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.

Talks

An Evening with Baratunde Thurston

Saturday, February 7, 2026

• The Historic Theater

The Emmy-nominated comedian, writer, and podcaster has worked at The Onion and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, and hosted the travelogue series PBS’ America Outdoors. Join us for an inspiring evening, covering topics like engaging in your community, being one with nature, and living with AI and technology.

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Talks

[RESCHEDULED] The Princess Bride: An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes

Saturday, February 21, 2026

• The Historic Theater

PLEASE NOTE: Due to a scheduling conflict, The Princess Bride: An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes event has been rescheduled to Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 7:30PM. 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

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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Lit. at The Lounge

Jennifer Finney Boylan and Jodi Picoult

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

• The Music Hall Lounge

The bestselling author of She’s Not There joins her Mad Honey co-author Jodi Picoult as she examines the divisions and common ground between the genders and reflects on her own experiences as a transgender American.

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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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Music Hall Presents

Be Like Blippi Tour

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

• The Historic Theater

Get ready to see the world more curiously with this brand-new interactive adventure that invites families to put on your orange glasses and unlock the spark of curiosity inside us all—showing that everyone can Be Like Blippi!

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A Conversation with Dr. Temple Grandin

Friday, June 12, 2026

• The Historic Theater

An animal scientist and autism self-advocate, Dr. Temple Grandin is a pioneer in improving the welfare of farm animals and speaking on neurodiversity through her unique perspective as a visual thinker on the autism spectrum.

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