptions.
Excited? Relax. Tickets? They're $16 for adults and $8 for children age 12 and under. Information and reservations? At 231-5615 or (800) 843-0332.\ \ MOVES: The 12-member Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble will perform several original creations Wednesday night at 8 at Radford University's Preston Hall. The program will include ballet and contemporary works.
Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for children. Call 831-5420.
The troupe also will dance at Sweet Briar College's Babcock Auditorium on Friday, Feb. 28, at 8 p.m.
Tickets for that performance are $6 and $3, with children age 12 and under admitted free. Reservations are required. Call (804) 381-6120.\ \ STYLIN': Singer Stephanie Nakasian and pianist Hod O'Brien will bring their jazzy repertoire to Maxwell's in Blacksburg from Monday through Thursday nights.
The duo also brings a sheaf of favorable reviews from publications large and small. Nakasian has appeared at Wolf Trap, Radio City Music Hall and other famed venues. O'Brien has backed jazz luminaries such as Zoot Sims, Phil Woods and Freddie Hubbard.
For show times and ticket information, call Maxwell's at 552-3300.\ \ LIKE, MORE JAZZ: The Joe Kennedy Jr. Quartet will play its broad repertoire Saturday night at 8 and Sunday afternoon at 3 in the Squires Recital Salon on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg.
Tickets are $5 for the general public and $3 for students and senior citizens. Call 231-5615.\ \ BRIGHTNESS: Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs" will be presented tonight and Saturday night at 8 and Sunday afternoon at 2 at the Lynchburg Fine Arts Center.
It explores the dynamics of a New York Jewish family on the eve of World War II. For information, call (804) 846-8451.\ \ SPIRIT: Robert Cardwell and the Voices of Zion will headline the monthly coffeehouse program Saturday night at the Sedalia Center in Bedford County near Big Island.
Poet, lyricist and storyteller Marva Cooper also will perform.
The coffeehouse opens at 7. Admission is $3. Call (804) 299-5080.\ \ SOMETHING NEW: The Thomas Chapin Trio, Samm Bennett and Chunk and the Jazz Passengers will play their new and improvised music Monday night at 8 in Squires Student Center at Virginia Tech.
The groups are traveling on their "What Is It?" tour.
Tickets are $10 for the general public. Doors open at 7. For information, call 231-9886 or 231-9888.