The Brunswick High School Players are pleased to announce their fall play, “The Great Gatsby.” Show times are at 7 p.m. on Nov. 16 and 17, and at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Nov. 18. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” adapted for the stage by Simon Levy, tells the story of high society […]
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Audience laughs way through ‘The Realistic Joneses,’ a four-person show in Brunswick
When John and Pony Jones move in down the road from Bob and Jennifer Jones, it turns out they have more in common than their names.
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Things to Do: Plays about dad and love, mock court
You can also see how Day of the Dead is celebrated, with altar, storytelling and music.
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Theater review: The challenges of modern motherhood front and center in ‘Paint Night’
Sisterhood rules in Carey Crim’s latest work, which is having its world premiere at The Public in Lewiston.
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This Cape Elizabeth senior started writing a musical in middle school. Now, it’s hitting the stage.
Hadley Johnson wrote the music, lyrics and book for ‘Afterthought.’ She’s also the director, choreographer and star.
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Theater review: The wacky world of ‘Spamalot’ takes the stage in South Portland
Portland Players starts its season off with the Monty Python comedy.
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Bedside table: ‘Irving Berlin: A Daughter’s Memoir,’ by Mary Ellin Barrett
Book recommendations from readers.
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Annual Maine Playwrights Festival now open for script submissions
Acorn Productions, producers of the annual Maine Playwrights Festival, recently announced that they are now accepting scripts for the 22nd edition of the long-running incubator for new plays by local playwrights. Anybody living in Maine is eligible to submit a new play for consideration in the festival. All new plays submitted to the festival must […]
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New chapter unfolds at Colby College as the arts take flight with $95 million facility
The Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts is poised to open soon as the latest investment over several years to transform the college and city into a cultural destination.
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Theater review: A persuasive – or manipulative? – psychic seeks answers from the dead in ‘The Thin Place’
At places, the Portland Theater Festival production drags, but mostly it ‘offers enough intrigue, comic relief and bits of spooky theatricality to engage.’