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.…
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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
65 total · showing 21–30
"OR,” by Liz Duffy Adams. Live on Stage & Digital-on-Demand
Portland Stage presents The Winnipesaukee Playhouse production of OR,Lifes tough when youre Englands groundbreaking first female playwright. And a spy. And you have a famous actress hiding in your closet. And her lover the king knocking on your door. And your ex-lover, a...
"SENIOR LIVING” LIVE STREAMING THEATRICAL READING:
A world-premiere theatrical reading. Free. Live. With Q&A. SENIOR LIVING by Tor Hyams and Lisa St. Lou, directed by Jennifer Cannizzaro.Take a peek at the playwriting process as we explore this never-before-read draft of our upcoming play SENIOR LIVING.SENIOR LIVING is a play...
Almost, Maine: The Writer's Cut
Register to attend the Writers Cut - 3 diffferent live readings of the newly published novel, read by the novelist followed by a Live Q&A. Fall in love again with the story that started on Portland Stage and traveled the globe to become on of the most produced plays in history...
Talley's Folly
In theater performances | October 29 November 15th, 2020Digital on Demand viewing | November 9 November 22, 2020A 1980 Pulitizer Prize Winner for Drama. After a year of writing letters, Matt Friedman travels from St. Louis to Lebanon, Missouri to try and convince Sally Talley to...
Native Gardens
This brilliant new comedy turns well-intentioned neighbors into feuding enemies when a rising Chilean attorney, and his pregnant American wife, purchase a home next to a well-established D.C. couple, and their prized English garden. Cultures and gardens clash over a fence line...
Almost, Maine
What better way to celebrate the bicentennial of our State than with a play that put us on the map? Offering charming vignettes about love, and life in Maine, this beloved play broke box office records, went onto critical acclaim, and delighted audiences across the globe after...
It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
Celebrate the Holiday Season with this beloved American classic. This heartwarming story of renewal is presented as a 1940s radio broadcast with sound effects performed live on stage. With the help of an ensemble and an angel named Clarence, George Bailey learns the million...
The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl
In an imperfect world, the best solution is to laugh. Conflict and comedy weave a whimsical tale about cleaning, relationships and finding the perfect apple. Award winning playwright Sarah Ruhl reminds us whats important in life, and that humor and beauty still enchant in the...
AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’
The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s comes to life in Aint Misbehavin, the three-time Tony Award-winning musical revue. Join five sensational performers on a sassy, sultry journey from uptown clubs to Tin Pan Alley to Hollywood through the timeless music of Thomas Fats...
The Last Five Years
This hit musical by Tony award-winning lyricist Jason Robert Brown deconstructs a love affair and marriage between an aspiring novelist and a struggling actress over five years. Told almost entirely through song, this piece moves backward and forward through time weaving the...
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Æther and Unearthed Westbrook Performing Arts Center (9/19-9/19) |
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I Am My Own Wife Portland Stage Company (3/03-3/21) |
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Frozen the Broadway Musical Waterville Opera House (11/13-11/29) |
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Jane Eyre Portland Stage Company (3/31-4/25) |
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The Real Sherlock Holmes Portland Stage Company (1/27-2/21) |
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show Spooktacular Tour with Patricia Quinn Waterville Opera House (10/24-10/24) |
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Dracula Portland Ballet at Westbrook Performing Arts Center (10/23-10/24) |
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Steel Magnolias The Public Theatre (10/23-11/08) |
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Seven Sisters Dramatic Repertory Company (10/02-10/11) |
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It's a Wonderful Life Portland Stage Company (12/05-12/24) |
