Category Archives: Middlebury

MIDDLEBURY – Nicholas Hytner’s acclaimed National Theatre production of Shakespeare’s “Othello,” with Adrian Lester in the title role and Rory Kinnear as Iago, will be broadcast to Town Hall Theater at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3.
“A breathtaking show of emotional firepower. Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear are superb,” reported The Times.
Othello, newly married to Desdemona who is half his age, is appointed leader of a military operation to defend Cyprus from the Turks. Iago, his ensign, passed over for promotion in favor of young Cassio, persuades Othello that Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair.
Tickets are $17, $10 for students; call 802 382-9222, or go online to www.townhalltheater.org.

MIDDLEBURY – The opera that conquered London in Handel’s time is the final broadcast in this year’s Metropolitan Opera “Live in HD” series. David McVicar’s production of Giulio Cesare stars countertenor David Daniels, in the title role, opposite Natalie Dessay as Cleopatra. Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts.  The broadcast can be seen at Town Hall Theater at 7 p.m. Monday, May 6.
The Huffington Post calls it “the Met’s “smashing new production … a thrilling operatic experience that is a feast for the eyes and ears.”  The New York Post called it “a masterpiece the Met is treating with just the right mix of respect and irreverence.”
Tickets are $24, $10 for students; call 802-382-9222, or go online to www.townhalltheater.org.

MIDDLEBURY – For many people, Saturday morning wouldn’t be complete without it. Radios all over the country carry the one-two punch of “Car Talk” followed by the laughter and political commentary that is “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me!”
Now those who wonder what the hosts of “Wait, Wait!” actually look like will be able to see them live, via satellite broadcast at Town Hall Theater. Peter Sagal, Carl Kassel and show regulars make their live cinematic debut at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 2.
The broadcast will feature the show’s most popular panelists – Paula Poundstone, Mo Rocca, and Tom Bodett – in a broadcast originating from the Skirball Center at New York University.
Tickets are $17, $10 for students; call 802 382-9222, or go online to www.townhalltheater.org.

‘Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me!’
MIDDLEBURY – For many people, Saturday morning wouldn’t be complete without it. Radios all over the country carry the one-two punch of “Car Talk” followed by the laughter and political commentary that is “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me!”
Now those who wonder what the hosts of “Wait, Wait!” actually look like will be able to see them live, via satellite broadcast at Town Hall Theater. Peter Sagal, Carl Kassel and show regulars make their live cinematic debut at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 2.
The broadcast will feature the show’s most popular panelists – Paula Poundstone, Mo Rocca, and Tom Bodett – in a broadcast originating from the Skirball Center at New York University.
Tickets are $17, $10 for students; call 802 382-9222, or go online to www.townhalltheater.org.

MIDDLEBURY — The members of the Escher String Quartet bring their individual sound, artistry and cohesiveness to their Middlebury Performing Arts Series debut on Friday, March 8. The program will include Beethoven’s second “Razumovsky” Quartet, Britten’s Quartet No. 3 in D, and Mendelssohn’s String Quartet, Opus 44, No. 1.
“Put simply, this group has all the qualities necessary to be the next Emerson or Juilliard Quartet … rare musical insight and a profound level of cohesion,” reported the Denver Post.
Championed by members of the Emerson String Quartet, the Eschers became the BBC New Generation Artists for 2010-2012. Having completed a three-year residency with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s “CMS Two” program, the ensemble has already performed at prestigious venues and festivals around the world including Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Louvre, the Ravinia and Caramoor Festivals, and Wigmore Hall, to name a few.
The concert will take place at 8 p.m. in the Mahaney Center for the Arts Concert Hall, 72 Porter Field Road in Middlebury, just off Route 30 south. Admission is free (no tickets are required); for more information, call 443-MIDD (6433), or go online to go.middlebury.edu/arts.

MIDDLEBURY – Theatre Kavanah, a Burlington-based company devoted to exploring the intricacies of the Jewish experience, will bring a staged reading of Aaron Posner and Chaim Potok’s “The Chosen” to Town Hall Theater on Thursday, March 7.
Directed by Mark Alan Gordon, “The Chosen” immerses its audience in the lives of two boys, two fathers, and two distinct Jewish communities, “five blocks and a world apart.”  Set against the backdrop of World War II, the revelation of the Holocaust, and the founding of the State of Israel, the play is at once heartbreaking and hopeful. Its themes of struggle, transformation, and, ultimately, understanding transcend time and circumstance.
Prior to the Middlebury show, award-winning playwright and recipient of the 2002 “New Voice in American Theatre” award Dana Yeaton will deliver a free talk about taking works from the page to the stage. This staged reading will feature G. Richard Ames, Bruce Chalmer, Adam Joselson, Jason Lorber, Matthew Winston, and Charlie Yarwood.
The pre-show talk begins at 7 p.m. in the Gallery, and curtain is at 8 p.m.  Tickets are $15, $10 for students; call 382-9222, or go online to www.townhalltheater.org.