Northern Stage Scores Major Broadway Talent, Secures Rare Rights to "Les Mis"
08/05/2008 - For months, Northern Stage has listed their 2008-09 Season of
professional theater with a mysterious omission: the hugely popular
holiday musical. The company listed the show as "Smash Musical To Be
Announced," and theater lovers throughout the Upper Valley have been
buzzing about what the show could be.
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Young Northern Stage Actors Bring Beloved Books to Life
06/05/2008 - Families throughout the area will enjoy "Literature Alive," a music- and dance-filled tribute to some of the most beloved works of children's literature, performed by the Northern Stage Ensemble, a dedicated troupe of 22 talented young actors, ages 8-18, from New Hampshire and Vermont.
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Northern Stage Wins Telly Awards
05/19/2008 - Northern Stage, the regional professional theater company in White River Junction, is proud to announce that they have won two prestigious Telly Awards for video and film production. Their video for Project Playwright, their groundbreaking literacy program for fifth and sixth graders, won a Silver Award—the top prize—in the Education category, and "The 'O' Myths," spotlighting an international production based on Ovid's "Metamorphoses" that took place on the Dartmouth College Green in July 2007, took a Bronze Award in the Cultural category. more...
Actors Bare It All for Northern Stage’s “The Full Monty”
04/15/2008 - THE MOST EXCITING SHOW OF RECENT MEMORY HITS THE STAGE IN WHITE RIVER JUNCTION AS NORTHERN STAGE, THE REGION’S PROFESSIONAL THEATER COMPANY, ROCKS AND SHOCKS THE UPPER VALLEY WITH “THE FULL MONTY,” THE BROADWAY HIT THAT SCORED 10 TONY NOMINATIONS.
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“The Elephant Man”: A Sensitive Man Fights Stereotypes
03/21/2008 - The Bishop describes him as a Christian in the rough. He fascinates high society. The sideshow barker cruelly exploits him as a freak of nature. But John Merrick was a kind, sensitive, almost child-like young man who wrote poetry. Was his physical condition a cruel trick of nature or a message of universal love from God? more...
Project Playwright Turns Students Into Published Playwrights
03/17/2008 - Five hundred short plays written by five hundred area fifth and sixth graders. That’s the goal of Northern Stage’s pioneering “Project Playwright” literacy program, happening now through the middle of April. This extraordinary partnership between a leading non-profit organization, the public school system, area businesses and national and regional foundations seeks to improve children’s reading, writing and public speaking skills by tapping their innate creativity. more...
Arthur Miller’s classic “The Price” hits Northern Stage
01/17/2008 - You’ll never forget it. That one decision you made years ago. And you’ve been paying the price ever since. Would you change it if you could? But what price would you pay for THAT decision? more...
Hit Musical “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast” Extended through January 13!
12/23/2007 - Northern Stage’s hit production of this breathtaking and beautiful family musical has been extended through January 13, by popular demand! more...
The Shocking Pulitzer Winner “Doubt” Comes to Northern Stage
10/24/2007 - Northern Stage, the region’s professional theater, heats up November with a potent mix of race, sex and religion, all wrapped up in a riveting Pulitzer Prize-winning play. more...
Northern Stage Hires Leading Industry Professionals
09/27/2007 - Northern Stage, the region’s professional theater company located in White River Junction, VT, is pleased to announce that two longtime theater professionals have been added to their growing staff. more...
Fabulous Comedy Opens Northern Stage Season
09/27/2007 - Northern Stage, the region’s professional theater, opens their second decade with an outstanding comedy by one of the masters of the form: Alan Ayckbourn’s inventive “How the Other Half Loves.” Directed by Catherine Doherty, the play runs from Oct. 3-21 at the Briggs Opera House in White River Junction, VT. more...
Northern Stage, Back from Africa, Presents Beasts and Elephants
09/17/2007 - Fresh from trips to
"Project Playwright" Turns Students Into Authors
03/05/2007 - For the second year, Northern Stage in White River Junction, VT is sending two professional playwrights into nine area schools to guide 550 fifth and sixth grade students in writing their own original short plays as part of its groundbreaking literacy program, "Project Playwright." The best of these plays will be published in a glossy magazine and performed at Northern Stage and at the participating schools by professional actors. more...
Arthur Miller's The Crucible Heats Up March
02/15/2007 - Northern Stage, the region's professional theater company, presents Pulitzer Prize winner Arthur Miller's masterpiece "The Crucible" at the Briggs Opera House in downtown White River Junction March 1-18, 2007. more...
"Tom Crean, Antarctic Explorer," Direct from Ireland, Returns to Northern
01/25/2007 - Northern Stage, the region's professional theater company, in association with Fairbank Productions and Play On Words Theatre, proudly announces the RETURN ENGAGEMENT of "Tom Crean-Antarctic Explorer" for four performances only, February 10-13, 2007. more...
Northern Stage's "Dancing At Lughnasa" Features Irish Storytelling
01/22/2007 - Northern Stage, the region's professional theater company, brings master storyteller Brian Friel's "Dancing At Lughnasa" to life at the Briggs Opera House in downtown White River Junction, February 1-18, 2007. more...
Comedy Moon Over Buffalo opens Northern Stage Season
09/27/2006 - Northern Stage, the region's professional theater company, opens its 10th Anniversary Season with a bang: Ken Ludwig's "Moon Over Buffalo," a rollicking comedy directed by Northern Stage's Producing Director, Catherine Doherty, at the Briggs Opera House in downtown White River Junction. more...
Northern Stage Launches 10th Anniversary Season
09/13/2006 - Northern Stage, the region's professional theater company, celebrates a very special moment: the opening of its 10th Anniversary Season of top-quality theater in White River Junction. The new season opens on October 5, 2006 with the acclaimed comedy "Moon Over Buffalo." more...