BWW Review: JERSEY BOYS at Ogunquit Playhouse
The rise of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons is played out in Jersey Boys.
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The rise of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons is played out in Jersey Boys.
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.
It may not be among the most highly regarded of Shakespeare's plays.
Portland's Greek Festival ended a few weeks ago but the spirit of that ancient culture hangs in the air with the latest production from the Fenix Theatre Company.
Take the creators of Despicable Me 2 and the 2001 Bubble Boy movie, add a dash of energy, originality and a lot of side splitting humour, and you end up with the toe-tapping, fast paced, crazy hilarious Bubble Boy the Musical.
In 1928, George Gershwin composed 'An American in Paris' inspired by the time he spent there.
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.
There's everything to love in Smokey Joe's Cafe the first show of the Ogunquit Playhouse's 86th season.
There are some comedies where a good part of the fun lies in watching the cast having fun.
The Spitfire Grill feeds the soul of the Penobscot Theatre Company.
Love makes the world go around, even when it seems to have stopped in its tracks.
Though the sample is still small, Portland's 60 Grit Theatre Company seems to show a preference for tense little plays where highly stressed characters are holed-up in increasingly claustrophobic circumstances.
Virtual reality is often thought of as just another video game.
Year of the Rooster is edgy and entertaining.
Penobscot Theatre Visits 'Escanaba in da Moonlight'
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.
Good Theater tops the mystery theater genre with a production of Shear Madness
The 'tale as old as time' of 'Beauty and the Beast' is one that has delighted young and old for generations including patrons of The Penobscot Theatre Company in Bangor.
Among the many holiday season theatrical offerings, the annual musical revue, Broadway at the Good Theater inevitably proves to be a refreshing and original approach to ushering in a season of good cheer.
Misery Strikes Penobscot Theatre Company
From Here to Eternity Falls Short in New Musical Version
'The Fabulous Lipitones' Make Joyful Music at Penobscot Theatre
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.
In the opening scene of Marc Robin and Curt Dale Clark's Alice in Wonderland, Alice sings of her notion of Wonderland - 'a place where nonsense fills the air, a place more magical than dreams' - and in MSMT's Theatre for Young Audiences' original musical version of this classic, witty nonsense is de
Have you ever felt unheard or unloved? Then take a seat and allow the 'internationally ignored' rock star, Hedwig, take you on a journey you will never forget.
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1776 Maine State Music Theatre (6/24-7/11) |
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Disney's Frozen Maine State Music Theatre (7/15-8/01) |
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You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown Orion Performing Arts Center (7/17-7/26) |
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City of Angels OGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE (7/23-8/22) |
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Rainbow Kitten Surprise Thompson's Point (9/13-9/13) |
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Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical Jr. Maine State Music Theatre (8/10-8/10) |
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Parker McCollum at Maine Savings Amphitheater Maine Savings Amphitheater (9/03-9/03) |
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The Producers OGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE (8/27-9/26) |
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Small Town- A World Premiere John Mellencamp Musical OGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE (10/01-11/01) |
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The Wizard of Oz! Community Little Theatre Corp (8/07-8/16) |