August 1, 2012

Art and Theater Listings

Classical music, dance, theater, auditions, art museums and galleries

• CLASSICAL MUSIC

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The New York troupe Keigwin + Company performs at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Bates Dance Festival in Lewiston. The festival continues through Aug. 11.

Matthew Murphy photo courtesy of Bates Dance Festival

THURSDAY

Bowdoin International Music Festival: Artists of Tomorrow, Bowdoin College (Studzinski Recital Hall), Brunswick. $10. bowdoinfestival.org. 1 and 6:30 p.m. Thursday; 12:30 p.m. Friday.

Bay Chamber Summer Music Festival: "A Musical Rendezvous," Sospiro Winds, Chris Brubeck and a woodwind quintet, Rockport Opera House. $30 to $40; $8 for ages 18 and under. baychamberconcerts.org. 8 p.m.

VentiCordi Chamber Music, music of Telemann, Cowell and Bach, South Congregational Church, Kennebunkport. $15 to $20; $5 for ages 18 and under. 286-6688. 7:30 p.m. Through Aug. 17. 

FRIDAY

Chamber ME Music Series, string trio performs works by Beethoven and Bartok, Freeport Community Center. Free/donation. tinyurl.com/chamberME. 11 a.m.

Chamber ME Music Series, string trio performs works by Beethoven and Bartok, State Street Church, Portland. Free/donation. tinyurl.com/chamberME. 5 p.m.

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

SUNDAY

Shore Road Summer Music Series, with Trillium (organ, piano, flute and violin), Ogunquit Baptist Church. Free/donation. ogunquitbaptistchurch.org. 7 p.m. 

TUESDAY

Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival, "SLLMF 40th Anniversary," Deertrees Theatre, Harrison. $25. sebagomusicfestival.org. 7:30 p.m. Through Aug. 14. 

WEDNESDAY

Summer Met Opera in HD Encore Series, encore broadcast of Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor," University of Maine (Collins Center for the Arts), Orono. $18. collinscenterforthearts.com. 7 p.m. 

AUG. 9

Bay Chamber Summer Music Festival, Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" and concerto for two cellos, Rockport Opera House. $30 to $40; $8 for ages 18 and under. baychamberconcerts.org. 8 p.m. 

• DANCE

Bates Dance Festival: Keigwin + Company, New York choreographer and former Bates dance student perform new works, Bates College (Schaeffer Theatre), Lewiston. $12 to $24. batesdancefestival.org. 8 p.m. Thursday to Saturday.

Bates Dance Festival: "Moving in the Moment," improvisational dance and music, Bates College (Merrill Gymnasium), Lewiston. Free. batesdancefestival.org. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. 

• THEATER

"Damn Yankees," musical set in Fenway Park starring Carson Kressley, Ogunquit Playhouse. $39 to $75. ogunquitplayhouse.org. 2:30 and 8 p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday; 8:30 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; 8 p.m. Tuesday; 2:30 and 8 p.m. Wednesday and Aug. 9. Through Aug. 18.

Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Cinderella," musical based on fairy tale, Arundel Barn Playhouse. $30 to $41. arundelbarnplayhouse.com. 8 p.m. Thursday to Saturday.

"Sunset Boulevard," Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on 1950 Billy Wilder movie, presented by Maine State Music Theatre, Pickard Theater, Brunswick. $36 to $59. msmt.org. 2 and 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Shakespeare's "Macbeth," presented by Fenix Theatre, Bowdoin College Hatch Quad, Brunswick. Free. fenixtheatre.com. 6 p.m. Thursday and Aug. 9.

"The Little Prince," children's show, Theater at Monmouth. $12. theateratmonmouth.org. 1 p.m. Thursday and Tuesday. In repertory through Aug. 17.

Shakespeare's "King Henry IV, Part I," Theater at Monmouth. $10 to $26. theateratmonmouth.org. 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 1 p.m. Sunday and Wednesday. In repertory through Aug. 18.

MaineStage Summer Shakespeare Series, Lafayette Park, Kennebunk. Free/donation. mainestageshakespeare.com. "Othello," 7 p.m. Thursday and Saturday; "As You Like It," 7 p.m. Friday and Aug. 9. Through Aug. 11.

"Once Upon a Mattress," musical comedy, Boothbay Playhouse. $20. 633-3379. 8 p.m. Thursday to Saturday and Aug. 9. Through Aug. 18.

"Hairspray," musical about teen dancers and integration in early '60s Baltimore, Hackmatack Playhouse, Berwick. $18 to $25; $10 for students. hackmatack.org. 8 p.m. Thursday to Saturday and Wednesday; 2 and 8 p.m. Aug. 9. Through Aug. 11.

"For Profit," performance about student loan debt crisis, Lucid Stage, Portland. $14. lucidstage.com. 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday.

Portland Playback Improv Theater, theme is "Favorite Memories," Community Television Network (CTN), Portland. $7. portlandplayback.com. 7:30 Friday.

"Thumbs Up," physical comedy theater by the Celebration Barn Ensemble, Opera House at Boothbay Harbor. $15 in advance; $18 day of show; $5 for ages 18 and under. boothbayoperahouse.com. 7:30 p.m. Friday.

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