Dan Marois
It was his time growing up in the White Mountains of New Hampshire where Dan Marois “got the bug” for theater and entertainment. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Boston University in English and Communications and has spent most of his career in healthcare marketing and public relations. In 2006, the Maine Public Relations Council awarded him the Edward Bernays Award, its highest recognition for service to the public relations profession.Currently, he is a self-employed writer, actor and producer. He is a co-owner, with his wife, Denise of Mystery for Hire, one of New England's premiere murder mystery dinner theater troupes that has performed to over 75,000 since 1995. (www.mysteryforhire.com) He is also the founder of Mainely Improv-On the Spot Comedy, an improv troupe that performs spontaneously just about anywhere.
He also owns Mainely Improv, an improvisational comedy troupe, and he and his wife perform musical revues as well.
He has been a theater reviewer for over 20 years having given his commentary for over 300 productions. He is the Owner and Communication Specialist for Mainly Communications, providing communication services to a variety of business clients. He is a regular contributor to the Lewiston Sun Journal, Lewiston/Auburn Magazine and Tourist News.
He’s appeared on stage in such diverse productions as Fiddler on the Roof to Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He’s personally appeared in 525 mystery themed dinner productions where he has “done the crime” but “never the time.” He’s been an extra in many Maine produced commercials and he served as the on-air host for Prescriptions for Health, a locally produced interview show that covered many consumer health subjects.
Marois can be reached at dmarois@fairpoint.net
BWW Review: KINKY BOOTS at Ogunquit Playhouse
BWW Review: CABARET at Ogunquit Playhouse
BWW Review: Ogunquit Playhouse's 2019 Production of JERSEY BOYS
BWW Review: THE NUTCRACKER Maine State Ballet
BWW Review: ELF THE MUSICAL at Ogunquit Playhouse/Portsmouth NH Music Hall
BWW Review: 42ND STREET at Ogunquit PlayhouseBWW Review: KINKY BOOTS at Ogunquit Playhouse
September 23, 2019
BWW Review: MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL at Ogunquit Playhouse
September 10, 2019
Here's the first thing I thought about when I heard about Menopause the Musical at the Ogunquit Playhouse.
BWW Review: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS at Ogunquit Playhouse
August 19, 2019
While it might seem sacrilegious to host a non-musical at the famed Ogunquit Playhouse, modern day audiences should know that the early years of the theater hosted a slew of non-musical productions. In fact, it was many years ago that I saw a production of Love Letters and an adaptation of Dracula.
BWW Review: CABARET at Ogunquit Playhouse
July 21, 2019
BWW Review: 42ND STREET at Ogunquit Playhouse
June 23, 2019
BWW Review: Ogunquit Playhouse's 2019 Production of JERSEY BOYS
May 20, 2019
After a successful run of Jersey Boys during the 2018 season, Executive Artistic Director, Bradford T. Kenney, kicked of the opening night of the 87th season at the Ogunquit Playhouse announcing, 'Jersey Boys 2.0.' You might say that success builds success. If a show can run to sold out audiences for eight weeks in 2018, might it be worth running the show again the following year?
BWW Review: LEND ME A TENOR at LA Community Theatre
January 21, 2019
Paul Menezes (as Tito Merelli) and Benjamin Monahan-Morang (as Max), the actors who portray opera singers in Ken Ludwig's Lend Me a Tenor, at Community Little Theatre in Auburn do not look a bit similar. Menezes is stocky and bulky to Monahan-Morang's height and slender build. Nevertheless, their characters are mistaken for each other throughout most of Act II in Ludwig's clever script.
BWW Review: ELF THE MUSICAL at Ogunquit Playhouse/Portsmouth NH Music Hall
December 3, 2018
Elf the Musical is the perfect holiday treat. Whether you know the 2003 movie version that featured Will Ferrell or not, it doesn't matter. As a collaborative effort of the Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine performed at the charmingly unique Music Hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, this show is one of the best holiday themed productions I've ever seen. The setting, combined with a funny script, rollicking musical numbers, costumes in Christmas palette colors and outrageous dance numbers (you can't beat tap dancing elves and Santas!) this show is worth seeing.
BWW Review: THE NUTCRACKER Maine State Ballet
November 26, 2018
The interesting thing about The Nutcracker at the Merrill Auditorium in Portland, Maine is just how quickly an audience can settle into it, year after year, like a cup of hot chocolate on a cold night. The venue is packed with an audience of all ages, some dressed in their 'night on the town' finery while others sport flannel shirts, jeans and a baseball cap. That's the magic of this production, a full-scale ballet and orchestra that appeals to a wide-ranging audience here in Maine.
BWW Review: JERSEY BOYS at Ogunquit Playhouse
September 10, 2018
The rise of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons is played out in Jersey Boys.
BWW Review: GRUMPY OLD MEN at OGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE
August 13, 2018
Based on a film starring Jack Lemmon, Walther Matthau and Ann-Margret that hit movie theaters 25 years ago, Grumpy Old Men the Musical is currently playing at the Ogunquit Playhouse in what is touted as the US premiere of the production.
BWW Review: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS at OGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE
July 16, 2018
In 1928, George Gershwin composed 'An American in Paris' inspired by the time he spent there. It wasn't until 1951 that An American in Paris hit the movie screen starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron as directed by Vincente Minnelli.
BWW Review: OKLAHOMA at OGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE
June 18, 2018
As the Ogunquit Playhouse celebrates its 86th year of entertaining audiences here in Maine, the second show of the season is the gem of a Broadway musical, Oklahoma, celebrating its 75th anniversary year.
BWW Review: SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE at Ogunquit Playhouse
May 23, 2018
There's everything to love in Smokey Joe's Cafe the first show of the Ogunquit Playhouse's 86th season.
BWW Review: THE CONQUEST OF THE SOUTH POLE at Snowlion Repertory Company
January 30, 2018
The Snowlion Repertory Company has taken a bold step in presenting the New England premiere of a production called The Conquest of the South Pole by Manfred Karge.
BWW Review: SHEAR MADNESS at Good Theater
January 29, 2018
Good Theater tops the mystery theater genre with a production of Shear Madness
BWW Review: FROM HERE TO ETERNITY at Ogunquit Playhouse
October 9, 2017
From Here to Eternity Falls Short in New Musical Version
BWW Review: HEARTBREAK HOTEL at Ogunquit Playhouse
September 3, 2017
Heartbreak Hotel covers the rise of Elvis Presley from a humble truck driver in Memphis to the King of Rock 'N' Roll, a journey that took only 18 months to complete.
BWW Reviews: Sassy, Sexy, WITCHES OF EASTWICK at Ogunquit Playhouse
September 11, 2014
There are hot, sassy witches flying about the Ogunquit Playhouse in a production of The Witches of Eastwick, a musical comedy that has some memorable characters, high energy music and a fabulous set design.
BWW Reviews: MARY POPPINS Soars at Ogunquit
August 7, 2014
The Banks family at 17 Cherry Tree Lane is creating their own reality television show in the current production of Mary Poppins at the Ogunquit Playhouse.
September 23, 2019
BWW Review: MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL at Ogunquit Playhouse
September 10, 2019
Here's the first thing I thought about when I heard about Menopause the Musical at the Ogunquit Playhouse.
BWW Review: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS at Ogunquit Playhouse
August 19, 2019
While it might seem sacrilegious to host a non-musical at the famed Ogunquit Playhouse, modern day audiences should know that the early years of the theater hosted a slew of non-musical productions. In fact, it was many years ago that I saw a production of Love Letters and an adaptation of Dracula.
BWW Review: CABARET at Ogunquit Playhouse
July 21, 2019
BWW Review: 42ND STREET at Ogunquit Playhouse
June 23, 2019
BWW Review: Ogunquit Playhouse's 2019 Production of JERSEY BOYS
May 20, 2019
After a successful run of Jersey Boys during the 2018 season, Executive Artistic Director, Bradford T. Kenney, kicked of the opening night of the 87th season at the Ogunquit Playhouse announcing, 'Jersey Boys 2.0.' You might say that success builds success. If a show can run to sold out audiences for eight weeks in 2018, might it be worth running the show again the following year?
BWW Review: LEND ME A TENOR at LA Community Theatre
January 21, 2019
Paul Menezes (as Tito Merelli) and Benjamin Monahan-Morang (as Max), the actors who portray opera singers in Ken Ludwig's Lend Me a Tenor, at Community Little Theatre in Auburn do not look a bit similar. Menezes is stocky and bulky to Monahan-Morang's height and slender build. Nevertheless, their characters are mistaken for each other throughout most of Act II in Ludwig's clever script.
BWW Review: ELF THE MUSICAL at Ogunquit Playhouse/Portsmouth NH Music Hall
December 3, 2018
Elf the Musical is the perfect holiday treat. Whether you know the 2003 movie version that featured Will Ferrell or not, it doesn't matter. As a collaborative effort of the Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine performed at the charmingly unique Music Hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, this show is one of the best holiday themed productions I've ever seen. The setting, combined with a funny script, rollicking musical numbers, costumes in Christmas palette colors and outrageous dance numbers (you can't beat tap dancing elves and Santas!) this show is worth seeing.
BWW Review: THE NUTCRACKER Maine State Ballet
November 26, 2018
The interesting thing about The Nutcracker at the Merrill Auditorium in Portland, Maine is just how quickly an audience can settle into it, year after year, like a cup of hot chocolate on a cold night. The venue is packed with an audience of all ages, some dressed in their 'night on the town' finery while others sport flannel shirts, jeans and a baseball cap. That's the magic of this production, a full-scale ballet and orchestra that appeals to a wide-ranging audience here in Maine.
BWW Review: JERSEY BOYS at Ogunquit Playhouse
September 10, 2018
The rise of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons is played out in Jersey Boys.
BWW Review: GRUMPY OLD MEN at OGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE
August 13, 2018
Based on a film starring Jack Lemmon, Walther Matthau and Ann-Margret that hit movie theaters 25 years ago, Grumpy Old Men the Musical is currently playing at the Ogunquit Playhouse in what is touted as the US premiere of the production.
BWW Review: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS at OGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE
July 16, 2018
In 1928, George Gershwin composed 'An American in Paris' inspired by the time he spent there. It wasn't until 1951 that An American in Paris hit the movie screen starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron as directed by Vincente Minnelli.
BWW Review: OKLAHOMA at OGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE
June 18, 2018
As the Ogunquit Playhouse celebrates its 86th year of entertaining audiences here in Maine, the second show of the season is the gem of a Broadway musical, Oklahoma, celebrating its 75th anniversary year.
BWW Review: SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE at Ogunquit Playhouse
May 23, 2018
There's everything to love in Smokey Joe's Cafe the first show of the Ogunquit Playhouse's 86th season.
BWW Review: THE CONQUEST OF THE SOUTH POLE at Snowlion Repertory Company
January 30, 2018
The Snowlion Repertory Company has taken a bold step in presenting the New England premiere of a production called The Conquest of the South Pole by Manfred Karge.
BWW Review: SHEAR MADNESS at Good Theater
January 29, 2018
Good Theater tops the mystery theater genre with a production of Shear Madness
BWW Review: FROM HERE TO ETERNITY at Ogunquit Playhouse
October 9, 2017
From Here to Eternity Falls Short in New Musical Version
BWW Review: HEARTBREAK HOTEL at Ogunquit Playhouse
September 3, 2017
Heartbreak Hotel covers the rise of Elvis Presley from a humble truck driver in Memphis to the King of Rock 'N' Roll, a journey that took only 18 months to complete.
BWW Reviews: Sassy, Sexy, WITCHES OF EASTWICK at Ogunquit Playhouse
September 11, 2014
There are hot, sassy witches flying about the Ogunquit Playhouse in a production of The Witches of Eastwick, a musical comedy that has some memorable characters, high energy music and a fabulous set design.
BWW Reviews: MARY POPPINS Soars at Ogunquit
August 7, 2014
The Banks family at 17 Cherry Tree Lane is creating their own reality television show in the current production of Mary Poppins at the Ogunquit Playhouse.
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