Author: JP

Singer Molly Conole’s calendar is wicked full

February 7, 2019
Molly Conole is busy. She’s a producer, director, singer, playwright, lyricist, and composer with different shows coming up at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse in February, March, April, and May. In May, Conole will star in her new one-woman-show, “Seaglass, Quilts & Song: Life in Pieces,” which she is pretty much creating soup to nuts, with MJ Bruder Munafo, Playhouse artistic and executive director, taking on the role of director.

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Patricia Neal Stage

It Happened One Night

February 4, 2019
(1934) (105 min) Directed by Frank Capra, with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert

Movies start at 7:00 pm
$5 at the door, cash only

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Patricia Neal Stage

Three Secrets

January 28, 2019
(1950) (98 min) Directed by Robert Wise, with Patricia Neal, Eleanor Parker, Ruth Roman

Movies start at 7:00 pm
$5 at the door, cash only

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Marilyn Meyerhoff Lobby

Jenny’s Drama Salon

Wednesday, January 23 at 7:00 pm
Returning for a second 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 THEATER TRIVIA NIGHT!

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Patricia Neal Stage

The Graduate

January 21, 2019
(1967) (106 min) Directed by Mike Nichols, with Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katherine Ross, William Daniels

Movies start at 7:00 pm
$5 at the door, cash only

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Patricia Neal Stage

When Harry Met Sally

January 14, 2019
(1989) (95 min) Directed by Rob Reiner, with Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby

Movies start at 7:00 pm
$5 at the door, cash only

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At Home Behind the Lens

January 14, 2019
Albert O. Fischer has spent nearly all of his life on Martha’s Vineyard, where he was born in 1949. Yet it was his one year away from the Island, when he was drafted into the infantry fighting in the Vietnam War, that set Mr. Fischer on his path to becoming an award-winning photographer of Vineyard scenes.

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Marilyn Meyerhoff Lobby

Poetry Cafe

Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 7:00 pm
With guest poets Holly Bergon, Paul Dawson,* Christopher Legge and Annette Sandrock *Paul Dawson has canceled due to a cold. We are happy to announce that Maureen Hall will be reading in his stead.

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Patricia Neal Stage

Back to the Future

January 7, 2019
(1985) (116 min) Directed by Robert Zemeckis, with Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover

Movies start at 7:00 pm
$5 at the door, cash only

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Wicked Good And a Splash of Youth Too

January 11, 2019
The program notes were clear: Four singers and two pianists were on the bill for 2019’s first Wicked Good Musical Revue at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse. But, as soprano and musical director Molly Conole would soon sing in Gooch’s Song from Mame by Jerry Herman: “You left something out!”

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Patricia Neal Stage

Wicked Good Musical Revue – January 2019

January 4, 5 & 6, 2019
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.
Musical director: Molly Conole. Accompanists: Peter Boak and Molly Sturges
Performers: David Behnke, Molly Conole, Jenny Friedman and Ken Romero
Performances at 7 pm Friday and Saturday, 2 pm Sunday

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Theater in review: Taking the stage

December 27, 2018
This past year, as always, local arts organizations provided a fabulous summer of entertainment in all forms. From theater to dance, to comedy and literary talks, Vineyarders had plenty of options.

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Patricia Neal Stage

A Christmas Carol (1951)

December 17, 2018
(1951) (101 min) Directed by Brian Desmond-Hurst, with Alastair Sim, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison and others

Movies start at 7:00 pm
$5 at the door, cash only

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Always in season

December 13, 2018
MJ Bruder Munafo, artistic director of the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, has a catchphrase she likes to use, “The Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse — where the off season is the on season.”

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Patricia Neal Stage

Christmas in Connecticut

December 10, 2018
(1945) (101 min) Directed by Peter Godfrey, with Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet and others

Movies start at 7:00 pm
$5 at the door, cash only

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Marilyn Meyerhoff Lobby

Poetry Cafe

Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 7:00 pm
With guest poets Justen Ahren, Margaret Emerson, Steve Ewing and Jennifer Smith-Turner

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Patricia Neal Stage

The Lion in Winter

December 3, 2018
(1968) (134 min) Directed by Anthony Harvey, with Peter O'Toole, Katherine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins and others.

Movies start at 7:00 pm
$5 at the door, cash only

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Patricia Neal Stage

The Third Man

November 26, 2018
(1949) (93min) Directed by Carol Reed, with Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli and Trevor Howard

Movies start at 7:00 pm
$5 at the door, cash only

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Patricia Neal Stage

Lady in the Lake

November 19, 2018
(1946) (105min) Directed by Robert Montgomery with Robert Montgomery, Audrey Trotter, Tom Tully, and Leon Ames

Movies start at 7:00 pm
$5 at the door, cash only

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Marilyn Meyerhoff Lobby

Jenny’s Drama Salon

Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at 7:00 pm
Returning for a second 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.

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Patricia Neal Stage

The Big Sleep

November 12, 2018
(1946) (114min) Directed by Howard Hawks, with Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and John Ridgely

Movies start at 7:00 pm
$5 at the door, cash only

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Marilyn Meyerhoff Lobby

Poetry Cafe

Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 7:00 pm
Hosted by Arnie Reisman
With guest poets Jill Jupen, Clark Myers, Donald Nitchie and Fan Ogilvie

$10 admission includes a beverage and slice of Pie Chicks pie

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Patricia Neal Stage

Laura

November 5, 2018
(1944) (88 min) Directed by Otto Preminger, with Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price and Judith Anderson

Movies start at 7:00 pm
$5 at the door, cash only

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In Theatrical Stag’s Leap, Poetry of Pain Leaps Off the Page

November 2, 2018
Most readers — and there have been many since the book won both the Pulitzer and TS Eliot 2013 prizes for poetry — have come to Stag’s Leap individually, through the printed work. Far fewer people have had the chance to hear the poetry in a theatrical performance of Stag’s Leap that visited the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse on Oct. 26 and Oct. 27.

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Stag’s Leap

October 26 & 27, 2018
COME MEET PULITZER-PRIZE WINNING POET SHARON OLDS, who will be signing copies of Stag's Leap after both performances! An evening blending theatrical imagery and spirited language, based upon Stag's Leap. This show is presented with, and features members of, the Salt Lake Acting Company.

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When the World Goes Crazy, Art Is Sane Alternative

October 26, 2018
After a sold-out first reading of her play Dystopian Daze last September at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, actress and playwright Brooke Adams went back to work on the black comedy she wrote in response to America’s turn toward authoritarianism.

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Debut Playwright Is Seasoned Storyteller

September 21, 2018
The sound of Arabic music is the first hint that this is a different kind of drama. Just how different is revealed gradually, through a series of revelations that add up to a suspenseful evening with a shocking conclusion.

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