They’re returning to in-person shows this summer and fall, but not the typical big musicals. The changes made out of necessity are giving theaters a chance to tackle different types of material.
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Amanda Huotari, longtime Maine theater director, is stepping down
For 15 years she has led the Celebration Barn Theater in South Paris, which specializes in mime, improvisation, storytelling and other performing arts.
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Portland Forecaster
Instructors: Music programs hardest hit academic discipline due to COVID
Windham High School’s choir director: “How do you teach choir when you can’t sing?”
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Arts Calendar: Nov. 19
Music Nov. 28 Erica Brown & The Bluegrass Connection Online Concert, 7:30-8:30 p.m., hosted by Saco River Theatre, Buxton. Free, donations appreciated. Visit ericabrownonline.com/schedule/ for details. Dec. 3 Virtual Concert: Student Jazz Ensemble, USM School of Music, 8-10 p.m. Free, reservations required at usm.maine.edu/music/virtual-concert-jazz-ensemble. Dec. 4 2020 Winter Gala, USM School of Music, 5:30-8 p.m., […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Arts Calendar: Nov. 12
Theater Nov. 13-14, 20-21 “Almost, Maine” presented by Windham High School, in person and livestreaming, 7 p.m. Nov. 13-14, 20-21; 2 p.m. Nov. 15 and 22; Windham Performing Arts Center, 406 Gray Road. $10. Tickets at mainepublic.org/community-calendar/event/646947. Contact 893-1742 or [email protected] for more information. Music Dec. 3 Virtual Concert: Student Jazz Ensemble, USM School of […]
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Loosening restrictions unlikely to help Maine music venues and theaters
Several organizers in Maine’s performing arts community said the state’s move to Phase Four is unlikely to alter their plans.
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A theater sprouts in a field in central Maine
South Road Farm in Fayette will host “Anne of Green Gables, Part 1,’ on Saturday
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Maine theaters scramble back into action
This fall, there are many options for live theater – indoors, outside and online.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Waterville Planning Board to consider plans for Colby College performing arts center
The Waterville Planning Board on Monday is scheduled to review preliminary and final plans for the college’s performing arts center on the Mayflower Hill campus, and members are expected to take a vote on the project.
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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.