The Bellows Falls Opera House shows a classic film every Wednesday at 7:00 PM, with sponsorship help from area individuals and businesses. Tickets are $6 in advance from bellowsfallsoperahouse.com or at the door.
Or, if you ask quickly enough, we have two pairs of free tickets for the July 1 showing of Coal Miner’s Daughter. (It's also OK to ask for one ticket.) Email [email protected] with your request.
When they're gone, they're gone.
Stage 33 Live, along with Dave & Sharon Pelland, Rick Holloway, Chrisman Kearn, Andrew Dey, Circuits in the Woods, WOOL-FM, anonymous angels, and Rockingham Entertainment Development are sponsoring four classic movies at the Bellows Falls Opera House this year.
July 1: Coal Miner’s Daughter (2h 4m, 1980, PG) is a 1980 American biographical musical film that follows the story of country music singer Loretta Lynn from her early teen years in a poor family and her rise as one of the most influential country musicians. Based on Lynn’s 1976 biography of the same name, the film stars Sissy Spacek as Lynn. Tommy Lee Jones (with red hair!), Beverly D’Angelo (as Patsy Cline), and Levon Helm (in a terrific turn as Loretta’s dad) are featured in supporting roles. Ernest Tubb, Roy Acuff, and Minnie Pearl make cameo appearances. Lynn chose Spacek to portray her, despite being unfamiliar with her films. Sissy ended up winning the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the part. The film is considered “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant” by the Library of Congress and was selected to be preserved in the United States National Film Registry in 2019.
Don't forget Carl Goulet plus Sandiland & Vincent this Sunday (6/28), a two-for-one 3:00 matinee on a cheap $10 ticket.
There are about 20 tickets left — it's likely that there will be plenty of room for walk-ups. Advance tickets guarantee entry. Only 40 tickets will be sold. Advance sales will close at midnight the day before the show, or when 40 tickets are sold (whichever comes first). Tickets at the door AS AVAILABLE, cash only.
The monthly Stage 33 Live Podcast coming out in August will be the last one... a lifespan of 12 glorious episodes.
The podcast playing field was saturated before we even dipped our toes in, and uptake hasn't been anywhere near strong enough to warrant the significant time and energy it would to make more. The expenditures can be put to better use. Kinda disappointed, but that's OK. The one-off videos on YouTube continue to have increasing viewership.
In the last 180 days, the episodes have had more downloads in Germany than in the USA... yay Germany! Singapore came up in third place.
You can relive all the episodes whenever you want in either video or audio at https://stage33live.com/podcast/
A hearty Thank You to our seasonal underwriters!
We're entirely run by volunteers from stem to stern, and all donations go toward the costs of keeping the wheels on this thing. We squeeze every penny, and we'd be so happy to squeeze yours.