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Review: Lyric theater’s ‘How to Succeed’ still funny after all these years

The 1961 musical may have ripened into something that these days is politically incorrect, but humor never retires, does it?

Fans of the progressive rock band are rewarded with a blazing performance and the State’s typically exemplary light show.

One of the most celebrated cult acts on the rock circuit was the perfect live act for a city that is lined with crunchy snowbanks.

The movie’s director had an impossible mission on her hands to meld the tawdry with the conventional.

by Daphne Howland January 25, 2015January 26, 2015

Tensions of war, hilarity mix in ‘Our Man in Havana.’

by April Boyle December 5, 2014December 5, 2014

For the first time, the annual production has a theme, and it’s songs from the 1960s.

The Lewiston Public Theatre spreads around the laughs with A.R. Gurney’s 1988 play.

The production is a charming mixture of down-home comedy and matters of the heart.

The world of Charles Addams’ bizarre family comes to life with the Broadway set and costumes and award-winning puppets.

A packed house hears a rare live performance of Leoš Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass, as well as works by Beethoven, Shostakovich and Dvorák.