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LYRIC MUSIC THEATER

176 Sawyer Street
South Portland, ME 04106

Anastasia: The Musical
Anastasia: The Musical
3/27 - 4/12/2026


Anastasia: The Musical is a dazzling musical based on the 1997 animated film of the same name, telling the story of Anya, a brave young ...



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Past Shows

Next to Normal
Next to Normal
9/5 - 9/21/2025


Lyric Music Theater presents Next to Normal. Weekends September 5-21, 2025 with ASL-interpreted matinee September 14.   Next to Normal , an intimate exploration of ...

Something Rotten
Something Rotten
6/6 - 6/22/2025


Welcome to the Renaissance and the outrageous musical farce,  Something Rotten!  Created by Grammy Award-winning songwriter Wayne Kirkpatrick and successful screenwriters Karey Kirkpatrick and John ...

The SpongeBob Musical
The SpongeBob Musical
3/21 - 4/6/2025


Lyric Music Theater presents The SpongeBob Musical. Weekends March 21-April 6, 2025, with ASL interpreted performance March 29. Who lives in a pineapple under the ...

A Christmas Carol, The Musical
A Christmas Carol, The Musical
12/13 - 12/22/2024


A Christmas Carol, The Musical  is a spectacular adaptation of Charles Dickens’ most well-known story. Ebenezer Scrooge is a prosperous curmudgeon who believes that personal ...

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat


“Sha la la, Joseph, you’re doing fine! You and your dreamcoat, ahead of your time!” Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is an over-the-top reimagining of ...

The Prom
The Prom
6/14 - 6/30/2024


Lyric Music Theater presents The Prom June 14-30, 2024. Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30, Sundays at 2:00. It’s time to dance! Throw on a corsage, ...

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
6/7 - 6/23/2019


This brand-new musical production is an epic and emotionally charged retelling of the famous Victor Hugo love story of the beautiful gypsy girl Esmeralda, the ...

The Bridges of Madison County


Based on the best-selling novel, a forbidden love affair between a photographer and a housewife changes them forever. The Bridges of Madison County captures the ...

The Mousetrap
The Mousetrap
2/1 - 2/17/2019


Seven strangers are stranded at Monkswell Manor during a blizzard. A police sergeant unexpectedly arrives, worried that a murderer-at-large is among the guests of the ...

Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Irving Berlin's White Christmas
11/30 - 12/16/2018


A Christmas card comes to life with this story of a song-and-dance-team putting on a show in a magical Vermont inn and falling for a ...

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee


While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, a group of six tweens spell their way through a series of (potentially made-up) ...

Spring Awakening
Spring Awakening
3/17 - 4/2/2017


Spring Awakening is a rock musical based on the German play Spring Awakening (1891) by Frank Wedekind. Set in late 19th-century Germany, the musical tells ...

Annie
Annie
12/6 - 12/21/2013


Leapin' Lizards! The popular comic strip heroine takes center stage in one of the world's best-loved family musicals. With equal measures of pluck and positivity, ...

Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit
6/15 - 6/24/2012


Noel Coward's classic about socialite and novelist Charles Condomine, who hires a medium/psychic to summon up inspiration for his next book. Instead he gets the ...

Pirates of Penzance
Pirates of Penzance
4/20 - 5/5/2012


Gilbert and Sullivan at their finest! Young Frederic joins a band of tender-hearted pirates, indentured until his 21st birthday. Alas, discovering he is a leap-year ...

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
2/24 - 3/10/2012


A new musical based on the 1988 film. Watch as con man Lawrence takes the less sophisticated grifter Freddy under his wing, though not necessarily ...

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