Harwich's Hard-working Canon Hill Releases First Original Album July 25, 2018
HARWICH – Cape Cod has been home to many bands in the past, and one struggling to make a name for itself is Canon Hill. Around since 2013, the band has changed its lineup several times in its four-year history, but the two constants have been vocals and lead guitarist Logan Tichnor and drummer Ben Hayden. "Me and Ben were in eighth grade," said Tichnor, "and Ben was in a band, but then he wasn't in a band anym...
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Review: A Lively And Funny 'Blithe Spirit' At Elements July 25, 2018
Elements Theater Company is doing what it does best in Noël Coward's "Blithe Spirit," with spot-on accents, perfect diction and impeccable attention to historical detail. Written during World War II, the comedy of manners was an effort by the playwright to provide a lighter perspective on death by borrowing elements from the supernatural and romantic comedy. The play opens on wealthy couple Ruth and Charles Co...
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Review: Action-packed 'Tom Sawyer' Will Delight All Audiences July 25, 2018
Trouble just seems to follow Tom Sawyer, and Tom doesn't seem to want to steer clear of it either. Aunt Polly has her hands full raising both Tom and his brother Sid. The mischievous child is always in the middle of one pickle or another. He's late for school, never finishes assignments, explores where he's not supposed to go and sneaks around all with a twinkle in his eye and a tick in his pocket. When one of...
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Monomoy Romps Through Coward's Madcap 'Present Laughter' July 18, 2018
By: Joan Aucoin
The Monomoy Theatre showcases Sir Noel Coward's semi-autobiographical madcap comic play "Present Laughter," written in 1939 and placed on a shelf as World War II consumed Europe and the world. Coward himself starred in the leading role of Garry Essendine, opening to rave reviews in the fall of 1942. Clifton Webb starred four years later on Broadway. Kevin Kline drew acclaim in 2017, and so it goes, the laughter c...
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'Magic Cloak' Perfect Summer Entertainment At WHAT For Kids July 18, 2018
" The Twelve Dancing Princesses" is a lesser known Brothers Grimm fairy tale. For the 17 th season of WHAT for Kids! director and playwright Stephen Russell has combined modern-day politics and a children's tale to produce the original and fun family show—"The Magic Cloak." The comedy is set in modern day. Deborah Magee plays a homeless woman who opens the show by unsuccessfully begging from the ...
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