With warm hand pies for sale in the lobby and display cases full of full-size pies at each side of the stage, it’s not too much of a challenge to figure out a central element of “Waitress,” the season-opening show at the Ogunquit Playhouse. Based on a 2007 film written by Adrienne Shelly, the musical […]
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‘Matilda the Musical’ brings message to Yarmouth stage
The show, directed by Janie Downey, will run from May 17 to 26 at Royal River Community Players.
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Review: In ‘Clyde’s’ at Portland Stage, sometimes a sandwich is more than a sandwich
Former inmates employed at a truck stop work out past mistakes and hopes for the future while making lunch.
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Christopher Durang, Tony-winning playwright with acid wit, dies at 75
His darkly comic plays included ‘Miss Witherspoon,’ a Pulitzer finalist, and ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,’ a Tony-winning homage to Chekhov.
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Brunswick High School actors ace production of ‘Phantom of the Opera’
The near-Broadway level of production — completed with vocal powerhouse seniors from the school — earned a standing ovation on its opening night.
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Edward Bond, British playwright who battled royal censors, dies at 89
Across more than 50 plays and additional libretti for operas and ballets, Bond explored the rage and brutality that he saw as an essential part of the human condition.
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Waterville’s former Railroad Square Cinema to house acting playhouse, cultural events center
Randy and Lisa Jones of Augusta bought the former Railroad Square Cinema complex, which they have renamed The Playhouse at Waterville Station. Their long-term goal is to make it a center for the arts and artisans.
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Chita Rivera, revered and pioneering Tony-winning dancer and singer, dies at 91
When accepting a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2018, she said, ‘I wouldn’t trade my life in the theater for anything, because theater is life.’
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‘Knuffle Bunny’ comes musically alive at children’s museum
Mo Willems’ adaptation of his popular book will be performed Jan. 26 to Feb. 25.
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‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ depicts a fantasy world forsaken by rhyme and reason
The Theater Project in Brunswick is putting on a stage adaptation of a children’s book by the same name through Sunday, Dec. 17.