Bennington’s Monument Arts and Cultural Center Announces Auditions for “The Sound of Music”

BENNINGTON, VT: Monument Arts and Cultural Center (MACC) is excited to announce its 2023 holiday musical: THE SOUND OF MUSIC, with Metropolitan Opera singer, Oren Gradus as Captain Von Trapp, and special guest, Sam Von Trapp, who will join for a Q&A on opening night. SHOW DATES: December 20th through 23rd and 27th through 30th. AUDITION DATES: …

REVIEW: “The Sound of Music” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre

by Lisa Jarisch With the Mac-Haydn Theatre season’s 3rd offering, director John Saunders adds another gem to the collection of jewels in his directorial crown, as The Sound of Music fills the house of the theater, and the hills of Chatham, with a glorious production of this 60 year-old, multi…

“The Sound of Music” Comes to the Mac-Haydn Theatre

(July 13, 2023–Chatham, NY) Rodgers and Hammerstein classic “The Sound of Music” returns to the Mac-Haydn Stage for the first time in over a decade next week, running July 20 – 30. The legendary story is a timeless tribute to the transformative power of love and music. After proving too…

Salem Central School Drama Club Presents “The Sound of Music”

November 29, 2021 – Salem, NY – “The hills are alive…” as The Salem Central School Drama Club proudly presents The Sound of Music December 3-5th as the school’s annual musical. The iconic story, with music Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, features over 30 students onstage and backstage, marking the first school…

REVIEW: “Anything Goes” at the Sharon Playhouse

by Macey Levin Cole Porter’s music has been part of the American Song Book since 1915 beginning with a little-known show Hands Up.  His breakthrough came in 1929 with Fifty Milllion Frenchmen but his place in the American Musical Theatre was guaranteed with Anything Goes in 1934 which brought stardom…

REVIEW: “Arsenic and Old Lace” at the New York State Theatre Institute

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, October 2007 Alas, poor Mortimer Brewster (Jason Marr). A recalcitrant theatre critic for a major New York newspaper, on the very night he has to go and review “Murder Will Out” he “outs” several murderers in his own extended family. Of course, as Mortimer says,…