entertainment
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PublishedNovember 15, 2022
Budd Friedman, Improv founder who built a comedy empire, dies at 90
He pioneered the modern comedy club, opening venues in New York and Los Angeles that fostered the careers of Jay Leno, Richard Pryor, Adam Sandler and others.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2022
Maine State Ballet presents ‘Tap Tap Jazz’
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2022
Midcoast dancers bring popular fantasy series to the stage
This weekend, the Resurgence Dance Company will perform its contemporary ballet adaptation of "A Court of Mist and Fury," the second book of a popular series by Sarah J. Maas.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2022
Monmouth Community Players presents ‘When Radio Was King: A Return to the ’60s”
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PublishedNovember 18, 2021
Union stagehands demand new Merrill Auditorium contract
Stagehands and supporters picketed a performance staffed with non-union labor Thursday to pressure the city of Portland to renegotiate an exclusive labor agreement for the publicly owned venue.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2021
From ‘Love Is Blind’ to a new book deal, Maine native Cameron Hamilton and wife, Lauren, continue to share their story
Married for two years since meeting on the Netflix dating show, the Atlanta-based couple has a YouTube show and a book coming out this summer.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2021
Uncertainty of vaccine rollout puts summer performance plans in limbo
This is when arts presenters usually set their summer schedules, but they don't know what size audiences they can expect.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2021
Cross Insurance Arena hoping for federal relief
Funding from the latest coronavirus relief package would help keep the arena operating until it can host large live events again.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2021
Our View: After Friday’s final ‘Jeopardy!’, what will we do without Alex?
After 37 years and more than 8,000 episodes, we say goodbye to a television legend.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2020
The show must go on: Lakewood Theater opens, despite pandemic
On the shores of Lake Wesserunsett in Madison, Lakewood is the oldest continuously operating summer theater in the United States.