Press Reviews and Articles
A Sense of Light Amid Darkness
Nearly 20 of Mr. Doherty’s works (are) on display at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse in Vineyard Haven through Nov. 29.
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Paul Doherty’s latest exhibit encompasses the Vineyard’s light and its reflections
Paul Doherty is a masterful “painter” of light with his camera, capturing glorious sunrises, transcendent sunsets, and the calm right after storms — making for a body of work with breadth and great beauty.
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The power of poetry
‘Burning Patience’ at the Playhouse celebrates love in the relationships between people and places.
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Story of Chile plays on the Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard Playhouse has returned to full productions.
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Love, Poetry, Revolution Take Playhouse Stage
It’s show time again at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, which this weekend opens its first fully-staged indoor production since 2019 with a play by Chilean author Antonio Skármeta.
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Playhouse debuts a play about Bessie Coleman, first Black woman to hold a pilot’s license
Actress and storyteller April Armstrong brings this remarkable woman to life for audiences in her solo show, “Two Wings to Heaven,” presented at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse from August 3 to 13, Wednesdays through Saturdays, 7:30 pm.
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A Fairyland Arrives in Tisbury
....So begins this summer’s performance of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, produced by the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, a tradition that celebrates 40 years this summer.
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Summer at the playhouse
Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse brings live performance, art, and music to the season.
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Playhouse Summer Season Embraces Stages Everywhere
“We need fairies and magic right now,” said playhouse executive and artistic director MJ Bruder Munafo, who is directing her own adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy for the first time in more than a decade.
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Finding Lessons in My Friend Flicka
On Friday and Saturday night at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, John Washbrook, retired Vineyard banker, found himself back in the saddle as he relived his experience as Johnny Washbrook, a child actor on the beloved television show My Friend Flicka.
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Photographer Michael Johnson captures the Island in every season
"Talking about his upcoming show at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, Johnson says that in addition to his warm-weather photographs, “I wanted to premiere some of the work I did when I was here on my winter trip, because a lot of summer people never see that part of the Island at all..."
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Imagining Elsa
Charlotte Booker brings the great Elsa Lanchester to life at the M.V. Playhouse.
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Sondheim Revue Delights Playhouse Audiences
It was all about Stephen Sondheim at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse over the weekend, as the singers of the Wicked Good Musical Revue paid tribute to their favorite composer-lyricist.
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Winter stars shine
M.V. Playhouse introduces students to acting with Winter Stars.
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‘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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