Stories are inevitably going to be told when the energy of a folk artist and the writings of a prewar author become entangled. Suzanne Vega is known for telling stories of life’s struggles and rewards through her music, but for the first time, Ms. Vega will be marrying both text and song to tell the stories of the life and works of Carson McCullers. The musical-theatre piece Carson Talks About Love will be performed by Ms. Vega, a guitarist and pianist, at the Yard in Chilmark this weekend.
Tempest in a Lighthouse
Shakespeare’s The Tempest tells a story of shipwrecks, castaways, storms and islands ... all best seen from a lighthouse. So the Martha’s Vineyard Museum is hosting a free sneak preview of The Tempest at the Edgartown Lighthouse on Friday, August 27, at 6 p.m.
Performed by Shakespeare for the Masses, a popular off-season irreverent theatre troupe, the performance will be script-in-hand and lighthouse friendly.
New York political comedian Scott Blakeman presents A Liberal Dose of Political Humor, bringing his political humor from a liberal Jewish point of view to the Grange Hall in West Tisbury, on Saturday, August 28 at 8 p.m.
We sat in a circle trying to make each other laugh. The tent at the Yard in Chilmark provided a writers’ den for the 11 fledgling or developed comedy writers who signed up to take Anne Beatts’s comedy workshop last week.
The Night Belongs to Opera
For two nights only, Opera Noire of New York comes to Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs with two separate but equally spectacular programs: tonight, August 17, A Gala Performance of Opera’s Greatest Hits begins at 8 p.m. Then on Thursday, August 19, From The Underground Railroad to the
Great White Way begins at 8 p.m.
Bon Voyage BravEncore
After 18 months of planning, rehearsing and fundraising, the BravEncore Theatre Troupe departs the Vineyard on Saturday to perform their original musical play at the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland. Islanders are invited to join a bagpiper in sending off the student thespians departing on the 3:45 p.m. ferry out of Oak Bluffs.
The troupe will perform Secret of the Seven Sisters (book by Kate Murray, music and lyrics by Kate Murray and Jake Estabrook) from August 20 to 23 at a theatre in Edinburgh.