The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Maine.
"Three hundred miles north of everywhere," the small but bustling college town of Brunswick, Maine, attracts some of the world's most prestigious musicians to its summer festival.
Whether it be live theatre or cinema, most theatergoers are looking for entertainment and often an escape.
"They'll love you a lot more if you hang.
Brusnwick, Maine is home to galleries, restaurants, Bowdoin College, and Maine State Music Theatre.
The annals of music theatre are dotted with plenty of amazing and award winning shows.
Similar shows exist elsewhere in our current theatre landscape, in both plays and musical theatre.
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.
The brutality and barbarism of Shakespeare's early 'revenge' play, Titus Andronicus, make it difficult fare for modern audiences.
I am here to tell you that not only can Shakespeare's work be truly life changing, but it IS accessible, and topical in our present world climate.
You know those dreams you have when you wake up suddenly, and all you want to do is fall back asleep and continue the dream? If you are lucky enough to see Dreamgirls at Maine State, you will leave the Pickard Theatre feeling the same way.
In his in vino veritas speech near the end of Ken Ludwig's comedy, Moon Over Buffalo, George Hay voices a nostalgic paean to the "wicked life upon the stage.
Veteran television comedienne Sally Struthers is working overtime to bring much needed laughs to an otherwise hit or miss production of Dolly Parton's '9 to 5: The Musical' at Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine
Maine State Music Theater closes their 54th season with a perfect montage of talent, tech and Broadway-like production values that brought a sell-out audience to their tapping feet on opening night.
Seacoast Repertory Theatre ignites the Seacoast stage with a sizzling production of CHICAGO that truly is a 'summer must see' for anyone who loves a fast-paced, exciting and professionally performed musical.
Carson Kressley (Mr.
Opening night of Sunset Boulevard at Maine State Music Theatre was the perfect evening of musical theater.
OMIGOD, nothing this fun should be legal! If you want one 'Elle' of a good time, go see Legally Blonde At Maine State Music Theatre in Brunswick, ME through July 14th!
Jennie Sophia (Nellie Forbush) is a Rodgers & Hammerstein dream with her triple threat talents that bring a multi-layered performance equal to that of Mary Martin.
Dramatic Repertory Company continues to produce thought provoking theater with the dark comedy, Life During War, starring a stellar cast led by Matt Delamater and Christine Penney.
A well deserved standing ovation opens the Maine State Music Theatre 54th summer season with the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award winning Michael Bennett triple threat, A Chorus Line.
Portland Stage Company concludes their 2011-12 season with a hilarious, heartwarming production about two pianists and their (mis)adventures en route to becoming musical masters of the 88 piano keys.
Patrons will shake, rattle and roll with music, laughter and a few tears as Ogunquit Playhouse celebrates the opening of their 80th summer season with the musical, Always.
"If you want to make love to an artist, learn your colors," exclaims Elisa in Portland Stage Company's stage palette of many emotions; Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh, by Joel Gross.
The loons have begun their pre-summer song at the Public Theatre in Lewiston, Maine as Ernest Thompson's dramedy, On Golden Pond, takes the stage starring theatre, film and TV actors (and real life couple), Mike Genovese and Ellen Crawford.
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Æther and Unearthed Westbrook Performing Arts Center (9/19-9/19) |
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Small Town- A World Premiere John Mellencamp Musical OGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE (10/01-11/01) |
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Heart of Duckness by A.J. Ditty Portland Stage Studio Theater (8/20-9/04) PHOTOS |
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Stroll Haunted Yarmouth 2026 Royal River Community Players (10/14-10/25) |
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show Spooktacular Tour with Patricia Quinn Waterville Opera House (10/24-10/24) |
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ACAT presents: Kodachrome by Adam Szymkowicz The Playhouse At Waterville Station (9/11-9/20) |
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Million Dollar Quartet The Public Theatre (8/26-9/13) |
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The Producers OGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE (8/27-9/26) |
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Parker McCollum at Maine Savings Amphitheater Maine Savings Amphitheater (9/03-9/03) |
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Frozen the Broadway Musical Waterville Opera House (11/13-11/29) |
