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.…
Merrill Auditorium
225 Commercial St. Suite 505, Suite 505
Portland, ME 04101
Merrill Auditorium is a theatre in Portland, ME.
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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
Guster & The Portland Symphony Orchestra
Take this opportunity to treat yourself with great tunes! this 2026! You owe it to yourself! This summer, Guster & The Portland Symphony Orchestra is conquering North America with a spectacular, heart filling bonanza! As part of the On the Ocean 2026 tour, witness top notch...
Melissa Etheridge
ROCK ICON MELISSA ETHERIDGE TO BRING THE RISE TOUR TO PORTLAND, MAINE Melissa Etheridge, one of rock music’s most iconic and influential stars, will bring her powerful voice and unforgettable songs to Merrill Auditorium on Saturday, April 4th, 2026 as part of her upcoming The...
Opera Maine: Aida
Opera Maine invites you to experience the most significant artistic and cultural event of the greater Portland area in 2024: an original production of Verdi’s Aida , at Merrill Auditorium Thursday, July 25 (7:30 p.m.) and Sunday, July 28 (2:30 p.m.). Audiences will be enthralled...
Cinderella (La Cenerentola)
Cinderella (La Cenerentola) by Gioachino Rossini and Jacopo Ferretti Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 30, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. Pre-Curtain Presentation one-hour before performances by Calien Lewis Merrill Auditorium Tickets: $35 – $140 (plus service fees) (207)...
Opera Maine To Stage Comic Opera Cinderella
Opera Maine invites you to spectacular live singing and theater for its 29th season mainstage production of Cinderella (La Cenerentola) by Gioachino Rossini at Merrill Auditorium on Thursday, July 27 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, July 30 at 2:30 p.m. The story of the opera, written...
Opera Maine's The Flying Dutchman
Opera Maine presents "The Flying Dutchman" at the Merrill Auditorium in Portland, Maine on Wednesday, July 27 and Friday, July 29, 2022. The opera will be sung in German with English supertitles. It will be sung in two acts with one intermission. Maestro Israel Gurksy conducts...
The Flying Dutchman
Celebrate Maines Bicentennial with Opera Maines production of Richard Wagners The Flying Dutchman. The cursed captain of a ghostly ship comes ashore every seven years in search of faithful love that will set him free. In Opera Maines production of this famous legend, the violent...
The Nutcracker
Maine State Ballet kicks off the holiday season with eleven performances over three weekends of its classic production of The Nutcracker.Choreography is by former New York City Ballet member and Artistic Director Linda MacArthur Miele, with three pieces of original choreography...
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Frozen the Broadway Musical Waterville Opera House (11/13-11/29) |
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Dracula Portland Ballet at Westbrook Performing Arts Center (10/23-10/24) |
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The Real Sherlock Holmes Portland Stage Company (1/27-2/21) |
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Our Town by Thornton Wilder City Theater (10/02-10/18) |
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Stroll Haunted Yarmouth 2026 Royal River Community Players (10/14-10/25) |
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Deathtrap Bangor Community Theatre (10/09-10/17) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! Monmouth Savoy Theatre (3/05-3/05) |
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I Am My Own Wife Portland Stage Company (3/03-3/21) |
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The Importance of Being Earnest Waterville Opera House (1/22-1/31) |
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Rooted Portland Stage Company (11/04-11/22) |
