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Tonight's the night! Who will be the finalists of BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage? You'lll have to tune in tonight, December 19 (High School: 7pm ET, College: 9pm ET), to find out! This season is presented by AMDA & Atlantic Acting School and sponsored by MTI, 54 Below, and Westin New York at Times Sq

Get a first look at Ogunquit Playhouse's production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas The Musical, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and a book by David Ives and Paul Blake.

The Johnny Mercer Foundation has announced applications are open for the 2026 JMF Young Songwriters Intensive at Snow Pond Center for the Arts.

It is a clear sign of the December holidays when the Oqunquit Playhouse brings its theatrical magic to The Music Hall in Portsmouth.

Drama Club has revealed that submissions are now open for the  2026 Drama Club Camp Writer Residencies, a series of fully subsidized, immersive week-long retreats for musical-theater writers.

Portland Stage is bringing back the timeless tale of love, family, and the spirit of goodwill this holiday season with A CHRISTMAS CAROL, directed by Michael Dix Thomas, the Education Director at Portland Stage.

City Theater is celebrating the holiday season with the music of the legendary American pop and jazz singer Tony Bennett.

The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre will present the USM FALL DANCE CONCERT from December 5–7 at Russell Hall on the Gorham campus.

BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students, returned to reveal the Top 15 performers in both age groups.

Voting is now open for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Maine Awards.

Who will make the Top 15 of BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage? You'lll have to tune in tonight, November 21 (High School: 7pm ET, College: 9pm ET), to find out!

The Public Theatre in Lewiston will present its adaptation of A Christmas Carol from December 12–14.

Ogunquit Playhouse has revealed the full cast for Irving Berlin’s White Christmas The Musical, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and a book by David Ives and Paul Blake.

Brent Askari’s new play, set on an isolated island in Maine, explores the secrets , insecurities, and yearnings of a handful of quirky characters brought together by a murder investigation.

Bring your sister, mister, business partner, or anyone else to this uplifting and wholesome musical!

Ogunquit Playhouse has revealed the and creative for Irving Berlin’s White Christmas The Musical, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and a book by David Ives and Paul Blake.

In this revolving door, gender-bending farce, five actors switch roles with dizzying speed to tell the tale of Count Dracula on the trail of his latest conquest, Lucy, who is determined to break Victorian convention.

Ogunquit Playhouse's 93rd season was the highest-grossing season in the theater’s history.

The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre will present the third annual production of Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (30 Plays in 60 Minutes) by Greg Allen, directed by Sara Valentine.

In his well-wrought new comedy/mystery/romance, homegrown playwright Brent Askari seeks to scratch the surface and look a little deeper into the soul of a seemingly placid island community off the coast of Maine.

​​​​​​​Good Theater will bring a sharply comedic twist to the gothic canon this fall with the Portland premiere of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, set for this November.

Following acclaimed summer runs in Maine, Learning to Swim, written and performed by Nargiz Alizada, will make its New York debut at the 19th Annual United Solo Theatre Festival on November 18, 2025.

Opera Maine announced that tickets for its 2026 mainstage production of the popular love story Roméo et Juliette will go on sale on November 13.

This is your last chance to submit for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Maine Awards! The 2025 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.