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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.

Virtual reality is often thought of as just another video game.

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.

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.

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.

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 (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 a

Chekhov's classic comedy set in Knox County with unforgettable characters.

The Monmouth Community Players (MCP) are excited to announce the cast of their upcoming spring musical, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

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.

Year of the Rooster is edgy and entertaining.

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-

Penobscot Theatre Company's Dramatic Academy is now registering youths aged 4-15 for its spring production of Babe, the Sheep Pig.

A Comedy of Tenors by Ken Ludwig.

Maine State Ballet takes you down the rabbit hole this spring with a three week run of the comic ballet, Alice in Wonderland, March 23 through April 8, at Maine State Ballet's Lopez Theater.

The Ogunquit Playhouse Children's Theatre Camps are open for enrollment and filling up fast! Register your aspiring thespian today for either the Rising Stars Camp for children ages 5 to 7, Center Stage Camp for children ages 8 to 10, or the Junior Players Camp for ages 10 to 18.

Registration is now open for Penobscot Theatre Company's Dramatic Academy Summer 2018.

The Bangor Symphony Orchestra's annual Pops concert is coming up on March 18th, 4pm, at the Collins Center for the Arts.

A concert of classical guitar works, featuring Lily Afshar, will be the next offering of the Warren Memorial Visiting Artist Series.

Anniversaries are customarily times to reflect on the past, but for Maine State Music Theatre's Artistic Director, Curt Dale Clark, the 2018 gala celebration of the company's sixty years is not only a time to celebrate history, but also to use the significant milestone as an opportunity to look to t

The Ogunquit Playhouse is thrilled to announce it has received seventeen Independent Reviewers of New England Award (IRNE) nominations for its 2017 productions of Bullets Over Broadway, Ragtime, and From Here to Eternity including Best Sound Design, Best Projection Design, Best Choreography, Best En

As you walk into the gymnasium, you see jocks dressed in their uniforms, 'shooting hoops' and talking to the cheerleaders, while goths are discussing music, thespians are rehearsing for their audition, and braniacs are studying for the science decathlon.

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.

City Theater in Biddeford presents Company, a Tony Award winning musical comedy by renowned composer, Stephen Sondheim.

Portland's Cast Aside Productions has mounted a staging that re-imagines the 1971 Stephen Schwartz musical, based on the Gospel of Matthew, Godspell, setting the entire piece as a rock concert.