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Penobscot to Present IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY
by BWW News Desk - November 18, 2015
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Bangor Opera House-Christmas, circa 1946-as Penobscot Theatre Company prepares to immerse audiences in the world of George Bailey, the everyman hero of Frank Capra's cinematic classic. 'With lively music, Foley sounds, and a bevy of colorful characters, this production tells the story we all know and love within the story of a 1940s celebrity-studded radio program, within the world of post-war America,' explains Producing Artistic Director Bari Newport.
PDP to Host 5th Annual HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS in December
by BWW News Desk - November 16, 2015
Patrick Dorow Productions (PDP) presents their 5th annual "Home for the Holidays" - A Seacoast Musical Celebration at The STAR Theatre, December 18 at 8pm, December 19 at 3 pm and 8pm, December 20 at 2pm and 7pm. VIP tickets for the December 18th performance are $55, Specialty couch seating on the set is available for all performances for $40, General Admission is $15 -$25.  Tickets at The Kittery Community Center, 120 Rogers Road Kittery, Maine, Box office: (207) 439-3800 or online at: www.patrickdorowproductions.com  (tickets)
BWW Review: Lyric Music Theater's MUSIC MAN Has Heart and Hometown Charm
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - November 16, 2015
South Portland's venerable community theatre consistently presents ambitious and stylish productions of the standard Broadway canon, but in undertaking that most iconic of American musicals, The Music Man, it has demonstrated its extraordinary mettle and risen to the challenge with excellence. Mounting any production of Meredith Willson's beloved tale must inevitably confront legendary performances and productions of the past and, if it is to succeed, must find its own way into the piece, while still paying tribute to the musical and emotional values of a bygone era. Moreover, the company must command considerable creative resources to achieve the impact of this grand show. Director Charles Marenghi brings the classic story to life with warmth, heart, and hometown charm.
Threshold Stage Co Presents INTO THE WOODS at the Star Theatre in Kittery
by BWW News Desk - November 14, 2015
Threshold Stage Company's innovative staging of "Into the Woods" this holiday season at the Star Theatre in Kittery, Maine envelops the audience in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's modern fairytale, immersing the viewer in the middle of the outrageously entangled lives of Cinderella, Rapunzel, Jack and the Giant and many other fairytale characters as they strive to make their wishes come true at any price.
USM Theater Presents OUR TOWN, Now thru 11/22
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2015
The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre presents the second show of the season, 'Our Town' by Thornton Wilder, guest directed by Andrew Harris. Opening tonight, November 13, the show takes place at the Main Stage at Russell Hall on the USM Gorham campus, there will be a total of nine performances through November 22.
Cast Aside Productions' THE WILD PARTY Begins Tonight
by BWW News Desk - November 12, 2015
Cast Aside Productions, Portland's professional musical theater company, is proud to present Andrew Lippa's musical jazz tragedy, The Wild Party. Performances begin tonight, November 12, 2015 at the recently renovated Maine Charitable Mechanic Association Ballroom in downtown Portland. The production is the Maine professional premier and will be directed and choreographed by Celeste! Green, with music direction by Rebekkah Willey. The limited run will feature 5 performance with 80 seats in the round.
Penobscot Theatre Company to Bring Joplin Tribute Back to Bangor for New Year's Eve
by BWW News Desk - November 11, 2015
Penobscot Theatre Company is thrilled to announce the reprise of A PIECE OF HER HEART: A TRIBUTE TO JANIS for two performances only, 6:00 and 9:00 pm, on New Year's Eve. This one-woman show featuring vocal powerhouse Karen Irwin of New York City capped the theatre's season last June, attracting sell-out crowds and leaving audiences wanting more.
Portland Ovations to Hold Big Band Holidays Concert
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2015
Portland Ovations swings into the spirit of the season with Big Band Holidays, a special concert featuring the unrivaled Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, on December 2, at 7:30 pm at Merrill Auditorium. 
Voting Opens for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Maine Awards
by BWW Special Coverage - November 09, 2015
Voting has now opened for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Maine Regional Awards!
BWW Review: Portland Stage Examines Martin Luther King as Man and Myth
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - November 09, 2015
Revisiting the traumas of the 1960s has been the subject of two recent plays which have debuted in Portland. After Rob Urbinati's monumental Mama's Boy at the Good, Portland stage is now presenting Katori Hall's poetic play about Martin Luther King, To the Mountaintop.
Good Theater Sets A CHRISTMAS CAROL for Thanksgiving Weekend
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2015
Good Theater is proud to announce the presentation of Will Rhys' one-man version of A Christmas Carol for four performances Thanksgiving weekend November 27-29.  Good Theater performs at the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland.  For tickets and information contact 207-885-5883 or go to the Good Theater website www.goodtheater.com .
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Set for the Good Theater November 27-29
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2015
A CHRISTMAS CAROL November 27-29. Good Theater presents Will Rhys' one-man version of the Dickens classic A Christmas Carol for four performances. 
Broadway at Good Theater Concerts Set for December 2-6 with Kenita R. Miller, Nicolas Callaway Foster & More
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2015
Good Theater has announced the annual presentation of its Broadway at Good Theater concerts December 2-6.  These fundraising events feature two special guests, Broadway star Kenita R. Miller, singing sensation Nicolas Callaway Foster and a dozen Good Theater performers. 
Between Magic and Camouflage: The Costume Collection at MSMT
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - November 04, 2015
On a crisp October day a long line of eager people snakes around the block. For more than an hour now, a few excited customers have set up camp chairs to facilitate their wait. Shoppers at Hannaford across the street register curious stares. This is, after all, just a regular Saturday morning in the small town of Brunswick, Maine. So what has brought this clamoring crowd? It is Maine State Music Theatre's annual costume sale, a time when the company weeds out thousands of garments and accessories from its rental stock and sells them at minimal cost to the public. The event, which has grown steadily in the past four years since Costumes Rentals Manager, Amy Mussman first conceived the idea, seems to reflect the community presence, the popularity of the theatre's costume rentals business, and its possibilities for continued growth. 'The sale solves the practical needs of conserving space,' says Artistic Director Curt Dale Clark, 'and what we gain in community good will is immeasurable.' Managing Director Stephanie Dupal concurs: 'There is such excitement about the event, and it is a great way to connect.'
BWW Review: Good Theater's World Premiere of Urbinati Play Is Gripping Theatre at Its Best
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - November 02, 2015
In mounting the world premiere of Rob Urbinati's new play, Mama's Boy, Good Theater's Artistic Director Brian P. Allen has given Maine a great gift - one of the company's finest productions - some two hours of searing psychological drama, tautly directed and brought to life by a stellar cast. Urbinati's (Death by Design, Hazelwood) two-act play explores the complex, emotionally wrought family dynamics of Lee Harvey Oswald, his mother Marguerite, his wife Marina, and his brother Robert in the time just prior to and just after the Kennedy assassination. Though the play is rooted in history and evokes indelible memories in the communal consciousness, it is less about the tragic events of 1963 and more about the personal relationships of four damaged individuals desperately seeking some connection and meaning. At the epicenter of this dysfunctional family is Marguerite Oswald, thrice married single parent to three estranged sons, a fierce and tender woman who is sees herself as victim and survivor, a woman whose own emotional demands continue to cripple her children. Returning from his defection to Russia, Lee Harvey brings with him his bewildered young wife Marina and their first child, and Urbinati examines Lee Harvey's troubled year before November 22, 1963 as he struggles to support himself and his family, find an ideology, and take hold of his manhood by freeing himself from his mother. The playwright effectively probes Lee Harvey Oswald's increasing instability, as well as his conflicts with Marina and Marguerite. Though the play offers no answers to the many riddles of the JFK assassination, it does challenge the audience to view the characters as human beings and to realize that the dreadful events at Dealey Plaza claimed the Oswald family among its victims, as well as the beloved President, his family, and a grieving nation.
Good Theater to Host MAMA'S BOY Talkbacks
by BWW News Desk - October 30, 2015
Good Theater will offer two talk-back sessions with the playwright, Rob Urbinati, of MAMA'S BOY on Friday evening November 6, and Saturday afternoon November 7. These talk-back sessions are open to all patrons.  The Friday night session will begin at 9:40 immediately following the conclusion of the 7:30 performance of MAMA'S BOY.  The Saturday afternoon session will begin at 5:10 following the 3:00 matinee.
More Than a Mere Footnote: A Conversation with MAMA'S BOY Playwright Rob Urbinati, Star Betsy Aidem, and Director Brian P. Allen
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - October 28, 2015
Some images are seared into the communal consciousness forever. The tragic assassination of John F. Kennedy and its tumultuous aftermath are just such indelibly tragic events which haunt memory. Playwright Rob Urbinati, whose new work Mama's Boy will receive its world premiere at Portland's Good Theater on October 29, 2015, was six years old in November 1963 and recalls seeing Lee Harvey Oswald murdered on television. It was an image which would resurface in his writing decades later. Urbinati's new play focuses on Marguerite Oswald, her two sons Lee Harvey and Robert, and Lee's wife Marina in the year prior to the assassination and in the days after, offering an unusual prism on the events through the eyes of Marguerite. The play, however, is not really an historical drama, but rather a domestic drama in which Urbinati, Actress Betsy Aidem, and Good Artistic Director Brian P. Allen have tried to imagine the family context from which the Oswald phenomenon emerged.
Theater at Monmouth to Present EVERY CHRISTMAS STORY EVER TOLD
by BWW News Desk - October 27, 2015
This holiday season, Theater at Monmouth starts a new comic tradition at Cumston Hall. Every Christmas Story Ever Told…(and then some!) is a fast, furious, and slightly irreverent look at holiday classics and traditions. The play begins as yet another version of A Christmas Carol and takes "a wrong turn in Albuquerque" on the way to a B.H.C. (Beloved Holiday Classic) Smackdown between A Christmas Carol and It's a Wonderful Life. Santy Claus, Rudolph (or in this case Gustav), the Grinch, and just about every other seasonal character makes an appearance in this racy comedy that, according to Kelly Monaghan of TheOtherOrlando, "will have you laughing harder than spiked eggnog."
Photo Flash: First Look at MAMA'S BOY at Good Theater
by BWW News Desk - October 26, 2015
Good Theater is proud to present the world premiere of MAMA'S BOY, an exciting new play from Rob Urbinati the author of Death by Design. Broadway veteran, Betsy Aidem, plays Marguerite Oswald with Graham (The Rainmaker) Emmons as Lee Harvey Oswald, Laurel (The Rainmaker) Casillo as Marina Oswald and Erik (4000 Miles) Moody as Robert Oswald in this fascinating look at the mother and the family behind an event that changed the course of history. The show will open October 28 for a run through November 22.
USM Theater to Present OUR TOWN, 11/13-22
by BWW News Desk - October 23, 2015
The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre presents the second show of the season, "Our Town' by Thornton Wilder,  guest directed by Andrew Harris. Opening on Friday, November 13, the show takes place at the Main Stage at Russell Hall on the USM Gorham campus, there will be a total of nine performances through November 22. 
Last Call! One Week Left to Nominate for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Maine Awards
by BWW Special Coverage - October 23, 2015
Last call! ??This is your last chance to nominate for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 2014 and September 2015. Nominations are reader-submitted and will be open through October 31.
Portland Community Rallies to Help Pay for DRC Founder's Medical Bills with Staged Readings
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2015
Dramatic Repertory Company founder Keith Powell Beyland had a stroke on Sept. 26, so members of the Portland theatre community are rallying to perform readings of his plays in order to help pay Beyland's medical bills.  The readings will be held Nov. 5-7 at Portland Stage Company.
Some Theatre Company to Stage EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2015
Some Theatre Company is pleased to announce their production of Evil Dead the Musical on Nov 5th at 7pm, Nov 6th at 7pm & 10pm and Nov 7th at 7pm & 10pm at the Keith Anderson Community House, Orono, ME. Featuring hilariously campy songs and bursting with more farce than a Monty Python skit, this soon to be cult classic combines spectacular costumes, rocking musical numbers, audience participation, a Splatter Zone (for the bold and adventurous) and much more! Join us for a bloody good time and extend Halloween one more weekend!
BWW Review: Public Theatre Opens with Finely Tuned WAIT UNTIL DARK
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - October 19, 2015
Lewiston's Public Theatre opened its twenty-fifth season with a finely tuned, engrossing production of Frederick Knott's classic thriller, Wait Until Dark. Presented in a well-crafted adaptation by Jeffrey Hatcher which moves the action to the film noir world of the 1940s and directed by Janet Mitchko, this six-character drama retains all the spine-tingling creepiness of both the film and original stage versions.
42ND STREET Tour Comes to Merrill Auditorium Today
by BWW News Desk - October 17, 2015
Portland Ovations brings the National Broadway Tour of 42nd Street to Merrill Auditorium for two performances at 2pm and 7:30pm today, October 17th.

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