Maine Theatre Newsroom

This is the last chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Maine Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Dial M for Murder by  Frederick Knott, adapted by Jefferey Hatcher, is coming to Penobscot Theatre Company next month. Learn more about the show and how to get tickets here!

This is the final week to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Maine Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Voting continues for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Maine Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Don't miss your chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Maine Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

The historic Bangor Opera House is once again buzzing with life, as Penobscot Theatre Company delivers an all-new production of A Christmas Carol that rivals the grandeur of larger metropolitan stages. See photos from the production.

Voting is now open for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Maine Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

The Monmouth Community Players will present the 4th Annual MCP Shorts Play Festival, happening at the start of the new year, January 3-5, at Cumston Hall in Monmouth, ME.

What did our critic think of PAULA POUNDSTONE at Jonathan's?

USM Department of Theatre brings the Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (30 Plays in 60 Minutes) to Russell Hall Stage, running December 5-8, 2024.

Explore the intricate dance-theater production SPLIT MY SOUL by Kelsie Steil, featuring seven characters navigating mental health themes with an original score by Michael Wall at the Historical City Theater. Learn how to attend!

Monmouth Community Players has announced MCPKids! production of “A Dickens Christmas Carol” and “Three Ghosts and a Jock.” Learn more about the production here!

Portland Stage Company will present the timeless tale of love, friendship, and the lengths we go to to care for our loved ones, THE SNOW QUEEN.

First Parish Unitarian Universalist announced its 98th annual PAGEANT OF THE NATIVITY, a cherished tradition featuring a live nativity scene and carols, set to take place this December.

Portland Symphony Orchestra will perform Magic of Christmas this holiday seaosn. The beloved holiday classic soars to dazzling heights as Cirque de la Symphonie joins the Portland Symphony Orchestra for Magic of Christmas.

Portland Symphony Orchesta will perform La bohème next year! One of opera’s most beloved classics, Puccini’s La bohème explores the triumphs and tragedies of love in the lives of a group of bohemian friends.

Time is running out to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Maine Awards. Don't miss Thursday's October 31st deadline!

Time is running out to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Maine Awards. Don't miss next week's October 31st deadline!

The Portland Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 100th anniversary with Pops! concerts featuring Voctave's 'The Corner of Broadway & Main Street' on November 2 and 3 at Merrill Auditorium.

There are just two weeks left to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Maine Awards. The 2024 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Lewiston’s Public Theatre opens its 34th season to a full house, convulsed in laughter at the Victorian spoof,  DRACULA:  A COMEDY OF TERRORS.  The 2023 Off- Broadway comedy by Steve Rosen and Gordon Greenberg is a sendup of Bram Stoker’s Gothic novel Dracula, but in this delightful comic concoction, horror is replaced with frothy fun and sheer silliness.

 Portland Stage Company and Dramatic Repertory Company will present ANGELS IN AMERICA PT 2: PERESTROIKA.

The University of Southern Maine's Department of Theatre will present a radio play adaptation of THE WIZARD OF OZ to launch their 2024-2025 season, offering a fresh take on the classic tale. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Mad Horse Theatre will present Dark Horse Nights! This new series of staged readings presents works that provide additional insights and conversation to the mainstage productions they align with. In this inaugural reading, The Witch of Edmonton is presented alongside Jen Silverman's Witch, a modern re-telling of the same story.

Discover the world premiere of WAKE, a dark comedy by Daniel Reynolds, in Downeast Maine this October. Presented by the new theatre company Machias ACT, in collaboration with local arts organizations. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.