WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — If you don’t know “The Full Monty’s” plot, you haven’t
been paying attention. It’s the 1998 Academy Award-winning film and subsequent 2000 hit Broadway musical in which a bunch of out-of-luck, blue-collar workers take their clothes off to solve their problems.
What makes it such a hit is its sympathetic mix of humor, lively music and real people that just about anyone can relate to overcoming seemingly impossible odds.
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MANCHESTER — Friends, Vermonters, countrymen, lend me your ears — The Weston Playhouse Theater Company will celebrate William Shakespeare’s 445th birthday with a community reading of the Immortal Bard’s play “As You Like It” on Saturday at Northshire Bookstore.
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Courtroom drama comes under the spotlight from an unusual angle at
the Paramount Theatre.
Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre presents “Twelve Angry Jurors,” opening tonight through Saturday and playing again May 1-3 at 8 p.m. A matinee will be held at 2 p.m. May 3.
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The curtain rises on Rutland this week as more than 400 theater students from all six New England states converge on the city for three days of high drama.
The city and the Paramount Theatre play host starting today to the 80th annual New England Drama Festival, which recognizes the theatrical accomplishments of high school students whose stage work has ranked the highest in their respective states.
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The Marble Valley Players will take center stage as the curtain opens on the recently renovated West Rutland Town Hall Auditorium this weekend when they present a trio of
one-act plays.
The “Comedy Extravaganza” on Friday, Saturday and Sunday will feature three first-time directors and a handful of actors making their stage debuts.
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