Review: THE PRODUCERS at Ogunquit Playhouse
Mel Brooks' The Producers is probably one of the most irreverent, outrageous and boundary-pushing musicals ever put on a Broadway stage. It is also one of the most entertaining.…
Basil Burwell Community Theater
17 Court StreetBelfast, ME
Review: SWEENEY TODD at Hackmatack Playhouse
Hackmatack takes a walk on the dark side with Sweeney Todd…
Review: MAGIC MOMENT OF RECORDING HISTORY
The 2010 jukebox musical MILLION DOLLAR, QUARTET by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux celebrates an impromptu moment in recording history when the legends Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis found themselves together in the studio of Sun Records. The jam session that followed…
Review: AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE RESONATES WITH CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE
In its new, streamlined adaptation by Amy Herzog, Henrik Ibsen’s AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, written in 1891, speaks to a contemporary audience with searing relevance. The trim, intense production, presented by Portland Theater Festival, playing at the Crewe Center for the Arts, hits home with its com…
Interview: COMMUNITY & COMING TOGETHER
Maine State Music Theatre concluded its 2026 Peek Behind the Curtain Series on August 12th with a discussion devoted to the theatre’s hit production of COME FROM AWAY. A capacity crowd assembled at Curtis Memorial Library to listen to three of the production’s stars, Carolyn Anne Miller (Bonni…
Review: MSMT YOUTH COMPANY SHINES IN MATILDA, JR. THE MUSICAL
For the past five years Maine State Music Theatre has been growing and refining a program known as its summer intensive, a pre-professional theatre training opportunity for youngsters ages eight to eighteen, which culminates in a full scale production on the main stage each August. The complexity of…
Review: MATILDA THE MUSICAL at Hackmatack Playhouse
Hackmatack’s production delivers a strong message with singing, dancing, silliness and heart. It’s an easy show to recommend for families, Dahl fans and anyone looking for an entertaining summer night out.…
Review: Welcome To The Rock: MSMT'S COME FROM AWAY Radiates Inspiration
Maine State Music Theatre's production of Come From Away is a stirring tribute to compassion in the face of tragedy. Led by first-time director Mark Johnson and performed by an all-star company of MSMT veterans, the production captures both the heartbreak and the humanity of the events that unfolded…
Review: CITY OF ANGELS at Ogunquit Playhouse
It is hard to believe that City of Angels debuted nearly four decades ago. Born out of the late-1980s resurgence of film noir send-ups, the show demands rapid-fire lyrical precision and a swinging jazz score that balances tough-edged detective lore with a biting satire of early Hollywood. With music…
Review: BRUNSWICK CELEBRATES MIDSUMMER IN HIGH STYLE
For almost a decade now, MSMT, together with the Brunswick downtown Association’s Music on the Mall, has presented, on the town green, a large outdoor concert free for the citizens of Brunswick, greater Maine and beyond. This MSMT summer event traditionally draws the largest crowd in the history o…
Past Shows
Gruesome Playground Injuries
An independently-produced reprise of Rajiv Joseph's acclaimed play "Gruesome Playground Injuries" returns to the Basil Burwell Community Theater in Belfast for one weekend, July 2-5. A biting, hard-edged dark comedy, "Gruesome Playground Injuries" follows Doug (Mark Durbin) and...
Below the Belt
Belfast, Maine — Belfast Maskers presents Below the Belt , a darkly comic satire by Richard Dresser, directed by Zafra Whitcomb. The production runs from March 19–29 at the Basil Burwell Community Theater, 17 Court Street in Belfast. The production stars Tucker Atwood as Dobbit...
"Dinner With Friends" by Donald Margulies
Staged Reading perfomormance at 2 PM on Saturday, February 28th. Donald Margulies' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, as wise as it is funny, follows the relationship of two couples and a chain of events that impacts them all. Through recollections, arguments, impassioned grasps for...
"Gruesome Playground Injuries"
Rajiv Joseph's dark comedy follows Kayleen and Doug across 30 years of shared history, including chronic injuries, bad decisions, and missed connections. The story unfolds out of order, jumping between childhood scrapes, teenage disasters, and adult wounds that don’t heal as...
Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier
Book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Eric Kahn Gale Music and Lyrics by A.J. Holmes and Kaley McMahon Hop on your flying carpet, because this musical parody retells the classic tale of Aladdin... from the villain's point of view! Long ago in a Magic Kingdom, one misunderstood Royal...
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Æther and Unearthed Westbrook Performing Arts Center (9/19-9/19) |
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Revelation Portland Stage Company (5/05-5/23) |
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Jane Eyre Portland Stage Company (3/31-4/25) |
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Stroll Haunted Yarmouth 2026 Royal River Community Players (10/14-10/25) |
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Steel Magnolias The Public Theatre (10/23-11/08) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! Monmouth Savoy Theatre (3/05-3/05) |
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ACAT presents: Kodachrome by Adam Szymkowicz The Playhouse At Waterville Station (9/11-9/20) |
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It's a Wonderful Life Portland Stage Company (12/05-12/24) |
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The Real Sherlock Holmes Portland Stage Company (1/27-2/21) |
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Seven Sisters Dramatic Repertory Company (10/02-10/11) |
