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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. 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.net) He is also the founder of Mainely Improv-On the Spot Comedy, an improv troupe that performs spontaneously just about anywhere. He is a member of the American Theater Critics Association and has been a theater reviewer for over 20 years having given his commentary for over 300 productions. 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 nearly 1000 mystery themed dinner productions where he has “done the crime” but “never the time.”  Marois can be reached at dmarois2@gmail.com.




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First Show:

West Side Story. It featured Debbie Allen as Anita.

Favorite Show:

Hunchback of Notre Dame

Favorite Stories:



Previews: GHOST- THE MUSICAL at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
Previews: GHOST- THE MUSICAL at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
April 20, 2023

Opening this Friday, April 21 with performances running through May 14, The Seacoast Repertory Theatre Presents: Ghost - The Musical, a spectacle of dance, special effects, and magic with its largest live orchestra to date.

Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET by Ogunquit Playhouse At The Music Hall
Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET by Ogunquit Playhouse At The Music Hall
March 27, 2023

What did our critic think of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET at Ogunquit Playhouse At The Music Hall? On December 4, 1956, at a time when their individual careers were on different trajectories, four musical legends gathered at Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee to record a few tunes. It would be the one and only time that the four musicians ever jammed together in a recording studio.

Review: PARADE Marches Into Seacoast Repertory Theatre
Review: PARADE Marches Into Seacoast Repertory Theatre
March 20, 2023

What did our critic think of PARADE MARCHES INTO SEACOAST REPERTORY THEATRE at Seacoast Repertory Theatre? Seacoast Repertory Theatre distinguishes itself once again with a bold choice of producing Parade, a dynamic musical production based on a true life story that tackles issues of antisemitism, mob mentality, and outright hate in the 1913 world of Atlanta, Georgia.

Review: MAN OF LA MANCHA at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
Review: MAN OF LA MANCHA at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
February 7, 2023

The Seacoast Repertory Theatre opens its 2023 season pushing its edge of creativity in a spellbinding performance of 'Man Of La Mancha,' a well-known musical launched in 1965. While keeping the bones of the original production, this one is an explosive reimagination that breaks the usual barriers of casting and staging.

Review: SWEENEY TODD-THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
Review: SWEENEY TODD-THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
September 26, 2022

What did our critic think of SWEENEY TODD-THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET at Seacoast Repertory Theatre?

Review: BEAUTIFUL - THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL at Ogunquit Playhouse
Review: BEAUTIFUL - THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL at Ogunquit Playhouse
September 21, 2022

What did our critic think of BEAUTIFUL - THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL at Ogunquit Playhouse? The show is a revealing story about pop music icon, Carole King. While many know of her success as a solo vocalist and song writer after releasing the album, 'Tapestry,' few will know about her previous career as part of a songwriting team that produced a string of hits in the 1960s. (Today, more than 400 of her compositions have been recorded by over 1,000 artists resulting in 100 single hits and six Grammy awards.)

Review: BLOOD BROTHERS at Weathervane Theatre
Review: BLOOD BROTHERS at Weathervane Theatre
September 6, 2022

What did our critic think of BLOOD BROTHERS at Weathervane Theatre? Blood Brothers by Willy Russell is a one-of-a-kind musical theater production that is currently playing at the Weathervane Theatre in Whitefield, New Hampshire.

Review: LUCKY STIFF at The Barnstormers
Review: LUCKY STIFF at The Barnstormers
August 28, 2022

What did our critic think of LUCKY STIFF at The Barnstormers?

Review: MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS at Ogunquit Playhouse
Review: MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS at Ogunquit Playhouse
August 22, 2022

Mr. Holland's Opus is a world premiere new musical currently running at the Ogunquit Playhouse based on the 1995 motion picture of the same title. It is a story set in San Francisco in 1969 about a successful musician and composer, Glenn Holland (Akron Watson) who switches careers to become a first-time music teacher at John F. Kennedy high school so that he can spend more time with his wife, Iris (Anastasia Barzee).

Review: SILENT SKY at The Barnstormers
Review: SILENT SKY at The Barnstormers
August 14, 2022

You will never look at the evening sky in about the same way after seeing a performance of Lauren Gunderson's charming play, Silent Sky.

Review: THE NUTTY PROFESSOR at Ogunquit Playhouse
Review: THE NUTTY PROFESSOR at Ogunquit Playhouse
July 17, 2022

The Nutty Professor at the Ogunquit Playhouse is a newly retooled world premiere musical based on the 1963 Jerry Lewis film of the same title. A comic flick favorite, The Nutty Professor is a story of a Jekyll and Hyde transformation that takes place for a mild mannered and befuddled college professor.

Review: THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE at The Barnstormers
Review: THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE at The Barnstormers
July 15, 2022

Who would believe that a show about an Elvis impersonator turned drag queen could be such a hit in the middle of New Hampshire's summer theater season?

Review: INTO THE WOODS at The Barnstormers
Review: INTO THE WOODS at The Barnstormers
July 4, 2022

Worth the Journey -Into the Woods

Review: ANYTHING GOES at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
Review: ANYTHING GOES at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
June 20, 2022

What did our critic think? While the Seacoast Repertory Theatre has mounted contemporary musical productions in recent years, none resonate more on the Portsmouth stage than the timeless, classic, and vintage shows from the heydays of Broadway.

BWW Review: THE CHER SHOW at Ogunquit Playhouse
BWW Review: THE CHER SHOW at Ogunquit Playhouse
May 26, 2022

Imagine yourself going to a concert by performing legend, Cher. Then imagine that she spends the evening telling you about her life story through the difficulties of a struggling career to the transformation that made her an entertainment powerhouse. And she's not aloof on center stage. Throughout the evening she's talking directly to you, the audience. The banter is delectable.

BWW Review: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
BWW Review: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
March 28, 2022

La Cage Aux Folles currently playing at the Seacoast Repertory Theater in Portsmouth is a reminder of how far we come in the world of acceptance.

BWW Review: PETER PAN at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
BWW Review: PETER PAN at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
November 22, 2021

Seacoast Repertory Theatre brings forward a magical performance of the classic, Peter Pan

BWW Review: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN at Ogunquit Playhouse
BWW Review: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN at Ogunquit Playhouse
October 11, 2021

I loved every minute of the musical, Young Frankenstein, the season closer for what has been an incredible year for the Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine's treasured seaside town.

BWW Review: MYSTIC PIZZA - A NEW MUSICAL at Ogunquit Playhouse
BWW Review: MYSTIC PIZZA - A NEW MUSICAL at Ogunquit Playhouse
September 7, 2021

This world premiere is among the best of those presented by Ogunquit Playhouse with a charming, light-hearted story, an incredibly talented cast, costuming that you might still find in the clothes closet in the attic, and a string of 1980s tunes that will have you reminiscing about big hair, neon colors and shoulder pads.

BWW Review: ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE at Ogunquit Playhouse
BWW Review: ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE at Ogunquit Playhouse
July 21, 2021

The Ogunquit Playhouse rolls out the second show of its 2021 season with a performance of Jimmy Buffet's Escape to Margaritaville, a jukebox musical with music and lyrics by (no surprise) Jimmy Buffet and book by Greg Garcia and Mike O'Malley.






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