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July 2014

PLUS The Ogunquit Playhouse at The Music Hall...

Broadway comes to the historic port!

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the left bank cabaret intimately yours

straight no chaser film matters

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driving miss daisy just announced

ron white & MORE! Season sponsorS

New shows on sale!

This month, our “First Saturday” on sale event for members is Saturday, July 5. The following NEW shows go on sale to members at 10am for walk-up, at noon for phone and internet sales. Get your tickets and enjoy refreshments! Tickets on sale to non-members Sat., July 19 at noon. To become a member, call (603) 766-2176 or email Lsaniuk@themusichall.org.

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Hilarity @ The Music Hall

Mon., Sept. 1 • 7:30pm Historic Theater • $65; $52; $45 Grammy Award winning artist Colbie Callait brings her sunny, optimistic, California style of music to The Music Hall with her third album All of You.

Sun., Oct. 5 • 7pm • Historic Theater This Grammy-nominated comedian first rose to fame as the cigar-smoking, scotch-drinking funnyman from the Blue Collar Comedy Tour and is now one of the most successful comedians in America.

Intimately Yours

Writers on a New England Stage:

Wed., Nov. 5 • 7:30pm Historic Theater • $48; $38 Back by popular demand!

Cuban-American Raul Malo, with a Roy Orbison voice, leads this country-rock band. Get your tickets early, their last performance sold out!

Tues., Oct. 14 • 7:30pm • Historic Theater • $13.25 The renowned naturalist and Pulitzer Prize winner visits with his new work on the evolution of human existence. Don’t miss hearing from this beloved Harvard professor emeritus and bestselling author.

COLBIE Callait

Ron White

E.O. WILSON

The Mavericks

The District Singer Songwriter Series

National Theater of London HD Broadcast:

Air Traffic Controller

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Sun., Sept. 7 • 1pm • Loft • $27.50 Terrible things breed in broken hearts. Helen McCrory (The Last of the Haussmans) takes the title role in Euripides’ powerful tragedy, directed by Carrie Cracknell.

Sat., Oct. 25 • 8pm Loft • $15 One of Boston’s finest indie bands, best known for their award winning song “You Know Me” brings their modern rock style to The Music Hall.

Rental Partner Kirschner Concerts presents Jeff Tweedy ON SALE NOW! Fri., July 25 • 8pm • Historic Theater • $55, $45 The Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the leader of rock band Wilco, embarks on a North American tour this summer, backed by a newly-formed band.

Rental Partner Townsquare Media presents Maureen Hancock: Postcards from Heaven Sat., Aug. 9 • 7pm • Historic Theater • VIP $65 (VIP tickets include premiere seating and post show meet & greet); $35; $30 Join Maureen as she delivers messages from your loved ones in spirit.

Using light-hearted humor, Hancock creates a celebration of life and memories during her event. Purchase of any ticket does not guarantee a reading.

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Left Bank Cabaret: Wondertwins (7/25)

Intimately Yours: Jackie Evancho (8/6)

...all these and many more!

Writers in the Loft: ESPN’S Matthew Berry (8/19)

Hilarity: Miss Richfield 1981 (8/24)

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Live on stage July “Outstanding...

Exciting and energetic...

Jenkins is gifted, infectious and positively irresistible” – Portland Press Herald

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The Ogunquit Playhouse at The Music Hall presents:

Broadway comes to the historic port!

Buddy: The Buddy holly story

Wednesday, July 9 - Sunday, July 13 • Historic Theater Excitement is mounting for the toe-tapping, hand-clapping, rock & roll musical that has captivated audiences worldwide and now this Broadway show is coming to The Music Hall’s Historic Theater. The show tells the story of Buddy Holly’s meteoric rise to the top of the record charts during the golden days of rock ‘n’ roll. Starring Kurt Jenkins, who reprises his starring role as Buddy in Portsmouth.

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Sue Miller Tuesday, July 1 • 7pm • Loft • $40 Includes reserved seat, book (The Arsonist, hardcover, $25.95), bar beverage, author presentation, Q+A, and book signing meet-and-greet The bestselling author of The Good Mother and The Senator’s Wife joins us with her new novel about a New Hampshire summer community shaken by arson. Suspenseful, sophisticated, rich in psychological nuance and emotional insight, The Arsonist is vintage Sue Miller. “...for the beach or the vacation trip... you’ll like The Arsonist” — BOSTON GLOBE SERIES SPONSOR: Like us on Facebook & follow us Twitter!

Straight no chaser Tuesday, July 15 • 7:30pm • Historic Theater • $68; $59; $35 This is not your grandfather’s a cappella group! These singers are the real deal; the captivating sound of ten unadulterated voices coming together to make extraordinary music with both heart and a sense of humor.

SERIES SPONSORS: EVENING SPONSORS:

Clear Eye Photo; Piscataqua Savings Bank TheMusicHall.org

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Live on stage July The series takes its name from Portsmouth’s location on the left bank of the Piscataqua River. The Music Hall Loft will transform into a European-inspired nightclub with intimate table seating; luxe interiors; and a superior array of wine, craft beers, signature cocktails, and upscale treats.

Wondertwins Friday, July 25 • 8pm • Loft • $25

Ute Gfrerer Saturday, July 26 • 8pm • Loft • $38

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Identical twins Billy and Bobby McClain, six-time winners of Amateur Night at the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem, have performed at dance festivals worldwide. Don’t miss their trademark hip-hop, robopop dance, and gentlemanly airs!

Join the Austrian-born chanteuse and her talented accompanist William Merrill for a new program, “From Austria, with Love.”

With music by Kurt Weill, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Oscar Hammerstein, and more, she will share her unique, authentic, and humorous world view.

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Patrick Dorow’s PIANO ROOM Wednesday, July 30 • 8pm • Loft • $14 For more than a decade, the “Piano Room” at Patrick Dorow’s family home has hosted talented and accomplished musicians from around the country — a soulful hub for musical collaboration. This intimate room now moves to the Left Bank Cabaret. Join us for an evening of Broadway favorites and Billboard top hits.

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locke

R • 85min • UK

6/27, 6/28, 7/1 @ 7pm • 6/29 @ 4pm

Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy) has dedicated himself to the job he loves and the family he adores. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his family, job, and soul. All taking place over the course of one absolutely riveting car ride.

“Moment by moment, with a twitch, a shudder, a look, it’s Mr. Hardy who movingly draws you in, turning a stranger’s face into a life.” — New York Times

fading gigolo R • 90min • USA 7/18, 7/22, 7/23 @ 7pm • 7/20 @ 4pm

Fioravante (John Turturro, who also wrote and directed) decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray (Woody Allen). With Murray acting as his “manager”, the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money.

“John Turturro brings sensitivity and intelligence to this wryly observant dramedy.”

— Variety

the immigrant

R • 120min • USA

7/26, 7/27, 7/29, 7/30, 7/31 @ 7pm • 7/26 @ 4pm

Two sisters, immigrants to New York from their native Poland in search of the American Dream, face both the charming but wicked and the hope for a brighter future. Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Renner star in the latest from writer-director James Gray (Two Lovers).

“It has a depth and purity of feeling that makes other movies feel timid and small by comparison.” — New York Times

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Finding vivian maier NR • 83min • USA 6/27, 7/2, 7/3 @ 7pm • 6/28 @ 4pm Who is Vivian Maier? Now considered one of the 20th century’s greatest street photographers, Vivian Maier was a mysterious nanny who secretly took over 100,000 photographs that went unseen during her lifetime. Maier’s strange and riveting life and art are revealed through never-before-seen photographs, films, and interviews with dozens who thought they knew her. Sponsor: Drift Contemporary Art Gallery watermark PG • 92min • CAN 7/5, 7/8 @ 7pm (subtitled)

This documentary brings together diverse stories from around the globe about our relationship with water: how we are drawn to it, what we learn from it, how we use it and the consequences of that use. In stunning HD and full of soaring aerial shots, this film shows water as a terraforming element and the magnitude of our need and use.

palo alto R • 100min • USA 7/11, 7/15, 7/16, 7/17 @ 7pm

Shy, sensitive April (Emma Roberts) is a popular soccer player and babysitter for her single-dad coach, Mr. B. (James Franco). Teddy (Jack Kilmer) is an introspective artist whose best friend Fred (Nat Wolff ) is an unpredictable live wire. Gia Coppola’s directorial debut based on James Franco’s short stories.

Film event key: @ Historic Theater @ Music hall Loft

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we are the best!

NR • 102min • SWEDEN

7/18, 7/19, 7/20 @ 7pm

(subtitled) Lukas Moodysson’s adaptation of his wife Coco’s graphic novel about three young misfits growing up in early ‘80s Stockholm. Klara and her best friend Bobo are 13-year-old rebels forming an all-girl punk band and recruit their shy, classical guitar-playing schoolmate, Hedvig, as the third wheel.

an american in paris

PG • 113min • USA

7/31 @ 7pm

One of the greatest, and most celebrated of MGM’s 1950’s musicals, with Gershwin lyrics and score, lavish sets and costumes, Technicolor cinematography, and a romantic love story. Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron star in this winner of 6 Oscars, including Best Picture.

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on sCREEN July FED UP PG • 92min • US Thurs., July 17 @ 7pm • Historic Theater For the past 30 years, everything we thought we knew about food and exercise is dead wrong. Fed Up is the film the food industry doesn’t want you to see. From Katie Couric, Laurie David (Oscar winning producer of An Inconvenient Truth) and director Stephanie Soechtig, this Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winner might change the way you eat forever. Post-film panel discussion with local food and nutrition experts, and UNH professors.

100: Head/Heart/Feet NR • 104min • USA

Thurs., July 24 @ 7pm • Historic Theater

SERIES SPONSORS: Allergy Associates of New Hampshire; Rudi’s Portsmouth; NH Gazette; PortsmouthNH.com; RAM Printing; News Radio 96.7

If you thought a 26.2 mile marathon was tough, lace up your running shoes for a journey into the world of Ultrarunning. Some call them adventure racers, extreme endurance athletes, or just plain crazy as they prepare to run a 100-mile race in a 30-hour time limit. This documentary film follows Ultrarunner Zak Wieluns as he attempts to run The Vermont 100 Endurance Race, one of the original 100 mile runs. The story explores Zak’s intensive training regiment, its impact on his relationships, and the motivations for participating in this grueling race. Post-film panel discussion with Zak & the filmmakers.

EVENING SPONSOR: Exeter Hospital

SERIES SPONSORS: Cocked Hat Ventures; RAM Printing; The Wire; WSCA 106.1FM Portsmouth Community Radio

driving miss daisy PG • 93min • US Sat., July 19 @ 3:30pm • Historic Theater

hd broadcast

Two of the world’s greatest living actors- five-time Tony Award and threetime Academy Award nominee Angela Lansbury and two-time Tony Award winner and Academy Award winner James Earl Jones star in an HD Broadcast of Alfred Uhry’s Pulitzer–Prize winning play Driving Miss Daisy. This is the story of the long relationship between an elderly Southern Jewish woman, Daisy Werthan, and her compassionate African-American chauffeur, Hoke Colburn.

Their iconic tale of pride, changing times and the transformative power of friendship has warmed hearts worldwide.

SERIES SPONSORS: New Hampshire Public Television

explore + Learn

An Inspiring Encounter On June 29, girls from Arts In Reach, one of The Music Hall’s Explore + Learn partners, had the opportunity to meet with the members of the Grammy Award-winning La Santa Cecilia (at left) and speak with them about their music, the musician’s life, and some of the struggles the artists overcame to get where they are today! The girls then went out to dinner and returned for the band’s show at the Loft. The artist meet & greet and tickets to the show were made possible thanks to Jane’s Trust support of Explore + Learn at The Music Hall.

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Photo: Jasmin Hunter

Photo: David Murray/Clear Eye Photo

Members, Sponsors & more!

Host an Opera Box Reception!

A Fantastic Night of Wine Tasting

Entertain clients, friends, or colleagues with an Opera Box Reception before a show at The Music Hall. Your reception includes:

Thank you to all who joined us at The Music Hall Wine Club tasting.

It was a great night at the beautifully renovated Hotel Portsmouth, with delicious food provided by Demeters Steakhouse and great wines donated by Global Wine Cellars. To learn more about the fantastic wines in The Music Hall Wine Club and how to join, visit the wine club website: www.tmhwineclub.com

• Complimentary bottle of champagne • Hors d’oeuvres provided by RADICI Restaurant • Reception for up to 15 people For more information, including pricing, contact Christine Penney, Deputy Director of Development (603) 766-2177

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The Gala

Saturday, November 15 The Music Hall

Mark your calendars!

Sat., November 15 at The Music Hall

Photo: David Murray/Clear Eye Photo

Join us for our annual Gala benefit, a fundraiser for The Music Hall.

Enjoy signature cocktails, gourmet hors d’oeuvres, an auction, music, and dancing!

Watch for more information to be announced.

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HD Broadcast Driving Miss Daisy 3:30pm Extraordinary Cinema We Are The Best 7pm Rental Partner Cinnamon Rainbows Surf Company Presents The Endless Summer 7:30pm

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Historic Theater Box Office Hours: Monday - Saturday, noon - 6pm Film tickets: $10 Adults; $8 Seniors 60+, Students & Military

Show & Tell discussion follows the film

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Q&A: Kurt Jenkins, star of Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story The Music Hall can’t wait to welcome musical theater star Kurt Jenkins—cited as “gifted, infectious, and positively irresistible”

by The Portsmouth Herald. Kurt is taking time off from his role in Million Dollar Quartet in Chicago to reprise his starring role in Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story at The Historic Theater July 9-13. We caught up with him recently to talk about why Buddy’s story resonates across generations, and what makes the play so rewarding for performers and audiences alike.

What do you like best about playing the role of Buddy?

Playing Buddy is the most fun I’ve ever had on stage. The energy exchange between the cast and the audience is unlike anything else I’ve experienced! Plus, the music and the story of Buddy Holly is so rewarding to perform. I’m always discovering something new within his music.

What is your favorite musical number in the show, and why?

My favorite number in the show is “Not Fade Away.” Not only is it one of my favorite Buddy tunes, but it is attached to a pivotal point in the story. The Apollo Theatre back then was not the safest place for a couple of white kids from Texas, and both the scene and the song show the unbiased influence of music. It’s the moment when Buddy starts truly believing in himself and embodying the rock-star aura.

Why do we keep revisiting this era of musical history?

This era in music history resonates with our pioneering spirits—these were just a couple of kids making it up as they went along. All the early rockers were.

And without Buddy, rock and roll wouldn’t have been the same. The Beatles revered him. His guitar technique was hugely influential. He invented the “power trio” format that’s been used by so many classic bands from Cream to The Jimi Hendrix Experience and from Stevie Ray Vaughn to Rush.

What is it about Buddy’s personal story that resonates with people of all ages and all walks of life?

An underdog kid plays a hand in changing in the face of culture, rises to meteoric fame, and dies just as he’s hitting his prime. It’s a classic tragedy that’s perfect for storytelling. People relate to it first because of the music. Then you’re truly hooked when you get a glimpse of the passion and brains behind it all. If you’re of Buddy’s generation, then you can be a kid again. If you’re of my generation, then you’ll experience the most fun history lesson you’ll have all year. And kids will love it, too—just listen to the music. Buddy Holly and Miley Cyrus are singing about the same things, just packaged differently for their respective generations. Everyone should experience the music and the story of Buddy Holly.

New this summer! Left Bank Cabaret at the Loft

A favorite in HD: Driving Miss Daisy

See the Loft transformed into a European-style nightclub this summer! Our exciting new series, the Left Bank Cabaret, features intimate evenings with acclaimed international, national, and local musicians. “With intimate table seating, an array of craft cocktails, a mysterious host known as Monsieur Le Tuck Tuck, and more, the Left Bank Cabaret brings a fresh, new ambiance to The Music Hall and to Portsmouth,” says Executive Director Patricia Lynch. “Join us in a luxe cabaret environment for fun and stylish evenings.”

Front row viewing for a fraction of the Broadway ticket price! Don’t miss the amazing array of star power coming to the big screen of the Historic Theater on Saturday, July 19, when one of the most beloved stories of our time, Driving Miss Daisy, airs in HD at 3:30. It stars two of the world’s greatest living actors—five-time Tony Award winner and three-time Academy Award nominee Angela Lansbury and two-time Tony Award winner and Academy Award winner James Earl Jones— as well as four-time Tony Award winner Boyd Gaines.

The Left Bank Cabaret—named for the city of Portsmouth’s location on the left bank of the Piscataqua River—begins Thursday, July 25 with the gentlemanly airs and amazing footwork of hip-hop dancers WonderTwins, visiting from the Apollo Theater in Harlem; and ends Saturday, August 9, with sweet-voiced contemporary vocalist Taylor O’Donnell and her band. Among the other musical acts coming to the series are Austrian-born chanteuse Ute Gferer with on Saturday, July 26; Indie harpist/singer-songwriter Mikaela Davis and local favorite Clara Berry with her band Wooldog on Tuesday, July 29; Seacoast pianist Patrick Dorow bringing his musical family for Patrick Dorow’s Piano Room on Wednesday, July 30; and Grammy-nominated, former American Idol Judge Kara DioGuardi performing her greatest hits and sharing the stories behind them on Friday, August 1 and Saturday, August 2.

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Alfred Uhry’s 1988 Pulitzer–Prize winning play also won an Oscar for Best Picture in 1989. The play tells the affecting story of the decadeslong relationship between an elderly Southern Jewish woman, Daisy Werthan, and her compassionate African-American chauffeur, Hoke Colburn. Their iconic tale of pride, changing times, and the transformative power of friendship has warmed the hearts of millions worldwide. The on-screen broadcast was shot during the play’s Australian tour after sell-out seasons on Broadway and London’s West End. “Every playwright dreams of having a perfect rendition of his play last forever,” said playwright Alfred Uhry. “I am blessed to have it happen for me with this production of Driving Miss Daisy.”

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The Ogunquit Playhouse at The Music Hall presents Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story Preview #1 Wednesday, July 9 • 8pm

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Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story Sunday, July 13 • 2pm & 7pm

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Intimately Yours Colbie Callait Monday, September 1 • 7:30pm

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National Theatre of London HD Broadcast Medea Saturday, September 7 • 1pm Community Partner Kent Stephens’ Stage Force presents: The Play

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Monday, September 15 • 7:30pm Writers in the Loft Hampton Sides Wednesday, September 17 • 7pm Intimately Yours Aaron Neville Thursday, September 18 • 7:30pm

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Friday, October 24 • 8pm Met @ the Music Hall

Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)

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Monday, October 6 • 7:30pm The District Singer Songwriter Series

Carlene Carter

Friday, October 10 • 8pm

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Saturday, November 15

Janet Evanovich

Thursday, November 20 • 7:30pm

The Death of Klinghoffer (Adams) Saturday, November 22 • 12pm

The District Singer Songwriter Series

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Sunday, November 23 • 7pm

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