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THE NORTHFIELD NEWS, JUNE 2, 2016
Hello From Hollywood
bring crosshair to bottom of shaded box
TV 2016 Summer Preview
Luke Wilson and Carla Cugino star in the new HBO comedy "Roadies," created by
Cameron Crowe.
BY J ROBERTS
While the broadcast networks
get the 2016 – 2017 season
shows into gear for their
September launches, there’s
plenty of new programming this
summer to DVR, binge-watch or
watch “live.” In the past weeks,
many new shows have already
premiered: the Roots mini-series
remake (4-night event on
History), NBC’s Tuesday night
variety series starring Maya
Rudolph and Martin Short aptly
titled Maya and Marty in
Manhattan and an adaptation of
the supernatural comic book,
Preacher
starring
Dominic
Copper (Sundays on AMC).
Other series make their summer
return including: UnREAL, the
show about a reality-dating
show (season 2 Lifetime / June
6), Hell on Wheels starring
Anson Mount (final season on
AMC / June 11), Animal
Kingdom starring Frank Grillo
and Ellen Barkin (season 2 on
TNT / June 14), season 7 of
Pretty Little Liars (Freeform /
June 21), season 4 of Ray
Donovan starring Liev Schreiber
(Showtime / June 26), season 2
of Mr. Robot starring Rami
Malek (USA / July 13) and the
series finale of Beauty and the
Beast (The CW / June 2). For
the bingers, Netflix releases season 4 of Orange is the New Black
(June 17) and Marco Polo (season 2 / July 1).
Here’s a preview of some of the
new shows hitting the summer
airwaves:
COMEDY
Uncle Buck (ABC / June 14) –
Based on the hit movie, Mike
Epps (The Hangover) stars as
everyone’s favorite if not inept
and irresponsible relation in
need of a home and job.
Roadies (Showtime / June 26)
– Luke Wilson stars in this
Cameron Crowe series about life
on the road for the people who
live for music and the de facto
they create.
Vice Principals (HBO / July 17)
– Danny McBride (Eastbound &
Down) and Walter Goggins
(Justified) are high school
administrators who almost run
the school, competing for the top
job.
DRAMA
Outcast (Cinemax / June 3) – a
comic book adaptation about a
man demonically possessed
since childhood. Stars Patrick
Fugit (Almost Famous).
Feed the Beast (AMC / June 5)
– Stars David Schwimmer and
Jim Sturgess as two friends set
to open an upscale restaurant in
the Bronx; one is a depressed
widower and the other has mad
kitchen skills.
The Get Down (Netflix / August
12) – From the mind of Baz
Luhrman (Moulin Rouge), this
drama with music and set in the
70s is about a group of ragtag
Bronx teens and the birth of hiphop, disco and punk.
GAME SHOWS
To Tell the Truth – Anthony
Anderson (Black-ish) hosts the
format that involves panelists
who must determine the contestants who are imposters and the
one telling the truth. (June 14)
ABC launches a night of games
in Sunday Fun & Games with
reboots of three classics:
Celebrity Family Feud – TV’s
current “It” guy Steve Harvey
gathers feuding celebrities and
their kin to win prizes for charity. (June 26)
The $100,0000 Pyramid – Host
Michael Strahan (Good Morning
America) gets celebrities to help
contestants provide the question
to clues. (June 26)
Match Game - Alec Baldwin
asks a panel of celebrities to fill
in the blank and match the contestant’s answer. (June 26)
REALITY
Ride with Norman Reedus
(AMC / June 12) – Walking Dead
star and motorcycle enthusiast
Reedus hits the road, exploring
local biker culture and meeting
the best, brightest and the most
bad-ass collectors, mechanics
and craftsmen in the U.S.
Spartan: Ultimate Team
Challenge (NBC / June 13) –
Competitors face their physical
and mental limits as they race
through a one-mile obstacle
course over fire, water and mud
to win.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Coming to Barre
Moving Light Dance is ushering
in the summer with a unique ballet adaptation of Shakespeare’s
classic A Midsummer Night’s
Dream. Don’t miss this comic
and beautiful show on the stunning stage of the Barre Opera
House June 4th at 7 pm and
June 5th at 2 pm.
The story takes place in ancient
Greece and opens on a love triangle, or rather a tangle. Lysander
is in love with Hermia and she
with him, but her father insists
that she marry Demetrius.
Demetrius in turn is loved by
Helena, but he scorns her in pursuit of Hermia. When Lysander
and Hermia flee into the woods in
order to be together, they are followed by jealous Demetrius who
is trailed by desperate Helena.
Caught in the confusion of their
human drama, the four lovers
unwittingly stumble into the
Fairy Kingdom, which is in a
state of tension due to the terrible
argument of Oberon and Titania,
the fairy king and queen. In the
darkness of the enchanted
woods, it seems unlikely that a
peaceful resolution can be
made…but with the help of his
trusty servant, Puck, Oberon has
a plan that may just bring peace
between human and fairy lovers
alike. The key ingredient is a
magical flower that enchants the
eye and causes one to fall in love
with the first person one sees…be
it man or beast! With this flower,
Puck and Oberon intend to unite
the two pairs of quarreling lovers
and to play a trick on the proud
Titania. Expect a great deal of
passion, angst, and hilarity
before the ultimate happy ending!
This production features choreography by director Christine
Harris, Avi Waring and Natalie
Wheeler. The show is performed
by a huge cast of 89 dancers of
all ages and levels and is beautifully woven together into a com-
plete ballet. It boasts original costumes by Emily Wheeler, Anne
Labrusciano, and Susan LaValley
and hand sculpted sets by
Emmanuelle Soumeilhan. Set to
music
by
composer
Felix
Mendelsohn and more, this performance sweeps from scene to
scene, glittering with fireflies,
fairies, stars, bumblebees, and
other enchanting characters, all
danced from the heart.
Two shows only, at the Barre
Opera House:
Saturday June 4th at 7 pm
Sunday June 5th at 2 pm
Tickets are available ahead of
time at the BOH box office, by
phone, or at the door.
Dorset’s New Play Development Program
(Dorset)
The
National
Foundation for the Arts, the
Edgerton Foundation and the
Harold and Mimi Steinberg
Charitable Trust have all awarded prestigious grants to the
Dorset Theatre Festival this season in support of their New Play
Development Program.
Over the past 6 years, as part
of their New Play Development
Program, the Dorset Theatre
Festival has hosted over 70 playwrights; developing over 90 new
works, 18 of which have gone on
to receive full productions or further development at some of the
most prestigious venues in the
country. The national theatre
community has taken note. "We
are so thrilled that our dedication to supporting the creation of
new work has gotten the attention of these particular funders,
known nationally for their stalwart commitment to New Play
Development on the highest
level. Especially wonderful news
for us was having our Premiere
of Theresa Rebeck's new play,
The Way of the World, awarded
the
prestigious
Edgerton
Foundation New Play Award",
says Managing Director Molly
Hennighausen. All three awards
are to support the theatre in its
continuing mission to function
as a new works incubator that
will nurture new voices and
engage the community in the
artistic process.
Over the last nine years, the
Edgerton Foundation has supported an extended rehearsal
process for 272 world premiere
productions. Through this support, many plays have scheduled
numerous subsequent productions, with 18 making it to
Broadway and All the Way winning two Tony Awards in 2014.
Nine plays have been nominated
for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama,
with Next to Normal winning in
2010, Water by the Spoonful in
2012, The Flick winning in
2014, and Hamilton winning in
2016.
Established by Congress in
1965, the NEA celebrates it's
50th anniversary this year and
continues to fund and support
opportunities for Americans to
participate in the arts, exercise
their imaginations, and develop
their creative capacities. The
funding awarded to Dorset
Theatre Festival directly supports its New Play Development
Program and enables the men-
The Calvin Coolidge Birthplace, Plymouth, Vermont
Visit our State Historic Sites this Summer
toring of emerging and established playwrights in the development of new plays from conception to production; including
the Jean E. Miller Young
Playwrights Competition and
playwriting residencies at local
middle and high schools
The Harold and Mimi Steinberg
Charitable Trust is known as
one of the top funders of New
Play Development nationally,
supporting playwrights at every
level, is well known for its
Annual Awards Ceremony each
year at Lincoln Center, during
which representatives from every
major theatre in the nation come
together to celebrate new play
development. "Being invited to
attend the Awards Ceremony at
Lincoln Center these past 2
years as one of the recipients of
support from this prestigious
organization, in the company of
the top theatre luminaries of our
times, is something to be truly
proud of and bring back to
Vermont to celebrate. How
amazing that our little corner of
the universe in Dorset has
begun to have this kind of
reach”, says Artistic Director,
Dina Janis.
This season, the Festival continues its commitment to new
plays with a Regional Premiere of
award winning playwright Sarah
Ruhl's play Dear Elizabeth, a
World Premiere of Theresa
Rebeck's play, The Way of the
World, and their acclaimed New
Play Reading Series featuring
the work of Brian Dykstra,
Royston Coppenger and Sherry
Kramer.
Founded in 1976, the Dorset
Theatre Festival creates bold
and innovative theatre that
engages a diverse, multi-generational community, enlightening,
entertaining, and inspiring its
audience through the celebration of great plays produced with
the highest degree of artistry.
For more information on this
program as well as the Festival
in general, please go to
dorsettheatrefestival.org or call
802-867-2223.
When President Calvin and
First Lady Grace Coolidge were
preparing to leave the White
House in 1929, the press noted
the great volume of gifts that
required packing. There were
scores of personal and humble
presents, such as mittens, walking sticks, and coverlets that
American citizens had made for
the president and first lady.
Examples of these, along with
resplendent gifts of state from
around the world, are featured in
the new exhibit Expressions of
Esteem:
The
Coolidge
Presidential Gifts, opening at the
President Calvin Coolidge State
Historic Site in Plymouth.
Memorial Day weekend also
marked the opening of several
other state-owned historic sites,
each with special events and
exhibits planned for the 2016
season:
The Lost Architecture of
Windsor, Vermont: Masterpieces
of Asher Benjamin. One of early
America’s premier architects,
Asher Benjamin designed the
meeting house and three private
homes in Windsor in the late
18th century.
The meeting
house survives, as does an
exquisite model of his Dudley
Chase House. The model is part
of this special exhibit organized
by Historic Windsor & The
Preservation Education Institute.
Hundreds of re-enactors will
gather on the Hubbardton
Battlefield in Hubbardton, July
9-10, to commemorate a 1777
battle
between
the
Green
Mountain Boys and English and
German forces.
Chimney Point State Historic
Site in Addison will feature the
exhibit,
Observing
Vermont
Architecture.
This
traveling
exhibit from the Middlebury
College Museum of Art showcases Vermont’s architectural heritage, from Revolutionary times
to modern day, with photographs
by Curtis B. Johnson. The photographs are from the 2014 book,
Buildings
of
Vermont,
by
Johnson
and
Architectural
Historian Glenn M. Andres. The
exhibit runs through August 7.
A monumental birthday party
featuring cake, ice cream, music,
kids’ activities, a period fashion
show and lots of surprises, will
be held on August 20 at the 306foot
Bennington
Battle
Monument in Bennington. This
event, along with new exhibits,
mark the 125th anniversary of
the beloved landmark.
At Mount Independence in
Orwell, the annual Soldiers Atop
the Mount weekend will be held
September 10-11. This year’s
event includes a 5K “Strong
Ground” walk on the 10th to celebrate the 50th anniversary of
the public trail system at this
remarkable Revolutionary War
site.
The President Chester Arthur
State Historic Site in Fairfield will
open to the public on July 4.
A visit to one of Vermont’s State
Historic Sites makes for a terrific
family day trip. Most of the sites
have associated trails that satisfy
those wanting to enjoy the outdoors. Exhibits, programs and
events at each of the sites provide
a great variety of opportunities to
experience Vermont’s “history
where it happened.”
For more information about
hours of operation and a calendar
of
events,
visit
www.HistoricSites.Vermont.gov.
Join the conversation at Vermont
State Historic Sites on Facebook.
Every two minutes, we take more pictures than all
of humanity in the 19th century.
The Dog Days of Summer
refers to the weeks
between July 3rd and
August 11th. They are
named after the Dog Star
(Sirius) in the constellation of Canis Major.