I've seen more classic boxing movies than matches in my lifetime. Golden Boy, The Set-Up, Champion, The Harder They Fall, Rocky, Raging Bull. The truth is, if I cared any less about men pummeling each other for money, it would be an effort.Read More
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The Music Hall Lounge’s latest show announcements for the newly renovated venue features comedy, literary conversations, and the return of several regional favorite musicians. Read More
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Out of the Past isn’t just a movie. It’s the archetype of film noir. At TCM.com, Felicia Feaster and John M. Miller break down the drama’s key attributes: “Bitter, cynical, fatalistic and peppered with some of the best tough-guy dialogue in the genre, Out of the Past is a consummate example” of the hard-boiled flicks that flooded theaters in the 1940s and ‘50s.Read More
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One of the cool things about working at The Music Hall is being in the middle of so much of Portsmouth’s cultural life. Not only is the theater itself a local landmark, but there’s also pretty much always something going on.Read More
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This is a show we've been holding in for a while and we. could. not. wait. any. longer! Country superstar Brett Eldredge is coming to The Music Hall on Fri., September 2! Read More
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The Music Hall announced another round of shows coming to their newly renovated venue, The Music Hall Lounge. Continuing the grand opening celebration weekend, stand up comedian and actor Michael Ian Black will perform two shows; other opening weekend shows include a sold out concert by Darlingside and two sets with comedian Pat McGann.Read More
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When I moved to the Seacoast, I was moving to a brand new area where I knew no one and didn’t have any pre-existing ties to the community. While I was excited to start a new job at a pretty cool theater in downtown Portsmouth, I had no clue how I was going to meet anyone outside of the walls of The Music Hall.Read More
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James Cagney never said, “You dirty rat,” but he did name his favorite movie: “Many people assume that one of those knock-down, drag-em-outs would be my choice. A discerning critic...can’t understand why I would choose Yankee Doodle Dandy over White Heat and The Public Enemy.Read More
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