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28 Chestnut Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801

Review: GODSPELL at Break A Leg Legally

Review: GODSPELL at Break A Leg Legally

by Dan Marois · June 22, 2026

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

Review: MEAN GIRLS at Seacoast Repertory Theatre

by Dan Marois · June 15, 2026

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

Review: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT at Rochester Opera House

by Dan Marois · May 11, 2026

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

Review: THE CHILDREN at The Players' Ring

by Dan Marois · May 10, 2026

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

Review: ALTAR BOYZ at Seacoast Repertory Theatre

by Dan Marois · April 29, 2026

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

Review: THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at Seacoast Repertory Theatre

by Dan Marois · April 14, 2026

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

Review: DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS at Seacoast Repertory Theatre

by Dan Marois · March 15, 2026

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

15 total · showing 1–10

Literary in the Lounge: Paul Doiron with Storm Tide

Jul 2

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. The novel follows Maine game warden Mike Bowditch as he investigates two seemingly unrelated murders tied together by...

An Evening with David Sedaris

Jul 13

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 13 for a night of laughter and insight. Audiences can expect a selection of new readings as well as a Q&A session and book signing...

A MATTER OF COMPLEXION

Feb 12

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 make significant inroads into the all-white literary world. On February 12, Chakkalakal will delve into Chesnutt's...

Chip Leighton with WHAT TIME IS NOON

Dec 5

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 on December 5. This event features a humorous exploration of the teenage years, blending relatable anecdotes with insightful...

PLAYGROUND

Oct 1

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 New England Stage series. This event features Powers discussing the intertwining lives of four characters on the...

Richard Powers with Playground

Oct 1

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. This event, part of the Writers on a New England Stage series, features Powers discussing his exploration of...

A Joyful Juneteenth Celebration with N’Kenge

A Joyful Juneteenth Celebration with N’Kenge

Jun 18

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 that spans 11 languages and includes genres that stretch from opera, gospel, and jazz to pop and musical...

Crazy World

Crazy World

Apr 25 – Apr 28, 2019

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 60 years old and, after a 35- year absence from the stage, is about to open the Broadway adaptation of her hit movie...

ELF THE MUSICAL

ELF THE MUSICAL

Nov 28 – Dec 16, 2018

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 to the North Pole. Unaware that he is actually human, Buddy’s enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to face the truth...

Disney's Beauty and the Beast

Disney's Beauty and the Beast

Nov 30 – Dec 18, 2016

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 into the romantic story of the Beast who could only be saved by love in this lavish Ogunquit Playhouse production based on...

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