From the author of “Lunenberg” and “The Ladies Foursome” comes “Halfway There,” a hilarious and heartwarming comedy about the unshakeable bonds of female friendship playing March 14-23 at The Public Theatre in Lewiston. The Public Theatre describes the show as “Steel Magnolias” meets “The Golden Girls.” Four lovable ladies meet every day for coffee and […]
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Lewiston theater to stage off-Broadway hit featuring audience participation
The Public Theatre in Lewiston is putting on the play “Every Brilliant Thing” from Jan. 24 through Feb. 2. This funny and moving story is told with the help of the audience. When a woman goes into the hospital because she finds it “hard to be happy,” her 7-year-old daughter starts writing her a list […]
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‘A Christmas Carol’ returns to The Public Theatre in Lewiston
This holiday season, for one weekend only, The Public Theatre in Lewiston presents its adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” this weekend, Dec 13-15. This inventive version, performed by six actors and a fiddler, was developed at The Public Theatre by former Executive/Co-Artistic Director Christopher Schario. It has since been published and performed by theaters around […]
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Lewiston’s The Public Theatre kicks off 34th season with ‘Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors’
Halloween is coming to Lewiston for The Public Theatre’s season opener, “Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors,” showing from Oct. 11-17. It will be the Maine premiere of the recent off-Broadway show. The Public Theatre describes the show as “putting the legendary story of Dracula into a blender with Mel Brooks, Monty Python and The Carol […]
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Lewiston theater presents Johnny Cash tribute ‘Late and Alone’
The Public Theatre in Lewiston will present the one-man show “Late and Alone: An Intimate Portrait of Johnny Cash” on July 13 and 14. Litchfield native Scott Moreau embodies Johnny Cash to perform all of Cash’s hits plus some deep cuts while telling anecdotes and more in-depth stories spanning nearly 50 years of Cash’s musical […]