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01 Apr

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

Leigh Blander0 CommentsArt, Community Resources, Culture, Entertainment, Local News, Nonprofit corner, Religion, Theater

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…

08 Feb

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets coming up

Leigh Blander0 CommentsArt, Culture, Entertainment, Environment, Local News, Nonprofit corner, Theater

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…

29 Jan

Marblehead’s Got Talent auditions start this Saturday

Leigh Blander0 CommentsCommunity Resources, Entertainment, Local News, Nonprofit corner, Theater, Top Stories

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…

24 Jan

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

Will Dowd0 CommentsCulture, Entertainment, Local News, Theater

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…