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Flute Choir at Nashua Public Library New Shows Added to Schedule For Capitol Center’s Spotlight Café

CONCORD— The Capitol Cen- winning writer and Tonight Show ter’s Spotlight Café was named comedian Mike Dugan as he takes NH Magazine’s Best New Venue in an unflinching look at the secret 2009. In just one year the Café has life of men. On his journey, Dugan become a hip, intimate, club-style takes us through the trials (and er- atmosphere where inventive music rors!) encountered on the road to Ken Harvey’s Photography On Display and theater are the main course. The becoming a man in a ‘boys will be spring and summer calendar offer a boys’ world. A brutally honest and NASHUA – On May 1 and 2, the photography of NH resident, variety of emerging local artist and irreverent telling of the age-old gen- Ken Harvey (kenharveyphoto.com), will be on display in the atri- national tours. The Café will now der battle. All tickets $30 um at Palm Square, 55 Palm Street (corner of W. Hollis St.), Nash- feature a comedy night the fourth THE PILLOWMAN. Friday, July ua. Mr. Harvey’s range of photographic subjects reflects his 40+ Thursday of the month. 16 and Saturday, July 17, 8 p.m. THE years of experience behind the lens. Prints in color and in mono- An Evening with Chad and Jer- PILLOWMAN, written by Irish chrome include landscapes, florals, action photos, and even a bit of emy. Friday, April 30, 8 p.m. Brit- playwright Martin McDonagh, was humor. A new 5-foot-long image shows a local orchard progress- ish Invasion icons, Chad and Jere- the winner of the Laurence Olivier ing from snow in January, through the seasons, and back to snow. my captured a loyal following with Award for Best New Play in 2004. Hours: 5/1, 11 AM to 6 PM, 5/2, 10 AM to 5 PM. their unique style of sensitive folk- Katurian, a writer in an unnamed pop with hits like “A Summer Song” totalitarian state, is interrogated by Marjorie Bollinger Hogan and “Willow Weep for Me.” All tick- two bulldogish detectives, Tupolski ets $30 and Ariel, regarding missing-chil- The Blanks. Friday, May 21, 8 p.m. dren cases that resemble his own The Blanks are a quartet of friends Brothers-Grimm-style stories. Tick- who like to sing a cappella music. ets $20/$15 students For a few years now they’ve been Headliners Comedy. Thursday, appearing on the television show July 22, 7:30 p.m. A night of com- Scrubs as ‘Ted’s Band’ where, as luck edy featuring Paul D’Angelo, voted would have it, they have to pretend Boston’s Best Comic three years in to be a quartet of friends who like a row and Tim McIntire of Comcast to sing a cappella music. All tickets Comedy Spotlight. All tickets $20 $25 Headliners Comedy. Thursday, Headliners Comedy. Thursday, August 26, 7:30 p.m. A night of com- May 27, 7:30 p.m. A night of com- edy featuring Jim Lauletta of Come- edy featuring NESN Comedy All- dy Central and MTV and Jim Mc- Stars and Comedy Central guest Ira Cue, founder of the Boston Comedy Proctor and Steve Bjork, writer for Festival. All tickets $20 the Tonight Show and Two Drink Seating is general admission. Minimum. All tickets $20 Cash bar and a variety of conces- Headliners Comedy. Thursday, sions available. June 24, 7:30 p.m. A night of com- Tickets to all Spotlight Café per- edy featuring Chance Langton of formances are on sale now and can Souhegan Valley Chorus Members Comedy on the Road and NESN be purchased at the Capitol Center Comedy All-Stars and Dave Russo box office, by phone at (603) 225- Celebrate 30th Anniversary Merrimack Valley Flute Choir of Comedy Central and The Enter- 1111 or online at www.ccanh.com. tainer Fox Reality Show Finalist. All The Spotlight Café is sponsored by The Souhegan Valley Chorus a special bond and light hearted tickets $20 92.5 The River, Rath, Young and will present their 30th Anniversary fun.” – Cyndy Wood, 14 yr. member NASHUA – The Merrimack Val- The Merrimack Valley Flute Choir Men Fake Foreplay. Thursday, July Pignatelli, Franklin Pierce Law Cen- Concert on Saturday, May 8th at 7 “It’s wonderful that this group has ley Flute Choir will perform at the has performed in and around Nash- 8 – Saturday, July 10, 7:30 p.m. Take ter, NHTI and the NH State Council p.m. in the Souhegan High School been a part of the community for 30 Nashua Public Library on Sunday, ua and the Merrimack Valley since a hilarious and insightful tour of on the Arts. Auditorium, Amherst, NH. years, it helps pull people together.” May 16, at 2 p.m. Come hear picco- its founding in 1995. the male psyche with Emmy Award This year’s spring program is a se- – Tim Hageman, 12 yr. member los and C, alto, and bass flutes weave The concert, which is free and lection of great SVC performances. And from one of the newest and unique musical textures under the open to the public, will be held in the “Our Favorite Songs” will feature youngest members, “I love it! It’s direction of Marjorie Bollinger Ho- library’s Music/Art/Media Wing. music from Broadway shows, pop- a way of life and you make a lot of gan. The group will perform works The library is located at 2 Court FREE Reading of Animal Farm ular hits and light classics - “Fiddle great friends. It means 30 great by Bruce R. Smith, Michael Coolen, Street. For directions and informa- On the Roof”-Medley, “You’ll Never years of people who just love to sing and Keith Amos and arrangements tion on parking go to www.nashual- by George Orwell By MAP Walk Alone”, “Over the Rainbow”, great songs!” – Peter Benoit of works by Dowland, Faure, Bartok, ibrary.org/directions.htm. For in- “Lullaby” (Billy Joel), “Canon in D” The Souhegan Valley Chorus is Albinoni, and Sousa. formation, call 589-4610. Milford - Milford Area Players, this staged reading of Animal Farm and many more. A wonderful eve- a community chorus with singers winner of four NH theater awards, is a “fairy story” in the style of Aes- ning of entertainment for the whole from several towns in the Milford- presents a FREE Off the MAP dra- op’s Fables, with farm animals ver- family! Amherst area. Jennifer Erdody, Di- matic reading of the classic master- bally re-enacting the history of the Preparation for the 30th anniver- rector, is the choral director at Mil- Italian Concert Artist Closes North piece Animal Farm by George Or- failed Russian experiment. Com- sary celebration began with inviting ford High School in Milford where well, adapted for the stage by Nelson bining humor and drama, Animal pass and present members to select she directs the concert choir. She American Tour In Nashua Bond, on Sunday, May 2nd at 7pm. Farm’s general themes of oppres- their favorite songs that they en- also conducts the Mont Vernon The play will be performed by a sion, suffering, and injustice have joyed performing in previous con- Community Messiah Sing, a long- cast of talented area actors includ- far broader application: Orwell’s certs. Chorus members were eager standing choral tradition. Laura NASHUA – FIRST MUSIC Con- ty of the Huber Family Trust, brings ing Len Deming, Deborah Shaw, work is today interpreted as a pow- to share their comments and experi- Kennedy, Accompanist, has distin- cert Series, closes its second season internationally-acclaimed concert Judi Mitchell, Jason Crowell, Vick erful attack on any political, rhetori- ences about this milestone event – guished herself across the nation as with a riveting program of organ artists to Nashua audiences, with Bennison, Mark Ferman, and Larry cal, or military power that seeks to “I have been singing with SVC for a solo performer, accompanist and masterworks by Bach, Bossi, De- audience-friendly ticket prices mak- Lickteig. Animal Farm is directed control human beings unjustly. half of my life and I would be lost chamber musician. bussy, Sibelius and more on Sunday, ing quality music accessible for the by Vicky Sandin. The show will be presented at the without it. Thirty years of learning Tickets cost $15 for adults and May 2 at 3 p.m. at 1 Concord Street, whole family. Written in 1945, Animal Farm ex- Amato Performing Arts Center, 56 and enjoying many forms of mu- $10 for seniors and students. Tick- Nashua. The performers for “Or- Tickets are $10 for Adults, $8 for posed the cruelties and hypocrisies Mont Vernon St., Rte.13N in Mil- sic, some of which I never thought ets may be purchased at The Toad- gan Masters II” are Massimo Noset- Seniors, $4 for Youth under 16, and of Soviet Communist Party, which ford. This show is highly recom- I would enjoy doing!” - Tom Par- stool Bookshop in Milford, at the ti, organ and titular organist of St. are available at the door, or by call- in 1917 overturned the semifeudal mended for students from middle tridge, 30 yr. member door on the night of the concert, or Rita Basilica, Turin, Italy. ing 882-4861. For further informa- system of the tsars and replaced it school to college and for all adults. “Our success indicates that good by calling 673-7573. Additional in- This concert program, co-spon- tion: concerts@firstchurchnashua. with a centralist government more Visit www.MilfordAreaPlayers. things last a long time!” – Barbara formation about the chorus and this sored between FIRST MUSIC and org Phone: 882-4861x15 totalitarian and abusive than the org for more information. Gondek, 26 yr. member concert is available at www.wolaver. underwritten through the generosi- one it supplanted. Like the novella, “It is great to get together with org/SVC. others who enjoy singing. We share Travel Back To The ‘80s With The Wedding Singer

Nashua - Peacock Players, New Hampshire’s freshest young award-winning talents, composer premiere award winning youth theatre, proudly Matthew Sklar and lyricist Chad Beguelin. presents the Nashua debut of the Tony Award The production will be directed byA rtistic Di- winning Broadway musical comedy THE WED- rector, and two-time Broadway veteran, Keith DING SINGER at the Janice B. Streeter Theater, Weirich. New Hampshire Theatre Award win- located at 14 Court Street, in Nashua, NH, May ning Musical Director, Judy Hayward, and New 14th through 23rd. Hampshire Theatre Award winning Choreogra- Dubbed “One big party! A good-natured, pher, Valerie Psoinos, will also lend their extraor- high-energy musical” by Newsday, THE WED- dinary talents toward the production. DING SINGER is based on the 1998 hit film The cast features local favorites Mike Mor- starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, rissey (Nashua) as wedding singer Robbie Hart, and tells the story of Robbie Hart, New Jersey’s Danielle Lussier (of Londonderry) as love inter- favorite wedding singer. Robbie has a desire to est Julia, Kaleb Wells ( Hampstead) as wall street find the right girl and settle down, but when he broker-fiancée Glen Guglia,A lyssa Dumas (Man- finds her and she leaves him at the altar, he be- chester) as Madonna-wanna-be friend Holly and comes broken-hearted and a wedding planner’s Daniel Schwartzberg (Bedford) as band-mate Z POOL SERVI worst nightmare, taking out his bitterness on Sammy. A-2- CE stage. Every wedding he plays is a disaster un- THE WEDDING SINGER performances are til a charming waitress named Julia wins his af- scheduled at the Court Street Theatre next to All Major and Above and fections. The only trouble is, she is about to be the Nashua Public Library on Friday, May 14th @ Minor Repairs Inground Liner married and unless Robbie can pull off the per- 7pm, Saturday, May 15th @ 2pm & 7pm, Sunday, Done Replacements formance of his lifetime, the girl of his dreams May 16th @ 2pm, Friday, May 21st @ 7pm, Satur- will be gone forever. day, May 22nd @ 2pm & 7pm, and Sunday, May THE WEDDING SINGER is a 1980’s fam- 23rd @ 2pm. Tickets are currently on sale, prices ily fun flashback musical, and much of that fun range from $10 to $15 with discounts for groups, Pool Opening Specials Available comes from the big hair, the bright neon fashion, seniors and military.. To purchase tickets, call and the iconic dance moves, as well as a tuneful 886-7000 or visit www.peacockplayers.org. Mike Morrisey as The Wedding Singer. 603-673-4886 and funny original score by two of Broadway’s Don Senecal Mont Vernon, NH

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