“Chef” stars Jon Favreau as Carl Casper, a chef who suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity. Soon after he…
Film and Theater
Elmo’s got the moves. Have you got the moves?
Families are invited to get up and get moving with Elmo, Abby Cadabby and everyone’s favorite Sesame Street friends when Sesame Street Live “Let…
The Harbor Theatre is presenting a matinee of “Chef” today, Aug. 13, at 2 p.m.
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At the Movies
Chef Carl Casper (Jon Favreau) suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant only to find himself in Miami, teaming up with his ex-wife, his friend and his son to launch a food…
Maine State Music Theatre's (MSMT) 2014 season is still rockin’ with their remarkable season closing production of the high-energy dance musical, “…
Live Theater
And The Father said to His children, Adam and Eve, of His Garden of Eden, “It's perfect.”
I left a final dress rehearsal of the Boothbay Playhouse production of “Children of Eden” blown away…
Monty Python Live (mostly)
For the first time in more than three decades, comedy legends Monty Python performed live on stage together this year. Monty Python are rightfully regarded as…
Maine State Music Theatre (MSMT) presents Footlight Follies, a show so big it starts outside Brunswick’s Pickard Theatre, on Monday, Aug. 11, on the Bowdoin College campus from 6:45 to 7:25 p.m.…
Telling the stories of Adam and Eve, Cain, Abel and Noah's Ark, “Children Of Eden” has a powerful score that both moves and inspires as it explores the themes of personal responsibility, rebellion…
Often when people hear the word documentary, they think: boring. Cast that thought aside and come experience the excitement of exploring the life of one of America's most beloved film critics,…
After a nearly 50-year hiatus, “The Endless Summer” returns Thursday, July 31 at 7 pm. Bruce Brown had been making films about surfing since the late 1950s, this was his first film to…
It’s beautiful, haunting and deep. It’s polished, nuanced and compelling. It’s artistry on stage and absolutely unlike anything else to be experienced in Maine theater this summer.
In a…
For the first time in over three decades, the legendary Monty Python performed live on stage together this summer. Captured live on stage at London’s O2 Arena, “Monty Python Live (Mostly)” will…
The Boothbay Playhouse closes its 2014 summer season with “Children of Eden,” an epic musical about parents, children and faith. From the Garden of Eden to the tides that raise Noah’s Ark, “…
Al Miller, the The Theater Project’s founder and artistic director, is directing a shortened version of Shakespeare's final play, “The Tempest,” at the gazebo on Brunswick's Mall, as part of the…
Harbor Theatre
Set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons and based on the book by Cressida Cowell, action comedy “How To Train Your Dragon-2” …
Vernon Rail of Southport has been surfing since 1964, the same year the movie “The Endless Summer” debuted. The movie is about surfers from California traveling all over the world in search of the…
“Chef,” written and directed by Jon Favreau in the title role is the story of Chef Carl Casper who suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to…
Heartwood Regional Theater Company's “The Legend of Jim Cullen,” premiered last summer and opens July 24 this year, completely rewritten by playwright/director Griff Braley with a musical score by…
Did we forget to thank you? Because of you, Lincoln Theater was voted Best Theater Venue in Maine in the 2014 Down East Magazine Reader's Choice awards. This week is a good example of some of the…
Playing at The Harbor Theatre
“The Endless Summer” (digitally restored) is Bruce Brown's first film on surfing to receive a…
Laughter echoed through the historic Opera House at Boothbay Harbor when veteran standup comedian Paula Poundstone took the stage on July 18.
Poundstone's brand of commentary, observation…
Winner of the 1988 Tony Award of Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical, “Into The Woods” continues at the Boothbay Playhouse for six more shows. Based on the well-known fairy tales of the…
Maine State Music Theatre
Maine State Music Theatre (MSMT) in Brunswick presents the hit Broadway show “Godspell” for two shows only on Monday, July 28 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
“Godspell,” based loosely on the Gospels…
“The Legend of Jim Cullen” is a story of a New Brunswick immigrant living in the wild frontier of Aroostook County in 1873, and the only recorded lynching in New England history.
The…
“Into the Woods,” is an imaginative blending of the story lines of some of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's most famous characters, Rapunzel, Cinderella, Jack (…
Due to the rain, the Harbor Theatre will open at 2:30 today for a 3 p.m. matinee of "Jersey Boys." For this week’s complete theater listing,…
There's something for everyone this week at The Harbor Theatre: pop music, dog rescue efforts, culinary adventure and surfing.
“Jersey Boys,” rated R, is based on the Tony Award-winning…
Since this season's Carousel Music Theater cast arrived on June 16, they've been memorizing songs and learning how to serve — cabaret style.
On June 17, Carousel owner Robb Barnard handed…
Photo
This scene from the July 2 performance of Cave Dogs at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor was one of many that dazzled and mystified. The piece, entitled "Sureminded Uncertainties," used…
Summertime, and the living is easy ... sports, plays, food, friends. Hope you can join us this week at Lincoln Theater.
Chef (R, 1 hour 55 minutes)
Chef…
A small group of Theater Project alumni are taking the stage this summer for a production of Matt & Ben, a satirical look at the early lives of the authors and stars of the 1997 film “Good…
Opening July 24 at Heartwood, “The Legend of Jim Cullen: A Dramatic Musical,” has indeed grown, since its premiere run last summer. Tighter, restructured and compacted, it soars on the notes of a…
Maine State Music Theater
Maine State Music Theatre (MSMT) continues the 2014 season with the rambunctious production of “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” July 16 through August 2. Based on the MGM blockbuster film of the…
All of your favorite fairy tales will come to life when the Boothbay Playhouse performs the Tony Award winning musical, “Into the Woods.” The brainchild of songwriting genius Stephen Sondheim, “…
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” is Wes Anderson’s comedy masterpiece about the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa…
Get To Know...
Who are you? Where are you from? What do you do?
Audience members at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor Friday, July 18 may be asked these questions when Paula Poundstone brings her brand of…
A pictorial history of shows performed at the Pickard Theater on the Bowdoin College campus date back to 1959 and “The Song of Norway,” staged by the Brunswick Summer Playhouse. The performance…
Boothbay Region YMCA
Woof, woof, woof! The YMCA Music Theatre Camp wowed audiences with their first production of the summer, 101 Dalmatians KIDS. The cast of 30 danced their way through two performances on Friday,…
Chef Carl Casper (Jon Favreau) suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner (Dustin…
There are so many great folks that work in the hospitality business in Damariscotta — making life fun for residents and tourists alike. What they often don't get a chance to do is enjoy things…
Maine State Music Theatre
Maine State Music Theatre’s (MSMT) production of "Chamberlain: A Civil War Romance" brings the life of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain to the stage. The story centers…
When an audience laughs loudly together and breaks out into applause at the end of a film, you know you have a silver screen winner. Such was the case at The Harbor Theatre on June 26. “Chef,”…
Boothbay Playhouse
Bali Ha'i may call you, any night, any day …
That's right. This song is so hauntingly beautiful I haven't been able to get it out of my head since the June 23…
Happy start of summer from Lincoln Theater! Time to barbecue, hit the beach, work in the garden, take a long walk in the woods and finish the day in the sweet air conditioning of…
Chef Carl Casper (Jon Favreau) suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner (Dustin…
Boothbay Playhouse
"South Pacific," opens June 26 at the Boothbay Playhouse. Set during World War II, on a tropical island where American troops are stationed as they wait to be called to war…
The Harbor Theatre presents the final “Belle” screenings Wednesday, June 18 and Thursday June…
A comedic adventure from one of the world’s most celebrated contemporary playwrights, Alan Ayckbourn, comes to the screen this week when we broadcast from London on Thursday.
Ayckbourn holds…
Maleficent is the extremely powerful, evil fairy in Disney's 1959 animated feature, “Sleeping Beauty.” The character returns in 2014, played by Angelina Jolie in Disney's “Maleficent” a fairy-tale…
