Ring in the New Year with a Burlesque Extravaganza at Penobscot Theatre Company
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2016
Penobscot Theatre Company will ring in the new year with a sizzling show that harkens back to the glory days of Gypsy Rose Lee and evokes the glamour of a bygone era. It's Too Darn Hot: A Vintage Burlesque Extravaganza will be at the historic Bangor Opera House for two performances only, December 31, at 6:00 pm and 9:00 pm.
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2016
Penobscot Theatre Company will ring in the new year with a sizzling show that harkens back to the glory days of Gypsy Rose Lee and evokes the glamour of a bygone era. It's Too Darn Hot: A Vintage Burlesque Extravaganza will be at the historic Bangor Opera House for two performances only, December 31, at 6:00 pm and 9:00 pm.
Theatre Offers Two Weekend Trips See Broadway's Brightest Stars
by BWW News Desk - October 18, 2016
Penobscot Theatre Company is thrilled to announce the itinerary of its Seventh Annual Weekend Trip to New York City, April 7-9, 2017, featuring Bette Midler's return to Broadway for the revival of Hello, Dolly! also starring David Hyde Pierce (Curtains, Frasier). 'Described as the most breathlessly anticipated event of the season,' said Executive Director Mary Budd, 'this show shattered Broadway box office records when tickets finally became available, so we feel very lucky to be able to share this opportunity with local theatre lovers.' On its second night in the Big Apple, the group will see Cynthia Nixon and Laura Linney in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes.
by BWW News Desk - October 18, 2016
Penobscot Theatre Company is thrilled to announce the itinerary of its Seventh Annual Weekend Trip to New York City, April 7-9, 2017, featuring Bette Midler's return to Broadway for the revival of Hello, Dolly! also starring David Hyde Pierce (Curtains, Frasier). 'Described as the most breathlessly anticipated event of the season,' said Executive Director Mary Budd, 'this show shattered Broadway box office records when tickets finally became available, so we feel very lucky to be able to share this opportunity with local theatre lovers.' On its second night in the Big Apple, the group will see Cynthia Nixon and Laura Linney in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes.
BWW Review: LAST GAS at The Public Theatre
by Steve Feeney - October 17, 2016
John Cariani's play services those seeking a restart.
by Steve Feeney - October 17, 2016
John Cariani's play services those seeking a restart.
BWW Review: Warm and Wistful Comedy Explores Family Bonds
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - October 17, 2016
Biddeford's City Theater opened its season with a warm, wistful comedy about love and intergenerational relationships in a New Jersey Italian-American family. Joe Di Pietro's 1998 Over the River and Through the Woods is a funny, touching, and often penetrating memoir about ageless conflicts between old and young and the inevitable changes that come in relationships with the changing times. In the City Theater of Biddeford's production, these completely relatable memories come to life with vivid truthfulness.
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - October 17, 2016
Biddeford's City Theater opened its season with a warm, wistful comedy about love and intergenerational relationships in a New Jersey Italian-American family. Joe Di Pietro's 1998 Over the River and Through the Woods is a funny, touching, and often penetrating memoir about ageless conflicts between old and young and the inevitable changes that come in relationships with the changing times. In the City Theater of Biddeford's production, these completely relatable memories come to life with vivid truthfulness.
Dramatic Academy Gets Set To Stage A Stinky Youth Production
by BWW News Desk - October 12, 2016
Penobscot Theatre Company's Dramatic Academy is holding its nose as its latest production takes shape: The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by John Glore, based on the book by Jon Sciezka and Lane Smith, will be wafting from the Bangor Opera House, November 4-6. Standing familiar fairy tales on their heads, this play offers raucous, silly, stinky fun for the whole family.
by BWW News Desk - October 12, 2016
Penobscot Theatre Company's Dramatic Academy is holding its nose as its latest production takes shape: The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by John Glore, based on the book by Jon Sciezka and Lane Smith, will be wafting from the Bangor Opera House, November 4-6. Standing familiar fairy tales on their heads, this play offers raucous, silly, stinky fun for the whole family.
Lawrence Schulman to Give Judy Garland Talk at Patten Free Library
by BWW News Desk - October 12, 2016
Award-winning music producer, critic and translator Lawrence Schulman will give a talk on Judy Garland, entitled 'Moments of Magic,' at the Patten Free Library in Bath, Maine today, October 12, 2016 at 6:30 P.M.
by BWW News Desk - October 12, 2016
Award-winning music producer, critic and translator Lawrence Schulman will give a talk on Judy Garland, entitled 'Moments of Magic,' at the Patten Free Library in Bath, Maine today, October 12, 2016 at 6:30 P.M.
Nominations Open for the 2016 BroadwayWorld Maine Awards
by BWW Special Coverage - October 11, 2016
Nominations have now opened for the 2016 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016. Our local editors have set the categories and now YOU get to nominate and vote for your favorites! Nominations are reader-submitted and will be open through October 31.
by BWW Special Coverage - October 11, 2016
Nominations have now opened for the 2016 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016. Our local editors have set the categories and now YOU get to nominate and vote for your favorites! Nominations are reader-submitted and will be open through October 31.
Some Theatre Company Presents NEXT TO NORMAL
by BWW News Desk - October 10, 2016
NEXT TO NORMAL is, in the words of The New York Times, "much more than a feel-good musical; it is a feel-everything musical."
by BWW News Desk - October 10, 2016
NEXT TO NORMAL is, in the words of The New York Times, "much more than a feel-good musical; it is a feel-everything musical."
BWW Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Celebrates 'The Devil's Music'
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - October 10, 2016
Ogunquit Playhouse's revival this season of last year's popular success, MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, continues to add luster to this thoroughly enjoyable juke box musical about the historic meeting at Sun Records of four of rock n' roll legends, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, and Jerry Lee Lewis. The show using music by these icons of pop music with a book by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux ensnares its audience in what the Jerry Lee Lewis character aptly terms the "devil's music" - capturing the full revolutionary force of early Rock and the originality of these musicians.
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - October 10, 2016
Ogunquit Playhouse's revival this season of last year's popular success, MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, continues to add luster to this thoroughly enjoyable juke box musical about the historic meeting at Sun Records of four of rock n' roll legends, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, and Jerry Lee Lewis. The show using music by these icons of pop music with a book by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux ensnares its audience in what the Jerry Lee Lewis character aptly terms the "devil's music" - capturing the full revolutionary force of early Rock and the originality of these musicians.
Hunter Foster Helms Starry MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, Starting Tonight at Ogunquit Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - October 05, 2016
The Ogunquit Playhouse brings back the most popular show in its history, the Tony Award-winning musical Million Dollar Quartet, on stage tonight, October 5, through November 6.
by BWW News Desk - October 05, 2016
The Ogunquit Playhouse brings back the most popular show in its history, the Tony Award-winning musical Million Dollar Quartet, on stage tonight, October 5, through November 6.
BWW Review: Gurney's Quietly Poignant LATER LIFE Opens Portland Stage Season
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - October 03, 2016
Portland Stage opens its 2016-2017 season with a quietly poignant production of A. R. Gurney's Later Life, the 1993 drama which explores the emotional choices and self-assessments that face people in their retirement years. The four-character piece is subdued, even reticent, and it speaks with the kind of understated wistfulness of so many of Gurney's plays.
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - October 03, 2016
Portland Stage opens its 2016-2017 season with a quietly poignant production of A. R. Gurney's Later Life, the 1993 drama which explores the emotional choices and self-assessments that face people in their retirement years. The four-character piece is subdued, even reticent, and it speaks with the kind of understated wistfulness of so many of Gurney's plays.
Mary Dimino Comes to the Mystic Theatre with One Woman Show BIG DUMMY: ME AND MY OLD MAN
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2016
Mystic Theater is proud to present award-winning comedian Mary Dimino's one woman show BIG DUMMY: Me & My Old Man for their Fall 2016 season.
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2016
Mystic Theater is proud to present award-winning comedian Mary Dimino's one woman show BIG DUMMY: Me & My Old Man for their Fall 2016 season.
Penobscot Theatre Company Celebrates The Music of George Jones
by BWW News Desk - October 01, 2016
Penobscot Theatre Company is proud to present The Grand Tour: A Celebration of the Music of George Jones, for two performances only, October 1 at 7:30 pm and October 2 at 3 pm. The show takes audiences on a retrospective journey through the Ol' Possum's career, from the early Hank Williams-influenced Honky Tonk recordings up through Jones's 'countrypolitan' era, including his chart-topping collaborations with fellow country music royalty. Songs include such favorites as 'White Lightning,' 'The Race is On,' 'Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?' 'Love Bug,' 'She Thinks I Still Care,' and 'He Stopped Loving Her Today.'
by BWW News Desk - October 01, 2016
Penobscot Theatre Company is proud to present The Grand Tour: A Celebration of the Music of George Jones, for two performances only, October 1 at 7:30 pm and October 2 at 3 pm. The show takes audiences on a retrospective journey through the Ol' Possum's career, from the early Hank Williams-influenced Honky Tonk recordings up through Jones's 'countrypolitan' era, including his chart-topping collaborations with fellow country music royalty. Songs include such favorites as 'White Lightning,' 'The Race is On,' 'Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?' 'Love Bug,' 'She Thinks I Still Care,' and 'He Stopped Loving Her Today.'
Monmouth Community Players Announces its Cast for BORN YESTERDAY
by BWW News Desk - September 30, 2016
The Monmouth Community Players today announced the cast for their upcoming fall production of Garson Kanin's 'Born Yesterday'. This production is being directed by Ray Fletcher of Monmouth, local actor, director and thespian. He is being assisted by both Linda Duarte of Lewiston, and Cindy Dunham of Winthrop.
by BWW News Desk - September 30, 2016
The Monmouth Community Players today announced the cast for their upcoming fall production of Garson Kanin's 'Born Yesterday'. This production is being directed by Ray Fletcher of Monmouth, local actor, director and thespian. He is being assisted by both Linda Duarte of Lewiston, and Cindy Dunham of Winthrop.
USM Department of Theatre Kicks Off Season with Dylan Thomas' UNDER MILK WOOD
by BWW News Desk - September 30, 2016
The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre begins its season on Sept. 30 with Dylan Thomas' "Under Milk Wood." Director Andrew Harris is working with his student cast to recreate Thomas' lyrically written, riotously funny and deeply moving portrait of the circle of a spring day in the small Welsh seaside village of Llareggub.
by BWW News Desk - September 30, 2016
The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre begins its season on Sept. 30 with Dylan Thomas' "Under Milk Wood." Director Andrew Harris is working with his student cast to recreate Thomas' lyrically written, riotously funny and deeply moving portrait of the circle of a spring day in the small Welsh seaside village of Llareggub.
USM's Department of Theatre Announces 2016-2017 Season
by BWW News Desk - September 30, 2016
The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre is announcing its 2016-2017 season, a collection of five productions ranging in style and content from the lyricism of Dylan Thomas' "Under Milk Wood" and the whimsy of Julia Cho's "The Language Archive" to the power of "Dance USM" and the wit of the Shakespeare-based opera, "The Merry Wives of Windsor." The season will conclude with a special theatre, music and visual art collaboration, "Molded By the Flow," that will hold opening nights in both Lewiston and Gorham.
by BWW News Desk - September 30, 2016
The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre is announcing its 2016-2017 season, a collection of five productions ranging in style and content from the lyricism of Dylan Thomas' "Under Milk Wood" and the whimsy of Julia Cho's "The Language Archive" to the power of "Dance USM" and the wit of the Shakespeare-based opera, "The Merry Wives of Windsor." The season will conclude with a special theatre, music and visual art collaboration, "Molded By the Flow," that will hold opening nights in both Lewiston and Gorham.
Starry MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Will Return to Ogunquit Playhouse; Hunter Foster to Direct!
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2016
The Ogunquit Playhouse will bring back the most popular show in its history, the Tony Award-winning musical Million Dollar Quartet, on stage October 5 through November 6.
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2016
The Ogunquit Playhouse will bring back the most popular show in its history, the Tony Award-winning musical Million Dollar Quartet, on stage October 5 through November 6.
Mad Horse Theatre to Open 31st Season with THE TOTALITARIANS
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2016
Mad Horse Theatre Company opens its 31st season with the perfect foil to the crazy circus of this year's election!
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2016
Mad Horse Theatre Company opens its 31st season with the perfect foil to the crazy circus of this year's election!
MURDER FOR TWO Puts the Laughter in Manslaughter
by BWW News Desk - September 28, 2016
Penobscot Theatre Company is proud to present the Maine premiere ofMurder for Two, a new musical comedy by Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair. Bari Newport, the company's producing artistic director, is directing the vaudevillian musical murder mystery, which will run from October 20 through November 6 at the historic Bangor Opera House.
by BWW News Desk - September 28, 2016
Penobscot Theatre Company is proud to present the Maine premiere ofMurder for Two, a new musical comedy by Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair. Bari Newport, the company's producing artistic director, is directing the vaudevillian musical murder mystery, which will run from October 20 through November 6 at the historic Bangor Opera House.
BWW Review: Strong Performances Distinguish Portland Players' BONNIE AND CLYDE
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - September 26, 2016
Portland Players opened its 86th season with an intense production of the Ivan Menchell-Don Black-Frank Wildhorn musical, Bonnie and Clyde, about the legendary Depression-era American outlaws. The 2009 musical theatre retelling of the short and violent lives of this pair, who robbed banks and left scores of dead victims in their wake as they evaded the law in a misguided quest for notoriety, puts a romantic spin on their legend at the same time that it does not side step the grittier aspects of this tale.
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - September 26, 2016
Portland Players opened its 86th season with an intense production of the Ivan Menchell-Don Black-Frank Wildhorn musical, Bonnie and Clyde, about the legendary Depression-era American outlaws. The 2009 musical theatre retelling of the short and violent lives of this pair, who robbed banks and left scores of dead victims in their wake as they evaded the law in a misguided quest for notoriety, puts a romantic spin on their legend at the same time that it does not side step the grittier aspects of this tale.
Theater at Monmouth's Shakespeare in Maine Communities Tours THE TEMPEST Statewide
by BWW News Desk - September 23, 2016
William Shakespeare's The Tempest is TAM's Shakespeare in Maine Communities offering for 2016. The Tempest will tour for three weeks to schools and community centers across the state from October 10-29 and run for one weekend only in Cumston Hall October 14 through 16. TAM's production is part of Shakespeare in American Communities, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. The Shakespeare in Maine Communities tour is also funded in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission and the Fisher Foundation.
by BWW News Desk - September 23, 2016
William Shakespeare's The Tempest is TAM's Shakespeare in Maine Communities offering for 2016. The Tempest will tour for three weeks to schools and community centers across the state from October 10-29 and run for one weekend only in Cumston Hall October 14 through 16. TAM's production is part of Shakespeare in American Communities, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. The Shakespeare in Maine Communities tour is also funded in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission and the Fisher Foundation.
Penobscot Theatre Company's OLIVER! Tickets On Sale October 3rd
by BWW News Desk - September 22, 2016
On Monday, October 3, Penobscot Theatre Company will make tickets toOliver!, its much anticipated holiday show, available to the general public. The musical by Lionel Bart will run December 1-24 at the Bangor Opera House in downtown Bangor. Previously offered at a discount to subscribers alone, the tickets will be open for purchase through the box office or the theatre's website, regularly priced at $38 for adults and $15 for students. General adult admission to the preview performances December 1 and 2 will be $25 and $27 respectively.
by BWW News Desk - September 22, 2016
On Monday, October 3, Penobscot Theatre Company will make tickets toOliver!, its much anticipated holiday show, available to the general public. The musical by Lionel Bart will run December 1-24 at the Bangor Opera House in downtown Bangor. Previously offered at a discount to subscribers alone, the tickets will be open for purchase through the box office or the theatre's website, regularly priced at $38 for adults and $15 for students. General adult admission to the preview performances December 1 and 2 will be $25 and $27 respectively.
USM Department of Theatre Kicks Off Season with Dylan Thomas' UNDER MILK WOOD
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2016
The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre begins its season on Sept. 30 with Dylan Thomas' "Under Milk Wood." Director Andrew Harris is working with his student cast to recreate Thomas' lyrically written, riotously funny and deeply moving portrait of the circle of a spring day in the small Welsh seaside village of Llareggub.
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2016
The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre begins its season on Sept. 30 with Dylan Thomas' "Under Milk Wood." Director Andrew Harris is working with his student cast to recreate Thomas' lyrically written, riotously funny and deeply moving portrait of the circle of a spring day in the small Welsh seaside village of Llareggub.
BWW Review: TAM Season Romps to a Close with BOEING BOEING
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - September 18, 2016
The Theater at Monmouth brings its season of French themed plays to a mirthful close with Marc Camoletti's1960s jet-setting bedroom farce Boeing Boeing. The entirely predictable, but nonetheless hilarious comedy about a swinging Paris bachelor and his three stewardess fiances is performed with energy and elan by the excellent company of actors in a briskly paced staging by Dawn McAdams.
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - September 18, 2016
The Theater at Monmouth brings its season of French themed plays to a mirthful close with Marc Camoletti's1960s jet-setting bedroom farce Boeing Boeing. The entirely predictable, but nonetheless hilarious comedy about a swinging Paris bachelor and his three stewardess fiances is performed with energy and elan by the excellent company of actors in a briskly paced staging by Dawn McAdams.
BWW Review: Ogunquit's SEVEN BRIDES Offers Sweetness and Smiles
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - September 16, 2016
One of the most popular movie musicals adapted for the stage, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers has enjoyed several notable regional productions in the past few seasons, and the Ogunquit Playhouse's current staging demonstrates once again the nostalgic appeal of this sweet and folksy romantic tale set in America's pioneer days. The Kasha/Landay/Mercer/DePaul/Hirschhorn 1954 movie musical based on a Stephen Vincent Benet story, though it proved a disappointment when first adapted for the musical theatre stage in 1982, seems in the turbulent first decades of the 21st century to have struck chords in audiences who may hunger for the innocence and vibrant energy at its core.
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - September 16, 2016
One of the most popular movie musicals adapted for the stage, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers has enjoyed several notable regional productions in the past few seasons, and the Ogunquit Playhouse's current staging demonstrates once again the nostalgic appeal of this sweet and folksy romantic tale set in America's pioneer days. The Kasha/Landay/Mercer/DePaul/Hirschhorn 1954 movie musical based on a Stephen Vincent Benet story, though it proved a disappointment when first adapted for the musical theatre stage in 1982, seems in the turbulent first decades of the 21st century to have struck chords in audiences who may hunger for the innocence and vibrant energy at its core.
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