You have just three more days to catch White Heron Theatre’s production of the “deliriously funny” Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, directed by Tony Award winner Martin Platt. Performed in The Dreamland Theatre, the play is a masterful, utterly hilarious comedy about grown siblings and the complications of […]
Nantucket Arts
Celebrating 70 Years of Art on Nantucket
This Friday, September 4, the Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) will open Seventy Years On, an exhibition celebrating the organization’s 70th anniversary, with a reception from 5 to 7 pm in their new Visual Arts Center at 24 Amelia Drive. Intended to celebrate Nantucket art and artists with historic artwork […]
Here to Stay, and Glad of It
~ by Mary Miles, Looking bACK ~ Editor’s Note: This is an article written in 2003 for Yesterday’s Island/Today’s Nantucket by the inimitable Mary Miles, whose interviews with so many island residents entertained and enlightened us for years. An excerpt was republished in our print edition because Devaney’s art will […]
A Family Affair You Won’t Soon Forget – Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
~ by Rebecca Nimerfroh ~ Whether you are an only child, or have never heard of Anton Chekhov, you will still love the hilariously funny Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, a tale of three grown siblings struggling over their life trajectories (or lack thereof), echoing the late Russian […]
An Interview with Tony Award-Winner Martin Platt
Martin Platt most recently won the Tony for producing Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. He recently celebrated his 44th year in professional theater. As a producer in New York, his work includes Treason; Here Lies Jenny starring Bebe Neuwirth; Shylock; and An Oak Tree among others. In London […]
Donn Russell Back on ACK
Graphic artist, writer, musician, philanthropist, and a true art icon of Nantucket, Donn Russell arrived on-island in the early 1970s and pursued a passion for the island in gorgeous clean serigraphs with a unique perspective and often showcasing his dry wit. In 2014, Donn sold his home and studio and […]
“The Time Is Always Now”
This Friday, August 21, a show of recent mixed media works by contemporary artist Peter Tunney, who will be in attendance and signing books, will open with a festive reception from 6 to 9 pm in the Samuel Owen Gallery at 46 Centre Street. It is difficult to separate the […]
Nantucket Ballroom Brings Oscar Wilde Novel to Island Stage
Building on their progressively-successful dance productions of the past four years, Mr. Andrey Stanev and Nantucket Ballroom present The Picture of Dorian Gray, their most ambitious project to date, featuring well-known Nantucket residents and professional national ballroom dancing champions. This August’s show will also feature filmed scenes with veteran actor […]
Just a Few More Days to See “Into the Woods”
Theatre Workshop of Nantucket’s superb production of Into the Woods runs for just a few more days, through August 29. The musical, written by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, borrows from favorite fairy tales, including Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, and Jack and the Bean Stalk to create a heartfelt […]