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THEATER REVIEW: ‘Rock of Ages’ plays at the Sharon Playhouse through July 7
Sharon Playhouse in Sharon, Conn. You have to like the second-level pop music of 1987 to truly enjoy this show. To be honest and up front about it, I don’t. The show’s book, by Chris D’Arienzo, is cookie-cutter regular with ignorable and forgettable dialogue. Its purpose is to provide cues for the many songs inserted into it. The songs, with few exceptions, are the least memorable from the period. The “show” is a showcase for talented performers who can stand out and away from the material they are asked to perform. There is some justification for this as many of Sharon Playhouse’s cast members are remarkable singers.
The Stissing Center Brings World-Class Performances To Pine Plains
Nearly a century after Pine Plains Memorial Hall was originally built, the stately three-story brick building that had sat empty since the 1990s began a journey back to its former glory. In 2014, local philanthropist Jack Banning spearheaded the purchaseof the building and, working closely with a group of residents, restored it to its original.
Inaugural Plein Air Litchfield Painting Festival Set for Oct. 5
The Town of Litchfield’s Economic Development Commission, the Litchfield Historical Society, and the local arts nonprofit Art Tripping have joined forces to sponsor and present the inaugural Plein Air Litchfield, a one-day painting festival on Oct. 5 featuring some of the finest landscape artists in the Northeast. Plein air...
Ancram Center's Summer Play Lab Series Continues Next Month With CENTURIES
Summer Play Lab, now in its fifth season at Ancram Center for the Arts, offers theater artists space, production support, and a budget to develop and present new works. This year's second Summer Play Lab showing will be a first-look production on July 7 at 4pm of Centuries, an immersive concert collaboration from Matthew Dean Marsh (You Don't Know the Lonely One), Kate Douglas (The Lucky Few), and singer-composer Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez.
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