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Scarborough Theatre Company brings its joyous new production of Betty Blues Eyes to the town’s Stephen Joseph Theatre next month. Learn more about the production and find out how to get tickets here!

Milan Records today releases OVER THE MOON (MUSIC FROM THE NETFLIX FILM), an album of music featured in Netflix’s event animated film. 

The album of music from Netflix's film Over the Moon will be released on October 23.

After seeing her show at 54 Below, Chris Struck set up an interview with Helen Park to discuss KPOP, a high energy musical destined for Broadway!

Investigative reporter Beth Macy discusses her acclaimed new book, DOPESICK: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America, an inside account of today's opioid crisis, as part of The Music Hall's Innovation + Leadership series.This revelatory and compassionate work has been heralded by The New York Times, Boston Globe, and by authors and health care professionals across the country as an unforgettable portrait of families and first responders, of individuals and communities impacted by the crisis. It offers an honest assessment of the epidemic and possible solutions for slowing, even stopping, it. The hour-long event includes a presentation by the author and Q&A moderated by Chris Curtis, Film and Outreach Manager at the Music Hall.

Investigative reporter Beth Macy discusses her acclaimed new book, DOPESICK: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America, an inside account of today's opioid crisis, as part of The Music Hall's Innovation + Leadership series.This revelatory and compassionate work has been heralded by The New York Times, Boston Globe, and by authors and health care professionals across the country as an unforgettable portrait of families and first responders, of individuals and communities impacted by the crisis. It offers an honest assessment of the epidemic and possible solutions for slowing, even stopping, it. The hour-long event includes a presentation by the author and Q&A moderated by Chris Curtis, Film and Outreach Manager at the Music Hall.

On Tuesday, August 21, investigative reporter Beth Macy will visit The Music Hall as part of its Innovation + Leadership series to discuss her inside account of today's opioid crisis, DOPESICK: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America.  The book has been heralded in the press as an unforgettable portrait of families and first responders on the front lines that offers an honest assessment of the epidemic and possible solutions for slowing, even stopping, it.  

Taffety Punk Theatre Company's Bootleg Shakespeare production HENRY VI, PART 3 is performance without a net - exciting, dangerous, riveting, and raw. Bootleg Shakespeare isn't designed to be polished or perfect, it's designed to be fresh and immediate. And it delivered. What's more amazing? The actors arrived at 10:00 am Monday with roles assigned and lines memorized. That's it. Working together under the direction of Taffety Punk Artistic Director Marcus Kyd, over the next few hours the 32 actors DIY'ed the production and were on stage in front of an audience at 7:30 pm. There were minimal props, lights, and costumes-but the red and white paper lapel flowers told us exactly what we needed to know when every epic battle scene and every word of Shakespeare's text was performed.

The European Premiere of The Gulf by Audrey Cefaly is an honest representation of the challenges all relationships can endure, no matter the sexuality. It looks at two women on a small fishing boat in the Gulf of Mexico and what makes their relationship tick.

Threshold Stage Company Presents 'The Clean House' By Sarah Ruhl, Directed by A. Nora Long at Star Theatre at the Kittery Community Center, April 13th - April 29th, 2017

Madeline Joey Rose's solid research and attention to detail set her solo play apart from the myriad of others that have tried to introduce typical theatergoers to cultures (especially religious ones) that might be less familiar to them.

The European Premiere of The Gulf by Audrey Cefaly is an honest representation of the challenges all relationships can endure, no matter the sexuality. It looks at two women on a small fishing boat in the Gulf of Mexico and what makes their relationship tick.

Published in 1895 by Heinemann UK, H. G. Wells' beloved tale of time travel launched his reputation as the father of science fiction and coined the now popular concept of a time machine. Originally written as a serial frame narrative, the Time Traveller begins his story of adventures 800,000 years into the future with the simple words, I've had a most amazing time

The newly formed Orchard Theatre of Texas (OTX) is proud to present the World Premiere of Spirit of the Trail, a musical celebration of the heart and soul of the legendary Chisholm Trail, whose 150th anniversary is being celebrated this year in cities throughout Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. Spirit of the Trail will open on Thursday June 1 at the Cowgirl Hall of Fame and Museum. Beginning June 8, the show will start a 5-week run at the Cowboy Hall of Fame and Museum in the historic Fort Worth Stockyards, where it will play Thursdays through Sundays through July 9.

Celebrated author Nicholson Baker comes to town with his New York Times bestseller, SUBSTITUTE: Going to School With a Thousand Kids. In this work of narrative nonfiction, Baker takes on the topic of education, recounting 28 days of a spring semester he spent as a substitute teacher in Maine public schools. SUBSTITUTE expresses outrage, humor, and empathy as it delves into the world of curiosity and learning, in his most impressive work of nonfiction yet.  

Faction of Fools Theatre Company presents William Shakespeare's THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, pairing heightened text with heightened physical comedy in the style of Commedia dell'Arte. One of Shakespeare's most rich and intricate plays is also one of his most controversial, as it explores a burgeoning merchant class and what happens when things get personal. By utilizing masks and physical characterizations from Commedia dell'Arte, Faction of Fools puts the comedy back into the text, allowing the tragic junctures to cut all the more profoundly. Performances run November 18th - December 11th, 2016 in the Eastman Studio Theatre at Gallaudet University.

On Thursday, November 3, The Music Hall's Innovation and Leadership series will present New York Times-bestselling author Nicholson Baker. Mr. Baker is the author of ten novels and five works of nonfiction, including The Anthologist, The Mezzanine, and Human Smoke. In his most recent work, SUBSTITUTE: Going to School With a Thousand Kids, Baker takes on the topic of education, recounting 28 days of the spring semester he spent as a substitute teacher in Maine public schools. His observations will astound parents and teachers alike.

The secret is out: six diverse, original films with international casts of both seasoned actors and fresh new faces, directed by some of the world's most acclaimed filmmakers, are coming to The Music Hall's Telluride by the Sea Festival in Portsmouth, New Hampshire-transforming the charming Seacoast town into a mecca for cinephiles for three exciting days, Today, September 16 - Sunday, September 18, 2016.

The secret is out: six diverse, original films with international casts of both seasoned actors and fresh new faces, directed by some of the world's most acclaimed filmmakers, are coming to The Music Hall's Telluride by the Sea Festival in Portsmouth, New Hampshire-transforming the charming Seacoast town into a mecca for cinephiles for three exciting days, Friday, September 16 - Sunday, September 18, 2016.