Maine State Music Theatre Announces 60th Anniversary; Tickets On Sale 4/25
by BWW News Desk - April 02, 2018
Tickets for Maine State Music Theatre's 2018 season will go on sale at midnight on April 24, 2018. There is already a limited number of single tickets available. Buying early is recommended.
by BWW News Desk - April 02, 2018
Tickets for Maine State Music Theatre's 2018 season will go on sale at midnight on April 24, 2018. There is already a limited number of single tickets available. Buying early is recommended.
Photo Coverage: Good Theater Brings on the Laughs with A COMEDY OF TENORS
by BWW News Desk - March 30, 2018
Good Theater closes its 16th season with Ken Ludwig's A Comedy of Tenors in its Portland premiere. This madcap comedy is the sequel to Ludwig's award-winning Lend Me a Tenor.
by BWW News Desk - March 30, 2018
Good Theater closes its 16th season with Ken Ludwig's A Comedy of Tenors in its Portland premiere. This madcap comedy is the sequel to Ludwig's award-winning Lend Me a Tenor.
BWW Review: A COMEDY OF TENORS Serves Up Stylish Farce at the Good Theater
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - March 30, 2018
The last offering in the Good Theater's current season is cause for celebration! Ken Ludwig's 2015 comedy, A Comedy of Tenors, serves up a frothy concoction of revolving door farce, sophisticated irony and broad parody, witty double entendres, and a breathlessly wacky plot line that makes the evening speed by joyously.
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - March 30, 2018
The last offering in the Good Theater's current season is cause for celebration! Ken Ludwig's 2015 comedy, A Comedy of Tenors, serves up a frothy concoction of revolving door farce, sophisticated irony and broad parody, witty double entendres, and a breathlessly wacky plot line that makes the evening speed by joyously.
Documentary On Plight Of Ground Fishermen To Be Screened In Maine Towns During April
by BWW News Desk - March 29, 2018
Maine residents will have an opportunity soon to witness the devastating impacts of federal regulations on the lives of New England ground fishermen, as seen through the eyes of a documentary filmmaker with a long record of acclaimed work. David Wittkower's 'Dead in the Water' will be shown at four Maine community theaters in April.
by BWW News Desk - March 29, 2018
Maine residents will have an opportunity soon to witness the devastating impacts of federal regulations on the lives of New England ground fishermen, as seen through the eyes of a documentary filmmaker with a long record of acclaimed work. David Wittkower's 'Dead in the Water' will be shown at four Maine community theaters in April.
Penobscot Theatre Company Announces 2018-2019 Season
by BWW News Desk - March 29, 2018
Penobscot Theatre Company proudly announces its 2018-2019 Season, an assortment of plays and musicals professionally produced and staged at the company's historic home, the Bangor Opera House. The season will open just after Labor Day and extend into early July with a surprise seventh show, to be announced at a later date. 'If there's a unifying theme for our 45th season,' said Producing Artistic Director Bari Newport, 'it's family. Through these compelling stories we'll introduce families of various stripes-from nuclear to nontraditional, embattled to emboldened-while growing our own family of subscribers.'
by BWW News Desk - March 29, 2018
Penobscot Theatre Company proudly announces its 2018-2019 Season, an assortment of plays and musicals professionally produced and staged at the company's historic home, the Bangor Opera House. The season will open just after Labor Day and extend into early July with a surprise seventh show, to be announced at a later date. 'If there's a unifying theme for our 45th season,' said Producing Artistic Director Bari Newport, 'it's family. Through these compelling stories we'll introduce families of various stripes-from nuclear to nontraditional, embattled to emboldened-while growing our own family of subscribers.'
Acorn Productions Brings 'Lost' Shakespeare Plays To Life
by BWW News Desk - March 26, 2018
Acorn Productions, producers of the Naked Shakespeare series, presents "Apocrypha," an evening that brings to life selection from plays that have been newly discovered to have Shakespeare's words in them. In this combination presentation and performance, audience members will have the chance to decide for themselves whether they agree with scholars that these pieces were written by the Bard. Although most people consider the 36 plays published in the First Folio to be Shakespeare's body of work, new computer programs have been able to identify language in several other plays that appear to be also authored either fully or in part by Shakespeare. The evening highlights the nature of Shakespeare's writing process, as well as bringing to life scenes and soliloquies from four plays, which are now considered to include many sections written by Shakespeare.
by BWW News Desk - March 26, 2018
Acorn Productions, producers of the Naked Shakespeare series, presents "Apocrypha," an evening that brings to life selection from plays that have been newly discovered to have Shakespeare's words in them. In this combination presentation and performance, audience members will have the chance to decide for themselves whether they agree with scholars that these pieces were written by the Bard. Although most people consider the 36 plays published in the First Folio to be Shakespeare's body of work, new computer programs have been able to identify language in several other plays that appear to be also authored either fully or in part by Shakespeare. The evening highlights the nature of Shakespeare's writing process, as well as bringing to life scenes and soliloquies from four plays, which are now considered to include many sections written by Shakespeare.
BWW Review: Curious and Curiouser: Colorful ALICE IN WONDERLAND at Maine State Ballet
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - March 25, 2018
The Maine State Ballet unveiled its charming, colorful production of Alice in Wonderland this weekend in Falmouth to the delight of its multi-generational audience. The lavish and lovely production with choreography by Linda MacArthur Miele is faithful to Lewis Carroll's tale and brings to life the author's principal characters.
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - March 25, 2018
The Maine State Ballet unveiled its charming, colorful production of Alice in Wonderland this weekend in Falmouth to the delight of its multi-generational audience. The lavish and lovely production with choreography by Linda MacArthur Miele is faithful to Lewis Carroll's tale and brings to life the author's principal characters.
BWW Review: BUG at 60 Grit Theatre
by Steve Feeney - March 24, 2018
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.
by Steve Feeney - March 24, 2018
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.
Good Theater Presents A COMEDY OF TENORS
by BWW News Desk - March 21, 2018
Good Theater closes its 16th season with Ken Ludwig's A Comedy of Tenors in its Portland premiere. This madcap comedy is the sequel to Ludwig's award-winning Lend Me a Tenor.
by BWW News Desk - March 21, 2018
Good Theater closes its 16th season with Ken Ludwig's A Comedy of Tenors in its Portland premiere. This madcap comedy is the sequel to Ludwig's award-winning Lend Me a Tenor.
Announcing BWW Maine on Stage Facebook Group
by BWW News Desk - March 20, 2018
BroadwayWorld is excited to announce we're launching a new Facebook Group for the Maine Theatre community, bringing together performers, audience members, theatre groups, and more to create a local space for discussion and networking.
by BWW News Desk - March 20, 2018
BroadwayWorld is excited to announce we're launching a new Facebook Group for the Maine Theatre community, bringing together performers, audience members, theatre groups, and more to create a local space for discussion and networking.
The Regional Premiere of JERSEY BOYS Set to Close the Ogunquit Playhouse 2018 Season
by BWW News Desk - March 20, 2018
The multi-Tony Award-winning, international sensation that took Broadway and the world by storm, makes its Northeast regional premiere at the Ogunquit Playhouse September 5 to October 28. Jersey Boys takes audiences on an exhilarating journey behind the music of mega-stars Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Follow the incredible story of four guys bound by one dream, who worked their way from the streets of New Jersey to the heights of stardom. Audiences around the world have gone wild over the electrifying performances of the golden greats that took these hometown boys all the way to the top of the charts: "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Can't Take My Eyes Off You," "Dawn," "My Eyes Adored You," and many more. You're sure to leave exclaiming, "Oh, What a Night!"
by BWW News Desk - March 20, 2018
The multi-Tony Award-winning, international sensation that took Broadway and the world by storm, makes its Northeast regional premiere at the Ogunquit Playhouse September 5 to October 28. Jersey Boys takes audiences on an exhilarating journey behind the music of mega-stars Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Follow the incredible story of four guys bound by one dream, who worked their way from the streets of New Jersey to the heights of stardom. Audiences around the world have gone wild over the electrifying performances of the golden greats that took these hometown boys all the way to the top of the charts: "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Can't Take My Eyes Off You," "Dawn," "My Eyes Adored You," and many more. You're sure to leave exclaiming, "Oh, What a Night!"
THE NICETIES Comes to Portland Stage
by BWW News Desk - March 19, 2018
Portland Stage presents The Niceties by award-winning playwright Eleanor Burgess, an exciting new voice in theater. In this riveting two-person drama Zoe, a black student, and Janine, her white professor, meet to discuss their differing views on Zoe's paper about slavery and the American Revolution. This polite clash of ideas soon landslides into an explosive discussion of race, history, privilege, and social justice.
by BWW News Desk - March 19, 2018
Portland Stage presents The Niceties by award-winning playwright Eleanor Burgess, an exciting new voice in theater. In this riveting two-person drama Zoe, a black student, and Janine, her white professor, meet to discuss their differing views on Zoe's paper about slavery and the American Revolution. This polite clash of ideas soon landslides into an explosive discussion of race, history, privilege, and social justice.
Marshwood High School is Off to the Highlands in BRIGADOON
by BWW News Desk - March 19, 2018
The arts bring the opportunity to explore a new culture, a new time period, and a new place. The cast of Marshwood High School's production of Brigadoon has been doing just that as they explore Scotland in 1746.
by BWW News Desk - March 19, 2018
The arts bring the opportunity to explore a new culture, a new time period, and a new place. The cast of Marshwood High School's production of Brigadoon has been doing just that as they explore Scotland in 1746.
Acorn Productions Presents The 17th Annual Maine Playwrights Festival
by BWW News Desk - March 19, 2018
Performances for the 2018 Maine Playwrights Festival, the state's most prolific incubator for new plays by local playwrights, have been announced for April 26 through May 5 in Portland. This year's seventeenth annual festival features the world premiere performances of five new plays by Maine playwrights. Public performances will be held at the Studio Theater at Portland Stage (25 Forest Avenue). Tickets and all-festival passes are available now at www.acorn-productions.org.
by BWW News Desk - March 19, 2018
Performances for the 2018 Maine Playwrights Festival, the state's most prolific incubator for new plays by local playwrights, have been announced for April 26 through May 5 in Portland. This year's seventeenth annual festival features the world premiere performances of five new plays by Maine playwrights. Public performances will be held at the Studio Theater at Portland Stage (25 Forest Avenue). Tickets and all-festival passes are available now at www.acorn-productions.org.
BWW Review: UGLY LIES THE BONE at Penobscot Theatre in Bangor, ME
by Mika Lindsay Ouellette - March 18, 2018
Virtual reality is often thought of as just another video game. The Penobscot Theatre Company in Bangor proved it to be anything but child's play their performances of 'Ugly Lies the Bone.' This drama ran from March 15th - April 1st as part of the Maine Science Festival held in Bangor the weekend of March 17th.
by Mika Lindsay Ouellette - March 18, 2018
Virtual reality is often thought of as just another video game. The Penobscot Theatre Company in Bangor proved it to be anything but child's play their performances of 'Ugly Lies the Bone.' This drama ran from March 15th - April 1st as part of the Maine Science Festival held in Bangor the weekend of March 17th.
BWW Review: Classy and Complex Production of COMPANY at Biddeford City Theater
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - March 17, 2018
Stephen Sondheim's musical Company made a sensation when it premiered on Broadway in 1970, winning six Tony awards and being nominated for a record-breaking fourteen. Savvy, urbane, with a brilliant score and dazzling lyrics, Sondheim's exploration of the joys and travails of marriage remains a masterwork of the musical stage. The current revival, directed by Linda Sturdivant, at Biddeford's City Theater gives a classy account of this complex work.
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - March 17, 2018
Stephen Sondheim's musical Company made a sensation when it premiered on Broadway in 1970, winning six Tony awards and being nominated for a record-breaking fourteen. Savvy, urbane, with a brilliant score and dazzling lyrics, Sondheim's exploration of the joys and travails of marriage remains a masterwork of the musical stage. The current revival, directed by Linda Sturdivant, at Biddeford's City Theater gives a classy account of this complex work.
A Day In The Life: A Beatles Experience Is Back By Popular Demand
by BWW News Desk - March 15, 2018
Penobscot Theatre Company presents A Day in the Life: A Beatles Experience, for three performances only, April 7 at 4:00 pm and 8:00 pm, and April 8 at 2:00 pm, at the historic Bangor Opera House. Featuring a cast of five talented actors and musicians, the multimedia show celebrates The Beatles' groundbreaking career, from Ed Sullivan to Abbey Road.
by BWW News Desk - March 15, 2018
Penobscot Theatre Company presents A Day in the Life: A Beatles Experience, for three performances only, April 7 at 4:00 pm and 8:00 pm, and April 8 at 2:00 pm, at the historic Bangor Opera House. Featuring a cast of five talented actors and musicians, the multimedia show celebrates The Beatles' groundbreaking career, from Ed Sullivan to Abbey Road.
Photo Flash: Mad Horse Theatre Stages REASONS TO BE PRETTY
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2018
Mad Horse Theatre Company explores the power of words; their capacity to hurt, to heal, to deceive and to expose the illusions and fragility of love and romance in their March production of Neil LaBute's REASONS TO BE PRETTY.
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2018
Mad Horse Theatre Company explores the power of words; their capacity to hurt, to heal, to deceive and to expose the illusions and fragility of love and romance in their March production of Neil LaBute's REASONS TO BE PRETTY.
SCARLET Extends Through April 1
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2018
Due to overwhelming demand, Portland Playhouse's hit production has added 8 additional performances including six shows during the week of March 27 - April 1.
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2018
Due to overwhelming demand, Portland Playhouse's hit production has added 8 additional performances including six shows during the week of March 27 - April 1.
The Waterville Opera House Presents An Outrageous Musical Unlike Any Other
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2018
The Waterville Opera House (WOH) is proud to present one of the most outrageously offensive and off-the-wall musicals ever to be made - The Producers the musical! Adapted from Mel Brooks' 1968 classic comedy staring Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel, this maniacal, musical movie adaptation will have the audience staring in amazement and roaring with laughter on opening night Friday, April 6, 2018. Don't miss this buzzworthy show, it's sure to close by Sunday, April 15, 2018!
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2018
The Waterville Opera House (WOH) is proud to present one of the most outrageously offensive and off-the-wall musicals ever to be made - The Producers the musical! Adapted from Mel Brooks' 1968 classic comedy staring Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel, this maniacal, musical movie adaptation will have the audience staring in amazement and roaring with laughter on opening night Friday, April 6, 2018. Don't miss this buzzworthy show, it's sure to close by Sunday, April 15, 2018!
Snowlion Repertory Company Announces The World Premiere Of A CHERRY ORCHARD IN MAINE
by BWW News Desk - March 12, 2018
Chekhov's classic comedy set in Knox County with unforgettable characters... fits Maine like a moose in a meadow! An ancestral farm with a unique cherry orchard in mid-coast Maine is about to be auctioned off for tax debt, and the soon-to-be-displaced family and their friends are at loggerheads as to what to do - Develop the land? Abandon the property? Throw a party and forget about it? Twelve unforgettable characters come together to determine the fate of the cherry orchard, and in the process, find out where they fit - or don't fit - in the changing face of Maine.
by BWW News Desk - March 12, 2018
Chekhov's classic comedy set in Knox County with unforgettable characters... fits Maine like a moose in a meadow! An ancestral farm with a unique cherry orchard in mid-coast Maine is about to be auctioned off for tax debt, and the soon-to-be-displaced family and their friends are at loggerheads as to what to do - Develop the land? Abandon the property? Throw a party and forget about it? Twelve unforgettable characters come together to determine the fate of the cherry orchard, and in the process, find out where they fit - or don't fit - in the changing face of Maine.
MCP Announces The Cast Of THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
by BWW News Desk - March 12, 2018
The Monmouth Community Players (MCP) are excited to announce the cast of their upcoming spring musical, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee." Winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, featuring a fast-paced, wildly funny and touching book by Rachel Sheinkin and a truly fresh and vibrant score by William Finn, this spelling bee is sure to be one unforgettable experience. The production team for "Spelling Bee" includes director Josie French, musical director Steve Barter, assistant director Tim MacLeod and producer Cindy Dunham.
by BWW News Desk - March 12, 2018
The Monmouth Community Players (MCP) are excited to announce the cast of their upcoming spring musical, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee." Winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, featuring a fast-paced, wildly funny and touching book by Rachel Sheinkin and a truly fresh and vibrant score by William Finn, this spelling bee is sure to be one unforgettable experience. The production team for "Spelling Bee" includes director Josie French, musical director Steve Barter, assistant director Tim MacLeod and producer Cindy Dunham.
Students Outraged Over 'Forced' Resignation of Theater Teacher
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2018
According to Bangor Daily News, former Kennebunk High School theater director Michael Herman recently resigned after creating two fake Facebook profiles in order to gain access to Facebook groups 'KBK Moms' and 'Not Quite KBK Moms' where he says members were criticizing his program.
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2018
According to Bangor Daily News, former Kennebunk High School theater director Michael Herman recently resigned after creating two fake Facebook profiles in order to gain access to Facebook groups 'KBK Moms' and 'Not Quite KBK Moms' where he says members were criticizing his program.
BWW Review: YEAR OF THE ROOSTER at Dramatic Repertory Company
by Steve Feeney - March 10, 2018
Year of the Rooster is edgy and entertaining.
by Steve Feeney - March 10, 2018
Year of the Rooster is edgy and entertaining.
BWW Review: Murder, Mystery, Romance in Noir Comedy at Portland Stage
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - March 10, 2018
Portland Stage's current production of Michael Hollinger's 2000 noir comedy set in the Cold War era skillfully weaves a tapestry of three love stories and one murder against the backdrop of McCarthyism, nuclear bombs, 50s pop culture, and zany shenanigans - all of which makes for a delightful, fast-paced evening of nostalgic wit.
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - March 10, 2018
Portland Stage's current production of Michael Hollinger's 2000 noir comedy set in the Cold War era skillfully weaves a tapestry of three love stories and one murder against the backdrop of McCarthyism, nuclear bombs, 50s pop culture, and zany shenanigans - all of which makes for a delightful, fast-paced evening of nostalgic wit.
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