WXPN Launches 'Artist To Watch: Black Opry Residency' For Emerging Artists
by Michael Major - Jun 8, 2023
Hosted by John Morrison, the podcast presents five stories of up-and-coming Black musicians seeking to reclaim country and Americana as inclusive genres. The first episode of the 5-part series is available to stream across all digital platforms, with subsequent episodes airing each week on Thursday through Black Music Month.
LES MISERABLES Returns To Alpine Theatre Project
by Stephi Wild - Apr 18, 2023
Fifty five high school students from all over the Flathead Valley have been working together to present what is widely considered Broadway's most famous and most epic musical, Les Miserables, running April 27-30 at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center. This production is part of the ATP Kids Educational Outreach Program.
Photos: Go Inside THE CLOSURE EXPERIENCE, Playing its Final Performance Tonight
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 10, 2022
Boundless Tuesdays, featuring Eleanor Rigby Is Waiting by award-winning author David James Parr and live music performance from singer-songwriter Hadiza Dockeray and her band, plays its final sold-out performance, presented as The Closure Experience, today, Tuesday, May 10th at 6:30pm at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre Space (61 Christopher Street).
VIDEO: Go Inside Boundless Tuesdays Series With ELEANOR RIGBY IS WAITING
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 29, 2022
An inside look at the inaugural Boundless Tuesdays installation series. Boundless Theater (A Stage Without Borders) is presenting the play Eleanor Rigby Is Waiting by award-winning author David James Parr and live music performance from singer-songwriter Hadiza Dockeray and her band.
Photos: First Look at Boundless Theater's Inaugural BOUNDLESS TUESDAYS Event
by Stephi Wild - Apr 19, 2022
Get a first look at photos from the inaugural Boundless Tuesdays installation series from Boundless Theater (A Stage Without Borders), featuring David James Parr’s play Eleanor Rigby Is Waiting and live music performance from singer-songwriter Hadiza Dockeray and her band.
Delightful Throwback SCREWBALL COMEDY Announced at The Public Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 18, 2022
Imagine His Girl Friday meets The Carol Burnett Show and you've got SCREWBALL COMEDY, a fast-paced, hilarious nod to the Hollywood comedies of the '30s and '40s playing at The Public Theatre, Lewiston/Auburn's professional theatre, April 29 – May 8th. Filled with zany characters and snappy banter reminiscent of the movies of Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn, this delightful comedy will keep you laughing from start to finish.
BWW Review: Public Theatre's DANCING LESSONS Is a Poignant Pas de Deux
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Mar 22, 2022
The Public Theatre’s latest offering is a poignant, quirky romantic comedy that becomes a heartwarming pas de deux between its injured dancer heroine and a geoscientist with Asperger’s Syndrome, who enlists her help not only in learning to dance, but also in exploring, what for him, is the uncharted territory of human friendship and intimacy. Mark St. Germain’s 2014 two-character, seventy-five minute play dances with an ironic humor, fast repartee, unexpected revelations that evolve from the relationship of this mismatched pair, and an ending that is hopeful in its transformative inner reality.
DANCING LESSONS Announced At The Public Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 1, 2022
The Public Theatre begins the second half of its exciting season with Dancing Lessons, a delightfully unpredictable romantic comedy playing live at the theatre March 11 – 20, or by video on demand March 15-20th
World Premiere of SENIOR LIVING Directed by Judith Ivey Opens This Friday
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 26, 2022
In an unprecedented season of five new works in its six-show subscription season, the third new work in the series, Senior Living, opens this Friday, January 28 at 7:30 pm. Initially slated for the 2020-21 season, the show was postponed due to the pandemic.
QPAC Announces a Month of Music in March
by Stephi Wild - Dec 14, 2021
From pop, rock and swing to Broadway hits, orchestra and opera, Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC) Concert Hall will be chockers with something for all music fans this March.
BWW Review: An Everyman's Journey: MIDDLETOWN at The Public
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Oct 21, 2021
The Public Theatre’s production of Dan Clancy’s MIDDLETOWN proves a clever way to maneuver the company back into production after the pandemic pause. The four-character comedy-drama, designed to be performed without scenery or costumes by actors who read from scripts at podiums, requires a minimalist production and asks the audience to concentrate only on the characters’ journey from kindergarten to old age. That story, as directed by Janet Mitchko, is sweetly funny and warmly heartfelt.
BWW Review: Public Theatre's I AND YOU Delivers a Deep Emotional Punch
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Mar 19, 2021
Filmed before the pandemic and just now offered for online streaming, Lauren Gunderson’s two-character play, I AND YOU, is a dense, poetic, and profoundly intense drama about two teenagers whom illness and fate bring together in an unexpected and inseparable way. The beautifully crafted script and the energetic and committed pair of actors make this fast-paced, ninety-minute story unfold with humor, pathos, and ultimately – in its surprise ending - with a deep emotional punch.
The Public Theatre Presents I AND YOU
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 12, 2021
Joyful and heartbreaking, I AND YOU carries an uplifting message for anyone currently feeling isolated and disconnected. One year later, this unforgettable play has become more timely and satisfying than ever.
I AND YOU Comes to The Public Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 27, 2020
When was the last time you saw a contemporary coming-of-age story that featured a pair of compelling and complex teenage characters that in its final moments left you breathless? I and You, is that play - youthful, humorous, powerful and profoundly moving. Some reviewers have called it, a?oethe most life-affirming play you'll ever see onstagea??.
BWW Review: We Go Together: MSMT and Lewiston's Public Theatre Co-Produce GREASE
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Jun 20, 2019
Just as the youthful cast sings their exuberant anthem, 'We Go Together,' at the close of GREASE, so, too, might the theatre-loving communities of Midcoast Maine find new reason to celebrate in the first-ever co-production of Maine State Music Theatre and The Public Theatre. From June 18-30, 2019, the two Equity companies have joined forces to present Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey's beloved classic, in Lewiston in a fresh, new, vibrant production that recaptures all the joy, travails, libido and angst of adolescence.