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DANIEL SILVA

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Intimately Yours

SARAH MCLACHLAN

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NEW SHOWS ON SALE! This month, our “First Saturday” on sale event for members is Saturday, July 2. The following NEW shows go on sale to members at 10am for walk-up, at noon for phone and internet sales. Tickets on sale to non-members Saturday, July 16 at noon. To become a member, go online to themusichall.org, call (603) 766-2176 or email AHahalis@themusichall.org.

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NORE DAVIS

Sat., August 13 • 9pm • Loft • $20

VAUD & THE VILLAINS

Intimately Yours Fri., April 21, 2017 • 8pm • Historic Theater • $28; $34 The 18-piece 1930s New Orleans orchestra and cabaret show returns to The Music Hall! With echoes of Bruce Springsteen’s Seeger Band, they mine the rich soil of the American songbook- roots, traditional jazz, revival music, parlour music, gospel, zydeco, and folk. They are more than a genre bending musical/concert haymaker punch.

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PATTY LARKIN

Sat., August 20 • 8pm • Loft • $25 With 13 original albums to her credit, Patty redefines the boundaries of folk-urban pop music with her inventive guitar wizardry and uncompromising vocals and lyrics.

Fresh off his recent performance in New Faces Of Comedy Showcase at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, Nore Davis has cemented himself as a rising star in the world of comedy.

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Sun., August 21 • 1pm • Loft $19; $17 members; $15 for ages 18 and under

Thu., September 29 • 8pm • Loft • $22

ROMEO & JULIET

Reuniting the stars of his celebrated film of Cinderella, Kenneth Branagh directs Richard Madden and Lily James as Romeo and Juliet and Derek Jacobi as Mercutio, in Shakespeare's heartbreaking tale of forbidden love. **On sale Thu., July 7

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THE HANDSOME FAMILY

This husband-and-wife duo has been labeled both alt-country and traditionalist, but truthfully their often-dark music lies in a unique space somewhere in between, blending the sounds of traditional country and bluegrass into a more modern scenery.

*Includes reserved seat, book, bar beverage, author presentation, Q+A, and book signing meet-and-greet.

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AMOR TOWLES*

Tue., October 18 • 7pm • Loft • $41; $39 members Book: A Gentleman in Moscow ($27 hardcover) The New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility joins us with his transporting new novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel.

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MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND

Thu., November 10 • 7:30pm • Loft • $38.50

Like her band name implies, My Brightest Diamond’s Shara Worden delivers multi-faceted brilliance as she weaves together rock, opera, cabaret, chamber music, and choral elements.

Rental Partner Dan Smalls presents: GORDON LIGHTFOOT Tue., September 13 • 8pm • Historic Theater $49.25; $69.25; $79.25 • On Sale Now Community Partner Veterans Count presents: 13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI Wed., October 19 • 7pm • Historic Theater $30; Military & Veterans: $20; VIP: $50 On Sale Now

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LIVE ON STAGE JULY Writers on a new england stage.

Writers on a new england stage.

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Presented by The Music Hall & NH Public Radio

JUDY BLUME

DANIEL SILVA

Ticket includes a copy of her book (In The Unlikely Event; $15.95, paperback).

For each 1-2 tickets sold, the purchase of a book voucher (The Black Widow; $27.99, hardcover) is required.

Thu., July 14 • 7pm • Historic Theater • $29; $27 members

Don’t miss hearing from this best-loved American novelist about her latest bestselling novel for adults. Judy Blume has touched generations of readers with such celebrated books as Summer Sisters, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, and Wifey.

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The #1 New York Times bestselling author comes to town with his latest, a stunning new thriller of high stakes international intrigue featuring Gabriel Allon.

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THE MILK CARTON KIDS

Sat., July 16 • 8pm • Historic Theater • $20; $24 This Grammy-nominated harmony duo released their third album, Monterey in May 2015. As a refreshing alternative to the foot-stomping grandeur of the so-called “folk revival,” an understated virtuosity defines The Milk Carton Kids and their new album.

HOT SARDINES

Fri., July 29 • 8pm • Historic Theater • $28.50; $38.50; $43.50 Take a retro, hot jazz band with a great lead singer, add a little glamour, a little grit, a lot of passion, and you get a show that is “simply phenomenal.”

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SARAH MCLACHLAN

Thu., July 28 • 8pm • Historic Theater • $80.50; $118.50; $155.50 A three time Grammy Award winner with over 40 million albums sold worldwide and known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, she makes her Music Hall debut this summer.

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KAMASI WASHINGTON

Sat., July 30 • 8pm • Historic Theater • $29; $36 Kamasi has toured and recorded with the likes of Snoop Dogg, Raphael Saadiq, Kendrick Lamar, and Chaka Khan, to name a few. His groundbreaking solo album, The Epic, debuted at #1 on iTunes Jazz charts in the US, Canada, Australia, Russia, and UK. SERIES SPONSORS: EVENING SPONSORS: IOS Business Centers; Clear Eye Photo

LAUREN WEISBERGER

Wed., July 27 • 7pm • Loft

$40; $38 • Includes reserved seat, book (The Singles Game, $26, hardcover), bar beverage, author presentation, Q+A, and book signing meet-and-greet.

The bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada joins us with her latest – a dishy tell-all tennis tale based on Weisberger’s extensive research and behind-the-scenes interviews with Wimbledon and the US Open celebrities. Join us and the novel’s heroine - the beautiful tennis prodigy Charlie Silver - as we travel the globe in style!

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MARGO PRICE

Fri., July 8 • 8:30pm • Loft • $24 She has survived her share of trials and tragedies, but the Nashville up-and-comer understands that the best country music transforms such tribulation into triumph.

JOHN MORELAND

Thu., July 21 • 8pm • Loft • $12 A highly praised singer-songwriter with tunes on several episodes of Sons of Anarchy, and he was recently touted by Yahoo! Music as an “electrifying” guitarist/vocalist.

LIZ VICE

Sat., July 23 • 8pm • Loft • $18 With a love of storytelling, she has found herself going from working behind the scenes in the film and video world to behind the mic.

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MAMADOU KELLY

Fri., July 22 • 8pm • Loft • $12 Steeped in Mali’s rich musical history, Kelly’s lyrical style combines with his group’s virtuoso accompaniment to make it all sound so easy. The group includes legends, key members of Afel Bocoum’s band, Alkibar, and of the Ali Farka Toure Allstars.

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Film tickets: $11 Adults; $8 Seniors 60+, Students & Military*

DARK HORSE

PG • 1h 25m • UK 7/1, 7/2, 7/5, 7/6, 7/7 @ 7pm; 7/3 @ 3pm Set in a former mining village in Wales, the inspirational true story of a group of friends from a working men's club who decide to take on the elite 'sport of kings' and breed a racehorse. Raised on a slagheap allotment, their foal grows into an unlikely champion, beating the finest thoroughbreds in the land, before suffering a near fatal accident. Nursed back to health by the love of his owners, he makes a remarkable recovery, returning to the track for a heart-stopping comeback.

SING STREET

PG-13 • 1h 46m • UK 7/8, 7/9, 7/12, 7/13 @ 7pm; 7/10 @ 3pm The latest from writer/director John Carney (Once). 1980s Dublin seen through the eyes of a 14-year-old boy named Conor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) who is looking for a break from a home strained by his parents’ relationship and money troubles, while trying to adjust to his new inner-city public school where the kids are rough and the teachers are rougher.

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MAGGIE'S PLAN R • 1h 38m • US

7/15, 7/19, 7/21 @ 7pm ; 7/17 @ 3pm Greta Gerwig portrays Maggie Hardin, a vibrant and practical thirty-something New Yorker working at the New School who, without success in finding love, decides now is the time to have a child on her own.

But when she meets John Harding (Ethan Hawke), a "ficto-critical anthropologist" and struggling novelist, Maggie falls in love for the first time, and adjusts her plans for motherhood.

LOVE & FRIENDSHIP

PG • 1h 34m • Ireland 7/22, 7/23, 7/26, 7/27 @ 7pm; 7/24 @ 3pm From Whit Stillman (Metropolitan) comes this new Jane Austen adaptation with Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny. Beautiful young widow Lady Susan Vernon visits the estate of her in-laws to wait out the colourful rumours about her dalliances circulating through polite society. Whilst ensconced there, she decides to secure a husband for herself and a future for her eligible but reluctant daughter, Frederica. In doing so she attracts the simultaneous attentions of three men, complicating matters severely.

ELSTREE 1976

NR • 1h 40m • UK 7/31 @ 3pm; 8/2 @ 7pm In 1976, during the hottest summer on record, Star Wars was shot in suburban North London. Nobody involved had any idea how big the film would become, many couldn't even remember the title. Yet for the bit-part actors and extras, their faces hidden in masks and helmets, this seemingly insignificant job would go on to colour their lives even four decades later.

THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY

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PG-13 • 1h 48m • UK 7/1, 7/2, 7/3, 7/5, 7/6, 7/7 @ 7pm The true story of friendship that forever changed mathematics. In 1913, Srinivasa Ramanujan (Dev Patel), a self-taught Indian mathematics genius, traveled to Trinity College, Cambridge, where over the course of five years, he forged a bond with his mentor, the brilliant and eccentric professor, G.H. Hardy (Jeremy Irons), and fought against prejudice to reveal his mathematic genius to the world.

DHEEPAN

R • 1h 55m • France (subtitled) 7/9, 7/10, 7/12, 7/13, 7/14 @ 7pm Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, the new film from acclaimed director Jacques Audiard (A Prophet) is a gripping, human tale of survival. On the losing side of a civil war in Sri Lanka, a Tamil soldier poses as the husband and father of two other refugees in order to escape their ravaged homeland. A heartrending saga of three strangers united by circumstance and struggle, Dheepan is both a tour-de-force thriller and a powerful depiction of the immigrant experience. ,

THE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY

PG-13 • 1h 30 • US 7/15, 7/16, 7/17, 7/20 @ 7pm Follows the creation of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's most attended fashion exhibition in history, "China: Through The Looking Glass," an exploration of Chinese-inspired Western fashions by Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton. With unprecedented access, filmmaker Andrew Rossi captures the collusion of high fashion and celebrity at the Met Gala, one of the biggest global fashion events chaired every year by Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour.

THE WITNESS

NR • 1h 29m • US 7/24, 7/26, 7/28 @ 7pm On March 13, 1964, Kitty Genovese was repeatedly attacked on a street in Kew Gardens, Queens. Soon after, The New York Times published a front-page story asserting that 38 witnesses watched her being murdered from their apartment windows—and did nothing to help. The death of Kitty Genovese, 28, quickly became a symbol of urban apathy. This documentary follows the efforts of her brother Bill as he looks to uncover the truth buried beneath the story.

HOCKNEY

NR • 1h 52m • UK 7/29, 7/30, 7/31, 8/2, 8/3, 8/4 @ 7pm Hockney weaves together a portrait of the multifaceted artist from frank interviews with close friends and never before seen footage from his own personal archive. One of the great surviving icons of the 1960s, Hockney's career may have started with almost instant success but in private he has struggled with his art, relationships, and the tragedy of AIDS, making his optimism and sense of adventure truly uplifting.

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ON SCREEN JULY Film tickets: $11 Adults; $8 Seniors 60+, Students & Military*

New Series – Jack! with host Trevor Bartlett Schedule

Tue., 7/19 @ 7pm • Loft

7/19: Five Easy Pieces (1970) 8/16: Chinatown (1974) 9/20: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 10/25: Prizzi's Honor (1985) 11/15: As Good As It Gets (1997) 12/27: About Schmidt (2002)

FIVE EASY PIECES (1970) R • 1h 38m • USA

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By 1970 Nicholson had already established himself as a formidable character actor who was capable of nimbly swiping scenes out from under bigger-name leads, but it was Five Easy Pieces that proved he was a star. Jack's performance as temperamental dropout Bobby Dupea, a trained concert pianist desperate to escape the rigidity of his upbringing, is both vulgar and literate, caustic and caring. Landing him his first of many Oscar nominations, his work with this role rises to fully inhabit a difficult and abstract space that could be qualified interchangeably as deeply fragile or explosively unstable.

COMMUNITY

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Shadows Fall North: A Community Triumph Nearly 700 people came to see the premiere of Shadows Fall North at The Music Hall’s Historic Theater on May 26. Produced by UNH’s Center for the Humanities and Atlantic Media Productions, the film features the key players responsible for Portsmouth’s African Burying Ground memorial park, honoring the centuries-old souls discovered beneath city sidewalks more than a decade ago. A rallying cry to acknowledge untold stories of discrimination in Northern New England and set history straight, it brought the house to a standing ovation. “There’s a lot of love in the community for all of those responsible for the African Burying Ground project and for those who produced this film,” said The Music Hall’s Film and Outreach Coordinator Chris Curtis, adding, “The Music Hall is so proud of our long collaboration with the Memorial Committee.”

A post-film panel emphasized that these stories should be part of ongoing education efforts. “Our goal is to make the stories visible in whatever way we can,” said JerriAnne Boggis, historic activist and director of the Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail. “If it is not visible and seen, the history does not exist.”

The Music Hall audience evidenced a renewed sense of community as they continued their post-show conversations. “It was so moving to be in that beautiful theater and feel the collective response to the film happening in real time around us,” said Katie Umans, Assistant Director, Center for the Humanities, UNH. “It’s something I will not soon forget!”

Photo: Burt Feintuch, UNH English prof. & Director, Center for the Humanities UNH; Valerie Cunningham, historian & founder, Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail; JerriAnne Boggis, Dir., Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail; Brian & Nancy Vawter, Prod., Atlantic Media Productions; Jason Sokol, Associate Prof. of History, UNH, Chris Curtis, Music Hall Film & Outreach Coordinator.

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MEMBERS, SPONSORS. & MORE Celebrating our Season Sponsors!

As a nonprofit organization, The Music Hall relies on you, our members, and the generosity of the corporate community, to help underwrite our programs and operations each and every year. The anchor of our annual corporate support comes in large part from The Music Hall’s Season Sponsors.

As we launch the new season, we want to take a moment to celebrate our 2016-17 Season Sponsors: the River House restaurant, Carey & Giampa Realtors, and Portwalk Place. Together, these three local businesses have been Season Sponsors for a combined 13 years. Such longstanding partnerships provide the solid foundation from which The Music Hall can continue to serve audiences throughout the Seacoast for years to come.

To learn more about the River House, visit RiverHouse53Bow.com; Carey & Giampa Realtors, visit CareyandGiampa.com, or Portwalk Place, visit PortwalkPlace.com.

Members: Your benefits extend beyond the Box Office!

Many local businesses offer discounts to Music Hall members. Keep your membership card handy and take advantage of these discounts!

Ask at your favorite shop, restaurant, or other establishment. To see the full list, visit http://bit.ly/TMHmemberdiscounts

A Great Season of Directors Club events!

We want to thank our Directors Club members and our generous hosts for the recent string of highly successful gatherings. Directors Club events, open to members at the Patron level and above, are a great way to socialize with other supporters of the arts and be introduced to new places around the Seacoast.

Recently, Directors Club members enjoyed: • Traveling in style on a C&J bus to The Ogunquit Playhouse to watch the matinee performance of Anything Goes.

• An evening at the Atlantic Grill with small bites and beverages in souvenir cups.

• Contemporary Greek cuisine and cocktails at Tinos Greek Kitchen, the Galley Hatch’s new rooftop restaurant.

• Cocktails and hor d'oeuvres at Portsmouth’s newest rustic Italian Restaurant, Louie’s.

• A pre-show gathering at Martingale Wharf in preparation for Pink Martini.

• A post-show get together with Vaud and the Villains at The Friendly Toast.

• Socializing while making an impact at the Franklin Oyster House during the fall Oyster Happy Hour fundraiser (The Music Hall received 25 cents from every oyster sold!).

We’re lining up an exciting slate of Directors Club events for the fall, including exclusive experiences and festivities at a few spots you may not yet have visited.

We'll be kicking off the fall line-up with a night out on the Gundalow in September— be sure to watch your email for your invitation!

Interested in joining the Directors Club? Contact Alexis Hahalis at (603) 766-2176 or AHahalis@themusichall.org.

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Spotlight on The Milk Carton Kids

by Trevor Bartlett

Deputy Director of Programming Thérèse LaGamma spoke with The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan in anticipation of the award-winning duo’s performance on Saturday, July 16. Read on to learn why their beautiful folk-harmony has resonated with highly lauded music producer T Bone Burnett and with audiences worldwide—and why they can’t wait to play in The Music Hall’s Historic Theater.

THÉRÈSE LAGAMMA: Has music always been important to you? Did you always want to be a musician?

Joey Ryan: Growing up, our house was filled with the marquee artists of the 1960s and 1970s—Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Simon & Garfunkel, Neil Young—that’s who I internalized as being the gold standard. My mother sang in a folk duo in Berkeley, California, I learned to play some chords on her guitar, I studied clarinet and practiced every day. It wasn’t until the end of college that I developed a passion for songwriting and performing and started a little band.

TLG: You and Kenneth Pattengale retired your solo careers and became a duo in 2011.

What made you decide on the name The Milk Carton Kids?

JR: The name The Milk Carton Kids comes from the title of one of our own songs: “I don’t feel the pain I once did, one day it just vanished like a Milk Carton Kid.” It’s a somewhat odd metaphor that refers to the awkwardness of youth that goes away when you come of age— something that you are happy to see disappear.

TLG: A few years ago, music producer T Bone Burnett asked you to perform at an all-star concert in New York celebrating the folk music tradition at the heart of the Coen Brothers film, Inside Llewyn Davis. Was this a turning point in your career?

JR: Absolutely, this was the most consequential event of our career. A few weeks later, the movie came out, we got our first Grammy nomination, and then our 55-city tour sold out.

TLG: You’ve toured the world as a duo with minimal gear, just two guys with guitars and amazing folk harmony. What are your favorite types of venues?

JR: Well, I don’t want to seem pandering, but we love playing at historic theaters. Newer places can be acoustically perfect, but sometimes feel a little cold compared to the best rooms like the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee. Theaters in small cities that are cultural centers for their communities are our favorite places to play. It’s no accident that we are coming to The Music Hall in Portsmouth!

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In any consideration of the history of Hollywood's top leading men, there's one name that always dominates: Jack Nicholson. With a career spanning over half the time that movies have existed, he's brought a devilish grin and mischievous volatility to an extraordinary range of immediately recognizable roles. He's worked with some of the most iconic filmmakers in the industry, assembling a prodigious body of work across nearly every genre you could name. Holding the record for most Best Actor Oscar Nominations, he's also worked as a screenwriter, producer, and director, crafting a unique position as a creative force behind some of the silver screen's greatest critical successes.

Examining a sampling of his most noteworthy works, from his early boisterous maverick years to later performances of seasoned nuance and subtlety, we'll take a penetrating tour through the life, motivations, and misadventures of one of modern cinema's most significant and enduring personalities.

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About Trevor Bartlett

Once voted New Hampshire's Best Film Critic by NH Magazine, Trevor Bartlett is a regular contributor of movie reviews for The Sound News. He's worked in the Telluride (Colorado) Film Festival curatorial staff, and produced Portsmouth's Telluride by the Sea at The Music Hall for many years.

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AT A G LANCE July 2016

September 2016

The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series

Intimately Yours Bruce Hornsby

Friday, July 8 • 8:30pm

Monday, September 5 • 7pm

Margo Price

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Writers on a New England Stage Judy Blume

Thursday, July 14 • 7pm

Hilarity Adam Newman Thursday, September 8 • 8pm

Intimately Yours The Milk Carton Kids

Rental Partners Dan Smalls presents:

Saturday, July 16 • 8pm

Writers on a New England Stage Daniel Silva

Wednesday, July 20 • 7pm

The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series

Gordon Lightfoot

Tuesday, September 13 • 8pm Writers in the Loft Craig Johnson

Wednesday, September 14 • 7pm

John Moreland

Telluride by the Sea

Live @ The Loft Mamadou Kelly

Writers on a New England Stage Stephen Breyer

Thursday, July 21 • 8pm

Fri., September 16 - Sun., September 18

Friday, July 22 • 8pm

Thursday, September 29 • 7pm

The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series

The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series

Saturday, July 23 • 8pm

Thursday, September 29 • 8pm

Liz Vice

Writers in the Loft Lauren Weisberger

Wednesday, July 27 • 7pm

Intimately Yours An Intimate Performance by

Sarah McLachlan

Thursday, July 28 • 8pm

The Handsome Family

The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series

Tom Brosseau

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THE MUSIC HALL On Stage & On Screen

2016 - 2017 January 2017

Met @ The Music Hall Nabucco (Verdi)

Saturday, January 7 • 1pm

Met @ The Music Hall Roméo et Juliette (Gounod)

Saturday, January 21 • 1pm

February 2017 Met @ The Music Hall L’Amour de Loin (Saariaho)

Sunday, February 5 • 1pm

The Music Hall Presents Momix: Opus Cactus

Saturday, February 18 • 8pm Opera Connection Rusalka

Saturday, February 25 • 11:30am Met @ The Music Hall Rusalka (Dvořák)

Saturday, February 25 • 1pm

March 2017 Met @ The Music Hall La Traviata (Verdi)

Saturday, March 11 • 1pm

The Music Hall Presents The Ten Tenors

Sunday, March 12 • 4pm

Intimately Yours Hot Sardines

Opera Connection Tristan und Isolde

Intimately Yours Solas

Intimately Yours Kamasi Washington

Met @ The Music Hall Tristan und Isolde (Wagner)

The Music Hall Presents The Moth Mainstage

Writers on a New England Stage Jodi Picoult

Met @ The Music Hall Idomeneo (Mozart)

Friday, July 29 • 8pm

Saturday, July 30 • 8pm

August 2016 Intimately Yours Straight No Chaser

Wednesday, August 3 • 7:30pm

Intimately Yours An Evening with Lyle Lovett

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Thursday, August 4 • 8pm The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series

Air Traffic Controller

Saturday, August 6 • 8pm Hilarity Nore Davis

Saturday, August 13 • 9pm Innovation + Leadership Diana Nyad

Wednesday, August 17 • 7pm

Rental Partner Veterans Count presents: An

Evening with General David Petraeus Friday, August 19 • 7pm

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Saturday, August 20 • 8pm On Screen: The Kenneth Branagh Theater Co:

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Saturday, October 8 • 10:30am Saturday, October 8 • 12pm

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Friday, March 17 • 8pm Saturday, March 25 • 8pm Sunday, March 26 • 1pm

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Wednesday, October 19 • 7pm

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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Hand: Cuisines and Confessions

Opera Connection Don Giovanni

Intimately Yours Vaud & The Villains

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Saturday, October 22 • 11:30am Saturday, October 22 • 1pm

November 2016 The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series

My Brightest Diamond

Thursday, November 10 • 7:30pm Writers on a New England Stage Mario Batali

Sunday, November 20 • 4pm

December 2016 The Ogunquit Playhouse at The Music Hall Presents

Friday, April 21 • 8pm

Saturday, April 22 • 11:30am

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Saturday, April 22 • 1pm Hilarity Kathy Griffin

Saturday, April 29 • 7pm

May 2017 Met @ The Music Hall

Der Rosenkavalier (R. Strauss) Saturday, May 20 • 12:30pm

Disney's Beauty & The Beast November 30 - December 18 The Music Hall Presents

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Hilarity Juston McKinney's Last Laugh 2016

Thursday, December 29 • 8pm

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