This Week In Mal's World

This week in Mal’s World, the Virginia Arts Festival Fringe hosts an enchanting show with world-acclaimed illusionist Scott Silven. Did the famed performer “Wow” Mal? Find out more about his mysterious dinner event and what other “fringe” performances are part of the festival this year. For more information visit http://secure.vafest.org/single/eventDetail.aspx?p=512.

This Week in Mal’s World, actress/singer Brooke Shields will perform at the Sandler Center in Virginia Beach as part of the Virginia Arts Festival’s Bernstein 100 Celebration, on May 12, 2018. Music director, arranger and conductor Rob Fisher conducts the Virginia Symphony for the evening with song, music and more. Mal Vincent spoke with Shields about her upcoming visit to Hampton Roads, her acting career and how she came into the music scene. For more information on tickets, visit www.vafest.org.

This week in Mal’s World, as the world settles down from the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Mal Vincent also enjoyed it at home with millions of others and it made him think about the time he met her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II and tells us what royal blunder he made when it happened!

This week in Mal’s World, The Virginia Arts Festival presents another year of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra performing the score to a Harry Potter film for audiences at Chrysler Hall this weekend, May 4-5, 2018. This year it’s “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in Concert” and Mal Vincent recalls interviewing the three stars over the 8-year run of the film series. What were their most challenging parts in the second film? Mal shares those stories and more. For more information on tickets, visit www.vafast.org.

This week in Mal’s World, comedienne Sandra Bernhard is coming to the American Theatre in Hampton, Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 8pm. Mal Vincent previews her tour called, “Sandemonium” and shares his recent conversation with the sassy star about how her standup now is different than anything she’s done before. Plus, find out why Sandra called out Mal once before at one of her shows. For more information on tickets, visit https://www.hamptonarts.net/events/detail/sandra-bernhard-sandemonium.

This week in Mal’s World, Mal Vincent previews the final film in his 3-movie festival, Gems from the Golden Age at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art in Virginia Beach. Ava Gardner stars in the spectacular musical, “Show Boat,” set on the Mississippi River. Gardner won the role, but when it came to her singing, the film’s final cut hit a sour note with the actress. Mal will share some insight and more. For more information on the festival visit http://www.virginiamoca.org/mal-vincent-presents.

This week in Mal’s World, Mal Vincent previews the second film in his 3-movie film festival, “Gems from the Golden Age” at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art in Virginia Beach. Why is Casablanca so enduring after all these years? What are Mal’s favorite lines from the film? How did Mal end up at a Casablanca party thrown by the King of Morocco, complete with belly dancers? For more information on the festival visit http://www.virginiamoca.org/mal-vincent-presents.

This week in Mal’s World, as Mal Vincent opens his 3-movie film festival, Gems from the Golden Age at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art in Virginia Beach, he shares a bit of his chance meeting with Hollywood legend Katharine Hepburn. How did he end up with one of her shoes? The premiere film in the series is Desk Set, stars Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. For more information visit http://www.virginiamoca.org/mal-vincent-presents.

Known for her roles in the 80’s teen films “The Breaksfast Club,” “Sixteen Candles,” and “Pretty In Pink,” Molly Ringwald takes the stage in Hampton an evening of jazz. This week in Mal’s World, Mal Vincent spoke with the actress/singer about her upcoming performance at The American Theatre in Phoebus. He’ll reveal how the Golden Globe-nominated actress began performing with her jazz pianist father as a child, what led to her teenage acting career, and what brought her back to music. For more information on this weekend’s performance visit, https://www.hamptonarts.net/events/detail/an-evening-with-molly-ringwald

This week in Mal’s World, we hear what Mal Vincent thinks of Broadway’s “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” now showing at Chrysler Hall in Norfolk, through Sunday, March 18th. How does the singer-actress, Sarah Bockel, who does most of the singing in the title role, fill the voice of the icon? Mal also takes a look at whether shows like this are more “Jukebox Musicals” than theatrical performances. For more information visit: http://broadwaynorfolk.com/beautiful-the-carole-king-musical/

Norfolk native, Dorothy Jacqueline Keely, better known as Grammy Award-winning American jazz and pop music singer, Keely Smith, died this past December 2017. Smith performed and recorded in the 1950s with then-husband Louis Prima, and throughout the 1960s as a solo performer. This week in Mal’s World, Mal Vincent recalls knowing the singer, how she got discovered by Prima in Virginia Beach, and where she enjoyed coming back home to visit.

This Sunday, the 90th Annual Academy Awards will take place in Hollywood and this week in Mal’s World, Mal Vincent once again predicts who he thinks will take home an Oscar in the major categories: Best Supporting Actor/Actress, Best Actor/Actress, and Best Picture. Mal also shares a few behind-the-scenes facts about the production of the annual event, this year hosted again by Jimmy Kimmel.

This week in Mal’s World, granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst, Patty Hearst, whose kidnapping case, conviction and controversy made headlines in the late 70’s, is back in the news after a new book and documentary about the famous case. This week, Mal Vincent recalls the time he interviewed Patty Hearst when she stepped into an acting role for the 1990 film, Cry Baby, starring Johnny Depp.

This week in Mal's World, with the reopening of the Natalie Wood death investigation, Mal Vincent reflects on the times he met the film star who drowned in 1981. Also, find out about why she was in the Hampton Roads area just days before she died.

This week in Mal’s World, Mal Vincent recalls his meeting with Liza Minnelli, star of the film, Cabaret. It’s one of the movies presented by the Virginia Festival of Jewish Film, JANUARY 20 – 28, 2018 at the Naro Theatre in Norfolk. You might even hear Mal sing a line, or two! For more information on the festival and other films being featured, visit http://www.simonfamilyjcc.org/culture-enrichment/virginia-festival-of-jewish-film/

This week in Mal’s World, for more than 50 years, movie reviewer and critic Mal Vincent has produced his annual “Top 10 Film List” of the year. How many of the films of 2017 have you seen? Independent films are filling the bill for award nominations this year and Mal gives you a rundown of the movies he thinks are the top contenders.

The annual Golden Globe Awards airs this Sunday on NBC. This week in Mal's world, Mal tells us about the times he's attended the awards, how it's changed over the years, and he reveals the secret as to how he was able to interview every star at the events and during the ceremony!

This week in Mal’s World, Mal takes us to the Kennedy Center where “American In Paris” runs through January 7, 2018. Featuring the music of George and Ira Gershwin, the musical features a stunning combination of classic music, a timeless story, and breathtaking dance. Mal fills us in on why the stage version inspired by the award-winning film is just as grand and a site to see. For more information on the Kennedy Center performances, visit http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/TSTSC.

This week in Mal’s World, with the release of Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi, Mal Vincent recalls the very first public showing he attended of the first Star Wars film in 1977. What was it like to interview the “big three”—Hamil, Fisher, and Ford? Find out as Mal takes you to a memory, far, far away.

This week in Mal’s World, the year was 1965 and Mal Vincent got his first big break as his future unfolded as a film critic. The film he reviewed was shown for nearly two and a half years at a Norfolk theatre. It’s a record held to this day for the longest-running feature film release on one screen. A stage version of The Sound of Music runs at Chrysler Hall December 15th – 17th. For more information visit http://www.sevenvenues.com/events/detail/rodgers-hammersteins-the-sound-of-music.