Theater

From left to right: Dan Butler, Jackson Gay, Peri Gilpin, and Greg Stuhr.

Theater brings some delicious comedy to the table

DORSET- Dorset Theatre Festival will begin performances of “Slow Food,” by Wendy MacLeod, on August 22.
The comedy will star Peri Gilpin (NBC’s “Frasier,” “Native Gardens”) in the role of Irene, and Dan Butler (NBC’s “Frasier,” Broadway’s “Travesties”) as her husband Peter. Greg Stuhr (...

There’s no place like “The Wizard of Oz”

TOWNSHEND - Leland & Gray Players Summer Performing Arts Exploration 2019 presents “The Wizard of Oz,” based on the novel by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Karlie Kauffeld, on Friday, August 9, and Saturday, August 10, in L&G’s Dutton Gymnasium.
SPAE is in its 12th summer offering...

Delightful short puppet shows

DOVER- The Dover Free Library’s annual dessert social fundraiser presents “Punschi,” a collection of delightful and compelling short puppet pieces presented by the Sandglass Theatre, on Thursday, August 8, at 7 pm.
“Punschi” features hand puppets, a miniature circus, music, and lots of...

Rock River Players has put on several plays. A few years ago they performed “Our Town.”

Feeling “Nickel and Dimed”

WILLIAMSVILLE- The Rock River Players present “Nickel and Dimed,” a play by Joan Holden, based on Barbara Ehrenreich’s book, “Nickel and Dimed, on (Not) Getting by in America.” Performances are Thursday through Saturday, August 1 to 3, at 7 pm, and Sunday, August 4, at 3 pm; the play will be at...

Movie night at the library

DOVER- The Dover Free Library will show “Super 8” on Monday, July 29, at 5:30 pm. The movie is rated PG-13 and runs for 111 minutes.

John Iverson between the Kit Kat Girls, Kate Severance and Carrie Blake.

Broadway returns to the valley

WILMINGTON- The glamour and sophistication of Broadway return to the Deerfield Valley August 1 through 3 in Memorial Hall with the production of “Cabaret,” one of the edgiest and most acclaimed musicals of the 20th century. The production will replicate a 1929 Berlin nightclub, complete with a...

A fresh take on a classic

WESTON- Weston Playhouse Theatre Company presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” from July 18 to August 10. The show will run Tuesday through Saturday at 7:30 pm, Wednesday and Saturday at 2 pm, and Sunday at 3 pm.
The play takes place on a beautiful morning in 1906 with a group of...

The Oldcastle Theatre Company , Richard Howe, and the entire cast of “Cabaret” made the Top 5 Theater Performances of 2015. “Brighton Beach Memoirs” will open next Friday.

Play portrays life in the 1937, it’s not easy but it’s not miserable or pitiful

BENNINGTON- Oldcastle Theatre Company presents “Brighton Beach Memoirs,” opening Friday, July 12.
Fifteen-year old Eugene, modeled on Neil Simon himself, is preoccupied with sex and the Yankees. He is a writer-to-be, an alternately perplexed and perceptive observer, and the narrator and...

Fun night of yarn- spinning

BRATTLEBORO- On Saturday, July 6, at 7:30 pm, Cirque Us is back in Brattleboro with one show only at the New England Center for Circus Arts trapezium.
Join the ragtag group of threadbare, yarn-spinning characters around the fire as they explore a new patchwork world. They will stitch...

“I and You” play

WESTON- The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company presents “I and You” on July 4 through July 21 at Walker Farm, from Tuesday through Saturday at 7:30 pm, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 2 pm, and Sunday, at 3 pm.
Written by America’s most-produced playwright over the last two years, Lauren...