What happens when you take one part “Spamalot,” one part “Book of Mormon,” and add a rhyming couplet (or two) with a large splash of thrilling dance routines? You get the hilarious musical comedy that brings Shakespeare to glorious, vibrant life — “Something Rotten!” Set in 1595, “Something Rotten!” follows the story of Nick and Nigel Bottom, […]
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Review: Maine State Music Theatre climbs ladder of success with ‘9 to 5’
Playing at the Pickard Theatre in Brunswick through Aug. 5, this juicy revenge story set in the late ’70s tells the tale of three women who teach their sexist, egotistical boss a lesson he’ll never forget.
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Maine State Music Theatre presents sensory-friendly ‘Three Little Pigs’
Maine State Music Theatre will present a sensory-friendly performance for the Theatre for Young Audiences productions of “The Three Little Pigs” on at 6 p.m. July 24 in the Pickard Theater. The move to the main stage represents a change of venue for this program which, for the past seven years, had been held in MSMT’s […]
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Review: Maine State Music Theatre’s ‘Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story’ will have you screaming for an encore
Playing at the Pickard Theatre in Brunswick through July 15, the interactive 1950s musical tells the story of rock ‘n’ roll icon Buddy Holly and his rapid, brief rise to fame.
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Broadway composer and MSMT dedicate performance to those who died in submersible tragedy
Maine State Music Theatre and the composer of “Titanic,” Maury Yeston, dedicated the final performance of the production to the deceased passengers and pilot of the Titan submersible on June 22.
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Submersible tragedy top of mind among audience at ‘Titanic’ musical
The composer of the musical, which is playing at the Maine State Music Theatre in Brunswick, dedicated Thursday evening’s performance to the victims.
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Review: Maine State Music Theatre’s ‘Titanic’ a visual masterpiece
The Tony Award-winning musical will run through June 24 at the Pickard Theater in Brunswick.
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Maine State Music Theatre returns with a full season lineup and its most challenging show yet
“Titanic” kicks off the 2023 season June 7 at Maine State Music Theatre.
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Maine State Music Theatre singers to perform in Fryeberg
After a three-year pandemic hiatus, Maine State Music Theatre, the state’s leading professional company known for “Bringing Broadway to Brunswick,” returns to the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center (on the campus of Fryeburg Academy), on Friday, June 2, with the musical revue “MSMT Sings the Best of Broadway.” The 7 p.m. performance will celebrate the work […]
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Just a Little Old: On Curt Dale Clark’s amazing 10-year run with Maine State Music Theatre
Sometimes serendipity strikes. In 2005, Curt Dale Clark was a last-minute replacement to play the part of the Beast in Maine State Music Theatre’s “Beauty and the Beast.” “I didn’t know anything about MSMT or where Brunswick was,” says Curt. “And it was my first real experience with New England. But I loved it right […]