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Kids RULE!: CIRCUS INCOGNITUS Saturday, May 8 • 2pm • $22; $17

A natural clown in an unforgettable one-man circus comedy, Jamie Adkins’ failures often end up being his greatest successes. His clowning and acrobatic feats on the ground and on a slack wire are brought to life in a story of a man who has something to say, but can’t quite get it out.

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THE SAW DOCTORS Sunday, May 16 • 7:30pm • $33; $28

The Irish supergroup holds the record for Ireland’s biggest-selling single of all time (“I Useta Lover”). A huge variety of musical influences, including pop, punk, rock ‘n’ roll, and traditional Irish, all contribute to the band’s signature sound. Don’t miss their barnstorming live performance!

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ISABEL ALLENDE - EVENT SOLD OUT! Wednesday, May 5 • 7:30pm Vouchers for signed Book AVAILABLE: $25.15 in advance, $27.95 day of

Peek inside the contemporary & traditional homes of these historic seacoast towns in a benefit for The Music Hall.Tickets: $20 for members in advance, $23 not yet members, $25 day of tour

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PRESENTING SPONSORS: Coastal Home Magazine; DeStefano Architects; Piscataqua Landscaping Company, Inc.; Portsmouth Blind + Shade; The Lighting Center at Rockingham Electric/Harbor Lights; Stonewall Kitchen; Bold Cabinetry. For a complete list of sponsors visit www.themusichall.org

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DIERKS BENTLEY Friday, May 7 • 8pm $38.50; $33

The rising country star makes his Music Hall debut!

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PILOBOLUS Friday, May 21 • 8pm • $52-$20

From performing at the Academy Awards to choreographing the Rockettes, this radically innovative and acclaimed dance company is renowned the world over. “A conversation between art and athletics.” (New York Times)

Note: Some pieces include partial nudity

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This is the time of year we look forward to most in the Membership office. As we announce our upcoming season (on sale to members June 5th) it is the perfect time to say thank you to our 3,000 new and renewing members! As a special treat – we will hold an “I’ve Got The Golden Ticket” raffle each week during May. Join or upgrade and be entered into a drawing for a SummerFilm Golden Ticket (admission for two, one large popcorn and two soft drinks for all SummerFilms!).

May is Membership Month!

Members SummerFilm Trailer Party! Thursday, June 3rd • 5:30pmComplimentary snacks and soft drinks, cash bar, and a chance to win a Golden Ticket!

5:30pm Founders Lobby opens for mingling

5:45- 6:30pm On Screen, a rolling preview of the 2010-2011 Season

6:30pm Take your seat in the theater for the Golden Ticket raffle and Film Trailers. (Please note, trailers for R-rated films may be included)

7:30pm Stay for the film – free of charge!

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October 9: DAS RHEINGOLD (Wagner) October 23: BORIS GODUNOV (Mussorgsky)November 13: DON PASQUALE (Donizetti)December 12 (delayed): DON CARLO (Verdi) January 8: LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST (Puccini)February 26: IPHIGÉNIE EN TAURIDE (Gluck)

March 19: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Donizetti)April 9: LE COMTE ORY (Rossini)April 23: CAPRICCIO (R. Strauss)April 30: IL TROVATORE (Verdi)May 21 (delayed): DIE WALKÜRE (Wagner)

The Met @ The Music Hall 2010-2011 SeasonNew for members: subscription seating - all operas, same seats!

MAY 1 - Subscriptions on sale to members

MAY 8 - Tickets on sale to members

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The Music Hall is supported in part by a grant from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Photo: David Murray/Clear Eye Photo

SPONSORS: Aileen Dugan State Farm Insurance; Clear Eye Photo

AJAMINOT RaTed • 120miN • GeRmaNY • 5/1 - 5/6 daily @ 7pm • No show 5/5 • discussion follows 5/4 show

The debut from Israeli and Palestinian co-directors Yaron Shani and Scandar Copti, whose location filming, use of nonprofessional actors and balanced perspective lend authenticity to a complex, cross-cultural drama set in Jaffa’s multi-ethnic Ajami neighborhood, home to Jews, Muslims and Christians. The repercussions of a revenge killing reveal the cultural and religious tensions simmering beneath the surface. In Arabic & Hebrew with subtitles.

“You emerge from Ajami moved and also grateful for the heart, craft and intelligence the movie has shown” – NEW YORK TIMES

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GREENBERG RaTed R • 107miN • USa • 5/14 - 5/19 daily @ 7pm • No show 5/15 & 5/16

Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller), single, fortyish and at a crossroads in his life, finds himself house-sitting for six weeks for his more successful, married-with-children brother. In search of a place to restart his life, he finds himself spending time with his brother’s assistant Florence (Greta Gerwig). Despite his attempts not to be drawn in, Greenberg realizes he may at last have found a reason to be happy. From The Squid and the Whale and Margot at the Wedding writer/director, Noah Baumbach.

“The funniest and saddest movie Mr. Baumbach has made so far.” – NEW YORK TIMES

KIDS RULE! MOVIE: A TOWN CALLED PANIC NOT RaTed • 75miN • BeLGiUm • 5/22 @ 2pm • 1 Show Only!

The first stop-motion animated feature selected by Cannes, A Town Called Panic follows the wacky and hilarious adventures of three plastic toys named Cowboy, Indian and Horse who share a rambling house in a rural town which never fails to attract the weirdest events. Zany, brainy and altogether insane-y! In French with subtitles.

“A proudly Calvinist work – I mean the comic strip character, not the philosopher.” – BOSTON GLOBE

A PROPHET RaTed R • 155miN • FRaNCe • 5/9 - 5/13 daily @ 7pm • 3:30pm matinee 5/9 • discussion follows 5/11 show

At age 18, Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim) is just beginning a six-year prison sentence in this drama from The Beat That My Heart Skipped director Jacques Audiard. Though he cannot read or write, Malik soon figures out the politics of the prison system, giving him a prime spot in the power struggle between two battling groups of prisoners. Winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes and nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars and the Golden Globes. Subtitled.

“A movie that operates on a higher plane than its peers.” – BOSTON GLOBE

an evening to Remember: Your Company Holiday Party at The music Hall! Contact Mary Horigan at mhorigan@themusichall.org.

ARMIDA (ROSSINI) • Sunday, May 2 • 1pm (delayed broadcast) • $27.50; 18 & under $15

This story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison has inspired operatic settings by a multitude of composers, including Gluck, Haydn, and Dvorák. Renée Fleming stars opposite no fewer than six tenors.

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THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN NOT RaTed • 105miN • FRaNCe • 5/23 - 5/26 daily @ 7pm

Acclaimed French writer-director André Téchiné (Rendez-vous and Les voleurs) presents a thinly veiled fictional-ization of events that took the European press by storm in 2004. Emilie Dequenne stars as Jeanne, an unem-ployed girl who lives with her mother (Catherine Deneuve) in a Parisian suburb and spends the majority of her free time rollerblading. She has little interest in history or politics but decides to fabricate a role for herself based on both, not thinking of the consequences that she may engender. Subtitled.

“A seductive drama.” – NEW YORK TIMES

NEIL YOUNG TRUNK SHOW 5/27 @ 7pm • 1 SHOW ONLY! • NOT RaTed • 82miN • USaDirector Jonathan Demme gives us some Neil Young musical and spiritual soul. Young on a stage full of personal icons – alone in the center of a circle of his beloved acoustic guitars; in the midst of stellar musicians Ben Keith, Ralph Molina, Rick Rosas, Pegi Young and Anthony “Sweet Pea” Crawford, plus an onstage painter. There are delicately offered acoustic numbers, mesmerizing electric travelogues into the artist’s psyche, searing, chaotic anthems, and rarely performed pieces. Young sings his heart out again and again. It is a collection for the ages.

“Features two great artists – Demme and Young – continuing to find new ways to please their fans.” – SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

CASABLANCA RaTed PG • 102miN • USa • 1942 • 5/20 @ 7pm • 1 SHOW ONLY!

World War II Morocco springs to life in Michael Curtiz’s classic love story. Humphrey Bogart plays Richard “Rick” Blaine, a cynical but good-hearted American whose café is the gathering place for everyone from the French Police to the Nazis. When his long-lost love, Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), surfaces in Casablanca with her Resistance leader husband (Paul Henreid), Rick is pulled into a love triangle and a web of political intrigue. Three Oscar wins along with five other nominations.

“a picture which makes the spine tingle and the heart take a leap.” – NEW YORK TIMES

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A Prophet“the moral stakes are as insistent and thought through as the aesthetic choices”– NEW YORK TIMES

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THE GHOST WRITER RaTed PG-13 • 128miN • FRaNCe • 5/28 - 6/2 daily @ 7pm • 4pm matinee 5/29 • discussion follows 6/1 show

Resonating with topical themes, this suspenseful political thriller from Roman Polanski is a story of deceit and be-trayal. When a successful British ghostwriter (Ewan McGregor) agrees to complete the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan), his agent assures him it’s the opportunity of a lifetime. But the project seems doomed from the start – his predecessor on the project died in an unfortunate accident.

“an unusually astute glimpse of power at its most alluring and corrosive.” – WASHINGTON POST

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The Super Secret Project The comedy team behind the YouTube sensation “Granite State of Mind” comes to The Music Hall

Saturday, May 22 • 7pm Founders Lobby Lounge opens at 5:30pm Meet & Greet after the show $10 ($8 members)

Join us for this super special edition of Scene @ Five – so special, it’s at 7pm and in the theater! Masterminds of the viral video phenomenon “Granite State of Mind,” The Super Secret Project debuts their multimedia comedy show. Described as a “band that makes videos,” the Super Se-cret Project manages to mash up hip-hop and humor with a witty, sharp sensibility like no one else. On a mission to make videos “so you don’’t have to,” they like to push boundaries and are guaranteed to leave you laughing and nodding your head to their unique live performance. They are also very handsome.

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