Rufus Wainwright at The Jefferson Theater In Charlottesville

by | Mar 30, 2012 | MUSIC

Rufus Wainwright, the talented singer-songwriter with a penchant for operatic balladry and baroque pop gorgeousness, was in the central Virginia region very recently. He appeared at Charlottesville’s Jefferson Theater on Wednesday, March 21 in support of his soon-to-be-released seventh album, Out Of The Game, which will be released next month on Decca/Polydor and features production by Mark Ronson. Local photographer Chris Lacroix was in attendance at the Charlottesville show, and sent us some photographic evidence of what went down. Read on!


Rufus Wainwright, the talented singer-songwriter with a penchant for operatic balladry and baroque pop gorgeousness, was in the central Virginia region very recently. He appeared at Charlottesville’s Jefferson Theater on Wednesday, March 21 in support of his soon-to-be-released seventh album, Out Of The Game, which will be released next month on Decca/Polydor and features production by Mark Ronson. Local photographer Chris Lacroix was in attendance at the Charlottesville show, and sent us some photographic evidence of what went down. Read on!

For the full set of photos from the evening, click here.

Images by Chris Lacroix
Words by Andrew Necci

Marilyn Drew Necci

Marilyn Drew Necci

Former GayRVA editor-in-chief, RVA Magazine editor for print and web. Anxiety expert, proud trans woman, happily married.




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