The final chapter (for now) of The Music Hall's History, in which The Music Hall emerges as a powerhouse non-profit performing arts center for the 21st century! Read More
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The penultimate chapter in this limited series in which The Music Hall falls on hard times, is sold once again, the wrecking ball looms, and a nonprofit emerges to try to save the building!Read More
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In the sixth chapter in our Bite-Sized History series, cinema and vaudeville compete (and co-exist), there's a theater boom in Portsmouth, and The Music Hall sees the tide come in and go out on its popularity.Read More
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The fifth chapter of Bite-Sized History begins when Frank Jones buys and renovates The Music Hall, then promptly dies. H.W. Hartford purchases the theater, which goes on to host famous touring companies and local acts. Also, hear about the theater's role in the Russo-Japanese peace treaty of 1905. Read More
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From the ashes of the Temple, The Music Hall rises as Portsmouth’s first purpose-built theater. See the entertainments of the day - including minstrel shows - and the purchase of the theater by none other than Frank Jones.Read More
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The short video series, Bite-Sized History, continues with two new chapters on the history of theater and music in Portsmouth, leading up to The Music Hall as we know it today. Read More
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We are thrilled to share a project that we have been working on with author and historian J. Dennis Robinson and filmmaker Jay Childs, who together produced eight short video chapters of The Music Hall’s history.Read More
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Good fortune often falls on The Music Hall. A year before COVID-19 hit, a small committee—led by Gail VanHoy Carolan, our Director of Institutional Advancement, and Mike Pilot as honorary chair—was raising funds for an Infrastructure campaign, where the most urgent of those needs was replacing an antiquated HVAC system.Read More
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