Review: IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU at Good Theater
by Steve Feeney - Oct 6, 2025
Are weddings where people sometimes find themselves “happily unhappy”? That contradiction and it’s overcoming is at the heart of It Shoulda Been You, the first mainstage production presented at the new home of Portland’s Good Theater.
Photos: First look at New Albany High School Theatre’s LITTLE WOMEN
by Patrick Doss - Apr 28, 2025
Jo March isn’t your typical Victorian lady - headstrong and determined to be a novelist. As she and her sisters grow up during the Civil War, they strive to balance ambition with society’s expectations. In a world shaped by gender and tragedy, Jo’s greatest story is that of the March sisters, four dreamers destined to be imperfect women. Performances are Apr. 24, 25, 26, May 1, 2, 3 at 7 p.m. Apr. 26, 27, May 3 at 2 p.m., at Mershad Hall, the Jeanne B. McCoy Center for the Arts, 100 E Dublin Granville Rd, New Albany, OH 43054, Purchase tickets:https://www.capa.com/productions/nahs-little-women/
Warm, Wacky, and Wonderful: Good Theater's Revival of YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Apr 17, 2023
Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman’s classic, YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU, is eighty-six years young, and the latest revival at Portland’s Good Theater makes a strong case for the work’s perennial appeal. Directed by Brian P. Allen and featuring a cast of eighteen, most Good Theater veterans, this delightfully zany script, filled with wacky but loveable characters, delivers a timeless message about family and the secrets to true happiness.
Photos: Good Theater Presents the World Premiere of JANE AUSTEN'S LADY SUSAN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 22, 2021
Good Theater is presenting the world premiere of the acclaimed adaptation of the Jane Austen short novel LADY SUSAN. Directed by Brian Allen and James Noel Hoban, the show stars Brynn Lewallen, Joseph Bearor, Hannah Daly, Jay Mack, Halsey Redman, Amy Roche, and Nathan Gregory. October 20 - November 14.
BWW Review: Good Theater Reopens with Scintillating World Premiere of Rob Urbinati's LADY SUSAN
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Oct 22, 2021
The Good Theater reopened its doors last night with a breathtakingly stunning world premiere of Rob Urbinati’s new play LADY SUSAN, directed by Brian P. Allen and James Noel Hoban. Taking its inspiration from Jane Austen, this 21st century work has all the eloquence of an early 19th century classic, as it explores the intricate, timeless mating games that seem as relevant today as they did more than two hundred years ago.
Good Theater to Present the World Premiere of JANE AUSTEN'S LADY SUSAN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 11, 2021
Good Theater will present the world premiere of the acclaimed adaptation of the Jane Austen short novel LADY SUSAN. Directed by Brian Allen and James Noel Hoban, the show stars Brynn Lewallen, Joseph Bearor, Hannah Daly, Jay Mack, Halsey Redman, Amy Roche, and Nathan Gregory.
BWW Review: Broadway at the Good Theater Pays Tribute to 1940s
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Dec 6, 2019
Each year Portland's Good Theater presents a holiday musical revue, written and directed by Brian P. Allen, and dedicated to celebrating a decade in American musical theatre history. Allen's show this year is devoted to the 1940s when so many of the geniuses of the a?oelegitimatea?? musical theatre style reigned supreme. The revue he has created is ambitious and comprehensive featuring twenty-five performers, including several Broadway actors, and covering the likes of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Lowe, Cole Porter, Kurt Weill, and the Gershwins, together with many lesser-known writers. Performed with the intimacy and informality of a cabaret setting, Broadway at the Good Theater offers a nostalgic and delightful musical evening.
Good Theater Presents the Return of BROADWAY AT GOOD THEATER
by Stephi Wild - Nov 22, 2019
Good Theater has announced the line up of this year's Broadway at Good Theater. The annual musical event runs December 4th through December 8th at Good Theater's home, the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland. For tickets and information, please call the Box Office at (207) 835-0895 or visit www.goodtheater.com.
BWW Review: Containers of the Mind- East Coast Premiere of BOXES
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Nov 9, 2019
The Good Theater's production of Jule Selbo's BOXES offers a taut psychological study of manipulation and longing, misconceptions about self and love, all carefully crafted into a thriller with rapid twists and turns that compels the audience's attention for its brisk ninety-minutes. The boxes of the title are literal props used in a clinical psychological research study, but they are really metaphors for the constraints that shape our views of selfhood and for the inscrutable containers of dark secrets.
Good Theater Presents East Coast Premiere of BOXES by Joshua Harmon
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 5, 2019
BOXES by Joshua Harmon. Good Theater presents the East Coast premiere of the psychological thriller written by Jule Selbo. Directed by Stephen Underwood, the show stars Hannah Daly, Ashanti Williams, Thomas Ian Campbell, Sally Wood, and Dalton Kimball. November 6 - December 1.
Good Theater Presents the East Coast Premiere Of BOXES By Jule Selbo
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 29, 2019
Good Theater continues its 18th season with the East Coast premiere of the psychological thriller BOXES by Jule Selbo. The production opens November 6th and plays through December 1st, 2019 at Good Theater's home, the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland. For tickets and information, please call the Box Office at (207) 835-0895 or visit www.goodtheater.com.
Good Theater Presents LIFE WITH BRIAN
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 31, 2019
Good Theater is excited to announce LIFE WITH BRIAN, the first special event of the 2019/2020 season. Join Good Theater favorites and Broadway guest stars for an outrageous, fun-filled celebration honoring Artistic Director Brian P. Allen as he turns 60! Embarrassing videos, hysterical sketches, powerful songs, and Brian's signature masterful storytelling will make this a night to remember - cake and champagne toast included!