Committed to What’s Next

Whether it is a child’s first live theater experience or a talk about the future of driverless cars, The Music Hall is committed to what is coming next in education and innovation.

The best in children’s theater brings books, plays, and music to life in our School Days Series.

In our Innovation + Leadership series, local and international leaders share experiences and knowledge on today’s hot topics.

Member Events

Behind the Curtain: Mark Pruett

Friday, August 29, 2025

• Members Club

Join us at the Members Club on August 29th and meet Cinema Curator, Mark Pruett, who will share insight into The Music Hall’s annual Cinema celebration: Telluride by the Sea!

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Member Events

Behind the Curtain: Cape Horn Tequila & Skeleton Crew Adventures

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

• Members Club

Join us at the Members Club for a Behind the Curtain with Taylor Grieger of Cape Horn Tequila & Skeleton Crew Adventures!

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Lit. at The Lounge

Laura Poppick

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

• The Music Hall Lounge

From environmental journalist Laura Poppick comes a revelatory journey through moments in Earth’s deep past, and their lessons for our future. Evening's Moderator: Scott Weidensaul, author of A World on the Wing

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Talks

A Live Conversation with John Cusack

Thursday, September 11, 2025

• The Historic Theater

With an impressive body of work spanning the course of three decades, John Cusack has evolved into one of Hollywood’s most accomplished and respected actors of his generation.

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Talks

The Princess Bride: An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes

Friday, October 3, 2025

• The Historic Theater

After a screening of the iconic movie The Princess Bride, actor and star Cary Elwes (Westley) will engage in a moderated discussion revealing never before shared secrets and tales of inconceivable antics!

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School Days Series

In To America

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

• The Historic Theater

Using personal diaries, journals, and documented historic narratives, In To America traces the American immigrant experience from Jamestown to present day through the true stories of ordinary men, women, and children.

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Talks

A Conversation with Amy Sedaris

Saturday, October 25, 2025

• The Historic Theater

Emmy-nominated Amy Sedaris is a prolific actress, author, comedian, and rabbit educator who has appeared often on screen, both large and small.

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Innovation Rentals

The Seacoast Culinary Challenge

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

• The Historic Theater

Hosted by the Lighthouse Credit Union Foundation, the Seacoast Culinary Challenge is an exciting culinary event that brings together the region’s top chefs and high school sous chefs for thrilling cook-offs judged by local business leaders and culinary experts.

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School Days Series

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

• The Historic Theater

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales deconstructs the tradition of the fairy tale. Characters slide in and out of tales; Cinderella rebuffs Rumpelstiltskin, and Goldilocks meets the Three Elephants. Nothing is quite the same and you remember it.

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School Days Series

Click, Clack, Moo

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

• The Historic Theater

When his granddaughter Jenny comes for a visit, Farmer Brown declares the farm a tech-free zone. He takes her laptop in the cold barn with the shivering cows who use her computer to type messages requesting blankets.

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School Days Series

Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra Performs “Wild Symphony”

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

• The Historic Theater

Join the Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra for a musical adventure like no other with Dan Brown's Wild Symphony! A whimsical and imaginative journey through the animal kingdom where students will expeirence how music can bring stories, and animals, to life.

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School Days Series

The Pout-Pout Fish

Friday, May 29, 2026

• The Historic Theater

Turn the poutiest of frowns upside down in this musical featuring whimsical puppets and live performers in a sweeping oceanic adventure. When Mr. Fish sets out on a quest to find Miss Clam’s missing pearl, he discovers there is more to him than his permanently plastered pout.

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