BWW Critic's Choices: Best of Maine 2015
The theatrical scene continued to be lively in Maine this year, with the Portland-area theatres presenting a number of stunning world premieres and the musical theatre scene gloriously vibrant.
The theatrical scene continued to be lively in Maine this year, with the Portland-area theatres presenting a number of stunning world premieres and the musical theatre scene gloriously vibrant.
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Naked Shakespeare, Acorn Productions' performance series dedicated to presenting the works of the Bard in accessible ways for contemporary audiences, continues the company's popular First Friday performances with a December performance in The Ballroom at Mechanics Hall.
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.
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.
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.
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, Ja
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.
Cast Aside Productions, Portland's professional musical theater company, is proud to present Andrew Lippa's musical jazz tragedy, The Wild Party.
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.
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 has now opened for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Maine Regional Awards!
Revisiting the traumas of the 1960s has been the subject of two recent plays which have debuted in Portland.
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.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL November 27-29.
Good Theater has announced the annual presentation of its Broadway at Good Theater concerts December 2-6.
On a crisp October day a long line of eager people snakes around the block.
In mounting the world premiere of Rob Urbinati's new play, Mama's Boy, Good Theater's Artistic Director Brian P.
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.
Some images are seared into the communal consciousness forever.
This holiday season, Theater at Monmouth starts a new comic tradition at Cumston Hall.
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.
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.
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.
Dramatic Repertory Company founder Keith Powell Beyland had a stroke on Sept.
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1776 Maine State Music Theatre (6/24-7/11) |
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels City Theater (7/17-8/02) |
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Parker McCollum at Maine Savings Amphitheater Maine Savings Amphitheater (9/03-9/03) |
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The Marvelous Wonderettes! Community Little Theatre Corp (6/19-6/28) |
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Small Town- A World Premiere John Mellencamp Musical OGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE (10/01-11/01) |
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Come From Away Maine State Music Theatre (8/05-8/22) |
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The Fantasticks Penobscot Theatre Company (6/13-7/12) |
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Disney & Pixar's FINDING NEMO: A 60-Minute Family Musical Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine (6/27-8/23) |
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Rainbow Kitten Surprise Thompson's Point (9/13-9/13) |
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Robin & Clark's The Little Mermaid Maine State Music Theatre (7/20-7/20) |