One of the most powerful stage dramas in recent years was Tracy Letts’ “August: Osage County,” which opened on Broadway in 2007 and ran a year and a half – a remarkable performance for a straight play. When Good Theater presented its Maine premiere last fall, it broke all of the company’s attendance records, and […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Durham Community School PTA, seeking crafters, business owners for a fair on Nov. 19 at the Durham Community School Gymnasium, 654 Hallowell Road, $20 for 8-foot table, proceeds support field trip funding, FMI, Nancy Decker, orc95@comcast.net, 751-1323 or Laurel Gervais, lgervais@maine.rr.com. Books & Authors Wednesday 11/9 “Dispelling the Myth:“ […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Durham Community School PTA, seeking crafters, business owners for a fair on Nov. 19 at the Durham Community School Gymnasium, 654 Hallowell Road, $20 for 8-foot table, proceeds support field trip funding, FMI, Nancy Decker, orc95@comcast.net, 751-1323 or Laurel Gervais, lgervais@maine.rr.com. Books & Authors Thursday 11/3 Gray Jacobik reading, […]

Musical theater has been a fixture of the New York scene since the middle of the 1800s, but the past century has represented a golden age. That’s the central concept of Neil Berg’s historical revue,“101 Years of Broadway.” It’s a touring show, and it motors into Merrill Auditorium on Friday thanks to Portland Ovations. Opera […]

Halloween is almost here, and what better way to celebrate the holiday of horror than a freak show? That’s the musical specter that’s looming at One Longfellow Square this Friday as Caravan of Thieves steals its way into Portland for the second time this year. Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society is a world-renowned ensemble with […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Durham Community School PTA, seeking crafters, business owners for a fair on Nov. 19 at the Durham Community School Gymnasium, 654 Hallowell Road, $20 for 8-foot table, proceeds support field trip funding, FMI, Nancy Decker, orc95@comcast.net, 751-1323 or Laurel Gervais, lgervais@maine.rr.com. Books & Authors Sunday 10/30 “The Unsolved Death […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Durham Community School PTA, seeking crafters, business owners for a fair on Nov. 19 at the Durham Community School Gymnasium, 654 Hallowell Road, $20 for 8-foot table, proceeds support field trip funding, FMI, Nancy Decker at orc95@comcast.net, 751-1323 or Laurel Gervais at lgervais@maine.rr.com. Freeport Historical Society, seeking 6-8 actors […]

If plunging temperatures and diminishing hours of sunlight are getting you down, you might try a sensationally funny musical comedy as a psychological antidote. “Spamalot,” the funniest musical I’ve seen in years, is coming to Portland’s Merrill Auditorium for two performances, Oct. 20-21, as Portland Ovations hosts a national touring company. There’s plenty of fine […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Durham Community School PTA,  seeking crafters, business owners for a fair on Nov. 19 at the Durham Community School Gymnasium, 654 Hallowell Road, $20 for 8-foot table, proceeds support field trip funding, FMI, Nancy Decker at orc95@comcast.net, 751-1323 or Laurel Gervais at lgervais@maine.rr.com. Freeport Historical Society, seeking 6-8 actors […]

The fall season’s artistic offerings continue in full force this week with a variety of happenings. My personal pick of this weekend’s events is the annual October appearance of classical pianist Laura Kargul, a longtime professor at the University of Southern Maine School of Music. She’s appearing this Friday in Gorham in the Spotlight Series, […]