BELLOWS FALLS — RAMParts Presents, in partnership with National Theatre Live, Bolshoi Ballet, and Exhibition on Screen, will bring art, stage, and dance offerings to the big screen of the Bellows Falls Opera house from January through June in 2018.
On Sunday, Jan. 14, the National Theatre Live brings Tony Kushner's Angels in America Part 1: Millenium Approaches. This seminal work was begun in the late 1980s, reached Broadway in 1993, and became an HBO mini-series in 2003.
This version of the production was staged in July 2017 in London's National Theatre, starring Nathan Lane (The Producers), Andrew Garfield (Spiderman, Hacksaw Ridge), James McArdle (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Denise Gough, 2016 Olivier Award for Best Actress (People, Places and Things).
Doors open at 11 a.m. The screening runs from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with intermission. Tickets are $20 each.
On Sunday, Jan. 21, the Bolshoi Ballet premieres at the Opera House with a modern interpretation of a Shakespeare classic, The Taming of the Shrew. Acclaimed choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot handles the production, and the Bolshoi's incomparable dancers do the rest. Doors open at 12:30 p.m., and the screening runs from 1 to 3 p.m. Tickets are $20 each.
On Thursday, Jan. 25, Exhibition on Screen brings Vincent Van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing, which was made in close collaboration with curators and researchers at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, which houses the largest collection of Van Gogh's artistic output in the world.
This film features great works such as The Potato Eaters, Sunflowers, Irises, Autumn Blossoms, The Bedroom, and many of his self-portraits, and not only provides viewers with the moving and inspiring experience of seeing Van Gogh's iconic masterpieces on the big screen, but also examines new insights and interpretation from specially invited guests including curators, historians, and artists. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; screening starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 each.