Author: JP

‘Dr. Zhivago’ for our time

February 27, 2020
Should anyone believe that Russia today is different from the old Soviet Union, they should have watched “Dr. Zhivago,” the motion picture adapted from the novel by the great Russian writer Boris Pasternak. The M.V. Playhouse screened it on Feb. 17. The book and film recount the life of a young physician and poet who is swept up in the revolutionary changes of his nation after the tsarist empire fell to the Communists in 1917.

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Patricia Neal Stage

How The West Was Won

February 24, 2020 at 6 pm
(1962) (164 min) Directed by John Ford, Henry Hathaway and George Marshall, with James Stewart and John Wayne

PLEASE NOTE - THIS MONTH ONLY - MOVIES START at 6 pm
$5 at the door, cash only

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Marilyn Meyerhoff Lobby

Jenny’s Drama Salon

Wednesday, February 19 at 7 pm
Playwright, actress and humor writer, Jenny Allen, presents a monthly drama salon, featuring casual dramatic readings, interesting guests, stimulating conversation and homemade baked goods – all in the Marilyn Meyerhoff Lobby.

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Patricia Neal Stage

Doctor Zhivago

February 17, 2020 at 6 pm
(1965) (197 min) Directed by David Lean, with Omar Sharif and Julie Christie

PLEASE NOTE - THIS MONTH ONLY - MOVIES START at 6 pm
$5 at the door, cash only

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Marilyn Meyerhoff Lobby

Wintertime Melodies

February 14 and 15, 2020 at 7:00 pm
Love songs from the Sinatra songbook, performed by Shelagh Hackett and Paul Munafo and special guests; accompanied by Adele Dreyer on piano.

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Patricia Neal Stage

Giant

February 10, 2020 at 6 pm
(1956) (201 min) Directed by George Stevens, with Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean

PLEASE NOTE - THIS MONTH ONLY - MOVIES START at 6 pm
$5 at the door, cash only

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Patricia Neal Stage

Gone With the Wind

February 3, 2020 at 6 pm
(1939) (238 min) Directed by Victor Fleming, with Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh

PLEASE NOTE - THIS MONTH ONLY - MOVIES START at 6 pm
$5 at the door, cash only

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Marilyn Meyerhoff Lobby

Jenny’s Drama Salon

Wednesday, January 29 at 7 pm
Returning for a third season! Playwright, actress and humor writer, Jenny Allen, presents a monthly drama salon, featuring casual dramatic readings, interesting guests, stimulating conversation and great brownies – all in the Marilyn Meyerhoff Lobby. This month is SHOW BIZ TRIVIA NIGHT!

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Patricia Neal Stage

Wicked Good Musical Revue – January 2020

January 24, 25 & 26, 2020
A delightful evening of music and song presented by some of the Vineyard's best performers. Audiences return to the Playhouse time and time again to brighten winter spirits.

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Love and tragedy

January 22, 2020
With “Antony and Cleopatra,” the work that Galland and Chelsea McCarthy will be presenting as a reading as part of the Shakespeare for the Masses series next weekend, the thing that surprises her the most is that the story sticks very closely to the historical record.

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Patricia Neal Stage

Cover Girl

January 20, 2020
(1944) (107 min) Directed by Charles Vidor, with Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly

Movies start at 7 pm
$5 at the door, cash only

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Patricia Neal Stage

Children of Bal Ashram

January 18, 2020 at 7:00 pm
Special documentary screening in conjunction with the "Our Children" photography exhibit, to be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.

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Patricia Neal Stage

Broadway Melody of 1940

January 13, 2020
(1940) (102 min) Directed by Norman Taurog, with Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell

Movies start at 7 pm
$5 at the door, cash only

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On tap at the M.V. Playhouse

January 9, 2020
Need a little entertainment in the off-season? The Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse keeps its doors open all winter long to bring Vineyarders a variety of excuses to get out of the house.

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Patricia Neal Stage

Shall We Dance

January 6, 2020
(1937) (109 min) Directed by Mark Sandrich, with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

Movies start at 7 pm
$5 at the door, cash only

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Poetry and Pie

January 1, 2020
Arnie Reisman, former Martha’s Vineyard poet laureate, hosts the evening alongside guest poets Eleanor Bates, Maureen Hall, Annette Sandrock, and Jennifer Smith-Turner.

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2019 Art on the Vineyard

December 28, 2019
Author and illustrator Kate Feiffer showed something new at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse in July with the unveiling of her latest series of drawings, titled “Dedicated to Doodle.” The selection featured in the solo show included, among other things, a number of simple line drawings embellishing the dedication pages of classic books.

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Patricia Neal Stage

Holiday Affair

December 16, 2019
(1949) (87 min) Directed by Don Hartman, with Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh

Movies start at 7 pm
$5 at the door, cash only

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Patricia Neal Stage

Remember the Night

December 9, 2019
(1940) (94 min) Directed by Mitchell Leisen, with Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray

Movies start at 7 pm
$5 at the door, cash only

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Marilyn Meyerhoff Lobby

Holiday Tea

December 7. 2019 from 3 to 5 pm
A free event for our supporters and community. Tea and scones and lots of goodies!

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Playhouse Art Space

Cindy Christian – The White Show

November 2 - December 5, 2019
Cindy Christian is an artist who lives and works on Martha’s Vineyard. She is a trained art therapist and mental health counselor and currently works in Early Intervention with the children and families of the Island. In her downtime, she creates!

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Patricia Neal Stage

I’ll Be Seeing You

December 2, 2019
(1944) (85 min) Directed by William Dieterle, with Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten and Shirley Temple

Movies start at 7 pm
$5 at the door, cash only

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Patricia Neal Stage

Notorious

November 25, 2019
(1950) (104 min) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, with Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman

Movies start at 7 pm
$5 at the door, cash only

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Patricia Neal Stage

Marnie

November 18, 2019
(1964) (130 min) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, with Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery

Movies start at 7 pm
$5 at the door, cash only

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Patricia Neal Stage

Spellbound

November 11, 2019
(1945) (111 min) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, with Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck

Movies start at 7 pm
$5 at the door, cash only

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Patricia Neal Stage

Pang!

November 8 & 9, 2019 at 7:00 pm
Pang! is an evening of short plays based on the oral histories of families hungering for change, performed as a live radio theater broadcast.

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