Portland Stage

by Dan Marois - October 02, 2023

What happens when 'he' becomes 'she' in order to advance a theater career? The answer is Tootsie....

by Dan Marois - September 10, 2023

One of the best intimate theater experiences of the year. ...

by Dan Marois - August 28, 2023

One great mystery to solve. ...

by Dan Marois - July 24, 2023

What did our critic think of ON YOUR FEET! THE STORY OF EMILIO & GLORIA ESTEFEN at Ogunquit Playhouse?...

by Elaine Bard - June 22, 2023

What did our critic think of “MARY POPPINS,” SOARS TO NEW HEIGHTS AT THE BANGOR OPERA HOUSE at Penobscot Theatre Company?...

by Dan Marois - June 20, 2023

What did our critic think of SINGING IN THE RAIN at Ogunquit Playhouse?...

by Dan Marois - May 16, 2023

What did our critic think of BEAUTIFUL THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL at Ogunquit Playhouse?...

by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - January 14, 2023

CRIMES OF THE HEART, Beth Henley’s Pulitzer-Prize winning 1981 dark comedy about three sisters and their shared secrets, receives a compelling production, directed by Brian P. Allen, at Portland’s Good Theater. Set in the Mississippi in the mid-twentieth century, Henley’s character-driven play has C...

by Dan Marois - September 21, 2022

What did our critic think of BEAUTIFUL - THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL at Ogunquit Playhouse? The show is a revealing story about pop music icon, Carole King. While many know of her success as a solo vocalist and song writer after releasing the album, 'Tapestry,' few will know about her previous career as...

by Dan Marois - July 17, 2022

The Nutty Professor at the Ogunquit Playhouse is a newly retooled world premiere musical based on the 1963 Jerry Lewis film of the same title. A comic flick favorite, The Nutty Professor is a story of a Jekyll and Hyde transformation that takes place for a mild mannered and befuddled college profess...