BWW Interview: Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Maine Pre-Teen Lily Philbrook Follows Her Theatre Dream
“It all began with Wizard of Oz at Maine State Music Theatre,” confides ten-year-old Lily Philbrook.
“It all began with Wizard of Oz at Maine State Music Theatre,” confides ten-year-old Lily Philbrook.
In this last week of Maine State Music Theatre’s 2021 season, despite having to cancel several productions due to Covid-related issues, the 63-year-old company demonstrated its continued vitality and commitment to delivering the best in musical theatre.
In the final moments of the 2005 hit musical JERSEY BOYS, Frankie Valli muses, “We were all just chasing the music.
The fact that the classic fairytale of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is said to be “a tale as old as time” did not stop the musical writing team of Marc Robin and Curt Dale Clark from deciding to tell their version of the ancient story by framing it within a modern one.
In many ways MSMT’s concert, WELCOME HOME, is a valentine to the world of musical theatre and to those who create it and who love and support it.
As a sequel to the first gala concert last week featuring some of the company’s most celebrated and beloved performers, MSMT presents two more special performances of its STARS #2 Concert on August 8-9.
As part of a summer series of concerts to welcome the arts, artists and audiences back to Brunswick, MSMT mounted the first of two gala concerts featuring four of the company’s most storied performers, Charis Leos, Lauren Blackman, Kingsley Leggs and Robert Creighton with a cameo appearance by Cur
“This has been a tough year and a half for so many, and the arts can help us rediscover our joy,” says actress Charis Leos, speaking enthusiastically about her upcoming appearance in one of Maine State Music Theatre Stars Concerts scheduled to celebrate the theatre’s return to live performing
A year ago, it was “The Impossible Dream,” now, the nationally regarded Fulton Theatre is proud to announce a marquee season in the theatre's 169th year.
There is nothing like Celtic music to bring a lift to the step and a smile to the heart, and SONGS OF IRELAND, a new benefit concert streaming on the Fulton Theatre’s virtual platform, Fulton HD, delivers an hour of irresistible tunes performed with impeccable style, charm, and emotional depth by
“Cooking is theatre,” says MUMBAI TO MAINE culinary celebrity Cherie Scott.
Winners have been announced for the 2020 BroadwayWorld Central Pennsylvania Awards - which were back bigger than ever, celebrating the best in local theatre of the past decade!
Maine playwrights - and those from across the United States – will have an opportunity to submit their work to the Fulton Theatre’s first National Festival of New Plays, which will debut May 21-23, 2021 in Lancaster, PA.
“At Good Theater we have put ourselves in mothballs, declares Executive/Artistic Director Brian P.
Jeffrey Coon, the Fulton's annual fund and foundation manager and one of the hosts of the telethon, announced the final fundraising total for the 'This is Our Home' campaign to be $331,841.
The Fulton Theatre, in partnership with WGAL 8 in Lancaster, announces a fundraising telethon event.
Portland Stage announces its 2020-21 season lineup including a segment on the State of the Theater during the times of the pandemic.
Maine State Music Theatre is responding to meet the needs of the local community during the Covid-19 crisis by sewing fabric face masks.
Portland Stage and Maine State Music Theatre (MSMT) have canceled their August 2020 co-production of Ring of Fire in consideration of the safety and comfort of our patrons, artists, staff, and volunteers due to the Covid-19 emergency.
News Center Maine has reported on the local theaters that have been forced to cancel their productions due to the health crisis, and the consequences that have come along with the decision to cancel.