June 28, 2012

Art and Theater Listings

• CLASSICAL MUSIC

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“The Shepherds Point Out the Gates of the Celestial City from Hill Clear” by Joseph Kyle and Edward Harrison May, from “The Moving Panorama of Pilgrm’s Progress,” opening Saturday at the Saco Museum.

Courtesy of Saco Museum

Portland Conservatory of Music 9th Annual International Piano Festival, Piano festival participants performance, Woodfords Congregational Church, Portland, $15, $12 seniors and students. portlandconservatory.net. 7:30 p.m. today.

Bay Chamber Summer Music Festival: Young Stars of Maine Prize Winner Concert, Winners in seven prize-winning categories, Rockport Opera House, Rockport, free. baychamberconcerts.org. 7 p.m. Friday.

Portland Performing Arts Festival Presents Sharon Isbin, Grammy-winning classical guitarist, Williston-Immanuel United Chruch, Portland, $20 to $45. porttix.com. 7 p.m. Friday.

Bowdoin International Music Festival: Festival Fridays, performances of works by Bach, Debussy and Tchaikovsky, Brunswick High School (Crooker Theatre), Brunswick, $40. bowdoinfestival.org. 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Portland Conservatory of Music 9th Annual International Piano Festival, pianists Veselin Ninov and Mark Demidovich, The Old White Church, Buxton, $15, $12, portlandconservatory.net. 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Bowdoin International Music Festival: Artists of Tomorrow, Studzinski Recital Hall, Brunswick, $10. bowdoinfestival.org. 1 p.m. Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and 7:30 p.m. July 5.

Chamber Music Festival, violin, viola and cello. Beethoven, Kodaly, and Tchaikovsky, Kneisel Hall, Blue Hill, $20 to $30. kneisel.org. 7:30 p.m. Friday and 4 p.m. Sunday.

Portland Performing Arts Festival Finale Piano Concert, artists of the International Piano Festival including Elliot Schawartz, curated by the Portland Conservatory, Williston-Immanuel United Church, Portland, $15 to $25. porttix.com. 3 p.m. Sunday.

Daponte String Quartet "A Walk Through the Vienna Woods," Mozart, Beethoven and Satz, brownpapertickets.com/event/255058, Church on the Cape, Cape Porpoise, $10 advance, $12 door. 7 p.m. Sunday.

Bowdoin International Music Festival: Monday Sonatas, Midori performs Bach's works for solo violin, Brunswick High School (Crooker Theatre), Brunswick, $40. bowdoinfestival.org. 7:30 p.m. Monday.

Bowdoin International Music Festival: Wednesday Upbeat!, works by Poulenc, Rachmaninoff and Bermel, Bowdoin College (Studzinski Recital Hall), Brunswick, $30. bowdoinfestival.org. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Bay Chamber Summer Music Festival: Anna Polonsky and Orion Wolf, four-hand piano masterpieces and works for two pianos, Rockport Opera House, Rockport, $30 to $40, $8 for 18 and under. baychamberconcerts.org. 8 p.m. July 5.

 

• THEATER

"2 Pianos 4 Hands," play with music that follows the dynamic and comical true journey of two piano players, Portland Stage Company, Portland, $40, $20 students. portlandstage.org. 8 p.m. today and Friday, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday.

Rodgers & Hammerstein's "South Pacific," musical, Ogunquit Playhouse, Ogunquit, $29 to $74. ogunquitplayhouse.org. 2:30 and 8 p.m. today, 8 p.m. Friday, 8:30 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday and Tuesday, 2:30 and 8 p.m. July 5. Runs through July 15.

Irving Berlin's "White Christmas," musical, Arundel Barn Playhouse, Arundel, $30 to $41. arundelbarnplayhouse.com. 8 p.m. today, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and July 5. Runs through July 14.

Snowlion Repertory Company's musical production of "Mesmerized," part of the PortFringe 2012 Festival, St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland, $10. stlawrencearts.org. 8 p.m. today.

Guided Tours, entertaining with stories of bygone days, Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, Gardiner, free. johnsonhall.org. 5:30 p.m. today.

"Burt and Me," American love story/musical, Hackmatack Playhouse, Berwick, $29.50, $25 seniors, $12 youth. hackmatack.org. 2 and 8 p.m. today, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

"Urinetown," musical, Boothbay Playhouse, $20. 633-3379. boothbayplayhouse.com. 8 p.m. today.

Lake Region Community Theatre presents "Oliver!," musical, Deertrees Theatre, Harrison, $15, $12 for 12 and under. lrctme.org. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

"Pinkalicious: The Musical," kids' musical, Ogunquit Playhouse, $16 to $20. ogunquitplayhouse.org. 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. Sunday.

"Urinetown," musical, Boothbay Playhouse, Boothbay, $20. 633-3379. boothbayplayhouse.com. 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday and July 5. Runs through July 14.

"Once Upon a Mattress," presented by Rangeley Friends of the Arts, musical comedy, Lakeside Theater, Rangeley, $15. 864-5364. 7 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

"The Little Prince," children's show, Theater at Monmouth, Monmouth, $12, theateratmonmouth.org. 1 p.m. Saturday. Runs through Aug. 17.

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