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Starlight Room

A Haunting in Venice

Set in eerie, post-World War II Venice, A HAUNTING IN VENICE is a terrifying mystery featuring the return of celebrated sleuth, Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh). Now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world's most glamorous city, Poirot reluctantly attends a Halloween séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets. PG-13, 1h 43m.

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Playing in the Starlight Room
Date Time
Sun, 10/1 1:00, 4:15, 7:30
Mon, 10/2 - Wed, 10/4 4:15, 7:30
Thu, 10/5 1:00, 4:15, 7:30
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Rose Theatre

Stop Making Sense

It's time to dust off the big suit. One of the best concert movies of all time, and a Rose Theatre tradition! Director Jonathan Demme's STOP MAKING SENSE (1983) captures the Talking Heads in their prime, with their timeless music and unforgettable staging. This film is meant to be played loud... NR, 1h 28m.

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Playing in the Rose Theatre
Date Time
Sun, 10/1 - Thu, 10/5 7:00
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The Miracle Club

Three close friends who have never left the outskirts of Dublin (much less Ireland) get the journey of a lifetime – a visit to Lourdes, the picturesque French town and place of miracles. Filled with heart and humanity, THE MIRACLE CLUB is a story of faith and forgiveness, heartbreak and healing, regret and redemption. Check your cynicism at the door, and let this magnificent ensemble cast carry you away. PG-13, 1h 31m. Open Captions for all showings.

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Playing in the Rose Theatre
Date Time
Sun, 10/1 1:30, 4:00
Mon, 10/2 - Wed, 10/4 4:00
Thu, 10/5 1:30, 4:00
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Featured Streaming Films

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Rare Birds

RARE BIRDS tracks every phase of production during the creation of Alexander Ekman’s groundbreaking A Swan Lake, providing an intimate view into the process of choreography and the ingenuity at work in a world-class theater. Screening with Exquisite Corps, in which forty-two American contemporary choreographers link together in a chain love letter to dance.


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Play Serious

This behind-the-scenes documentary follows the production of choreographer Alexander Ekman’s work “Play,” staged at the Paris Opera in 2017. Ekman gives himself the job of creating—and transmitting to the public—a sense of real, unbridled play, and soon finds that it’s no small task. A film about meeting artistic crises on the world’s most famous and intimidating dance stage, filled with wild joy, magical choreography and stunning visuals.


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Gravity Hero

Trey McIntyre was one of the busiest young choreographers of his generation when he mysteriously shuttered his dance company. This sudden end is the backdrop of McIntyre’s introspective documentary, which explores themes of creativity, loss, and transformation embodied in the dances choreographed during the company’s life. Excerpts from some of his best known pieces include “Ma Maison,” inspired by his encounters with the New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band.


Coming Soon

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Cat Person

When college sophomore Margot goes on a date with the older Robert, she finds that IRL Robert doesn't live up to the Robert she has been flirting with over texts. Inspired by the most-read piece of fiction ever published in The New Yorker, CAT PERSON is a razor-sharp exploration of the gender divide, the quagmire of navigating modern dating, and the dangerous projections we make in our minds about the person at the other end of our phones. 2h.


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Killers of the Flower Moon

Enormous in theme and achievement, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON is a sobering appraisal of America's relationship with Indigenous peoples and yet another artistic zenith for Martin Scorsese and his collaborators. When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one – until J. Edgar Hoover's FBI steps in to unravel the mystery. Based on a true story and told through the improbable romance of Ernest Burkhart and Mollie Kyle, this staggering piece of cinema is an epic western crime saga, where real love crosses paths with unspeakable betrayal. R, 2h 26m.


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Hocus Pocus

HOCUS POCUS turns 30! You're in for a devil of a time when three outlandishly wild witches return from 17th-century Salem after they're accidentally conjured up by some unsuspecting pranksters! It's a night full of zany fun and comic chaos once the tricky 300-year-old trio sets out to cast a spell on the town and reclaim their youth – but first they must get their act together and outwit three kids...and a talking cat. PG, 1h 35m.


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The Nightmare Before Christmas

Tim Burton's stunningly original spooky season classic celebrates 30 years! Bored with the same old scare-and-scream routine, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloweentown, kidnaps Santa and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack soon discovers even the best-laid plans of mice and skeleton men can go seriously awry. PG, 1h 15m.


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The Metropolitan Opera Live: Dead Man Walking
10/21 & 10/25 – Starlight Room

The Metropolitan Opera Live: Dead Man Walking

American composer Jake Heggie’s masterpiece, the most widely performed new opera of the last 20 years, has its highly anticipated Met premiere in a haunting new production. Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about her fight for the soul of a condemned murderer, DEAD MAN WALKING matches the high drama of its subject with Heggie’s beautiful music and a brilliant libretto by Tony and Emmy Award–winner Terrence McNally. Part of the Metropolitan Opera Live Series. The Starlight Room has only 46 seats; advance tickets recommended. The theatre opens at least 30 minutes, and up to 45 minutes in advance. Please arrive early in order to secure your preferred seats, especially for parties of 2 or more. 2h 55m.


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Priscilla

When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend. Through Priscilla’s eyes, Sofia Coppola tells the unseen side of a great American myth in this deeply felt and ravishingly detailed portrait of love, fantasy, and fame. R, 1h 50m.


10/27

Dancing with the Dead

WORLD PREMIERE GALA Filmmakers Ward Serrill and Rocky Friedman (The Bowmakers) present DANCING WITH THE DEAD, on Port Townsend’s Bill Porter. Porter, who goes by the pen name Red Pine, is a renowned translator of ancient Chinese poetry. The film follows Bill’s adventures as a child of a bank robber, raised in a gilded household, who turned his back on American devotion to materialism and went off to live in monasteries and mountains in Taiwan. He pursued a fascination with Buddhism and poetry and traveled to remote regions of China to rediscover an ancient tradition of mountain hermits vital to Chinese culture. **DANCING WITH THE DEAD will also have an exclusive run at the Rose following the Premiere.** PG-13, 1h 24m.


11/10

The Holdovers

A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam. R. 2h, 32m.


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The Metropolitan Opera Live: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
11/18 & 11/29 – Starlight Room

The Metropolitan Opera Live: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking and influential opera arrives at the Met at long last. Theater luminary and Tony-nominated director Robert O’Hara oversees a potent new staging that imagines Malcolm as an Everyman whose story transcends time and space. An exceptional cast of breakout artists and young Met stars enliven the operatic retelling of the civil rights leader’s life. Part of the Metropolitan Opera Live Series. The Starlight Room has only 46 seats; advance tickets recommended. The theatre opens at least 30 minutes, and up to 45 minutes in advance. Please arrive early in order to secure your preferred seats, especially for parties of 2 or more. 3h 20m.


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The Metropolitan Opera Live: Florencia en el Amazonas
12/9 & 12/13 – Starlight Room

The Metropolitan Opera Live: Florencia en el Amazonas

Inspired by the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez, Mexican composer Daniel Catán’s opera tells the enchanting story of a Brazilian opera diva who returns to her homeland to perform at the legendary opera house of Manaus – and to search for her lost lover, who has vanished into the jungle. This spellbinding new production brings the mysterious realm of the Amazon to the Met stage. Part of the Metropolitan Opera Live Series. The Starlight Room has only 46 seats; advance tickets recommended. The theatre opens at least 30 minutes, and up to 45 minutes in advance. Please arrive early in order to secure your preferred seats, especially for parties of 2 or more. Sung in Spanish with English subtitles. 2h 15m.


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The Metropolitan Opera Live: Nabucco
1/6/24 & 1/10/24 – Starlight Room

The Metropolitan Opera Live: Nabucco

Ancient Babylon comes to life in a classic Met staging of biblical proportions. Baritone George Gagnidze makes his Met role debut as the imperious king Nabucco, alongside soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska reprising her thrilling turn as his vengeful daughter Abigaille. Daniele Callegari conducts Verdi’s exhilarating early masterpiece. Part of the Metropolitan Opera Live Series. The Starlight Room has only 46 seats; advance tickets recommended. The theatre opens at least 30 minutes, and up to 45 minutes in advance. Please arrive early in order to secure your preferred seats, especially for parties of 2 or more. Sung in Italian with English subtitles. 2h 55m.


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The Metropolitan Opera Live: Carmen
1/27/24 & 1/31/24 – Starlight Room

The Metropolitan Opera Live: Carmen

Acclaimed director Carrie Cracknell brings a vital new production of one of opera’s most enduringly powerful works, reinvigorating the classic story with a staging that moves the action to the modern day and finds at the heart of the drama issues that could not be more relevant today: gendered violence, abusive labor structures, and the desire to break through societal boundaries. Part of the Metropolitan Opera Live Series. The Starlight Room has only 46 seats; advance tickets recommended. The theatre opens at least 30 minutes, and up to 45 minutes in advance. Please arrive early in order to secure your preferred seats, especially for parties of 2 or more. Sung in French with English subtitles. 3h 25m.


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Problemista

An aspiring toy designer's work visa runs out, and a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast (Tilda Swinton in maximalist, extravagant form) becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream. Imaginative, impressive, and hilarious, PROBLEMISTA is a surreal adventure through the equally treacherous worlds of New York City and the U.S. Immigration system. R, 1h 38m.


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Drive-Away Dolls

This comedy caper follows Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit bemoaning yet another breakup with a girlfriend, and her demure friend Marian who desperately needs to loosen up. In search of a fresh start, the two embark on an impromptu road trip to Tallahassee, but things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals along the way. R. 1h, 24m.


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The Metropolitan Opera Live: La Forza del Destino
3/9/24 & 3/13/24 – Starlight Room

The Metropolitan Opera Live: La Forza del Destino

Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s grand tale of ill-fated love, deadly vendettas, and family strife, with stellar soprano Lise Davidsen as the noble Leonora, one of the repertory’s most tormented – and thrilling – heroines. The company’s first new FORZA in nearly 30 years sets the scene in a contemporary world, making extensive use of the Met’s turntable to represent the unstoppable advance of destiny that drives the opera’s chain of calamitous events. Part of the Metropolitan Opera Live Series. The Starlight Room has only 46 seats; advance tickets recommended. The theatre opens at least 30 minutes, and up to 45 minutes in advance. Please arrive early in order to secure your preferred seats, especially for parties of 2 or more. Sung in Italian with English subtitles. 4h 5m.


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The Metropolitan Opera Live: Romeo et Juliette
3/23/24 & 3/27/24 – Starlight Room

The Metropolitan Opera Live: Romeo et Juliette

Two singers at the height of their powers – radiant soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor sensation Benjamin Bernheim – come together as the star-crossed lovers in Gounod’s sumptuous Shakespeare adaptation, with Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to conduct one of the repertoire’s most romantic scores. Part of the Metropolitan Opera Live Series. The Starlight Room has only 46 seats; advance tickets recommended. The theatre opens at least 30 minutes, and up to 45 minutes in advance. Please arrive early in order to secure your preferred seats, especially for parties of 2 or more. Sung in French with English subtitles. 3h 10m.


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National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
Date TBD

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein

An encore presentation of one of NTL's biggest hits, Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller star in the thrilling and deeply disturbing tale of FRANKENSTEIN. Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his maker. Met with cruelty wherever he goes, the desperate and vengeful Creature determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Part of the Theatre From London Series. The Starlight Room has only 46 seats; advance tickets recommended. The theatre opens at least 30 minutes, and up to 45 minutes in advance. Please arrive early in order to secure your preferred seats, especially for parties of 2 or more. 2h 10m.


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National Theatre Live: King Lear
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National Theatre Live: King Lear

Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, KING LEAR sees two ageing fathers – one a king, one his courtier – reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends. Part of the Theatre from London Series. The Starlight Room has only 46 seats; advance tickets recommended. The theatre opens at least 30 minutes, and up to 45 minutes in advance. Please arrive early in order to secure your preferred seats, especially for parties of 2 or more. 4 hrs.


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National Theatre Live: Fleabag
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National Theatre Live: Fleabag

NTL returns: see the hilarious, award-winning, one-woman show that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series! Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, FLEABAG is a rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life. Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed, but that's just the tip of the iceberg... "Filthy, funny, snarky and touching." – Telegraph Part of the Theatre From London Series. The Starlight Room has only 46 seats; advance tickets recommended. The theatre opens at least 30 minutes, and up to 45 minutes in advance. Please arrive early in order to secure your preferred seats, especially for parties of 2 or more. 1h 20m.


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National Theatre Live: The Seagull
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National Theatre Live: The Seagull

Emilia Clarke made her dazzling West End debut in this 21st century retelling of Chekhov’s tale of love and loneliness. A young woman is desperate for fame and a way out. A young man pines after the woman of his dreams. A successful writer longs for a sense of achievement. An actress wants to fight the changing times. In an isolated countryside home, dreams lie in tatters, hopes are dashed, and hearts broken. With nowhere left to turn, the only option is to turn on each other. Part of the Theatre from London Series. The Starlight Room has only 46 seats; advance tickets recommended. The theatre opens at least 30 minutes, and up to 45 minutes in advance. Please arrive early in order to secure your preferred seats, especially for parties of 2 or more. 3 hrs.


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National Theatre Live: The Crucible
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National Theatre Live: The Crucible

Arthur Miller’s gripping parable of power and its abuse returns as "THE CRUCIBLE burns bright once more." A witch hunt is beginning in Salem. Raised to be seen and not heard, a group of young women suddenly find their words have a terrible power. As a climate of fear spreads through the community, private vendettas fuel public accusations and soon the truth itself is on trial. Part of the Theatre From London Series. The Starlight Room has only 46 seats; advance tickets recommended. The theatre opens at least 30 minutes, and up to 45 minutes in advance. Please arrive early in order to secure your preferred seats, especially for parties of 2 or more. 3h.


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The Metropolitan Opera Live: La Rondine
4/20/24 & 4/24/24 – Starlight Room

The Metropolitan Opera Live: La Rondine

Puccini’s bittersweet love story makes a rare Met appearance, with soprano Angel Blue starring as the French courtesan Magda, opposite tenor Jonathan Tetelman in his highly anticipated company debut as Ruggero, an idealistic young man who offers her an alternative to her life of excess. Maestro Speranza Scappucci conducts Nicolas Joël’s Art Deco–inspired staging, which transports audiences from the heart of Parisian nightlife to a dreamy vision of the French Riviera. Part of the Metropolitan Opera Live Series. The Starlight Room has only 46 seats; advance tickets recommended. The theatre opens at least 30 minutes, and up to 45 minutes in advance. Please arrive early in order to secure your preferred seats, especially for parties of 2 or more. Sung in Italian with English subtitles. 2h 35m.


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The Metropolitan Opera Live: Madama Butterfly
5/11/24 & 5/15/24 – Starlight Room

The Metropolitan Opera Live: Madama Butterfly

Extraordinary soprano Asmik Grigorian tackles the demanding role of Cio-Cio-San, the loyal geisha at the heart of Puccini’s devastating tragedy. Tenor Jonathan Tetelman stars as the callous American naval officer Pinkerton, whose betrayal destroys her. Acclaimed maestro Xian Zhang takes the podium to conduct Anthony Minghella’s vivid production. Part of the Metropolitan Opera Live Series. The Starlight Room has only 46 seats; advance tickets recommended. The theatre opens at least 30 minutes, and up to 45 minutes in advance. Please arrive early in order to secure your preferred seats, especially for parties of 2 or more. Sung in Italian with English subtitles. 3h.