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 41–50
RED HERRING BY MICHAEL HOLLINGER
Maggie’s a tough, Boston cop, trying to get her finger on the one man who gave her the slip: a sly crime boss who worked his way into her heart. As she deals with murder, mystery, and intrigue in Boston Harbor, she also has to deal with Frank, an FBI gumshoe with a proposal more...
BABETTE’S FEAST Conceived & Developed by Abigail Killeen | Written by Rose Courtney Adapted from the short story by Isak Dinesen
Babette’s Feast tells the story of how a refugee transforms a closed religious community by sacrificing all she has to throw a lavish dinner party. Through her radical hospitality, this mysterious woman converts her guests’ deeply held notions of scarcity and judgment and opens...
The Roommate by Jen Silverman
The Odd Couple meets Thelma and Louise in this contemporary, new play, which was a recent hit at both The Humana and Williamstown Theater Festivals. Sharon, divorced, and living in a house in Iowa, decides she needs a roommate. Robyn, a slam poet from the Bronx, is escaping her...
Dear Elizabeth
Portland Stage announces three performances of a staged reading of Dear Elizabeth by Sarah Ruhl featuring a rotating cast of Portland Stage Affiliate Artists. ? Friday, January 12 Moira Driscoll* & Ron Botting* ? Saturday, January 13 Maureen Butler & Daniel Noel* ? Sunday...
Refuge/Malja
By Bess Welden with Arabic translation by Ali Al Mshakheel Directed by Todd Brian Backus January 6 | 7pm In Refuge/Malja, Jamie, a fiercely independent Jewish-American photojournalist, calls up an old friend, Ibrahim, in the middle of the night for help and advice. She is used...
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY ADAPTED BY JOE LANDRY
Celebrate the Holiday Season with this beloved American classic. This heartwarming story of renewal is presented as a 1940’s 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...
Complications from a Fall by Kate Hawley
When Helen goes to an academic conference, she reluctantly calls on her absent younger brother Teddy for help with their elderly mother. Over the weekend Teddy truly sees his mother, perhaps for the first time, and learns secrets from the past in this heartwarming drama about...
A Staged Reading of WIT AND WISDOM
SPECIAL EVENT Monday Nov 6: A Staged Reading of WIT AND WISDOM: Readings from the Great Writings on the Outrage, the Interest, the Pleasure, the Amusement, Amazement, and Abundance of the Extraordinary Phenomenon of Getting Older 6:30 Reception | 7pm Reading, Discussion to...
STUDIO SERIES PRODUCTION – THE HAUNTING HOUR
The Haunting Hour Oct 25 – Nov 4 | 7pm| $18 (Pay-What-You-Can Oct 25) Curated by Dustin Tucker and featuring Portland Stage Affiliate Artists. Tales of Madness and the Macabre. A fright-filled evening of storytelling from some of Maine’s most celebrated authors and playwrights...
From Away
From Away is an annual festival of new work celebrating the voices of international writers. Each year, From Away brings talented writers from around the world to Portland, where excerpts from their work are performed in translation by Portland Stage’s Affiliate Artists. The...
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Æther and Unearthed Westbrook Performing Arts Center (9/19-9/19) |
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Dracula Portland Ballet at Westbrook Performing Arts Center (10/23-10/24) |
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It's a Wonderful Life Portland Stage Company (12/05-12/24) |
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Our Town by Thornton Wilder City Theater (10/02-10/18) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! Monmouth Savoy Theatre (3/05-3/05) |
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Seven Sisters Dramatic Repertory Company (10/02-10/11) |
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I Am My Own Wife Portland Stage Company (3/03-3/21) |
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Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors Good Theater at Stevens Square (10/21-10/25) |
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Stroll Haunted Yarmouth 2026 Royal River Community Players (10/14-10/25) |
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The Real Sherlock Holmes Portland Stage Company (1/27-2/21) |
