The toy box gets even larger in “Toy Story 4,” a busy but entertaining entry in the best animated franchise the movies have. There’s always been a lot going on in the “Toy Story” world, but “4” adds romance and some low-key horror to a stew that already included adventure, moral lessons and comedy. The […]

Maine State Music Theatre is diving headlong into its summer season with an all-new musical rendition of Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Treasure Island,” co-written by artistic director Curt Dale Clark. The Pickard Theater sizzled with excitement on opening night Thursday as the audience became swept up by an epic story and sweeping score that stirred the […]

A time-warping portal has opened and a legendary period in theater history has been brought back to life on the coast of Maine. The Ogunquit Playhouse has opened a production of “42nd Street,” the 1980 musical based on the 1933 film about old-fashioned showbiz dreams coming true. The backstage story of the rookie performer whose […]