Aiming to raise $500,000 by the end of its 2023 season, the Brunswick theater will launch its “Turn Up the Limelight” campaign to educate patrons about the work that goes into producing Broadway-caliber shows.
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Maine State Music Theatre finishes season at a loss for second consecutive year
Enthusiastic audiences and Broadway-caliber shows weren’t enough to make the theater profitable for the first time since the pandemic struck.
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Theater Review: Maine State Music Theatre seduces audiences with ‘Kinky Boots’
Based on a true story, the six-time Tony Award-winning musical “Kinky Boots” runs through Aug. 27 at the Pickard Theater in Brunswick.
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Theater review: Maine State Music Theatre delivers dazzling ‘Kinky Boots’
The very rewatchable production is the last of the Brunswick theater’s season.
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Review: Maine State Music Theatre’s ‘The Color Purple’ an emotional tour de force
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker, the musical “The Color Purple” will run through Aug. 6 at the Pickard Theater in Brunswick.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Letter: Discard outdated COVID rules, pandemic is over
I was infuriated to learn that Maine State Music Theatre was forced to cancel an entire production due to the Actors’ Equity union’s monitoring of positive COVID tests. Even though the affected actors were obviously not on the stage spewing germs into the audience and experienced very mild or no symptoms, the show still had […]
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Maine State Music Theatre, Portland Stage team up for ‘Smoke on the Mountain’
Maine State Music Theatre and Portland Stage will once again team up to present a co-production of “Smoke on the Mountain” from Aug. 2 – 28. The show tells the hilarious, heartwarming story of a Saturday Night Gospel Sing at a country church in North Carolina’s Smoky Mountains in 1938. The show features two dozen […]
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Maine State Music Theatre closes show early after cast members test positive for COVID-19
Union rules forced “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” to cancel the remainder of its performances after five cast members tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Theater review: Maine State Music Theatre brings high energy with ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’
The play, with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, will run through July 16 at the Pickard Theater in Brunswick.
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After 2 years of canceled shows and financial hardship, Maine State Music Theatre returns with a full season lineup
“The Sound of Music” kicks off the 2022 season Wednesday at Maine State Music Theatre.