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January 2017

Intimately Yours

PAT METHENY 1/17

Innovation + Leadership

WILL SCHWALBE

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Innovation + Leadership

WAVELENGTHS OF CHANGE IN THE GULF OF MAINE 1/25 SEASON SPONSORS

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Intimately Yours

CHRIS BOTTI

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Thu., March 23 • 7:30pm • Historic Theater • $38; $62; $85 Since the release of his 2004 critically acclaimed CD When I Fall In Love, Chris Botti has become the largest-selling American instrumental artist. Performing worldwide and selling more than four million albums, he has found a form of creative expression that begins in jazz and expands beyond the limits of any single genre.

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WAVELENGTHS OF CHANGE IN THE GULF OF MAINE

Wed., January 25 • 7pm • Loft • $8 general admission

The Gulf of Maine is changing. Its temperatures are rising. New species are arriving. Few know this as well as Dr. Barney Balch, a senior research scientist at Bigelow Laboratory, East Boothbay, Maine. For the last 18 years, Dr. Balch has crossed the Gulf countless times, gathering and analyzing samples from his mobile laboratory.

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Writers in the Loft The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series

LOWLAND HUM

Sat., March 4 • 8:30pm • Loft • $10

With songs that have been described as poetic and evocative, and their arrangements minimal, hushed, and dynamic, husband and wife duo Lowland Hum makes their Loft debut.

MICHAEL FINKEL

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Tue., March 14 • 7pm • Loft • $40; $38 members Book: THE STRANGER IN THE WOODS: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit ($25.95 hardcover) Don’t miss this riveting true story of survival, a deeply moving portrait of a man who was determined to live his own way, and succeeded in the Maine woods for 27 years.

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

EMMA WILLMANN

Sat., April 8 • 8pm • Loft • $18

One of Time Out NY’s “10 Funniest Women in NYC” and GO Magazine’s “100 Women We Love,” Emma is a New York-based stand-up comedian and actress. Emma was a New Face at the 2015 Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal and she has her own show on SiriusXM, The Check Spot. In 2016, Emma was featured in Elle Magazine’s Women in Comedy Issue and made her network debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

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SUZZY ROCHE AND LUCY WAINWRIGHT ROCHE: A MOTHER/DAUGHTER DUO

Fri., June 2 • 8pm • Loft • $20

Fri., May 12 • 8pm • Loft • $20

The mother/daughter show is a fun filled evening of smart, thoughtful, songs with plenty of familial harmonies.

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JORDAN CARLOS

Jordan recently served as a writer and on-air contributor for Comedy Central's The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore. Jordan's other TV credits include Comedy Centrals' Broad City and The Colbert Report, Showtime's Nurse Jackie, HBO’s Girls, and Adult Swim's The Eric Andre Show.

Community Partner New Hampshire Public Television presents: BROADENING YOUR GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE THROUGH TRAVEL WITH RICK STEVES Tue., March 28 • 7:30pm • Historic Theater

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Thu., January 19 • 7pm • Loft

AN EVENING WITH PAT METHENY

Tue., January 17 • 7pm • Historic Theater • $38; $55; $62 20-time Grammy Award Winner Pat Metheny joins us onstage at the Historic Theater. Don’t miss this chance-taking guitar player who has gained great popularity, while managing to be both accessible and original.

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Ticket package: $40 ($38 member) includes reserved seat, book (Books For Living $25.95 hardcover), bar beverage, author presentation, Q+A, and book signing meet-and-greet

The author of the bestselling The End of Your Life Book Club visits with his latest, a celebration of reading and an impassioned recommendation of specific books to guide us through life. Don't miss this special evening - for anyone and everyone who loves books, loves reading, and loves to hear the answer to the question: "What are you reading?"

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WAVELENGTHS OF CHANGE IN THE GULF OF MAINE Innovation + Leadership

Sat., January 28 • 8pm • Loft • $15 Join three intrepid and very funny ladies as they pack up their covered wagon and journey Westward, in an original interactive comedy about life on the Oregon Trail. Snake bites have never been so fun!

Wed., January 25 • 7pm • Loft • $8 general admission The Gulf of Maine is changing. Its temperatures are rising. New species are arriving. Few know this as well as Dr. Barney Balch, a senior research scientist at Bigelow Laboratory, East Boothbay, Maine. For the last 18 years, Dr. Balch has crossed the Gulf countless times, gathering and analyzing samples from his mobile laboratory that he drives aboard the Portland to Nova Scotia ferry.

Join him to discuss the important answers his research has revealed and the many intriguing questions that remain.

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DIETRICH STRAUSE

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WITH THE BLUE RIBBONS Sat., January 14 • 8pm • Loft • $12

Fresh off of making a new record together, the acclaimed Boston singer/songwriter and The Blue Ribbons join forces for a special night of original music. Strause’s songs have been cited as a mix of timeless melody, literate lyricism, and a “virtuosic command of imagery” by WBUR. SERIES SPONSOR:

Thu., January 26 • 7:30pm • Loft • $30 This prolific songwriter has 10 albums under his belt and countless songs written for others, including a Grammy nomination. Never fitting neatly into a genre box, he’s always just made the music that moved him.

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BRAD GOOCH

Thu., February 2 • 7pm • Loft

$43; $41 • Includes reserved seat, book (RUMI’S SECRET: The Life of the Sufi Poet of Love, hardcover, $28.99), bar beverage, author presentation, Q+A, and book signing meet-and-greet.

Don’t miss hearing from Brad Gooch, who has written the first ever biography for the general reader of Rumi, religious leader and professor turned poet and whirling mystic, whose work has captured the hearts and minds of contemporary Western readers.

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Rendez-vous with your Valentine on The Music Hall’s historic stage, transformed into a 50’s mid-century lounge.

Come to wine, dine, and dance as we make a little romance, all in support of The Music Hall’s Community Outreach programs.

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THE EAGLE HUNTRESS

G • 1h 27m • UK 12/27, 12/28 @ 7pm This documentary follows Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter, and rises to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been handed down from father to son for centuries. Set against the breath-taking expanse of the Mongolian steppe, the film features some of the most awe-inspiring cinematography ever captured in a documentary, giving this intimate tale of a young girl's quest the dramatic force of an epic narrative film.

SEASONS

PG • 1h 37m • France (subtitled) 1/3, 1/4, 1/5 @ 7pm Winged Migrations and Oceans filmmakers Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud return to the lush forests that emerged across Europe following the last Ice Age. Winter had gone on for 80,000 years when, in a short period of time the ice retreated, the cycle of seasons was established, and the beasts occupied their new kingdom.

With its exceptional footage of animals in the wild, the film is an awe-inspiring and thought-provoking tale of the long shared history that binds humankind with the natural world.

LOVING

PG13 • 2h 3m • US 1/6, 1/7, 1/11 @ 7pm; 1/8 @ 4pm From acclaimed writer/director Jeff Nichols, Loving celebrates the real-life courage and commitment of an interracial couple, Richard and Mildred Loving (portrayed by Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga), who married and then spent the next nine years fighting for the right to live as a family in their hometown. Their civil rights case, Loving v. Virginia, went all the way to the Supreme Court, which in 1967 reaffirmed the very foundation of the right to marry - and their love story has become an inspiration to couples ever since.

ARRIVAL

PG13 • 1h 56m • US 1/13, 1/14, 1/18, 1/19 @ 7pm; 1/14 @ 4pm A favorite at Telluride by the Sea '16. When mysterious spacecraft touch down across the globe, an elite team— lead by expert linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams)­—are brought together to investigate. As mankind is on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers—and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly humanity. Also stars Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker.

MOONLIGHT

R • 1h 50m • US 1/20, 1/21, 1/24, 1/25 @ 7pm; 1/22 @ 4pm A timeless story of human connection and self-discovery, Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami. Writer/Director Barry Jenkins’ staggering, singular vision is profoundly moving in its portrayal of the moments, people, and unknowable forces that shape our lives and make us who we are.

NOCTURNAL ANIMALS

R • 1h 56m • US 1/27, 1/28, 1/31, 2/1, 2/2 @ 7pm; 1/28 @ 4pm Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2016 Venice International Film Festival. From writer/director Tom Ford comes a haunting romantic thriller of shocking intimacy and gripping tension that explores the thin lines between love and cruelty, and revenge and redemption. Academy Award nominees Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal star as a divorced couple discovering dark truths about each other and themselves.

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NABUCCO (VERDI)

Sat., 1/7 • 1pm • Historic Theater $27.50 ($24.50 members); $15 for 18 & under James Levine conducts Verdi’s early drama of ancient Babylon, with Plácido Domingo as Nabucco and Liudmyla Monastyrska as his willful daughter, in a production by Elijah Moshinsky.

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ROMÉO ET JULIETTE (GOUNOD)

Sat., 1/21 • 1pm • Historic Theater $27.50 ($24.50 members); $15 for 18 & under Vittorio Grigolo is Roméo and Diana Damrau is Juliette in Bartlett Sher’s staging of the La Scala production that premiered at the Salzburg Festival in '08, with Gianandrea Noseda conducting.

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Thu., 1/26 • 7pm • Historic Theater NR • 1h 33m • US A Wildcard tribute to the late great Jones who twice performed live on The Music Hall stage.

This documentary shows a year in the life of the popular funk/soul singer who was trying to release a new album while battling pancreatic cancer.

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OASIS: SUPERSONIC

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R • 2h • UK 12/28, 12/30 @ 7pm From the Oscar-winning producers of Amy comes this essential and entertaining look at the meteoric rise of the seminal '90s rock band Oasis. The film immerses us in the raucous rock stars' fast-paced world of electrifying music, wild debauchery, and epic fraternal feuding, weaving never-before-seen concert footage with candid interviews and an astonishing firsthand account of the backstage sibling rivalry that threatened to destroy the band.

A MAN CALLED OVE

PG13 • 1h 56m • Sweden (subtitled) 1/3, 1/4, 1/5 @ 7pm Back by popular demand! Stepping from the pages of Fredrik Backman's international best-selling novel, Ove is the quintessential angry old man next door. An isolated retiree with strict principles and a short fuse, who spends his days enforcing block association rules that only he cares about and visiting his wife's grave, Ove has given up on life. Enter a boisterous young family next door who accidentally flattens Ove's mailbox while moving in and earning his special brand of ire.

BEST WORST THING THAT EVER COULD HAVE HAPPENED

NR • 1h 35m • US 1/6, 1/7, 1/8, 1/10, 1/11, 1/12 @ 7pm Stephen Sondheim, Harold Prince, and George Furth's much ballyhooed reverse chronology musical Merrily We Roll Along closed after just 16 performances in 1981 but gradually assumed legend status. This alternately heartbreaking and euphoric film focuses on the original cast members, which included Jason Alexander and Giancarlo Esposito, then and now, and the special place this experience holds in their memories.

THE HANDMAIDEN

NC17 • 2h 24m • South Korea (subtitled) ** Graphic and Explicit** 1/13, 1/15, 1/18 @ 7pm From Park Chan-wook, the celebrated director of Oldboy, comes a ravishing new crime drama. Set in 1930s-era colonial Korea and Japan, Park presents a gripping and sensual tale of a young Japanese Lady living on a secluded estate, and a Korean woman who is hired to serve as her new handmaiden, but who is secretly involved in a plot to defraud her of her large inheritance. This movie is graphic and explicit.

LONDON TOWN

R • 1h 32m • UK 1/20, 1/21, 1/22, 1/24 @ 7pm Experience the music and energy of the 1970s punk underground. When fifteen-year-old Shay (Daniel Huttlestone) hears the music of The Clash for the first time, it’s a revelation, opening up a new world of social consciousness beyond anything he’s known in his dead-end London suburb. Drawn into the heart of the city’s burgeoning punk scene, he forges two relationships that will change his life, falling in love with rebellious cool girl Vivian (Nell Williams) and finding an unexpected connection with none other than The Clash’s electrifying frontman, Joe Strummer (Jonathan Rhys Meyers).

DANCER

NR • 1h 25 • UK (some subtitles) 1/27, 1/29, 1/31, 2/1 @ 7pm Ukrainian-born "bad boy of ballet" Sergei Polunin became the Royal Ballet's youngest ever principal dancer at age 19. But two years later – at the height of his success – he walked away from it all, resolving to give up dance entirely. Steven Cantor's Dancer tracks the life of this iconoclastic virtuoso, from his prodigal beginnings to his awe-inspiring performances throughout the world.

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THE DEEP BLUE SEA

Sat., 1/15 • 1pm • Loft $19; $17 members; $15 for ages 18 and under When Hester Collyer is found by her neighbours in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, the story of her affair with a former RAF pilot and the breakdown of her marriage to a High Court judge begins to emerge. With it comes a portrait of need, loneliness and long-repressed passion.

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1/17: The Lady Eve (1941) director: Preston Sturges 2/21: Double Indemnity (1944) director: Billy Wilder 3/21: Stella Dallas (1937) director: King Vidor 4/18: Ball of Fire (1941) director: Howard Hawks 5/16: Forty Guns (1957) director: Sam Fuller 6/20: Meet John Doe (1941) director: Frank Capra

THE LADY EVE (1941) NR • 1h 34m • USA Tue., 1/17 @ 7pm • Loft

Selected by the New York Times as the number one movie of 1941 (beating out Citizen Kane and How Green Was My Valley), The Lady Eve is a screwball romantic comedy with a twist: Barbara Stanwyck. Director Preston Sturges seamlessly blends his trademark snappy dialogue with a true sense of romance and physical comedy.

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Warm up with these great shows Looking for a way to combat the Winter Blues? Join us here at The Music Hall for a hot line up of shows at both the Historic Theater and Loft.

Twenty time Grammy Award winning jazz guitarist Pat Metheny is coming to the Historic Theater on Tuesday, January 17. You aren’t going to want to miss your chance to see this beloved legend live right here in Portsmouth.

Were you a fan of the computer game The Oregon Trail? Watch it come to life when You Have Died of Dysentery, an original interactive comedy, comes to the Loft on Saturday, January 28. Step outside of the computer lab and into this beloved game.

Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox 2/6

For the first time in over a century, an opera composed by a woman will appear at the Metropolitan Opera. L’Amour de Loin, one of six new productions this season, will be broadcast to the Historic Theater on Sunday, February 5 at 1pm.

Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox returns to the Historic Theater with a vintage take on the songs we all love on Monday, Feburary 6. Covering everyone from Lady Gaga to the White Stripes and everything in between, they’ll have you dancing in your seats and singing along.

See the stage transformed into an elegant 1950s era cocktail lounge for this year’s Gala on Saturday, February 11. An Affair to Remember is the perfect rendezvous with your Valentine. Come to wine, dine, and dance as we make a little romance, all in support of The Music Hall’s Community Outreach programs.

Momix: Opus Cactus 2/18

Watch the landscape of the American Southwest come to life as Momix: Opus Cactus brings their signature illusionistic dance style to The Music Hall on Saturday, February 18.

Join us on Thursday, March 2 as Krista Tippett, the host of National Public Radio’s hit show “On Being” talks about her newest book, Becoming Wise, as part of our Writers on a New England Stage series presented in partnership with New Hampshire Public Radio.

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THE MUSIC HAL L On Stage & On Screen 2016 - 2017

January 2017 Met @ The Music Hall Nabucco (Verdi)

Saturday, January 7 • 1pm

The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series

February 2017 National Theatre of London HD Broadcast

No Man's Land

Sunday, February 19 • 1pm

Dietrich Strause with the Blue Ribbons

Innovation + Leadership Florence Williams

Nat'l Theatre of London HD Broadcast

Live @ the Loft Glen David Andrews Band

Saturday, January 14 • 8pm

The Deep Blue Sea

Sunday, January 15 • 1pm Intimately Yours An Evening with Pat Metheny

Tuesday, January 17 • 7pm

Innovation + Leadership Will Schwalbe

Thursday, January 19 • 7pm

Met @ The Music Hall Roméo et Juliette (Gounod)

Saturday, January 21 • 1pm

Innovation + Leadership Wavelengths of Change

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Wednesday, January 25 • 7pm

Wednesday, February 22 • 7pm Friday, February 24 • 8pm

Opera Connection Rusalka

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

Saturday, February 25 • 1pm

The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series

John Doe

Saturday, February 25 • 8pm

March 2017

The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series

Writers on a New England Stage Krista Tippett

Thursday, January 26 • 7:30pm

The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series

Will Hoge

Hilarity You Have Died of Dysentery

Saturday, January 28 • 8pm

February 2017 Writers in the Loft Brad Gooch

Thursday, February 2 • 7pm

Rental Partner Capitol Steps: What to Expect

When You're Electing

Saturday, February 4 • 5pm & 8pm

Thu., March 2 • 7pm

River Whyless

Thursday, March 2 • 8pm Hilarity Marc Maron: The Too Real Tour

March 2017 Intimately Yours Chris Botti

Thursday, March 23 • 7:30pm The Music Hall Presents The Moth Mainstage

Saturday, March 25 • 8pm

Met @ The Music Hall Idomeneo (Mozart)

Sunday, March 26 • 1pm

Community Partner NH Public Television presents:

Broadening Your Global Perspective Through Travel with Rick Steves Tue., March 28 • 7:30pm

April 2017 The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series

Pete Francis of Dispatch Saturday, April 1 • 8pm

Hilarity Emma Willmann

Saturday, April 8 • 8pm

National Theatre of London HD Broadcast

Hedda Gabler

Sunday, April 9 • 1pm School Days Series Rainbow Fish

Wednesday, April 12 • 9:30am & 11:30am

Friday, March 3 • 8pm

The Music Hall Presents Seven Fingers of The

The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series

Wednesday, April 19 • 7pm

Lowland Hum

Hand: Cuisines and Confessions

Saturday, March 4 • 8:30pm

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Thursday, April 20 • 7:30pm

Amadeus

Sunday, March 5 • 1pm Intimately Yours A Very Intimate Acoustic Evening

Willy Porter and Carmen Nickerson Intimately Yours Vaud & The Villains

Friday, April 21 • 8pm

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Opera Connection Eugene Onegin

Intimately Yours Scott Bradlee's

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Monday, February 6 • 7pm

The Music Hall Presents The Ten Tenors

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

Sunday, February 5 • 1pm

Postmodern Jukebox

Community Partner Eastern Propane Oil presents

Mike McDonald's Comedy XXtravaganza Friday, February 10 • 7:30pm

The Music Hall Gala An Affair to Remember

Saturday, February 11 • 6:30pm

Community Partner One Billion Rising Gala:

An Evening of Dance

Sunday, February 12 • 7pm The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series

Will Dailey

Wednesday, March 8 • 7:30pm Saturday, March 11 • 1pm Sunday, March 12 • 4pm

Writers in the Loft Michael Finkel

Tuesday, March 14 • 7pm

Community Partner Goodwin Community Health

presents: BANFF Mountain Film Festival Tuesday, March 14 • 7pm & Wednesday, March 15 • 7pm Intimately Yours Solas

Friday, March 17 • 8pm

Thursday, February 16 • 7:30pm

Rental Partner Seacoast Asset Management

The Music Hall Presents Momix: Opus Cactus

Saturday, March 18 • 8pm

Saturday, February 18 • 8pm

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presents: The Boston Irish Comedy Tour National Theatre of London HD Broadcast

Saint Joan

Sunday, March 19 • 1pm School Days Series Mo Willems’ Elephant &

Saturday, April 22 • 11:30am

Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) Saturday, April 22 • 1pm Hilarity Kathy Griffin

Saturday, April 29 • 7pm

May 2017 School Days Series The Little Prince

Tuesday, May 2 • 9:30am & 11:30am School Days Series Magical Music! with the

Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday, May 9 • 10am & 12:30pm The District Restaurant Singer Songwriter Series

Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche: A Mother/Daughter Duo Friday, May 12 • 8pm Met @ The Music Hall

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

Piggie’s We Are in a Play! (SOLD OUT)

Wednesday, March 22 • 9:30am & 11:30am

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