Mad Horse Theatre to Present VIGILS, 1/16-2/2
by BWW News Desk - January 07, 2014
Mad Horse Theatre Company heats up the cold winter nights with the Maine Premiere of VIGILS, Noah Haidle's 2009 hilarious, heartbreaking comedy that cunningly examines the journey from love and loss to ultimately embracing life.
by BWW News Desk - January 07, 2014
Mad Horse Theatre Company heats up the cold winter nights with the Maine Premiere of VIGILS, Noah Haidle's 2009 hilarious, heartbreaking comedy that cunningly examines the journey from love and loss to ultimately embracing life.
Portland Ovations to Present Quebec's Cirque Alfonse: TIMBER!, 1/29
by BWW News Desk - January 07, 2014
Thrilling aerial and circus acrobatics combined with epic feats of agility and strength, inspired by North-American lumberjacks, loggers and farmers rolls into Merrill Auditorium when Portland Ovations presents Quebec's Cirque Alfonse: TIMBER! on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at 7 pm.
by BWW News Desk - January 07, 2014
Thrilling aerial and circus acrobatics combined with epic feats of agility and strength, inspired by North-American lumberjacks, loggers and farmers rolls into Merrill Auditorium when Portland Ovations presents Quebec's Cirque Alfonse: TIMBER! on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at 7 pm.
Penobscot Theatre Kicks Off Dramatic Academy Winter 2014 Session Today
by BWW News Desk - January 07, 2014
Penobscot Theatre has announced the addition of a Winter Session of Dramatic Academy to its programming! Classes, workshops, and vacation camps for children, teens, and adults will be offered during the months of January and February.
by BWW News Desk - January 07, 2014
Penobscot Theatre has announced the addition of a Winter Session of Dramatic Academy to its programming! Classes, workshops, and vacation camps for children, teens, and adults will be offered during the months of January and February.
Good Theater to Present BECKY'S NEW CAR, 1/29-2/23
by BWW News Desk - January 06, 2014
Good Theater kicks off the second half of its season with the Portland premiere of the hilarious hit comedy BECKY'S NEW CAR by Steven Dietz. BECKY'S NEW CAR plays January 29 through February 23 at Good Theater's home the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland. For tickets and information call 207-885-5883 or go to the company's website www.goodtheater.com .
by BWW News Desk - January 06, 2014
Good Theater kicks off the second half of its season with the Portland premiere of the hilarious hit comedy BECKY'S NEW CAR by Steven Dietz. BECKY'S NEW CAR plays January 29 through February 23 at Good Theater's home the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland. For tickets and information call 207-885-5883 or go to the company's website www.goodtheater.com .
Mad Horse Theatre Company Presents PAPERMAKER Reading Tonight
by BWW News Desk - January 04, 2014
Mad Horse Theatre Company invites Southern Maine theatergoers to celebrate the New Year with its wildly popular BY LOCAL new play series. Mad Horse will present a staged reading of Monica Wood's play, PAPERMAKER, tonight, January 4, 7:30pm, at the Hutchins School, 24 Mosher Street in South Portland. This event was originally scheduled for December 15, but was postponed due to a snowstorm.
by BWW News Desk - January 04, 2014
Mad Horse Theatre Company invites Southern Maine theatergoers to celebrate the New Year with its wildly popular BY LOCAL new play series. Mad Horse will present a staged reading of Monica Wood's play, PAPERMAKER, tonight, January 4, 7:30pm, at the Hutchins School, 24 Mosher Street in South Portland. This event was originally scheduled for December 15, but was postponed due to a snowstorm.
Penobscot Theatre Company Presents FOREVER PLAID, Now thru 1/5
by BWW News Desk - December 31, 2013
Back by popular demand! Penobscot Theatre Company, in celebration of its 40th Anniversary Season, proudly presents the wildly popular, Forever Plaid. Beginning on New Year's Eve, the original four Plaids will take the stage in this delightful 1950's doo-wop musical, for six performances only from today, December 31 - January 5.
by BWW News Desk - December 31, 2013
Back by popular demand! Penobscot Theatre Company, in celebration of its 40th Anniversary Season, proudly presents the wildly popular, Forever Plaid. Beginning on New Year's Eve, the original four Plaids will take the stage in this delightful 1950's doo-wop musical, for six performances only from today, December 31 - January 5.
BroadwayWorld Maine Awards LAST CHANCE TO VOTE - Hannah Daly Leads!
by BWW News Desk - December 27, 2013
Voting is now underway for Maine! We have a record number of votes in already, but if you haven't voted yet, click here to vote! If you have voted already, tell your friends.
by BWW News Desk - December 27, 2013
Voting is now underway for Maine! We have a record number of votes in already, but if you haven't voted yet, click here to vote! If you have voted already, tell your friends.
BWW Critic's Choices: Maine Best of 2013
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - December 26, 2013
Despite its location far, far north, and its relatively sparse population compared to cultural capitals, Maine boasts a rich regional theatre climate. There are quite a few thriving, adventurous, permanent professional companies, as well as an excellent contingent of community theatres. This year offered a wealth of exciting choices. Here is my personal list for 2013, grouped by theatre company and show:
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - December 26, 2013
Despite its location far, far north, and its relatively sparse population compared to cultural capitals, Maine boasts a rich regional theatre climate. There are quite a few thriving, adventurous, permanent professional companies, as well as an excellent contingent of community theatres. This year offered a wealth of exciting choices. Here is my personal list for 2013, grouped by theatre company and show:
Mad Horse Theatre Company Reschedules BY LOCAL for 1/4
by BWW News Desk - December 24, 2013
Mad Horse Theatre Company invites Southern Maine theatergoers to celebrate the New Year with its wildly popular BY LOCAL new play series. Mad Horse will present a staged reading of Monica Wood's play, PAPERMAKER, on Saturday, January 4, 7:30pm, at the Hutchins School, 24 Mosher Street in South Portland. This event was originally scheduled for December 15, but was postponed due to a snowstorm.
by BWW News Desk - December 24, 2013
Mad Horse Theatre Company invites Southern Maine theatergoers to celebrate the New Year with its wildly popular BY LOCAL new play series. Mad Horse will present a staged reading of Monica Wood's play, PAPERMAKER, on Saturday, January 4, 7:30pm, at the Hutchins School, 24 Mosher Street in South Portland. This event was originally scheduled for December 15, but was postponed due to a snowstorm.
BroadwayWorld Maine Holiday Madness Awards Update 12/20 - Keala Settle Leads!
by BWW News Desk - December 20, 2013
Voting is now underway for Maine! We have a record number of votes in already, but if you haven't voted yet, click here to vote! If you have voted already, tell your friends.
by BWW News Desk - December 20, 2013
Voting is now underway for Maine! We have a record number of votes in already, but if you haven't voted yet, click here to vote! If you have voted already, tell your friends.
Penobscot Theatre Company to Kick Off Dramatic Academy Winter 2014 Session, 1/7
by BWW News Desk - December 19, 2013
Penobscot Theatre has announced the addition of a Winter Session of Dramatic Academy to its programming! Classes, workshops, and vacation camps for children, teens, and adults will be offered during the months of January and February.
by BWW News Desk - December 19, 2013
Penobscot Theatre has announced the addition of a Winter Session of Dramatic Academy to its programming! Classes, workshops, and vacation camps for children, teens, and adults will be offered during the months of January and February.
Portland Ovations to Partner with Community for Maine's Food Insecurity Issues
by BWW News Desk - December 16, 2013
The performing arts are the one of the most compelling ways to communicate stories of the human condition, whether through dance, music, acting, even puppetry. This April, Portland Ovations - the non-profit performing arts presenter - brings Who's Hungry, a powerful and provocative play utilizing tabletop puppet-theater to SPACE Gallery. Who's Hungry tells the story of those of us who, on a daily basis, must choose between life's basic necessities- food or rent, food or medicine, food or bus fare.
by BWW News Desk - December 16, 2013
The performing arts are the one of the most compelling ways to communicate stories of the human condition, whether through dance, music, acting, even puppetry. This April, Portland Ovations - the non-profit performing arts presenter - brings Who's Hungry, a powerful and provocative play utilizing tabletop puppet-theater to SPACE Gallery. Who's Hungry tells the story of those of us who, on a daily basis, must choose between life's basic necessities- food or rent, food or medicine, food or bus fare.
Maine Winter Storm Watch Awards Update 12/14 - Tyler Haines Winning!
by BWW News Desk - December 14, 2013
Voting is now underway for Maine! We have a record number of votes in already, but if you haven't voted yet, click here to vote! If you have voted already, tell your friends.
by BWW News Desk - December 14, 2013
Voting is now underway for Maine! We have a record number of votes in already, but if you haven't voted yet, click here to vote! If you have voted already, tell your friends.
BWW Interviews: Dustin Tucker - Shades of Laughter
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - December 14, 2013
Here in Portland, Maine, in the last two months a young actor has been creating a sensation in two tour de force performances of two vastly different comedies. Thirty-four year-old Dustin Tucker, who now makes his home in Maine's largest city, is having what many would consider a breakout year - starring first in Morris Panych's dark theatre of the absurd, Vigil, and then reprising his hilarious turn as David Sedaris' Elf Crumpet in the Santaland Diaries, both at Portland Stage.
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - December 14, 2013
Here in Portland, Maine, in the last two months a young actor has been creating a sensation in two tour de force performances of two vastly different comedies. Thirty-four year-old Dustin Tucker, who now makes his home in Maine's largest city, is having what many would consider a breakout year - starring first in Morris Panych's dark theatre of the absurd, Vigil, and then reprising his hilarious turn as David Sedaris' Elf Crumpet in the Santaland Diaries, both at Portland Stage.
Penobscot Theatre Company to Present FOREVER PLAID, 12/31-1/5
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2013
Back by popular demand! Penobscot Theatre Company, in celebration of its 40th Anniversary Season, proudly presents the wildly popular, Forever Plaid. Beginning on New Year's Eve, the original four Plaids will take the stage in this delightful 1950's doo-wop musical, for six performances only from December 31 - January 5.
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2013
Back by popular demand! Penobscot Theatre Company, in celebration of its 40th Anniversary Season, proudly presents the wildly popular, Forever Plaid. Beginning on New Year's Eve, the original four Plaids will take the stage in this delightful 1950's doo-wop musical, for six performances only from December 31 - January 5.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Plays The Public Theatre, Now thru 12/15
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2013
This holiday season, for one weekend only, tonight, Dec 13, 14, and 15th, The Public Theatre, will present their acclaimed adaptation of A Christmas Carol followed by a holiday sing-a-long featuring Christmas Carol fiddler Jennifer Armstrong.
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2013
This holiday season, for one weekend only, tonight, Dec 13, 14, and 15th, The Public Theatre, will present their acclaimed adaptation of A Christmas Carol followed by a holiday sing-a-long featuring Christmas Carol fiddler Jennifer Armstrong.
Mad Horse Theatre Continues Successful BY LOCAL Series, Now thru 12/15
by BWW News Desk - December 12, 2013
Mad Horse's December BY LOCAL series will take place this weekend, December 12-15th, Thursday - Saturday at 7:30 and on Sunday at 2:00. All performances will be at the Hutchins School, 24 Mosher St. in South Portland. ALLIGATOR ROAD by Callie Kimball, December 12&14. PAPERMAKER by Monica Wood, December 13&15.
by BWW News Desk - December 12, 2013
Mad Horse's December BY LOCAL series will take place this weekend, December 12-15th, Thursday - Saturday at 7:30 and on Sunday at 2:00. All performances will be at the Hutchins School, 24 Mosher St. in South Portland. ALLIGATOR ROAD by Callie Kimball, December 12&14. PAPERMAKER by Monica Wood, December 13&15.
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at Portland Stage's THE SANTALAND DIARIES
by Christina Mancuso - December 09, 2013
Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris is now running at Portland Stage through December 22, 2013. Check out the videos below!
by Christina Mancuso - December 09, 2013
Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris is now running at Portland Stage through December 22, 2013. Check out the videos below!
BWW Reviews: Langston Hughes' BLACK NATIVITY Lights Up Brunswick Christmas
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - December 09, 2013
In 1961 at the 41st Street Theatre in New York City, African-American poet-playwright Langston Hughes premiered a work called Black Nativity, a collection of gospel songs punctuated by Hughes's own verse narrating the birth of Jesus. After a very short run, the only souvenir of that historic event was a rare LP recording. More than a half century later, Maine musicologist Aaron Robinson has collaborated with Bowdoin College conductor and choral director Anthony Antolini to mount a revised version of Hughes' original work. Entitled Black Nativity In Concert - A Gospel Celebration, Robinson has utilized Hughes' original texts, adding a few plus some Biblical verse, as well. For the musical settings he relied on transcribing the recording and arranging several songs himself. Performed yesterday by the seventy-five person Bowdoin Chorus, conducted by Antolini, with Roy Partridge as narrator, Jennifer McIvor on piano, and Sean Fleming on the Hammond organ, the concert in Studzkinski Recital Hall drew an overflowing crowd, many of whom were relegated to watching on lobby monitors.
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - December 09, 2013
In 1961 at the 41st Street Theatre in New York City, African-American poet-playwright Langston Hughes premiered a work called Black Nativity, a collection of gospel songs punctuated by Hughes's own verse narrating the birth of Jesus. After a very short run, the only souvenir of that historic event was a rare LP recording. More than a half century later, Maine musicologist Aaron Robinson has collaborated with Bowdoin College conductor and choral director Anthony Antolini to mount a revised version of Hughes' original work. Entitled Black Nativity In Concert - A Gospel Celebration, Robinson has utilized Hughes' original texts, adding a few plus some Biblical verse, as well. For the musical settings he relied on transcribing the recording and arranging several songs himself. Performed yesterday by the seventy-five person Bowdoin Chorus, conducted by Antolini, with Roy Partridge as narrator, Jennifer McIvor on piano, and Sean Fleming on the Hammond organ, the concert in Studzkinski Recital Hall drew an overflowing crowd, many of whom were relegated to watching on lobby monitors.
BWW Reviews: Portland Stage's SANTALAND DIARIES Is Wicked Good Fun
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - December 09, 2013
Portland Stage Studio Theatre's Christmas reprise of David Sedaris' Santaland Diaries is eighty-five minutes of rollicking, wicked good fun (as Mainers like to say!). This is due not only to Sedaris' mordant comic style, but also to the chameleon brilliance of Dustin Tucker as Elf Crumpet.
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - December 09, 2013
Portland Stage Studio Theatre's Christmas reprise of David Sedaris' Santaland Diaries is eighty-five minutes of rollicking, wicked good fun (as Mainers like to say!). This is due not only to Sedaris' mordant comic style, but also to the chameleon brilliance of Dustin Tucker as Elf Crumpet.
BroadwayWorld Maine Awards Update 12/6 - Jayme McDaniel Winning for Best Director!
by BWW News Desk - December 06, 2013
Voting is now underway for Maine! We have a record number of votes in already, but if you haven't voted yet, click here to vote! If you have voted already, tell your friends.
by BWW News Desk - December 06, 2013
Voting is now underway for Maine! We have a record number of votes in already, but if you haven't voted yet, click here to vote! If you have voted already, tell your friends.
Acorn Productions Presents THE DYBBUK OF PARK SLOPE, Now thru 12/29
by BWW News Desk - December 06, 2013
Acorn Productions, a non-profit theater company based in the Dana Warp Mill in downtown Westbrook, produces the company's fourth Jewish-themed holiday production this December in the Acorn Studio Theater. Acorn's founder and Board member Michael Levine wrote the script, which takes a humorous look at a very common dilemma faced by modern couples: how to reconcile a fast-paced twenty-first century life with spiritual needs. Charlene and David lead a fast-paced urban lifestyle that leaves little room for their spiritual life.
by BWW News Desk - December 06, 2013
Acorn Productions, a non-profit theater company based in the Dana Warp Mill in downtown Westbrook, produces the company's fourth Jewish-themed holiday production this December in the Acorn Studio Theater. Acorn's founder and Board member Michael Levine wrote the script, which takes a humorous look at a very common dilemma faced by modern couples: how to reconcile a fast-paced twenty-first century life with spiritual needs. Charlene and David lead a fast-paced urban lifestyle that leaves little room for their spiritual life.
ANNIE Plays Lyric Music Theater, Now thru 12/21
by BWW News Desk - December 06, 2013
Leapin' Lizards! The popular comic strip heroine takes center stage in one of the world's best- loved family musicals.
by BWW News Desk - December 06, 2013
Leapin' Lizards! The popular comic strip heroine takes center stage in one of the world's best- loved family musicals.
Stephanie Colavito Stars in Penobscot Theatre's CINDERELLA: A NEW TELLING OF AN OLD TALE, Beg. Today
by BWW News Desk - December 05, 2013
Penobscot Theatre Company has announced the cast and design team for its holiday production of Cinderella: A New Telling of an Old Tale (today, December 5 - December 29th). Tickets go on sale to the public, Tuesday, October 1st at noon.
by BWW News Desk - December 05, 2013
Penobscot Theatre Company has announced the cast and design team for its holiday production of Cinderella: A New Telling of an Old Tale (today, December 5 - December 29th). Tickets go on sale to the public, Tuesday, October 1st at noon.
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The Secret Garden
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Seussical
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Almost Maine
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The Little Prince
Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine (11/28 - 12/28) | |
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The Laugh Track
Portland Stage Company (5/6 - 5/31) | |
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The Nerd
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