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BWW Review: MYSTIC PIZZA - A NEW MUSICAL at Ogunquit Playhouse
by Dan Marois - September 07, 2021
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 colors and shoulder pads.
Nominations Open For The 2021 BroadwayWorld Maine Awards; Including Streaming, In-Person & More!
by BWW Awards - September 07, 2021
Nominations are now open for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Maine Awards! Streaming theatre, in-person, and more are included. Deadline for submissions is October 31st, 2021.
BWW Review: Chasing the Music: MSMT Mounts Spectacular JERSEY BOYS in Westbrook
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - September 03, 2021
In the final moments of the 2005 hit musical JERSEY BOYS, Frankie Valli muses, “We were all just chasing the music.” For those fans of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and the Bob Gaudio/Bob Crewe/Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice show about the group’s rise to fame and artistic and personal struggles, the “chase” need take them no farther than Westbrook Performing Arts Center where Maine State Music Theatre has mounted a spectacular production that is a must-see. In their only main stage show of the 2021 season, MSMT’s JERSEY BOYS, directed by Mark Martino and choreographed by Kenny Ingram, is a joyous, boisterous, dazzling, powerful, incisive, edgy and ultimately uplifting story that rivets from start to finish.
The Gracie Theatre At Husson University Announces Its Tenth Season
by BWW News Desk - September 02, 2021
The Gracie Theatre at Husson University will welcome patrons back with a spectacular line-up of performers for its tenth season. This season's offerings include something for everyone.
Ogunquit Playhouse Goes Full Diva With Carter Calvert
by BWW News Desk - September 01, 2021
The Playhouse Patio Cabaret Series wraps up its 2021 season by welcoming back the inimitable Carter Calvert. Sprinkled with “making it in the biz” stories and rollicking behind-the-scenes anecdotes, her award-winning vocal talents deliver a musical tribute to the divalicious ladies of music in a show entitled Viva La Diva. Floating effortlessly between Broadway, Pop, American Songbook, R&B, and Country, Carter delights audiences with the legendary songs of Patsy Cline, Judy Garland, Carole King, Barbra Streisand, Peggy Lee, and more!
Manhattan Short Film Festival Announced At The Public Theatre
by BWW News Desk - August 31, 2021
The Public Theatre will officially welcome people back to the theatre on Sept 24 and 25 at 7:00pm for the 24th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival. Proof of vaccination or a negative Covid Test and the wearing of a mask while in the building will be required to attend.
Maine State Music Theatre Cancels Upcoming Shows After Refunds and Poor Ticket Sales
by BWW News Desk - August 26, 2021
'Despite all of these successes, we are not operating in the post-COVID world we thought we would be,' the statement reads. 'We have done our best to make the good decisions to keep our cast, crew, staff, and audience safe, but the nature of this ever-changing landscape means that we must also remain adaptable and flexible.'
BWW Review: Christine Mild Proves a Dynamo in Concert
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - August 23, 2021
Last seen in 2017 when she wowed audiences in ALWAYS, PATSY CLINE, and then again for a single knockout number in the MSMT Gala 60th Anniversary Concert in 2018, Christine Mild returned to the Pickard stage this week for three solo concerts in which she unleashed the power and splendor of her voice and the sheer dazzling dynamism of her stage presence. In a generous, two-hour evening, entitled CHRISTINE & PATSY TOGETHER AGAIN in honor of its core sets, Christine Mild, sang the music of Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Whitney Houston, Linda Ronstadt, and Patti LaBelle, paying tribute to these iconic legends at the same time she puts her own highly original stamp on each song.
BWW Review: MSMT's Joyous SHREK, JR. Celebrates Difference and Diversity
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - August 19, 2021
The David Lindsay-Abaire-Jeanine Tesori musical, SHREK, JR. with its joyous celebration of difference and diversity is a perfect theatrical experience for young audiences, and MSMT’s latest production is filled with exuberance, fantasy and fun. Directed by Betsy Puelle and performed by a cast of young artists, this twisted fairytale filled with zany characters and storybook favorites takes the audience on a journey to find that “big, bright, beautiful world out there.”
State Theatre Will Require Proof of Vaccination For Upcoming Events, Effective Immediately
by BWW News Desk - August 19, 2021
Effective immediately, all patrons and staff attending the State Theatre and the State Theatre Presents concerts at Thompson’s Point will need to show proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative test from the past 48 hours, along with a matching photo ID.
BWW Review: MSMT's PIANO MEN Offers a Thrilling Hit Parade of Billy Joel and Elton John Classics
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - August 15, 2021
In its first season after the pandemic, MSMT has offered many noteworthy moments of memory, but perhaps few as thrilling as this tribute concert to two of the greatest names in popular music of the late 20th century: Billy Joel and Elton John. In a spectacular musical evening that focuses largely on the seminal recordings made by these two legends in the 1970s, PIANO MEN celebrates two artists born on opposite sides of the Pond, whose albums from that period featured not only classic rock arrangements, but also lush, full-scale orchestrations. MSMT conjures up the ambiance with Joe Boucher’s dazzling four- piece rock band partnered by the breathtakingly grand twenty-piece MSMT orchestra under the impressive baton of Ben McNaboe.
BWW Review: A Tale As Old As Time Framed in a New Retelling: MSMT Launches TYA Series with Robin & Clark's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - August 12, 2021
The fact that the classic fairytale of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is said to be “a tale as old as time” did not stop the musical writing team of Marc Robin and Curt Dale Clark from deciding to tell their version of the ancient story by framing it within a modern one. Their heartwarming, sweetly funny version, enlivened by song and dance, which launches MSMT Theatre for Young Audiences 2021 season, makes for a magical and engaging entertainment for the entire family.
BWW Review: MSMT's WELCOME HOME Embraces a Rich Tapestry of Musical Theatre
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - August 09, 2021
In many ways MSMT’s concert, WELCOME HOME, is a valentine to the world of musical theatre and to those who create it and who love and support it. This original, complexly conceived, all-singing, all-dancing musical revue starring MSMT’s Fellowship Performers is packed with so much talent, energy and emotion that it will – quite simply - blow you away! Directed by Curt Dale Clark, this collection of musical theatre standards and contemporary works is skillfully woven together to capture a kaleidoscope of shifting moods, styles, and ensemble as well as solo moments. Not only has Clark constructed a powerful and poignant narrative, but he has cast each number with a fresh eye that gives vitality to the whole. His ability to nurture, challenge, and stretch the talent with which he works transforms the performance from a routine revue to a dazzling master class.
BWW Review: Bringing the Legend to Life: MSMT/Portland Stage Present RING OF FIRE
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - August 07, 2021
In a career that spanned more than half a century and with songs and sound that remain as fresh and relevant as ever today, Johnny Cash is an icon of American music, whose life, with its roller coaster of highs and lows and its road to ruin and redemption, inspires almost as much fascination as his art. In a musically brilliant and dramatically compelling production of Richard Maltby’s biographical musical, RING OF FIRE, Maine State Music Theatre and Portland Stage bring the legend of the Man in Black to life in his unforgettable melodies and moments of darkness and triumph.
BWW Review: More Stars Brighten MSMT Galaxy
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - August 04, 2021
As a sequel to the first gala concert last week featuring some of the company’s most celebrated and beloved performers, MSMT presents two more special performances of its STARS #2 Concert on August 8-9. This second gala, directed once again by Curt Dale Clark with Ben McNaboe as Music Director, features four other nationally prominent artists who have been closely associated with the theatre - Felicia P. Fields, Heidi Kettenring, David Girolmo, and Gregg Goodbrod – in a program of story and song that dazzles and delights with its brilliance, humor, and warmth. One of Artistic Director Curt Dale Clark’s many talents is his ability to discover, retain, and nurture talent – from young artists to seasoned performers – and to create performances that tap into each individual artist’s best selves. This gala (as in the first) has been proof of that, as each artist is showcased in musical theatre numbers that have defined his/her careers. The evening is fast-paced, witty, and poignant by turns, allowing the audience to revel in the emotional ride that fine theatre provides.
Harvard Artists To Produce Live Production of DO NOT MOVE STONES With Maine Community Partners This Summer
by BWW News Desk - August 03, 2021
In collaboration with the Reach Performing Arts Center (RPAC) and in partnership with Island Heritage Trust, ANNA + MARVIN will stage an outdoor production of Do Not Move Stones at Stonington's historic granite quarry with performances on August 27, 28, and 29.
BWW Review: A Constellation of Stars Lights Up MSMT's Stage
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - July 29, 2021
As part of a summer series of concerts to welcome the arts, artists and audiences back to Brunswick, MSMT mounted the first of two gala concerts featuring four of the company’s most storied performers, Charis Leos, Lauren Blackman, Kingsley Leggs and Robert Creighton with a cameo appearance by Curt Dale Clark in a rousing, heart healing, and heartwarming evening that is playing for just two performances (July 28-29). Conceived and directed by MSMT’s Artist Director, Curt Dale Clark, STARS 1 allows these incomparable artists with resumes filled with Broadway, national tour, and leading regional theatre credits, to reprise some of their biggest hits and favorite moments and to reminisce about their careers and their experiences here in Maine. The cast creates the perfect ensemble, spinning a musical and narrative thread that is by turns comic, poignant, stirring, and inspiring.
Hackmatack Playhouse Announces Return to the Stage With THE SPITFIRE GRILL
by BWW News Desk - July 26, 2021
The show at Hackmatack Playhouse this summer is funny, sentimental and remarkably relevant for the summer of 2021. “The Spitfire Grill,' opening Aug. 6 at the Berwick theater, is about a community that is coming together and rebuilding from a fresh start, even featuring a song called 'Come Alive Again.'
BWW Review: Dream, Dream, Dream! - MSMT and Portland Stage Present the Music of the Everly Brothers
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - July 24, 2021
After being shuttered for twenty-three months, the Pickard Theater is alive once again with musical theatre, as Maine State Music Theatre in a co-production with Portland Stage, opens its 2021 season with an energizing, nostalgic, and uplifting concert, DREAM, THE MUSIC OF THE EVERLY BROTHERS. The two-dozen-song retrospective and remembrance of the pioneering music of Don and Phil Everly is created, conceived, and performed by Ben Hope and Eric Scott Anthony, who star as the country rock duo which topped charts throughout the 1950s-1970s and returned to become a new creative force again in the 1980s onward.
BWW Review: ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE at Ogunquit Playhouse
by Dan Marois - July 21, 2021
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.
VIDEO: First Look at Ogunquit Playhouse's ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE
by BWW News Desk - July 17, 2021
Check out clips from the production, and of the theatre, in this all new video! Plus learn more about the show and how to purchase tickets.
Seacoast Summer Reading Sessions Announced
by BWW News Desk - July 13, 2021
The first annual Seacoast Summer Reading Sessions comes to The Rochester Opera House's Historic Theater in Rochester, NH with satellite locations for writing workshops at  The Mark Baum Estate and an added reading and workshop at Wells Reserve at Laudholm.
VIDEO: Meet the Cast of Ogunquit Playhouse's ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE Regional Premiere
by BWW News Desk - July 13, 2021
Escape to Margaritaville follows Tully, JD, Brick, Jamal, and Marley as they welcome a revolving door of vacationers to the Margaritaville hotel, blissfully unaware that the impending arrival of Rachel and Tammy will turn their world upside down.
THE MIDNIGHT RIDE OF SEAN & LUCY Will Be Performed at The Art Gallery On Diamond Cove in July
by BWW News Desk - July 12, 2021
The Midnight Ride of Sean & Lucy was originally developed through Roundabout Theatre Company's Underground Reading series in 2015. It has been a semi-finalist for The Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, finalist for LOCAL Theatre Company's LAB 17, and nominated for the 2021 National New Play Network's showcase of new plays.
Ogunquit Playhouse Announces Casting for ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE Regional Premiere
by BWW News Desk - July 01, 2021
Kick off your flip flops as Ogunquit Playhouse transforms into a Caribbean oasis where love and laughter are the keys to growing older without having to grow up. Escape to Margaritaville will feature Cailen Fu (Broadway’s Mean Girls) as Rachel, Jake David Smith (Broadway’s Frozen) as Tully, Megan Kane (Emojiland) as Tammy, and more.

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