Review: GREASE at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
What did our critic think of GREASE at Seacoast Repertory Theatre?…
The Music Hall
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
Literary in the Lounge: Paul Doiron with Storm Tide
Edgar Award-nominated author Paul Doiron visits The Music Hall Lounge to discuss his new book, Storm Tide, the sixteenth installment in his Mike Bowditch series....
An Evening with David Sedaris
David Sedaris, a best-selling author and humorist known for his sharp wit and keen observations, will take the stage at The Music Hall on July...
A MATTER OF COMPLEXION
Tess Chakkalakal presents her new book, A MATTER OF COMPLEXION, which provides the first comprehensive biography of Charles W. Chesnutt, the first Black writer to...
Chip Leighton with WHAT TIME IS NOON
Chip Leighton, the viral TikTok creator behind “Texts from my College Freshman,” brings his debut collection, WHAT TIME IS NOON, to The Music Hall Lounge...
PLAYGROUND
Richard Powers, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory, presents his highly anticipated novel, PLAYGROUND, at The Music Hall as part of the Writers on a...
Richard Powers with Playground
Richard Powers, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author known for works like The Overstory, presents his new novel Playground in a literary conversation at The Music Hall....
A Joyful Juneteenth Celebration with N’Kenge
A collaboration with Black Heritage Trail of NH and part of their Juneteenth celebration.NKenge is an international award-winning singer and performer with a musical range...
Crazy World
Cornelius Productions, LLC presents Crazy WorldIn Two Acts a One-Woman Musical Review Inspired by the Life of Julie AndrewsThe year is 1995. Julie Andrews is...
ELF THE MUSICAL
Elf The Musical is the hilarious tale of Buddy, a young orphan child who mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported back...
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Presented by Ogunquit Playhouse at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, NH The holidays are the perfect time to enjoy this enchanting classic fairytale! Be swept...
A Night in Paris
Join us for a night of romance on Valentine’s Day, featuring our favorite new band, the Gaudy Baubles, and their marvelous chanteuse, Renee. Escape to...
Melancholia
With several nominations and awards (including best actress at Cannes for Kirsten Dunst and a Palme d’Or nomination) already under its belt, Melancholia is the...
Skyler and The Band of Thieves
Skyler has been bouncing between Maine and Nashville for six months now and is finally in the seacoast area long enough to play a hometown...
Margin Call
An entangling thriller involving the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis....
The Capitol Steps
The Housing Partnership Presents: Straight from D.C. the comic troupe of former congressional-staffers-turned-comedians return to Portsmouth for a 14th annual concert supporting affordable housing development....
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Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella Wilcox Main Stage, Prescott Park Arts Festival (6/19-8/09) |
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Don Jovi Claremont Opera House (9/26-9/26) |
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'A Splash of Improv' Players Ring (8/14-8/15) |
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Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue - Ages 18+ The Music Hall-NH (10/08-10/08) |
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Ken Burns Presents JACKIE ROBINSON – special fundraiser for The Park – Sun Aug, 9, 4pm The Park Theatre (8/09-8/09) |
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Viva Las Elvis Claremont Opera House (9/19-9/19) |
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FIELD OF DREAMS (1989) – Special Screening with Q&A – Aug 14, 6:30pm The Park Theatre (8/14-8/14) |
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Doctor Dolittle The Park Theatre (8/30-8/30) |
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Comedian Bob Marley Claremont Opera House (9/18-9/18) |
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Blizzard of Ozz Claremont Opera House (9/12-9/12) |