theater

Published
September 12, 2024

‘Conscience’ tells the story of Margaret Chase Smith’s most famous speech

In the runup to a presidential election, Portland Stage is presenting the play, which is set in the time immediately before and after Smith's confrontation with powerful demagogue Joseph McCarthy.
Published
September 11, 2024

Freeport Players presents ’12 Incompetent Jurors’ in Midcoast area
Published
August 23, 2024

Augusta’s Colonial Theater’s windows and doors being restored

Roughly $2 million in raised funds has already been put into the theater, including a new roof and a new floor that covered a gaping hole in the old, long-neglected floor. The next project will be an expansion and restoration of the stage area.
Published
July 29, 2024

Portlanders frustrated by online fees are buying concert tickets straight from the box office

There's an open secret spreading around the city: Tickets at some of the largest venues are cheaper if you buy them in person.
Published
July 22, 2024

Hogfish’s summer show is part opera, part dance party

Poulenc based his 1945 opera on the 1917 surrealist play 'The Breasts of Tiresias.'

Published
July 22, 2024

Shakespeare in Deering Oaks Park, ‘The Producers’ in Harrison and the Woofstock Food & Beer Festival in Kennebunk

See Elle King live in Sidney on Sunday.
Published
July 21, 2024

The largest production ever for Opera Maine demanded a stage design to match

'What does epic look like?' set designer Germán Cárdenas-Alaminos asked himself when considering how to stage Verdi's 'Aida.'
Published
July 19, 2024

Maine State Music Theatre’s ‘White Christmas’ is a dazzler

The dancing, the singing, the costumes, the energy - this performance has got it all.
Published
July 18, 2024

Christmas in July: Husband and wife duo grace the stage in ‘White Christmas’

Complete with a holiday craft market featuring local artisans and over-the-top Christmas décor, Maine State Music Theatre's production of "White Christmas" features its own, real-life triumph of love as husband-and-wife duo Daniel Plimpton and Darien Crago perform the musical for the first time as a married couple.
Published
July 9, 2024

Monmouth Community Players presents ‘Beauty and the Beast’ in Winthrop