Doug Anderson

Town Hall Theater is celebrating by inviting seven local poets to share their work with the community. A free event, the THT Poetry Café will have a relaxed vibe, with table seating and drinks and snacks on offer.

History Theatre has announced the return of an annual classic, Happy Holi-Dane! Back by popular demand, this ever-changing Holiday Hullabaloo is a warm and wonderful night for the whole family! Tickets on sale now!

The Opera Company of Middlebury has announcedthe merger of the pioneering teen performance program, the Youth Opera Company of Vermont (YOC), with the OCM Education and Outreach division. Learn more about what this means for the company here!

A fixture of Middlebury’s music scene for more than 25 years, pianist Chuck Miller is retiring to Florida — so a number of eminent Vermont jazz players and vocalists will join him at the local Town Hall Theater on Thursday, Aug. 31, for a performance that’s billed as “Chuck’s Last Jam.”

The Bryant Park Reading Room announced August’s lineup. The 2019 African American Literary Award’s Break Out Author Of The Year, LaTonya Yvette, joins on August 10th with her children’s book, “The Hair Book,” along with Emily St. John Mandel, who has just been added to Barack Obama’s Summer Reading List, on August 3rd to discuss her latest book.

Once again, Jim Caruso’s Cast Party took the show on the road, celebrating talent at Crooners Supper Club in Minneapolis, rated one of the top clubs in the world by Downbeat Magazine. Check out photos here!

People know Doug Anderson as the local impresario who created Town Hall Theater and the Opera Company of Middlebury.  But the community is about to see him in a new role: the composer of a new musical.  

A production of a Stephen Sondheim musical is always an event, but the master composer's recent death gives the upcoming Middlebury production a new poignancy. 

Opera Company of Middlebury has announced a new screening of their revolutionary filmed production of Candide at Town Hall Theater on September 1 and 2 at 7pm. OCM's streaming film of Candide has thrilled people all over the world, and now it returns for two nights on the big screen at Town Hall Theater.

The Opera Company of Middlebury presents an imaginative retelling of Bernstein's comic operetta Candide, streaming online June 15-30. Although the production contains traditional theatrical elements, it also embraces the magic of 21st century technology. Using drones, green screen imagery, rear projections, and other cinematic techniques, the Opera Company of Middlebury is exploring the boundaries of opera's potential.

Forest Hills, Queens, New York City-based actor and cabaret star Stephen S. Miller, the co-host of the new talk show 'Tawkin’ with the Roses' will be returning to London-based Harold Sanditen's Open Mic Party on Thursday, March 11, 2021 for a Disney-themed show.

Town Hall Theater will present THT Artistic Director Doug Anderson's “A History of the American Musical” four-class series, beginning Monday, March 8th.

It was an experiment, and no one was sure it would work: a live production of a play, with actors spread out across the country, streaming live on YouTube. The play was Doug Anderson's The Beams Are Creaking, based on the life of German minister and resistance fighter Dietrich Bonhoeffer. 

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has today announced the nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards.

Director Doug Anderson works with professional actors and singers, talented Middlebury College students, and the best local talent, but once a year he gets to do what he calls his 'dream job': working with teenagers.

The Broadway musical is America's greatest contribution to the arts. It's a glorious, jazzy, star-studded and surprisingly turbulent history, one that remains largely unknown even to people who love musicals. 

The Regis College Alumni Chorus presents the annual Christmas Concert & Merry Mingle on Sunday, December 2 at the Regis College Fine Arts Center, 235 Wellesley Street, Weston, MA 02493. The Merry Mingle begins at 2:00pm with the concert to follow at 3:00pm. General admission adult tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door; general admission child tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Advance tickets may be purchased by visiting regiscollege.edu/fac.

Here in Windham : A Celebration of Poetry Wednesday , April 18 , 2018 , at 7 pm Featuring Doug Anderson , Alexandrina Sergio , Steve Straight , and Windham County high school poets AND remembering poet and editor Alexander ' Sandy ' Taylor Steve Straight is the au thor of the poetry collections The Deepest Breath , The Water Carrier ( published by Curbstone Press in 2002 ) , The Almanac , and Some Assembly Required . He directed , for many years , the Connecticut Poetry Circuit and the Seminar Series of the Su nken Garden Poetry Festival .

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts is thrilled to present TROIKA Entertainment's KINKY BOOTS, the smash-hit musical that brings together four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (Book) and Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper (Tony Award-winner for Best Score for KINKY BOOTS), April 3-8. Tickets start at $48 and can be purchased online at www.ordway.org, by phone at 651-224-4222 or in person at the Ordway ticket office.

An evening of performances to support South Burlington Vermont's City Center for the Arts