Press Reviews and Articles
‘Let Arnie’s words speak’
Reveling inside the mind of the late Arnie Reisman through his poetry
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Streaming Plays Bring Diverse Perspectives in Playhouse Series
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Playhouse Marks 2020 With Virtual Theatre Series
The Covid-19 pandemic has proved to be an artistic springboard for the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, which is about to present more new work in a single week online than it normally produces in an entire year on stage.
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Artist Norma Bridwell’s exhibit ‘My Horizons’ covers decades of painting around the Island
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Playhouse Poetry Series Renamed to Honor Arnie Reisman
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Flashback 2021
The Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse opted to forgo indoor events, but instead utilized its outdoor Amphitheater on State Road for two productions which spanned the summer months.
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Painter Norma Bridwell Gets Her Due in One-Woman Show
Norma Bridwell has been an artist since childhood. Yet only this winter, on the verge of her 89th birthday, has the longtime Edgartown resident seen a public exhibition dedicated solely to her paintings.
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‘12 x ’20’ at the Playhouse
A dozen playwrights, a dozen plays coming via Zoom to the M.V. Playhouse.
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Audiences Wicked Happy That Wicked Good Is Back
At long last, it was show time again at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse over the weekend, as the singer/actors of the Wicked Good Musical Revue returned to the stage for the first time since January, 2020.
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Comic Memoir Reopens Playhouse
The Island performing arts scene passed a Covid-era milestone over the weekend, when the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse reopened for its first indoor performances since early 2020.
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A funny phobia
Kevin Flynn’s ‘Fear of Heights’ comes to the M.V. Playhouse.
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‘Says You!’ panelist Arnie Reisman, a Boston media mainstay, dies at 79
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Arnie Reisman, Journalist, Former Island Poet Laureate
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Arnie Reisman remembered for his wit and community leadership
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Mixed-media designs and tapestries at Playhouse Art Space
Seven years ago, Nancy Shaw Cramer closed the popular Vineyard Haven gallery she had owned and directed for 20 years. Then she headed into a new art form. It’s not so new for this talented design artist, whose work is on display in the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse’s Marilyn Meyerhoff Gallery through Saturday, Sept. 25. She has created mixed-media surface designs and tapestries.
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Lane Gregory is an artist with many skills
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Creative Cast Helps Bring Shakespeare to the Masses
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M.V. Playhouse’s ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ presents a creative way to deal with a delicate topic
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Playhouse Heads Outdoors for Summer Season
Opening day at the Tisbury Amphitheatre is July 8 with Scott Barrow starring in the one-character play Every Brilliant Thing.
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Marston Clough’s big skies on the horizon
This month, in a special exhibit, some of Clough’s larger works will be on display at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse.
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What’s on Cape Cod stages? 11 theater shows to check out
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Summer with the Playhouse
M.V. Playhouse keeps Shakespeare for the Masses going, and has a newly renovated amphitheater.
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What’s happening in the arts world
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The Niceties Returns, More Relevant Than Ever
After a compelling online production of The Niceties by the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse last October, Amy Brenneman and Tsilala Brock reprised their roles in Eleanor Burgess’s play for a live Zoom performance Monday night. A video recording of the show is streaming through April 4 at mvplayhouse.org.
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New shows spotlight TV, film, Broadway stars plus Cape Cod kids
Who gets to tell the story of race, history and power in America? That’s the question asked in Eleanor Burgess’ “The Niceties,” and Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse has brought the play and the issues back for a virtual run through early April.
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