THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, August 4, 1995 TAG: 9508030153
SECTION: DAILY BREAK PAGE: E3 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Medium: 54 lines
ANYDAY
GLASS IS FROZEN FIRE. It happens naturally when lightning strikes sand, or when lava cools in a lake.
Insert artfulness, and you've got fire and spice.
Some 150 examples of significant American art glass are on view this month at Artifax, a fine crafts gallery in Norfolk's Ghent neighborhood. ``Frozen Fire: Art Glass in America 1995'' features unique or limited edition objects, from perfume bottles to fireplace screens, produced by 40 glass studios from across the nation.
Glassblowing demonstrations are scheduled for Aug. 10-12 at Artifax, 1511 Colley Ave. Through September, the show will be at Artifax's new Virginia Beach location - 727 Hilltop North, which replacing its former 19th Street shop.
Artifax at Ghent is open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Free. Call 623-8840.
- Teresa Annas
TONIGHT
THIS WEEK'S ENTRY in the growing computer techno-thriller genre, ``Virtuosity,'' stars Australia's Russell Crowe (whose steamy clinches with Sharon Stone in ``The Quick and the Dead'' ended up on the cutting room floor). He's Sid 6.7, a virtual reality creature used to train police officers in simulated circumstances. Watch out when he escapes from his computer! Will Denzel Washington, a former police officer with a dark past, save the day? The whole things looks rather like a slice of MTV.
- Mal Vincent
WEEKEND
YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE HEART to mount a major musical with a cast of 25 at an amateur playhouse. In staging ``Damn Yankees'' for Little Theater of Virginia Beach, director Karen Buchheim had lots and lots of heart.
Currently on Broadway in a revival, the feisty mid-'50s musical resets the Faust legend on a baseball diamond. Fortysomething Joe Hardy announces he'd sell his soul to be a young ball player again and guide the washed-out Washington Senators into a winning season.
Poof! Wish granted. Buchheim appreciates that the show ``glorifies long-lasting love'' between Joe and his wife. Meanwhile, jock types will warm to the locker room scenes, where pep talk turns into tunes like ``(You've Gotta Have) Heart.''
``Damn Yankees'' continues through Aug. 19 at the little theater, 24th Street and Barberton Drive. Shows at 8 tonight and Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $8-$10. Call 428-9233 for reservations.
- Teresa Annas by CNB