Final Curtain Call For Beloved Nh Theater
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on November 19, 2008
Exeter, New Hampshire is home to one of New England’s oldest movie houses. The Ioka Theater has been a downtown fixture for nine decades, but is set to close on Christmas Eve the victim of updated building codes and increased costs.
“There were people dressed up as Klansmen, riding through the streets to help promote the [...]
Conservative Cuts Bring Curtain Down On Artists
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on November 18, 2008
Here’s a story for our time. A wayward prairie kid from a small Canadian town learns everything there is to know about a rare and difficult art form — and then he makes it truly his own. No one in the world does what the Canadian does. The world finds out. And the world is [...]
Curlin’s Curtain Call Sends Wrong Message
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on November 18, 2008
In an age driven by information and forever remembered in Google, it takes about three seconds to re-cement your legacy.
“If an appropriate venue and purse are offered, we would consider one more race in 2008 for Curlin.”
With that single statement, made by majority owner Jess Jackson of Stonestreet Farms, the Curlin camp went from good [...]
Curtain Up On A New Stage For Waldrom
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on November 17, 2008
Written by John Breen, it tells the story of Munster’s historic 12-0 win against the All Blacks at Thomond Park.
They are excited about tomorrow’s rematch and, though few are expecting a repeat upset especially as Munster will be missing their international players the All Blacks are wary.
Scott Waldrom, who will make his All Blacks debut [...]
Opening The Curtain On Torture
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on November 12, 2008
McDonagh’s first success, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, jolted audiences in Galway, London and New York, where it opened in 1998. The Lieutenant of Inishmore, on Broadway in 2006, had audiences gasping both at the comedy and at the apparently horrific fate of an innocent onstage cat.
Director Kevin G. Becker and a terrific cast have [...]
Curtain Up On Right Pearl Of A Musical
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on November 11, 2008
Lambeth Walk and The Sun Has Got His Hat On will be ringing out at Wolverhampton’s Grand Theatre tonight when the curtain goes up on classic Cockney musical Me And My Girl.
The talented company has been staging an annual production for the past 81 years and has been performing at the Grand since 1958 following [...]
Anne And Gilbert Faces Threat Of Final Curtain
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on November 10, 2008
The popular musical sequel to Anne of Green Gables is facing an uncertain future in Summerside, its home for the last three years.
“To do a production of this scale, that’s celebrated across the country and in Variety and in the Toronto Star, and it’s really kind of the great new Canadian Musical it’s really expensive,” [...]
No Carolina Curtain Call
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on November 9, 2008
The last time Casey Dick came to Williams-Brice Stadium, he walked off the field as one of the stars of the game, having relieved Mitch Mustain and thrown for more than 200 yards and a touchdown while helping Arkansas beat South Carolina.
This time around moments after the Gamecocks wrapped up a 34-21 victory over the [...]
Reunited for a Road Trip and an R&B Curtain Call
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on November 6, 2008
“Soul Men” is a raucous, rambling comedy, offering some laughs, some groans and a feast for fans of the musical idioms it mocks and celebrates. It is also something of a bittersweet experience for fans of Isaac Hayes, who has an extended cameo as himself, and Bernie Mac, who plays Floyd Henderson, half of a [...]
Martin’s final curtain call at arts centre
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on November 5, 2008
During that time Martin has seen it grow from very simple beginnings in a semi-derelict building to become a hub of artistic and social life for the community of Helmsley and its surrounding towns and villages.
Mr Vander Weyer was also a founder member of the 1812 Theatre Company, the resident amateur drama company of the [...]