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Portland Stage opens its 44th season with an intense production of Lanie Robertson's exploration of the tortured inner life of songstress Billie Holiday, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill.

Penobscot Theatre Company will present William Goldman's chilling dramatization of Stephen King's Misery, a Maine premiere.

The USM Department of Theatre will open their 2017-2018 season on the Main Stage at Russell Hall with the comic and disturbing modern horror story 'Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom,' which opens September 29.

Maine State Ballet's 175 seat Lopez Theater will be transformed into a shimmering underwater grotto for the upcoming production of The Little Mermaid, an original ballet by Artistic Director Linda MacArthur Miele, which runs October 7 through October 15.

Portland Stage has announced the kick-off to its 2017-2018 Season with Lady Day At Emerson's Bar and Grill by Lanie Robertson, starring Tracey Conyer Lee.

Acorn Productions, producers of the Naked Shakespeare series, has chosen the theme of archetypes for the current season of performances in the Ballroom at Mechanics Hall.

Mad Horse Theatre Company opens its 32nd season with the riotous rock musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, music & lyrics by Michael Friedman, and book by Alex Timbers.

USM's Department of Theatre announced its season of performances for the 2017-2018 academic year, which will focus on an overarching theme of 'Identity.

Portland Ovations Offstage is launching an Ambassador Program to enroll Maine high school students to spread the word about the magic of the performing arts and to provide them with an in depth semester-long opportunity to explore what a professional commitment to the performing arts truly entails.

Community Little Theatre (Auburn) is pleased to announce the cast and crew of the first production of their 78th Season, 'Sister Act.

'WORDS & MUSIC - A New Musical Revue: The Songs of Hallett & Robinson' is an exciting new show written by award-winning composer Aaron Robinson and lyricist Suzy Hallett.

The Waterville Opera House (WOH) will present Calendar Girls, a comedic play written by Tim Firth and Juliette Towhidi made famous by the 2003 British film adaptation staring Helen Mirren.

Previously available to subscribers only, tickets to Penobscot Theatre Company's highly anticipated holiday production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, will go on sale to the general public, October 2.

Mad Horse Theatre Company opens its 32nd season with the riotous rock musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, music & lyrics by Michael Friedman, and book by Alex Timbers.

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel will join Anita Stewart, Portland Stage Executive Artistic Director, on the Mainstage for a discussion about her work on Monday, October 2, 2017 at 7 p.

Acorn Productions, producers of the annual Maine Playwrights Festival, announces that they have begun accepting scripts for this year's seventeenth edition of the state's long-running incubator for new plays by local playwrights.

'The Fabulous Lipitones' Make Joyful Music at Penobscot Theatre

This is the world premiere of HEARTBREAK HOTEL, prequel to Million Dollar Quartet, playing at Olgunquit Playhouse.

Penobscot Theatre Company announces its 44th Season, a fresh array of plays of musicals to be staged at the company's historic home, the Bangor Opera House.

Sex With Strangers, the recent off-Broadway hit show, kicks off Good Theater's 16th season.

Heartbreak Hotel covers the rise of Elvis Presley from a humble truck driver in Memphis to the King of Rock 'N' Roll, a journey that took only 18 months to complete.

Portland Stage has announced the kick-off to its 2017-2018 Season with Lady Day At Emerson's Bar and Grill by Lanie Robertson, starring Tracey Conyer Lee.

The faint smell of fresh paint still lingers at the Bangor Opera House, where Penobscot Theatre Company has just completed a series of renovations designed to increase the efficiency of its historic home and elevate its audience's experience.

Just in time for Halloween thrills, Some Theatre Company completes casting for, 'Carrie The Musical' based on the novel by local author, Stephen King.

Maine State Music Theatre recently announced the titles that will be headlining a milestone season marking the company's 60th year in Brunswick.