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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 co
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.
After being shuttered from its 2020 theater season, the Ogunquit Playhouse enters 2021 in royal fashion with Monty Python's spoof of the King Arthur legend in Spamalot
Here's the first thing I thought about when I heard about Menopause the Musical at the Ogunquit Playhouse.
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.
The circumstances have changed since the era portrayed in Lynn Nottage's 'Intimate Apparel.
The Theater at Monmouth is spicing up its 50th anniversary season with Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair's wacky whodunnit, Murder for Two.
Mad Horse Theatre Company has gained a reputation for producing quirky plays that climb all over any remaining distinction between serious and off-the-wall theatrics.
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.
Elf the Musical is the perfect holiday treat.
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 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.
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Little Shop of Horrors Good Theater at Stevens Square (10/01-10/18) |
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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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The Real Sherlock Holmes Portland Stage Company (1/27-2/21) |
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I Am My Own Wife Portland Stage Company (3/03-3/21) |
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Steel Magnolias The Public Theatre (10/23-11/08) |
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A Christmas Carol adapted by Christopher Schario The Public Theatre (12/11-12/13) |
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Dial M for Murder Waterville Opera House (8/27-9/05) |
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Flights with Fenix: TITUS ANDRONICUS a coproduction with Are We Worthy? Theater Collaborative Flights with Fenix (10/11-10/18) |
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The Fiance The Public Theatre (4/30-5/09) |
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Jane Eyre Portland Stage Company (3/31-4/25) |
