If the local Gorham Players production of "Standardized Testing: The Musical" at The Medallion Opera House this weekend (see related story) whets your appetite for live theater and your looking for more, a little traveling could bring you big rewards with productions of old and new musicals and comedies being staged in northern New Hampshire this month.
In the Mount Washington Valley, two theater companies have upcoming productions.
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