Leanne Jewett
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Intimate Apparel at Dorset Theatre Festival Front Page
Vermont's Dorset Makes a Bold Choice for Season Opener
By: - Jun 27th, 2015This is superb production of a beautifully written play that looks at the lives of African-American women in New York City at the turn of the twentieth century. It is a bold opener for Vermont’s Dorset Theatre Festival season. An uptown white socialite, a downtown black prostitute, and a self-deprecating Jewish cloth salesman are just three of the disparate characters who populate the world of Esther, a hard-working and humble black woman who makes her living fashioning ladies’ intimate apparel.
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Uncle Vanya in Weston, Vermont Theatre
New Adaptation Tuned to American Audiences
By: - Aug 30th, 2014Chekhov strove to make his works "just as complicated and just as simple as ... in real life," He wrote, "People are sitting at a table having dinner, that's all, but at the same time their happiness is being created, or their lives are being torn apart." This production of Uncle Vanya shares Chekhov’s intentions and brings his work to life much as he must have envisioned.
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The Mousetrap in Dorset, Vermont Theatre
Still Surprising Audiences After 62 Years
By: - Aug 17th, 2014The murders in Agatha Christie’s mysteries are almost incidental. Though there is suspense and intrigue, there is no pandering to mayhem and horror. A puzzle is introduced, enhanced with complications, and finally solved through clever reasoning. The well-acted production at The Dorset Theatre Festival is classic Christie at its best.
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The Marvelous Wonderettes: Caps & Gowns Theatre
Fun and Frolics at Weston Theatre’s Second Stage
By: - Aug 16th, 2014For pure, unadulterated entertainment the juke box musical The Marvelous Wonderettes: Caps & Gowns can’t be beat. It’s polished and professional while retaining the freshness of youth and good-natured fun. It is basically a family-friendly burlesque, a humorous exaggeration of the teen years and loves of four young women.
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A Chorus Line at The Weston Playhouse Theatre
Vermont Production Highlights Turmoil of Broadway's Gypsys
By: - Aug 15th, 2014Innovative when it was developed in 1975, time has stolen some of the sizzle from this intimate dance-centered musical. The dance and music are still entertaining and the heart and passion of the young characters carry the show. Weston’s production is solid and professional with a talented cast.
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Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike in Vermont Theatre
Finding Comedy in the Overwhelming Futility of Life.
By: - Jul 19th, 2014A modern comedy mirroring the structure and themes of the master playwright Anton Chekov, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike finds humor in the regrets and disappointments of life as they are confronted during two days in the family home by three siblings in their middle age. This play wll run through July 26 at Vermont's Weston Playhouse.
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Out of the City Premieres at Dorset Theater Festival Theatre
Turning 60 and Still Discovering Themselves
By: - Jul 13th, 2014Two couples, celebrating a 60th birthday "out of the city" are still finding themselves in this new light comedy by Leslie Ayvazian set in the Poconos.
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Analog & Vinyl at the Weston Playhouse Theatre
A World Premier
By: - Jun 28th, 2014Weston Playhouse presents the World Premier of Paul Gordon's Analog and Vinyl. This quirky and charming modern musical comedy has been in development for three years.
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The Dorset Theatre Festival Presents RED Theatre
An Exploration of the Value and Meaning of Art
By: - Jun 22nd, 2014Red is a play imbued with tensions between the past and the future, art and commerce, light and dark, the intellectual and the emotional. Does art matter?
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To Kill a Mockingbird at Weston Playhouse Theatre
Vermont Season Ends with Riveting Drama
By: - Aug 31st, 2013Fifty years after Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream Speech this production reminds us of our not-so-distant past and leaves us wondering how best to continue towards a just future. It continues at Vermont's Weston Playhouse through September 7.
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Clybourne Park at Dorset Theatre Festival Theatre
A Co-Production with Barrington Stage Company
By: - Aug 19th, 2013The Pulitzer prize-winning play, Clybourne Park is a response to A Raisin in the Sun, the 1959 play of hope and change toward a better future for African Americans. Clybourne Park depicts a different perspective of the events of that play and a version of reality 50 years after those fictional events.
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This Blessed Plot at Weston Theatre Theatre
Vermont Theatre's New Works Program
By: - Aug 17th, 2013The workshop production of This Blessed Plot will evolve throughout its two-week run which ends on September 1. Not yet in its final form, this play is not being reviewed, but offered as an opportunity to participate in the development of this dynamic one-man work-in-progress. The project is a part of the New Works Program of The Weston Theatre in Vermont.
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42nd Street at Vermont's Weston Playhouse Theatre
A Classic Big Musical Produced at Human Scale
By: - Aug 03rd, 2013Music, dance, and acting combine to give the audience of the Weston's 42nd Street a rousing evening. A terrific cast, remarkable sets, costumes, and lighting make this exhilarating production a must-see summer musical.
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Barefoot In the Park at Dorset Theatre Festival Theatre
Neil Simon's Classic Romantic Comedy in Vermont
By: - Jul 27th, 2013Simon's witty dialogue still works 50 years after Barefoot in the Park was first a smash hit on Broadway. The Dorset Theatre's production, though pleasant and paced for laughs, lacks the sweet romance that would make this romantic comedy warm and memorable.
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The Whipping Man at Vermont's Dorset Theatre
Infuses History with Humanity
By: - Jul 15th, 2013The Whipping Man, playing at the Dorset Theatre Festival, is a profound and moving theatrical experience that lingers long after the final curtain.
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When a Play Expands a Theater Theatre
The Weston Theatre's Bold Production of Next to Normal
By: - Jul 13th, 2013With more than two dozen scene changes and a huge challenging score, Next to Normal would be a challenging production in any theater, but the Weston takes it on and succeeds. We are all the fortunate beneficiaries of its courage.
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Weston's New Works Theatre
Weston Playhouse Supports the Development of Two New Plays
By: - Jul 06th, 2013As part of its New Works Programs, Vermont's Weston Playhouse is offering its audiences a dynamic new experience—the opportunity to witness and be part of a step in the development of two new plays.
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Educating Rita at Vermont's Weston Playhouse Theatre
Laughter Accompanying Learning
By: - Jun 29th, 2013Updated in 2003, Educating Rita continues to be relevant and delightfully entertaining. What a pleasure it is to see a world-class production of this play in the intimate Weston Playhouse, a gem of a theater in the small, bucolic town of Weston, Vermont.
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Vermont's Weston Playhouse Theatre Company Theatre
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
By: - Jun 23rd, 2013Vermont's Weston Theatre's season kicks off with a "Terribly" charming children's "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day." This winsome musical was adapted by Judith Viorst in 1998 from her award-winning book by the same name that was first published in 1972 with illustrations by Ray Cruz.