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Arts + Culture
Lost Nation Theater Celebrates 40 Years of Class Acts
In his quest to reunite with his wife, who's trapped in the underworld, Orpheus enters the stage from a high platform and slides down… -
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Arts + Culture
Spielpalast's Music Director Mixes It Up
Spielpalast Cabaret occupies a unique place in Vermont's arts firmament. No other entertainment entity can boast of a similar slate of influences — Weimar-era cabaret,… -
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Arts + Culture
Young Love: Lost Nation Stages The Last 5 Years
When Lost Nation Theater got the rights to stage The Last 5 Years, cofounder Kathleen Keenan was delighted but surprised. "The movie [version of the… -
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Arts + Culture
Theater Review: Our Town
In his preface to Our Town, Thornton Wilder recounted his dissatisfaction with the theater of his time. "It aimed to be soothing," he lamented,… -
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Arts + Culture
On With the Show
The 2012-2013 performing-arts preview
You’ve settled into your theater seat, scoped out your sight lines and turned off your cellphone. The house goes dark as the stage lights come… -
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Arts + Culture
New Performance Venue Offers Refuge From the Bar Scene
State of the Arts
The name “Studio Three” implies there are also studios one and two. That is precisely the case at Spotlight on Dance in South Burlington.… -
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Arts + Culture
Encore, Encore!
The 2010-11 performing-arts preview
We’ve been poring over the new performing-arts brochures and our first reaction is: whew. From the wealth of onstage options in the upcoming season, it’s… -
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Arts + Culture
Northern Stage Scores an Emmy-Winning Composer for the Bard
State of the Arts
Sometimes an innovative project starts with Hey, I have a crazy idea... Using an email with that opening line, Northern Stage artistic director Brooke… -
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Arts + Culture
All's Well That Ends ... Quickly
Theater review: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
Even ardent Shakespeare fans would probably ’fess up that their initial childhood brush with the Bard was not love at first sight. He does… -
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Arts + Culture
It's Show Time!
The 2009-2010 Performing Arts Preview
A sour economy has added a note of uncertainty to all aspects of arts funding this year, from stock portfolios to charitable donations to… -
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Arts + Culture
Shorts
State of the Arts
Sweet, er, Sixteen In the past few years, 39-year-old American playwright David Lindsey-Abaire has quickly notched both critical and commercial successes, winning the 2007… -
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Arts + Culture
A Longtime Vermont Pianist Gets Lucky
State of the Arts
A family farm on the brink of ruin. A greedy out-of-state conglomerate bent on clearing fields for condos and shopping outlets. No, these are… -
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Arts + Culture
Vermont-Born Actor Stars in Sweeney Todd
State of the Arts
Vermont is known for its lively arts scene, but Broadway it’s not. Professional theater groups such as Lost Nation Theater produce musicals sporadically at… -
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Arts + Culture
Southern Exposure
Theater Review: To Kill a Mockingbird
Two original sins haunt America’s history: Native American genocide and African slavery. Their consequences have undermined some of the highest ideals of our founders,… -
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Arts + Culture
Rachel Perlmeter Brings Threepenny to the . . . Non-Stage
State of the Arts
When it debuted in Berlin in 1928, The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper) instantly turned old-fashioned opera into groundbreaking musical theater. It had a political… -
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Arts + Culture
WordStage Reborn with Schubert's Die Winterreise
State of the Arts
A performance requires an audience; otherwise it's just a rehearsal. A recurring nightmare for performers and producers is, therefore: What if we put on… -
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Arts + Culture
Hell Bent
Greek myth meets American political history in Anaïs Mitchell's folk opera
Founded on one of the world’s most fertile granite quarries, Barre is no stranger to hellish racket spilling onto its streets. But in recent weeks,… -
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Lost Nation and Monteverdi Find Inspiration in a Late Diva
State of the Arts
Two Montpelier arts organizations facing dire financial crises last year report a sounder start to 2007. Tim Tavcar, a longtime Lost Nation Theater staffer who… -
Arts + Culture
Bring It On!
Performing Arts Preview
It's that time of year. The kids have gone back to school, the leaf-peepers are starting to arrive, and here at Seven Days we've been… -
Arts + Culture
Scratching the Surface
State of the Arts
How do you make classical music play to the next generation of listeners? If you're the programmer at the Hopkins Center, you book the Kronos… -
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Decadent Dissent
Theater Review: Spielpalast Cabaret
In an era of rampant hypocrisy, the disaffected and marginalized often take refuge in satire, sex and song. Think Germany's fragile Weimar Republic circa 1930,… -
Arts + Culture
Kid Rock
State of the Arts
It sounded like fun, but isn't to be -- yet. A special matinee concert by The Paul Green School of Rock had been scheduled to… -
Arts + Culture
"Family Guy" Values
State of the Arts
Only one thing's better than a fresh episode of "Family Guy." Face time with the "Family Guy" guy. Expect the cult cartoon's creator Seth MacFarlane… -
Arts + Culture
Global Stage Fright
Is the U.S. government lowering the curtain on international performers?
The announcement was like a cruel April Fool's joke on the arts and entertainment industry. On April 1, the FBI issued a warning to law… -
Arts + Culture
Higher Ground, the Sequel
State of the Arts
Finally, the announcement we've all been waiting for: Higher Ground is making its move... to South Burlington. Since the popular nightclub closed its doors in…
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