Review: GREEN DAY'S AMERICAN IDIOT at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
'Time of Your Life' is a memorable tune. It was the graduation song, the goodbye song, the song that seemed to be everywhere in the late 1990s and early 2000s.…
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Review: GREASE at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
What did our critic think of GREASE at Seacoast Repertory Theatre?…
Review: CINDERELLA at Prescott Park
An evening in Prescott Park fits perfectly like the glass slipper in 'Cinderella.'…
Review: GODSPELL at Break A Leg Legally
It is only fitting, then, that Break a Leg Legally should deliver a production that feels so profoundly inclusive, energetic, and thoroughly joyful in The Strand theater in Dover.…
Review: MEAN GIRLS at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
Based on Tina Fey's (of Saturday Night Live fame) wildly popular 2004 film, Mean Girls wisely embraces what made the original such a phenomenon while bringing enough energy and personality to succeed on stage. Like many movie adaptations, however, it occasionally struggles to escape comparisons to t…
Review: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT at Rochester Opera House
Among the heavy hitters of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice catalog, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat doesn’t always carry the same somber weight as Phantom of the Opera or Jesus Christ Superstar. That’s likely because Webber originally penned it at the tender age of 20 as a mode…
Review: THE CHILDREN at The Players' Ring
What starts as a casual catch-up among old colleagues spirals into something much heavier, darker, and deeply haunting in Lucy Kirkwood’s The Children, now playing at the Players’ Ring in Portsmouth. In the famously intimate confines of the Ring—where the actors are often close enough to breat…
Review: ALTAR BOYZ at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
At Seacoast Repertory Theatre, the current production of Altar Boyz plays less like a traditional musical and more like a full-on concert experience—loud, fast, and packed with driving beats and body-bending choreography.t did our critic think of ALTAR BOYZ at Seacoast Repertory Theatre?…
Review: THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
There is something immediately disarming about “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” It doesn’t arrive with spectacle or grand stakes; there are no sweeping romances or life-or-death consequences. Instead, it gives you a handful of awkward kids, a gymnasium, and a spelling competition.…
Review: DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
There’s one thing that the Seacoast Repertory Theatre knows how to do very well. It’s transforming their intimate, brick-walled space in Portsmouth into a world that feels ten times its actual size. Their current production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels—the 2005 musical based on the Steve Martin/…
Past Shows
Jazz On a Sunday Afternoon
JOSA (Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon) is one of New England’s premier performing jazz series. Opera North is pleased to welcome them back to Blow-Me-Down Farm for a summer afternoon concert under the big-top tent. Don’t miss this unique musical experience replicating those “jazz...
Into the Woods
Steven Sondheim’s wildly popular musical invites you to escape into a fantastical fairytale adventure where wishes come true, but not free. Meet Jack and his cow, two wayward Princes, a Princess in a Tower, a Baker and his wife, Red Riding Hood, a Giant in the sky and a powerful...
Rigoletto
A passionate story of jealousy, vengeance and sacrifice, Rigoletto is one of Verdi’s most popular operas , featuring some of opera's most beloved and recognizable music, “La donna è mobile,” “Caro nome,” and “Questa o quella” to name just a few. Rigoletto is a jester at court...
Orpheus in the Underworld
The Can-Can! Moulin Rouge! Spoofing both mythology and the foibles of man. Offenbach’s smash-hit operetta is this summer’s hottest party in hell . Eurydice tired of bickering with annoying husband Orpheus, decides it might be fun to party with the Gods below and takes off with...
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel
Built on a story spun on a Maine summer in simpler times, Opera North’s production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel captures the longing of carnival barker Billy and millworker Julie pursuing their eternal love, even beyond the stars. Their timeless themes -- “If I Loved...
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'And Then There Were None Players Ring (10/23-11/15) |
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ALICE COOPER & ROB ZOMBIE TRIBUTE with East Coast Alice Band | Sat, Oct 31, 7:30pm | Happy Halloween! The Park Theatre (10/31-10/31) |
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THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING. Fri Nov 6, 6:30pm. A new date. The Park Theatre (11/06-11/06) |
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"Come From Away" Community Players of Concord (11/20-11/22) |
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THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1922) Silent film with Jeff Rapsis LIVE on the organ. Wed, Oct 28, 1:30pm The Park Theatre (10/28-10/28) |
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THE BAT WHISPERS (1930) Presented in the UCLA restoration of widescreen 65mm – Wed, Oct 28, 1:45pm The Park Theatre (10/28-10/28) |
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FRANK SANTOS The R-Rated Hypnotist! • Fri, Oct 30, 7:30pm The Park Theatre (10/30-10/30) |
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Johnny Folsom 4 Claremont Opera House (11/14-11/14) |
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MOBY DICK (1956) with Gregory Peck/Orson Welles – Melville Day – Sat, Nov 7, 6:30pm The Park Theatre (11/07-11/07) |
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THE BAT WHISPERS (1930) Presented in the UCLA restoration of widescreen 65mm – Wed, Oct 28, 1:45pm The Park Theatre (10/31-10/31) |
