EAST CALAIS – How fortuitous that two equally matched geniuses, William S. Gilbert (1836-1911) and Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900), even met and then worked together for twenty five years from 1871 to 1896 and wrote some fourteen light operettes that still continue to delight us today with their playful lyrics and[Read More…]
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Beckett play combines pathos, humor at Unadilla
EAST CALAIS – A short play, “Krapp’s Last Tape,” by Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), was featured at the Unadilla Theatre for the past two weekends. In this solo performance, Vince Rossano was excellent as an old man in his eighties playing a recording on a tape reel he had made forty[Read More…]
“The Addams Family Musical” explores deeper meanings of love and marriage
HYDE PARK–The Lamoille County Players are currently performing the highly-entertaining musical comedy, “The Addams Family Musical,” at the Hyde Park Opera House, with a superlative cast who combine beautiful voices with professional acting skills. Inspired by the hilarious cartoons of Charles Addams that appeared for decades in the New Yorker[Read More…]
“Hamlet,” as good as Shakespeare gets
PLAINFIELD – “Hamlet,” the first of three Shakespeare plays to be presented in the Green Mountain Shakespeare Festival this summer, was performed last weekend by the Plainfield Little Theater at the Plainfield Town Hall Opera House, under the excellent direction of Tom Blachly. This work has a number of antecedents[Read More…]
LCP present “The Addams Family Musical”
HYDE PARK – The Lamoille County Players’ 74th season continues with “The Addams Family Musical.” Performances run June 19 to 21 and June 26 to 28. Evening shows are at 7 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. matinees on Sundays. Co-director Julia Frohn observes, “With great songs and dances, ‘The[Read More…]
“Mary Poppins” production was enjoyable
GREENSBORO – Usually plays get turned into movies, but “Mary Poppins” followed the opposite sequence, as a classic Disney film turned into a hit Broadway musical. It first came out in 1964 with music by Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman, based on books by P.L. Travers, with Julie Andrews[Read More…]
Drama club gives enthusiastic “Peter Pan” performance
GREENSBORO, CRAFTSBURY – The Craftsbury Academy Drama Club gave a very enthusiastic performance of “Peter Pan, A New Musical Adaptation,” created, directed and choreographed by Taryn Noelle, at the Highland Center for the Arts, Thursday, May 7, and Friday, May 8, to near-capacity audiences. This play was first performed in[Read More…]
Opera Vermont performs “La Cenerentola” at BOH, May 23
BARRE – Opera Vermont performs Gioachino Rossini’s “La Cenerentola,” Saturday, May 23, at 7:30 p.m. This take on the Cinderella story has been designed for opera aficionados, as well as families and first-time opera-goers. Opera Vermont Artistic Director Joshua Collier sets the production of “La Cenerentola” in a bright, “Seussian-esque” universe of bold color,[Read More…]
LCP hold auditions for “California Suite,” June 6, 7
HYDE PARK – The Lamoille County Players will hold auditions for “California Suite: on June 6 and June 7 at the Hyde Park Opera House. A play comprising four vignettes, “California Suite” follows four groups as they each visit suite 203-204 of the Beverly Hills Hotel. Each act is its[Read More…]
Shakespeare season begins June 18
PLAINFIELD – The Green Mountain Shakespeare Festival kicks off its second season with a production of “Hamlet,” by William Shakespeare, directed by Tom Blachly. Fergus Ryan will star in the production at the Plainfield Town Hall Opera House, 18 High Street, Plainfield, June 18, 19, 20, 25, 26 and 27[Read More…]
“Quest” an ambitious play with huge cast
CABOT – The Cabot Community Theatre gave five stagings of a very ambitious play last week at the Cabot School Performing Arts Center, divided into two acts with five scenes in the first half and four scenes in the second half, involving a huge cast of four dozen children and adults.[Read More…]
Live “Punch” show, May 16, 17
HARDWICK – Modern Times Theater Presents “The Perils of Mr. Punch” at The Civic StandardSaturday, May 16, and Sunday May 17, at 1 p.m. The hand puppets are created from up-cycled designer trash and performed in a puppet stage. The show is hosted by Rose Friedman. Justin Lander portrays all[Read More…]
