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New shows oN sale!
This month, our “First Saturday” on sale event for members is Saturday, March 1. 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.,March 15 at noon. to become a member, call (603) 766-2176 or email Lsaniuk@themusichall.org.
includes preferred seating, t-shirt & a rock-n-roll cocktail) • All shows in Historic Theater
The most popular musical in Ogunquit Playhouse history comes to The Music Hall! Follow the incredible journey of Buddy’s meteoric rise to fame to the top of the record charts during the golden days of rock ‘n’ roll, to his untimely death in 1959. This joyous celebration of a musical legend will have you dancing in the aisles with such rousing fifties favorites as “Peggy Sue,”“Oh Boy,”“Maybe Baby,”“That’ll Be the Day,”“Raining In My Heart,” Ritchie Valens’“La Bamba” and the Big Bopper’s “Chantilly Lace.”
Intimately Yours: Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers
Featuring Edie Brickell
Wed., June 18 • 7:30pm • Historic Theater • $126; $96; $67
They will perform songs from their album Love Has Come for You and showcase the unique hybrid of bluegrass and comedy that Steve Martin is known for.
Martingale Singer
Songwriter Series: The Ballroom Thieves Fri., April 18 • 8pm • $10 • Loft
This trio captivates audiences with their dazzling three-part vocal harmonies, and rock disguised as folk.
The Music Hall Presents Digital Portsmouth: The Bitcoin Symposium
Thurs., March 20 • 5:30pm • $5 • Hist. Theater
Bitcoin, what is it, how do I use it, is it legal? Be part of a discussion on its popularity and its potential pitfalls.
Intimately Yours: Jonny Lang Sat., June 7 • 8pm • $62; $49 • Historic Theater
Representing an innovative generation of blues artists, his high-octane guitar and vocals feature shades of R&B, soul, gospel, hard rock, and funk. He's toured with Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Jeff Beck, Bono and Sting.
Community Partner: Kent Stephens
STAGE FORCE Presents
The Play Reading Series Mon., March 10 • 7:30pm • $12 • Loft
Title: Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph
Martingale Singer Songwriter Series: Poor Old Shine Fri., June 6 • 8pm • $22 • Loft Foot stomping, mind racing, dirty bluegrass like you’ve never heard it before.
Intimately Yours: Straight NO Chaser Tues., July 15 • 7:30pm • $68; $59; $35 • Hist. Theater
The captivating sound of ten a capella voices in an unforgettable live act! Their fourth album, Under The Influence, features contributions from Jason Mraz, Rob Thomas, Phil Collins, Dolly Parton and more.
Community Partner: Southeast Land Trust of NH Presents: Wild & Scenic Film Festival Fri. April 25 • 7pm • $15 • Historic Theater N. America's largest environmental film festival; a benefit for Southeast Land Trust.
Writers in the Loft:
David Allen Sibley
Thurs., May 15 • 7pm • $54
Includes reserved seat, book ($40), bar beverage; author presentation, meet-and-greet
A discussion of the revised landmark guide, with new species.
Live on stage March
PAULA POUNDSTONE
Saturday, March 1 • 8pm • $38.25; $24.25
Every show is unique! Known for her honesty, and an off-kilter view of the world, Paula’s ability to create humor on the spot is legendary. Whether she’s talking about politics or being a single working mom with three kids, her quirky observations and timing have earned her the reputation of being one of the best comics working today.
SERIES SPONSORS:
Chase Construction; Kennebunk Savings
CHRIS BOTTI
Sunday, March 16 • 4pm • $80; $72; $58; $32
The Music Hall welcomes back the world’s top selling jazz instrumentalist, trumpeter Chris Botti, who will also be introducing many immensely talented musicians to perform with him. As The Las Vegas Review Journal said after a recent concert, “he has it all: a big, rich warm sound, dazzling technique (that he doesn’t overuse) and seemingly effortless range.”
GAELIC STORM
Sunday, March 2 • 8pm • $35; $24
Gaelic Storm is back with the #1 Billboard World Album, The Boathouse, a seafaring album of traditional songs of the ocean, recorded in one whiskey-fueled week in a converted boathouse on the Chesapeake Bay. Come celebrate St. Patrick’s Day all month long!
SERIES SPONSORS:
EVENING SPONSORS: Arts Consulting Group; Homewood Suites Portsmouth; Clear Eye Photo
THE MOTH MAINSTAGE
Saturday, March 8 • 8pm • $44.25; $38.25
Beyond a mere theatrical experience, this flagship program features storytellers from luminaries in the arts and sciences, newsmakers and news breakers, and everyday heroes (and even a few reformed villains!).
“New York’s hottest and hippest literary ticket” — The Wall STreeT JourNal
EVENING SPONSOR: Carpe Diem Coffee Roasting Company
EVENING SPONSORS: Arts Consulting Group; Barbara Henry; Homewood Suites Portsmouth; Private Client Underwriters & Chubb Group of Insurance Companies; Clear Eye Photo
SERIES SPONSORS:
Live on stage March
WALTER KIRN
Wednesday, March 26 • 7pm • Loft • $40 Ticket package includes reserved seat, book (Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery and a Masquerade, $25.95, hardcover), bar beverage; author presentation, Q+A, and book signing meet-and-greet
The author of Up in the Air shares his shocking story of being conned by a sociopath masquerading as a rockefeller. This true tale takes us on a bizarre journey from the posh clubrooms of Manhattan to the courtrooms and prisons of Los angeles, exposing the layers beneath the Great american con.
SERIES SPONSOR:
BENNET
Sunday, March 9 • 4pm
EVENING SPONSORS: Clear Eye
JOSH RITTER
Friday, March 28 • 8pm
Historic Theater • $28; $22
Kobo Town
Sat., March 22 • 8pm • $16 • Loft Calypso and roots reggae meet innovative production techniques, social commentary and indie rock attitude. Founded by Trinidadian-Canadian songwriter Drew Gonsalves, Kobo Town is named after the historic neighborhood in port-of-Spain where calypso was born.
Cited by Paste magazine as among the “100 Best Living Songwriters,” ritter’s most recent album, “The Beast In Its Tracks," was released last spring to wide acclaim. His upcoming solo acoustic performance will showcase his songs stripped down, intimate, and close up.
SERIES SPONSORS:
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Monday, March 24 • 7:30pm EVENING SPONSOR: Clear Eye
on screen
P HILOMENA
PG13 • 94min • UK
3/1@ 2pm, 3/4, 3/5 @ 7pm • Historic Theater
Based on a true story. Philomena Lee (Judi Dench) gives her son up for adoption. Years later, she decides to look for him with the help of a reporter (Steve Coogan).
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PAST PG13 • 130min • FR (subtitles)
3/11, 3/12, 3/13 @ 7pm • Historic Theater
From the writer/director of A Separation. An Iranian man reunites with his estranged wife (Bérénice Bejo) in Paris to finalize their divorce, complicated by a shocking revelation by her daughter from a previous marriage.
I NSIDE L LEW yN DAVIS
R • 105min • US
3/14, 3/15, 3/18, 3/19 @ 7pm • Historic Theater
From the Coen brothers. Nominated for two Oscars. A week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.
B RO k EN C IRCLE B REA k DOWN
NR • 111min • Belgium (subtitled)
3/21, 3/22, 3/23, 3/25, 3/26 @ 7pm • Historic Theater
Elise (Veerle Baetens) and Didier (Johan Heldenbergh) fall in love at first sight. She has her own tattoo shop and he plays banjo in a bluegrass band. Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language film.
THE INVISIBLE WOMAN
R • 111min • UK
3/29 @ 3 & 7pm, 3/30, 4/2, 4/3 @ 7pm • Historic Theater
Nelly (Felicity Jones), a happily-married mother and schoolteacher, is haunted by her past relationship with the author Charles Dickens (Ralph Fiennes), with whom she discovered an exciting but fragile complicity.
Opera Connection at 10:30am in the Loft
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met @ the music hall:
P RINCE Ig OR (B ORODIN )
Sun., March 2 @ 12pm • Historic Theater • $27.50; $15 for 18/under
The epic opera's first Met performance since 1917, directed by Dmitri Tcherniakov in his Met debut. Gianandrea Noseda conducts the lush score, famous for its celebrated “Polovtsian Dances,” and Ildar Abdrazakov sings the title role of a 12th-century Russian hero.
M AIDENTRIP
NR • 82min • US (some subtitles)
3/1, 3/5, 3/6 @ 7pm • Loft
Doc about 14-year-old Laura Dekker who sets out in pursuit of being the youngest person ever to sail the world alone.
L EVIATHAN
NR • 87min • FR
3/8, 3/12, 3/13 @ 7pm • Loft
A thrilling, immersive documentary that takes one deep inside the dangerous world of commercial fishing off the New England coast.
THE ROC k ET
NR • 96min • AUS (subtitles)
3/14, 3/15, 3/20 @ 7pm • Loft
A Laotian boy who is believed to bring bad luck builds a giant rocket to enter a competition to prove he's not cursed.
B ETTIE PAg E REVEALS ALL
R • 101min • US 3/23 @ 4pm
3/21, 3/25, 3/27 @ 7pm • Loft
An intimate look at one of the world's most recognized sex symbols, told in her own words.
g RAND PIANO
R • 90min • Spain
3/28, 3/29, 4/3 @ 7pm • Loft
Elijah Wood and John Cusack star in this thriller about a brilliant pianist and a lifethreatening performance.
NT LIVE: WAR HORSE
(M ASSENET )
the met @ the music hall: WERTHER
Sat., March 15 @ 1pm • Historic Theater • $27.50; $15 for 18/under Director Richard Eyre's new staging of Massenet’s tragic romance, starring Jonas Kaufmann and Elīna Garanča in their first Met performances as the brooding poet Werther and his unattainable love, Charlotte.
Sat., March 22 @ 1pm • Historic Theater $27.50; $15 for 18/under
Since its first performance at the National Theatre in 2007, War Horse has become an international smash hit. Based on Michael Morpurgo’s novel, the show takes audiences on an extraordinary journey from rural Devon to the trenches of WW1 France.
MeMbers, sponsors & More!
Be the first to hear about all The Music Hall has in store for audiences next season — concerts, comics, cinema and celebrated authors — all available for your support. Don't miss this annual tradition and great night of entertainment and networking for our Directors Club members and Corporate Partners!
5pm: Doors open; hors d'oeuvres, beer/wine 5:30pm: Special presentation & exciting announcements from Executive Director Patricia Lynch 6pm: Information/Networking on stage
RSVP by March 13 to Ashleigh Tucker (603) 766-2202 atucker@themusichall.org
Sponsor Spotlight
We are honored to partner with Citizens Bank for the fourth year in a row as our exclusive sponsor for our Writers in the Loft series, which brings audiences today’s top authors, and the best of fiction and nonfiction, with an evening package that includes a reserved seat and bar beverage, author presentation and Q+A, a copy of the book, and a meet-and-greet book signing with the featured writer.
Citizens Bank's continued commitment has enabled The Music Hall to bring famous writers to the Loft’s intimate setting and facilitate connections between the audience and the authors. "The Music Hall is such a valued organization that contributes to the vibrancy of the region," said Kathleen Reardon, SVP and Director of Public Affairs at Citizens Bank. "Its rich and diverse programming allows patrons to immerse themselves in arts and culture. We are proud to continue our support of the Writers in the Loft series and help make these unique opportunities accessible."
And we are proud to partner with you, Citizens Bank, to continue to inspire and innovate our region through the Writers in the Loft!
1,000 @ $135 in honor of our 135th Anniversary Season!
So far we have over 200 candles on the cake. Help us reach our goal of 1,000 candles! Each gift of $135 receives a Double Shot Film Pass and a voucher for a slice of cake from Popovers on the Square. To make your gift, please visit http://bit.ly/TMH135 or call (603) 766-2176.
Upcoming Directors Club gatherings at the Loft: Tony BenneTT: Sun., 3/9 @ 3pm • Jim BeluShi: TueS., 4/1 @ 6:30pm Boz ScaggS: Wed., 5/7 @ 6:30pm • michael BolTon: Sun., 6/1 @ 6pm
expLore + Learn
Students from Portsmouth High School were thrilled to find themselves backstage meeting Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor after the February 5 sold out Writers on a New England Stage event. Connecting Seacoast students with visiting nationally acclaimed authors and artists is just one part of The Music Hall’s broad Community Engagement Program that benefits the Seacoast. Sonia Sotomayor greets local students
Mar @ the Music haLL
Extraordinary Cinema Nebraska 4pm
Extraordinary Cinema Cousin Jules 7pm
The Met @ The Music Hall Prince Igor 12pm Opera Connection at 10:30am in the Loft
Intimately Yours Gaelic Storm 8pm
Intimately Yours Tony Bennett 4pm (SOLD OUT!)
No Film Tonight
Intimately Yours Chris Botti 4pm
Community Partner kent Stephens Stage Force Presents The Play Reading Series 7:30pm
Extraordinary Cinema Nebraska 7pm
Extraordinary Cinema Cousin Jules 7pm
Extraordinary Cinema Philomena 7pm
Extraordinary Cinema Nebraska 7pm
Extraordinary Cinema Cousin Jules 7pm
Tour 5:30pm
School Days Series Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day 11:30am (9:30am SOLD OUT)
Extraordinary Cinema Maidentrip 7pm
Tour 5:30pm
Intimately Yours The Lone Bellow 7:30pm
Extraordinary Cinema Cousin Jules 7pm
Wildcard Movie: Beer Hunter 7pm
Extraordinary Cinema Philomena 2pm
Extraordinary Cinema Maidentrip 7pm
Hilarity @ The Music Hall: Paula Poundstone 8pm
Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra Presents Beethoven 6, Rachmaninov Piano Concerto with Arlene kies 3pm
Extraordinary Cinema Broken Circle Breakdown 7pm
Extraordinary Cinema Bettie Page Reveals All 4pm
Intimately Yours Piano Guys 7:30pm (SOLD OUT!)
Extraordinary Cinema The Past 7pm
Extraordinary Cinema Maidentrip 7pm
Extraordinary Cinema Inside Llewyn Davis 7pm Extraordinary Cinema Philomena 7pm
Extraordinary Cinema The Past 7pm
Extraordinary Cinema Leviathan 7pm
Extraordinary Cinema Leviathan 7pm
Extraordinary Cinema The Rocket 7pm
Werther 1pm Extraordinary Cinema Inside Llewyn Davis 7pm
Tour 5:30pm
Extraordinary Cinema Inside Llewyn Davis 7pm
School Days Series Diary of a Worm, a Spider, and a Fly 11:30am (9:30am SOLD OUT)
Digital Portsmouth BitCoin 5:30pm
Extraordinary Cinema The Rocket 7pm
Tour 5:30pm
Extraordinary Cinema Broken Circle Breakdown 7pm
Extraordinary Cinema Bettie Page Reveals All 7pm
Extraordinary Cinema Broken Circle Breakdown 7pm Writers in the Loft Walter kirn 7pm
Extraordinary Cinema Bettie Page Reveals All 7pm
Extraordinary Cinema Broken Circle Breakdown 7pm
Extraordinary Cinema Bettie Page Reveals All 7pm
Intimately Yours Josh Ritter 8pm
Extraordinary Cinema Grand Piano 7pm
Extraordinary Cinema Inside Llewyn Davis 7pm
Extraordinary Cinema The Rocket 7pm
NT Live HD Broadcast War Horse 1pm
Extraordinary Cinema Broken Circle Breakdown 7pm
Martingale Wharf Singer Songwriter Series: kobo Town 8pm
Extraordinary Cinema The Invisible Woman 3 & 7pm
Extraordinary Cinema Grand Piano 7pm
Sun 30
Extraordinary Cinema The Invisible Woman 7pm
Mon 31
No Film Tonight
We’re looking forward to...
PAULA POUNDSTONE
