Colonial opens for 103rd season.
Newly renovated space opens this weekend.
On Saturday, May 5, the newly renovated Colonial Theatre in Bethlehem, NH will open for its 103rd consecutive season with more movies, more music, and more family fun. You are invited to experience a new and improved Colonial Theatre!
Opening the season this coming Saturday, the film The Death of Stalin combines palace intrigue with rapid-fire farce. This audacious comedy is a bitingly funny takedown of bureaucratic dysfunction performed to the hilt by a sparkling ensemble cast led by Steve Buscemi and Jeffery Tambor.
New Season
Kicking of this year’s LIVE! at The Colonial concert series is the singer-songwriting team The Secret Sisters. No strangers to the vicissitudes of the performing life, this harmonizing duo went from touring with Bob Dylan to losing their label, purging their team, filing bankruptcy and almost permanently trading harmonies for housecleaning. But there’s a mythical pull to music that kept sisters Laura and Lydia Rogers moving forward, and they came out with a biting and beautiful third LP, produced by Brandi Carlile, You Don’t Own Me Anymore. Their first as New West signees, it’s a document of hardship and redemption, of pushing forward when it would be so much easier to drown in grief. And it’s a story about how passion and pure artistry can be the strongest sort of salvation – how art is left, like perfect grains of sand, when everything else has washed away.
Following The Secret Sisters on stage at The Colonial you will be able to enjoy a newly expanded roster of established and exciting emerging touring artists including: Session Americana, Girls, Guns & Glory, Asleep at the Wheel, Devon Gilfillian, Rebirth Brass Band, Dustbowl Revival, Ranky Tanky, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Shovels & Rope, and Greg Brow. With more new shows will be announced soon!
Childrens series
Popular family entertainment will be returning again this year including the Colonial’s Summer Children’s Series in July and August, which presents a weekly dose of music, magic and mayhem. On Friday, May 25, step away from the screens and introduce the young person in your life to the wonder of the world-famous Cashore Marionettes.
This season, in addition the very the best of independent and world cinema, The Colonial will be presenting more great film specials than ever before! Returning will be the Manhattan Short Film Festival, the White Mountain Jewish Film Festival, Anniversary Film Series and ONE-OFF features, but new series and specials this year include: REEL Outdoors; films devoted to the outdoor experience, Made in NH; films by NH filmmakers, In Concert/On Screen; a series concert films in all genres from punk to opera, Arts Docs and, based on the popularity of our annual Manhattan Short Film Festival, Festival Fridays; a monthly festival of short films of all types. As always, you can purchase fine chocolates, organic popcorn with real butter, and beer and wine at all movies and live events!
About Colonial Theater
The mission of the Friends of the Colonial is to preserve and improve this historic landmark theatre, provide previously unavailable high quality film and performing arts programming, and offer vision of small town revitalization based on the arts. To learn more about upcoming movies and events, buy tickets, become a member, register to receive The Colonial’s weekly e-Announcements, or just find out how you can help, please visit www.BethlehemColonial.org or find The Colonial on Facebook.com/BethlehemColonial.
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