Film and Theater

There's a new show coming to Channel 7.

Natives Ryan Leighton, Cody Mitchell and Brian Papineau are creating a TV series that will be…

2016 Junior Theater Festival
Boothbay Region YMCA Y-Arts 2016

Students from the Boothbay Region YMCA Y-Arts program in Boothbay Harbor won a Freddie G Excellence in Acting award and student Genevieve Taylor received a Freddie G Outstanding Student Director…

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The Harbor Theatre

“Spotlight” In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, a defrocked…

The Chocolate Church Arts Center received funding from Grants to Green to weatherize the Annex building, which includes the art gallery, green rooms, administrative offices and Curtis Room.

Resurgence Dance Company presents “Late Night Tales,” a contemporary ballet featuring vignettes of true stories depicting moments in dancers’ lives. Performances are in the Curtis Room of the…

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The Harbor Theatre
"Joy" is a comedy/drama written and directed by David O. Russell, director of “Silver Linings Playbook” and “American Hustle.”

Loosely…

Jennifer Lawrence’s tour de force performance in “Joy” is the number one reason to see this film. When you leave The Harbor Theatre, where it opens tonight at 7 p.m., you’ll understand why this…

Over 40 Midcoast students, in grades 3-8, from Georgetown to Waldoboro and South Bristol to Whitefield, are spending their January afternoons rehearsing in the Poe Theater at Lincoln Academy, in…

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The Harbor Theatre

“Carmen,” an opera in four acts from Euro Mediterranean Festival/Teatro Antico di Taormina, tells the story of a love-struck soldier and celebrity…

Y-Arts youth group Boothbay Harbor, ME

Thirty-one Y-Arts kids, ages 6 to 18, will be participating in the 11th annual Junior Theater Festival at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta Jan. 15-17, led by director Emily Mirabile.

In addition…

Aspiring owners of the historic Temple Theatre in Houlton, Maine have two extra weeks to make their case. The deadline for the essay contest, sponsored by current owner Michael Hurley, which will…

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The Harbor Theatre
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Set approximately 30 years after the events of “Return of the Jedi,” the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire have become…

The Lincoln Theater is partnering again with King Eider's Pub to invite you to enjoy a bit of local "dinner theater."

The annual Wednesday movie night promotion in January and February…

OK, so it’s kind of early to start planning next year’s gardens barely into January, but it’s the perfect time to peruse theater calendars in southern and Midcoast Maine.

Here’s a preview of…

Midcoast Youth Theatre of Brunswick

Auditions for “Jesus Christ Superstar,” to be presented by the Midcoast Youth Theater, is open to people of all ages!

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Playing this week at theaters in Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta ...

The Harbor Theatre

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is set approximately 30 years after the events of "Return of…

Presented by Corps de Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Massimo di Palermo Teatro Antico di Taormina, this gorgeous…

Yes, the holidays will soon be over — holiday leftovers and sweets eaten, wrapping paper and boxes recycled, Yule/Christmas trees taken down and the outdoor light shows dimmed — but, never fear,…

Film Review

“The Force Awakens,” the first in the new Star Wars sequel trilogy, is an experience you must see on the big screen. And it is a colossal, spectacular return of the Star Wars franchise.

All…

Playing this week at the theater in Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta ...

The Harbor Theatre

“Creed” Adonis Johnson (Michael B. Jordan) never knew his…

Film Review

The film “Creed” opens in the year 1998. We are in a correctional center for boys in Los Angeles — and some of these boys look like they're 8 through teens. Some very young boys are being led down…

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“Suffragette,” is easily one of the best films of 2015 about women's fight to win the vote in Great Britain. The sacrifices made by these women – physically, emotionally and mentally – (and surely…

The film “Merchants of Doubt” will be presented by Coastal Senior College Events Committee on Friday, Dec. 11 at 1:30 p.m. in…

Maine Community Foundation (MCF) recently awarded a Maine Theater Fund grant to Heartwood Regional Theater Company for initiatives that the company is undertaking through the 2015-2016 season.…
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The Vienna State Ballet’s “The Nutcracker,” playing Wednesday, Dec. 2 at The Harbor Theatre is, in a word, gorgeous!

Most everyone knows the story of this classic Christmas fairy tale,…

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The Harbor Theatre

“The Nutcracker” Tchaikovsky’s winter wonderland comes to life in this special production recorded for theatrical presentation in 2012 From the…

The Bolshhoi Ballet

Lincoln Theater in downtown Damariscotta, along with its regular programming, is pleased to offer four special events to celebrate this holiday season: an opera, a play, a ballet and a concert.…

The Harbor Theatre
Vienna State Ballet “Nutcracker”

The Harbor Theatre will present a holiday favorite, “The Nutcracker,” performed by the Vienna State Ballet on Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 2 and 7 p.m.

Choreography and stage direction by the great…

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Daniel Craig

The Harbor Theatre

Now playing, Daniel Craig stars as secret agent 007 in “Spectre,” the 24th James Bond film and the fourth to feature Craig, playing through…

BRHS Theatre

The saga continued at Boothbay Region High School's production of High School Musical II, where the students from East High were all getting ready for the summer. Troy Bolton, played by Camden…

Film Review

He's Bond. James Bond. And, in the form of Daniel Craig, just as suave, virile, good-looking, smart, sexy, and indestructible as ever in the 24th Bond movie, “…

The International Maritime Film Festival (IMFF) is now accepting submissions for a juried contest of films celebrating the heritage, spirit of adventure,…

Come join the East High Wildcats on their summer adventure full of upbeat toe tapping songs and huge dance numbers in “High School Musical 2.”

The ensemble cast: Camden Spear (Troy),…

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The Harbor Theatre

“The Martian” When astronauts blast off from the planet Mars, they leave behind Mark Watney (Matt Damon), presumed dead after a fierce storm.…

We're all in this together…again! After the Boothbay Region High School's Drama Club’s smash hit production of Disney's "High School Musical: ON STAGE!" They bring you Disney's "High School…

November 9, 2015, marks the 77thanniversary of Kristallnacht or the “Night of Broken Glass,” when a deadly pogrom was launched against Jews throughout…

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Steven Spielberg's latest offering, “Bridge of Spies,” tells the true story of James B. Donovan, an insurance lawyer from Brooklyn, who became an integral player in several key U.S. events. This…

This is the musical which most closely resembles the 1939 movie we have all loved for many years, “The Wizard of Oz.” It's hard to believe the original story by L. Frank Baum was written in 1900…

Suzanne Rankin

Lincoln County Community Theater (LCCT), the theater company in residence at the Lincoln Theater, continues its highly successful “Sundays without Scenery” series with Jefffrey Hatcher's “Mrs.…

Outer space, home to celestial bodies, both seen and unseen, has fascinated humans, well, forever I expect. The unknown is both intriguing and frightening, a starting point for dreams and…

With the success of “High School Musical” last spring, this year the fall musical for the drama club is the next installment in the series, “High School Musical 2,” again directed by 2008 BRHS…

The Chocolate Church Arts Center will be offering a movement workshop for actors on Saturday, Nov. 7 from 10 a.m. to noon. This workshop, taught by choreographer Ashley Steeves of Resurgence Dance…

Film Review

Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway) had a brainstorm: an online fashion shopping website that guaranteed the clothing sold would fit the buyer. What? That sounds like crazy talk, but she delivers! In fact…

Boothbay Region High School

The study of the art of theater is alive and well at Boothbay Region High School. Read on to find out what's happening “back stage!”

The family friendly one-act play, “The Audition,” will be…

This year's Heartwood Theater and Lincoln Academy's annual youth collaboration is a rollicking comedy. Audiences can prepare for some unexpected, sophisticated student performances and a great…

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The Harbor Theatre

“Learning to Drive.” Wendy Shields (Patricia Clarkson) is a book editor from New York facing a marriage crisis. Darwan Singh Tur is a driving instructor from India with…

Audrey Hepburn

A new restoration of “My Fair Lady” plays at Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater for one day only, Friday, Oct. 23 with showings at 2 and 7 p.m.

Audrey Hepburn has never looked more radiant than…

Film Review

In “Learning To Drive,” the student and the driving instructor have much to learn from one another about life and relationships, all while riding through the streets of New York City (with a brief…

Lincoln Academy Drama and Heartwood Regional Theater continue a collaboration which is more than a decade in the making. “One Man, Two Guvnors,” by Richard Bean, is…