This week • Go see “The Goat.” Just go. Edward Albee’s shocking and disturbing play about a brilliant architect and his midlife meltdown highlights a rich and varied winter of theater in and around Portland. Mad Horse Theatre Company presents Albee’s “The Goat, or Who Is Slyvia” through Feb. 6 at Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter […]
Bob Keyes
Bob Keyes writes about the visual and performing arts for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He appreciates that his job requires him to visit museums and attend plays and concerts across Maine, and most enjoys interviewing artists in their studios. He’s a New Englander by birth, and has lived in Maine off and on, most recently since 2002. He lives in Berwick with his wife, Vicki, and their son Luke.
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Exhibit takes art lovers through the prism of Alison Hildreth
‘The Feathered Hand’ is full of narratives of what has absorbed the artist for a long time.
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Art and Theater: Broadway’s Katz
Birdie Newman Katz, touring with ‘Fiddler,’ is back home for two shows Saturday.
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Art and Theater: Larson family ready for South Portland debut
In 1976, Maine artist David Larson opened a gallery in the Down East community of Penobscot. Surely you’ve seen it — or at least seen the sign for the Larson Studio Gallery while driving down Route 175 toward Blue Hill. Larson died in 2007, and his widow and sons have relocated the gallery to South […]
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Arts Planner
• Maestro Robert Moody and members of the Portland Symphony Orchestra return to Merrill Auditorium for two late-January concerts. At 7:30 p.m. Jan. 25, the orchestra and guest pianist Andrew von Oeyen present “From Russia with Love,” featuring Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3, and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5. But the main event of […]
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Bob Keyes: At PMA, a well-earned teaching moment
PORTLAND – The Portland Museum of Art has long been recognized as one of the best regional museums in the country. It has a rich collection of art that tells a compelling regional story. It has a spectacular modern home with inviting exhibition spaces. It has an inventory of historically significant buildings that demonstrate the […]
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Paul Haley: actor
He hasn’t given up his day job, but he’s nurtured his love of the craft and honed his skills to the point that he’s sought after by directors, respected by fellow actors, and loved by audiences.
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Author Q&A: Smokin’ plot
Fast-moving, profane and engaging, writer Crash Barry’s quirky new novel ‘Sex, Drugs & Blueberries’ describes a dodgier side of life Down East.
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Concert Review: Lovett, Hiatt trade songs, stories
The two songwriters thrill a sold-out State Theatre crowd.
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Art and Theater: Waiting in the wings
One of the great surprises in the Portland theater community these past couple of years has been the success of the Old Port Playhouse in downtown Portland.
Against the backdrop of a down economy, the small theater company began operations in fall 2009. In many ways, the timing could not have been worse. The economy was spinning into a morass, and the local theater scene already felt crowded.