Town Hall Theater closer to raising the curtain

Those spearheading an ongoing expansion and renovation of Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater had hoped to see the $8.2 million project completed in time for a festive, public unveiling this New Year’s Eve. But a “grand opening” celebration will need to wait until late next spring or early summer.

Movie review: Using film to ask the right questions

“The Teachers’ Lounge” was one of this year’s Best Foreign Film nominees — though its closely observed drama set inside a contemporary seventh-grade German classroom could have easily been American.  The film’s protagonist, idealistic young teacher Carla … (read more)

Dead Set brings grateful spirit to Middlebury

One of the founding members of the Grateful Dead, bassist Phil Lesh, passed away on Oct. 25 this year. To honor his memory and celebrate the iconic American band, Zach Nugent’s Dead Set will play at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury on Saturday, Nov. 23. Th … (read more)

Open auditions for mid-winter comedy

The Middlebury Community Players will hold open auditions for “Morning’s at Seven,” a comedy by Paul Osborn, on Nov. 18, at the Town Hall Theater in Middlebury, and on Nov. 20, at Middlebury Fitness in Middlebury.

Great art returns to Town Hall Theater’s big screen

Town Hall Theater’s annual Great Art Wednesday series returns with a monthly film series that focuses on fine artists, and for the first time, also features world-renowned architects.

THT staff shares a meal with crew

Town Hall Theater is building a new wing, but thanks to an inspired gift, it’s also building new relationships.

MACo presents ‘The Cherry Orchard,’ a play about life

Russian author Anton Chekhov in his short life wrote a thousand stories and 14 plays. His last play was “The Cherry Orchard,” first produced in Moscow by Konstantin Stanislavsky.

Theater makers task community with questions about ‘The Strangers’ Case’

Consider these three words: Migrate. Stranger. Home.

Middlebury College alum brings ‘searingly insightful’ play to town

“The Best We Could” (a family tragedy) by playwright and 2009 Middlebury College graduate Emily Feldman will be performed in the Byers Studio at Town Hall Theater on Saturday, Sept. 7, and Sunday, Sept. 8, at 4 p.m.

Community Forum: A new building in an old town

Standing in the gazebo one day, looking out over the Middlebury town green, I realized that the view hasn’t changed in 100 years.

The Baffo Box Show presents compact cardboard comedy

Performed in a one-of-a-kind suit-stage, this show packs classic hand puppetry, Dadaist ventriloquism, and stand-up comedy into a cardboard box.

‘Isaac’s Eye’ opens seventh staged reading series at THT

Middlebury Acting Company’s acclaimed Staged Reading Series is back for its seventh season, presenting a lineup of provocative and intellectually stimulating plays.

Up for Discussion: Youth sports in the community

The third installment of Vermont Book Shop and Town Hall Theater’s “Up for Discussion” series will feature Middlebury Athletic Director Erin Quinn, Carol Weston, and author and journalist Alex Wolff for “Youth Sports in the Community and Beyond.” This sal … (read more)

THT fund drive nears the finish line

A $7 million fund drive for the renovation and expansion of Middlebury’s Town Theater (THT) is hitting the homestretch, with organizers announcing a generous donation-match offer, a buy-a-brick campaign and an upcoming auction as part of their strategy to … (read more)

Sonic delights await audiences with Mathis Picard

On Friday, May 10, Jazz Middlebury and Town Hall Theater present “An Evening with Mathis Picard,” of Jazz at Lincoln Center touring band fame.

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