NICOLE S. COLSON The pandemic gave many arts organizations the time and opportunity to think deeply about their mission and the future. In the case of Peterborough Players, it was a chance to determine the best ways to reach the largest number of theater patrons. Above all, increased access ensures its longevity far past the
Pygmalion is the story of a bedraggled Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle and her transformation into a high-society woman at the hands of Professor of Phonetics Henry Higgins. Higgins’ takes on a bet to train Eliza to pass for a duchess at an ambassador’s garden party by focusing primarily on her manner of speech. This
Met Opera’s “Roberto Devereux” To Be Shown On Screen at Players Met Opera’s “Roberto Devereux” presented on screen this Saturday April 16, 2016 at Peterborough Players. PETERBOROUGH, New Hampshire (April 11, 2016) Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky takes on the extraordinary challenge of singing all three of Donizetti’s Tudor queens in the course of a single season, a
Puccini’s Breathtaking Opera “Madama Butterfly” To Be Shown On Screen at Players Met Opera’s “Madama Butterfly” presented on screen this Saturday April 2, 2016 at Peterborough Players. PETERBOROUGH, New Hampshire (March 29, 2016) The title character of Madama Butterfly — a young Japanese geisha who clings to the belief that her arrangement with a visiting American
Susan Werner and Vance Gilbert perform Saturday, April 2, 2016 at the Peterborough Players Theater Susan Werner Listern to Susan at the Philly Festival. If you don’t know Susan Werner you should! If you know Susan Werner you know that she is one of the most talented musician, singer, composer, lyricist, and performers you will ever
“SPARTACUS” Is Next Bolshoi at the Players Bolshoi’s signature ballet and epic tour de force on screen at the Peterborough Players – Sunday, March 13th 1pm PETERBOROUGH, New Hampshire (March 7, 2016) In ancient Rome, Spartacus, a Thracian king, is turned captive by Crassus with his wife Phrygia. Forced to fight as a gladiator and
Kristine Opolais and Roberto Alagna star as the ill-fated lovers at the center of Manon Lescaut, Puccini’s passionate adaptation of the classic novel about a free-spirited country girl who becomes the toast of Paris.
Summer is finally fully in season, in our beautiful Monadnock Region. The warm weather brings all sorts of different activities to do while we take a few days off work and stop to enjoy our surroundings. One great way to past these precious lazy hours is with a live show from one of our area’s amazingly
The warm weather has finally come out and blessed our beautiful region, a long awaited break from the harsh winter months. This change has us thinking about what awesome things are about to or just have opened here in Monadnock. Ice cream stands are beginning to open their doors again and its nearly time for
