Theater - Marblehead Current

10Apr

By Benji BoydNo Comments

Education, Local News, Marblehead Public Schools, Theater

MHS Drama Club preparing for ‘The Prom’

The Marblehead High School Drama Club is in full swing into rehearsals for the upcoming spring musical, “The Prom.” The show debuts Friday, April 26, and plays through that weekend. The cast, crew and directors are working hard to put all the pieces together. “The Prom” tells the story of four washed-up Broadway stars who are looking to repaint their image as celebrity activists. When they catch wind that the bigoted PTA of a small town in Indiana has canceled the high school prom, all because one girl wanted to take her girlfriend, they hop on the cause. In their misguided attempts, many mistakes are made and many lessons learned, but the prom comes together in the end. “The message is what really comes through here,” director and MHS teacher Ashley Skeffington told the C...

1Apr

By Benji BoydNo Comments

Art, Community resources, Culture, Entertainment, Local News, Nonprofit corner, Religion, Theater

‘The Mother of the Maid’ opens at MLT Friday night

Marblehead Little Theatre will open its production of “The Mother of the Maid” this Friday night at 7 p.m. The play, written by Jane Anderson, tells the story of Joan of Arc through the perspective of her mother, Isabelle, and explores familial relationships through realistic humor and remarkable moments in the lives of ordinary women. “The Mother of the Maid” will run for two weekends, April 5-14, and tickets are available at mltlive.org. Director Hannah Schuurman is especially excited to share this story, and incredibly proud of what the production has become. “The Mother of the Maid” is the first MLT show that Schuurman has directed, though she has been involved with the theater before. Schuurman talked to the Current just before tech week, describing how the atmosphere of ant...

8Feb

By Leigh BlanderNo Comments

Art, Culture, Entertainment, Environment, Local News, Nonprofit corner, Theater

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets coming up

Current Events spotlights exciting happenings in the coming days. If you’d like to contribute a listing, please email Current Editor Leigh Blander at lblander@marbleheadnews.org. ‘Love Letters’: A play to benefit the MAASaturday, Feb. 10, 7 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 11, 2 p.m. “Love Letters,” by A.R. Gurney, springs to life at the Marblehead Arts Association for two performances at the historic King Hooper Mansion, 8 Hooper St. “Love Letters” is a play made entirely of letters between the staid and proper Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and Melissa Gardner, a free-spirited but troubled artist. The play spans the characters’ lives from the second grade through their mid-50s. More info and tickets at MarbleheadArts.org. Indoor sidewalk saleSaturday, Feb. 10, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. The Chamber ...

29Jan

By Leigh BlanderNo Comments

Community resources, Entertainment, Local News, Nonprofit corner, Theater, Top Stories

Marblehead’s Got Talent auditions start this Saturday

The Marblehead’s Got Talent contest is back after a hiatus last year, and auditions will be held Saturdays, Feb. 3 and 10, 10 a.m.-noon, at The Beacon. The Rotary Club of Marblehead, which has run the contest for 16 years, will award nearly $20,000 to student winners. Marblehead High junior Brady Weed will be auditioning again after competing in 2022. MHS senior Brady Weed, shown performing at Marblehead’s Got Talent two years ago, will be auditioning again this year. COURTESY PHOTO “I performed a cover of ‘I See Fire’ by Ed Sheeran and Howard Shore, written for the second ‘Hobbit’ movie,” Weed told the Current. “That won me third place in the competition, which was a $3,000 scholarship. Not too shabby, if I do say so myself.” Rotary’s David Deutsch has organized MGT for...

24Jan

By Benji BoydNo Comments

Culture, Entertainment, Local News, Theater

‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder’ opens Friday

Marblehead Little Theatre’s production of “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” opens this Friday, Jan. 26, and will run for eight shows. Director Alexandra Dietrich hopes that this dark musical comedy will coax theater-lovers out despite the cold, and warm them up with laughter. A Broadway sensation from a decade ago, “A Gentleman’s Guide” tells the story of Monty Navarro, a working class Brit who finds out he is distantly related to the aristocratic D’Ysquith family, and sets out to murder his way into a weighty inheritance. He hopes that with his new wealth he will be able to woo his money-minded sweetheart, but finds himself drawn to another woman along the way. According to Dietrich, “A Gentleman’s Guide” is “a love letter to the British musical.” Absurdly funny and melodram...