Steel Magnolias
Filled to the brim with humor, heart and hairdos, this beloved comedy celebrates the lives and friendship of six southern women.
About the Theatre
For over 30 years The Public Theatre has been producing the most exciting contemporary plays from Broadway and beyond featuring the finest professional actors from New York to Los Angeles. Whether you’re seeing a rollicking comedy or a searing drama, we promise you a good story, well told. Located in the Central Maine "Twin Cities" of Lewiston/Auburn, The Public Theatre provides affordable high quality theatre and arts education opportunities to communities across the State.Upcoming Shows
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.…
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
40 total · showing 31–40
Haiku, Hip Hop & Hot Dogs
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Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies
The Maine Premiere of the Broadway Hit Times Stands Still by Donald Margulies For photojournalist Sarah Goodwin, happiness has been rushing from hotspot to hotspot capturing images of global conflict. But after an accident, she’s forced to return home and settle into a more...
The Hound of the Baskervilles
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A Christmas Carol
Start your holiday season at The Public Theatre. Don’t miss The Public Theatre’s critically acclaimed holiday production! Rediscover the magic of theatre, when six actors and a fiddler bring Charles Dickens’ classic story to life in a way you’ve never imagined and will never...
Robert Dubac's The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron?
The title may say it all, but the twist is it’s performed by a man! Bobby is trying to figure out what women want, but everything he’s learned has come from men handing down the same bizarre information from generation to generation. A great show for both men and women.
The Book Club Play by Karen Zacarias
Laughter meets literature in this hip and clever new comedy when a book club becomes the subject of a documentary film and is captured in all its hilarious dysfunctional glory (imagine Lord of the Flies with wine and dip). Ana hosts a monthly book club, attended by her husband...
Anansi, Spiderman of Africa!
Don’t miss this side-splitting selection of famous folktales from Africa. Anansi the Spider loves to eat and hates to work, so he tries to trick other animals out of their food. But there’s no free lunch for this spiderman, because all of his schemes leave him hungrier than...
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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) |
