by Jonathan Day | Jul 31, 2019 | Reviews
By Jeanné McCartin “Evita,” at Seacoast Repertory Theater, is a sublime, polished package. Its cast is riveting, and each of its elements strengthens the other. The operetta, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and book and lyrics by Tim Rice, follows the life of María...
by Jonathan Day | Jul 25, 2019 | Reviews
By Jeanné McCartin The first take-away from Seacoast Rep’s Second Stage production of “Hair” is its voices. Great voices. The second is energy – a bounty of kinetic, muscular, artistic movement that sweeps you along, and lands this half-century old play in the...
by Jonathan Day | Jul 18, 2019 | Upcoming Shows
The Seacoast Repertory Theatre is pleased to present “Hair” on its second stage at the STAR Theatre at Kittery Community Center from July 18 through Aug. 4. “Hair” was the first rock musical to hit Broadway. The year was 1967, the Vietnam War loomed large in America,...
by Jonathan Day | Jul 15, 2019 | Theatre News
Last week, the Seacoast arts community received yet another honor that deserves recognition. The acting chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, Mary Anne Carter, made two stops at local arts organizations that receive funding from her agency. On her tour of...
by Jonathan Day | Jul 15, 2019 | Upcoming Shows
Audiences for the Seacoast Repertory Theatre’s production of “Evita” can make up their own minds whether Argentine legend Eva Peron used sex as a path to political power, or overcame personal hardships to emerge as a revered champion of the country’s “shirtless ones.”...