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The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts continues its star-packed 25th anniversary season in April 2017 with an amazing array of musical performances from Broadway to Motown, from classy Nat King Cole to classic Cole Porter, from piano masterpieces to Pokemon. Also, a soul searing drama (Judgment at Nuremberg) and a side-splitting comedy (Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man).

Wilton's Music Hall today announces its exciting new season programme, which sees the world's oldest surviving grand music hall welcome a diverse range of work, shining a spotlight on live music and bespoke theatre productions. Highlights include Sadie Frost starring as Gypsy Rose Lee in world premiere BRITTEN IN BROOKLYN and musical FLOYD COLLINS, which tells the story of a 1920s Kentucky cave explorer.

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe concludes its 2015-2016 season with the comedy-drama DRIVING MISS DAISY, which runs April 20 (with three additional special previews added on April 16, 17 and 19) through May 28. The play won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988; in 1989, it was adapted into a film that was awarded four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe concludes its 2015-2016 season with the comedy-drama DRIVING MISS DAISY, which runs April 20 (with three additional special previews added on April 16, 17 and 19) through May 28. The play won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988; in 1989, it was adapted into a film that was awarded four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

The Board of Directors of the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe (WBTT) has announced the appointment of Richard M. Parison, Jr. as the new Executive Director of WBTT, beginning September 8, 2014.

Acorn Productions, a non-profit theater company based in the Dana Warp Mill in downtown Westbrook, presents a new work by the company's Fairy Tale Players, a group of experienced students from the company's Acorn Acting Academy.

'Red Riding Hoods' opens its run at Westbrook Together Days with a performance in Riverbank Park at 11am, and then continues with 5 more performance from today, June 3 to June 17 on Saturdays at 11am and Sundays at 2pm. Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for children 12 and under. Call Acorn at 854-0065 or visit www.acorn-productions.org for more information or to order tickets. See photos from the production below!

'Red Riding Hoods' opens its run at Westbrook Together Days with a performance in Riverbank Park at 11am, and then continues with 5 more performance from June 3 to June 17 on Saturdays at 11am and Sundays at 2pm. Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for children 12 and under. Call Acorn at 854-0065 or visit www.acorn-productions.org for more information or to order tickets. See photos from the production below!

This winter, Acorn Productions' "Fairy Tale Players," an ensemble of children, teens and adults who have studied at the Acorn Acting Academy, continues its third season of productions with Producing Director Michael Levine's adaptation of Puss 'n Boots.

This October, Acorn Productions' 'Fairy Tale Players,' an ensemble of children, teens and adults who have studied at the Acorn Acting Academy, opens its third season of productions for kids in the Acorn Studio Theater.

Hermitage Artist Retreat has announced that its first community program event for 2011-2012 will feature work by playwrights and artists-in-residence Tracey Scott Wilson and D. Rubin Green.

This October, Acorn Productions' 'Fairy Tale Players,' an ensemble of children, teens and adults who have studied at the Acorn Acting Academy, opens its third season of productions for kids in the Acorn Studio Theater.

Hermitage Artist Retreat has announced that its first community program event for 2011-2012 will feature work by playwrights and artists-in-residence Tracey Scott Wilson and D. Rubin Green.

In June, Acorn Productions wraps up the company's second season of performance by the 'Fairy Tale Players,' an ensemble of kids, teens and adults who have studied at the Acorn Acting Academy. The troupe's last production of the season is the classic fairy tale Rapunzel, adapted and directed by Acorn faculty member Stephanie Ross, who is also the Director of Drama at Massabesic High School.

In June, Acorn Productions wraps up the company's second season of performance by the "Fairy Tale Players," an ensemble of kids, teens and adults who have studied at the Acorn Acting Academy.

Acorn Productions begins the second season of Fairy Tale Players at the company's Acorn Studio Theater at the Dana Warp Mill in Westbrook with an adaptation of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. The production is adapted and directed by Acorn's Director of Children's Programming, Keith Anctil, and features young performers who have been taking classes at Acorn over the past few years. 'Fairy Tale Players offers these talented youngsters a chance to take the next logical step in their development as actors,' says Acorn's Producing Director Michael Levine. 'Working on a fully-developed piece of theater allows them to complete the training process by applying what they have learnt in our classes to professionally-produced public performances.' The Fairy Tale Players presents classic fairy tales with a contemporary twist, adding modern references and tongue-in-cheek humor to create original adaptations that entertain family members of all ages. The Three Billy Goats Gruff will be performed 9 times between November 5 and 21, with tickets ranging from $5 for kids 12 and under to $7 for adults. Call Acorn at 854-0065 or visit www.acorn-productions.org for more info or to order tickets.

Acorn Productions begins the second season of Fairy Tale Players at the company's Acorn Studio Theater at the Dana Warp Mill in Westbrook with an adaptation of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. The production is adapted and directed by Acorn's Director of Children's Programming, Keith Anctil, and features young performers who have been taking classes at Acorn over the past few years. 'Fairy Tale Players offers these talented youngsters a chance to take the next logical step in their development as actors,' says Acorn's Producing Director Michael Levine. 'Working on a fully-developed piece of theater allows them to complete the training process by applying what they have learnt in our classes to professionally-produced public performances.' The Fairy Tale Players presents classic fairy tales with a contemporary twist, adding modern references and tongue-in-cheek humor to create original adaptations that entertain family members of all ages. The Three Billy Goats Gruff will be performed 9 times between November 5 and 21, with tickets ranging from $5 for kids 12 and under to $7 for adults. Call Acorn at 854-0065 or visit www.acorn-productions.org for more info or to order tickets.