Short stories by acclaimed Maine writers Monica Wood and Morgan Talty are coming to the stage! Midcoast Literacy, a non-profit organization that provides free literacy tutoring to people of all…
Film and Theater
“The Lost Leonardo” - (PG-13; 1 hour, 36 minutes) - The inside story behind the Salvator Mundi, the most expensive painting ever sold at $450 million, claimed to be a long-lost…
In the Glenn Kenny review of The Lost Leonardo, a NYT Critic's Pick and opening this week at Lincoln Theater, he notes that “this documentary…
Welcome back to our newly renovated theater. We hope you enjoy the dark blue color scheme, new concession stand and state of the art acoustical surround sound system while watching some of the…
Jennifer Hudson won an Oscar for her stunning portrayal of Effie in the movie musical, “Dreamgirls.” Aretha Franklin hand-picked Hudson, to play her in “Respect.”
“The Green Knight…
The Waldo Theatre, at 916 Main St., Waldoboro, is hosting its second in a series of new movie nights with a screening of the adventure-comedy “Back to the Future” Friday, Sept. 17 at 7 p…
His breakout role was in the Oscar winning film “Slumdog Millionaire” (2008). In May 2012, he played Sonny Kapoor in “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” (2011). In March 2015, he had a leading role…
The Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) has announced the slate of feature and short films for its 17th edition, which will take place in person, from Sept. 16-19, at venues in Camden and…
As we move into September, movies return and we gallop towards resuming many of our favorite series, including broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera whose tickets go on sale in the upcoming week…
While Maine State Music Theatre has made the decision to end its season early, it will produce “Jersey Boys” on Sept. 1 – 19 at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center.
“Jersey…
THE POWER OF LIVE PERFORMANCE TO ADDRESS THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC
ROCKLAND — Never Leaving This Boat—Fragments of a Blues Opera, a provocative and challenging new work by Maine-based playwright Michael Gorman will premiere during National Recovery Month…
This week: cooking, music, dance and ... auditions! Now that’s entertainment.
“Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain” - (R; 1 hour, 59 minutes) - It’s not where you go. It’s what you…
Boothbay Region Y Arts
The Boothbay Region Y Arts group entertained good crowds at it two-performance (2 and 5 p.m.) production of “Shrek Jr. The Musical” on Saturday, Aug. 21. The story of the ogre, Shrek, his pal,…
On Sept. 18 a cast of singers who worked with the late musical director and pianist Dominic Garvey will perform a tribute concert in his honor at the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor.
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Y Arts presents SHREK Junior! Saturday, Aug. 21 at 2 and 5 p.m. in the Boothbay Region YMCA gymnasium.
It's a "big bright beautiful world" as everyone's favorite ogre, Shrek, leads a cast…
We are so pleased to have live music continue this week from the Lincoln Theater stage with our friends at the Salt Bay Chamberfest. And on Friday, we open an intriguing - and controversial - film…
Lincoln Academy (LA) and Heartwood Regional Theater Company announce their 19th Annual Student Collaboration, the musical “Oklahoma!” scheduled for fall 2021.
Auditions are open to high…
“The Loneliest Whale” - (PG; 1 hour, 30 minutes) - A cinematic quest to find the “52 Hertz Whale,” which scientists believe has spent its entire life in solitude calling out at a…
Maine State Music Theatre in Brunswick has won Best Theatre of the Decade – as well as nine other awards – from the Maine Broadway World Equity…
Soon the marquee above Harbor Theater will be advertising the first film to screen since mid-March 2020: “On Broadway.” Plans are set for reopening on or around Sept. 17. The date will depend on…
It all started with a mysterious sound in the Pacific. This sound, first discovered in the 1980s and suspected of being a Russian submarine by a top-secret program of the U.S. Navy, turned out to…
The Boothbay Region Y Arts summer theater group presented two delightful shows of Disney’s musical “Moana JR.” on Saturday, July 31 in the Y’s gymnasium. The cast of 32 elementary school age…
Review
Brace yourself for an excellent evening of live theater at Poe Theater where Heartwood is performing “Pride and Prejudice,” the Kate Hamill adaption, that is. I had never seen it before this week…
Maine State Music Theater
Join Maine State Music Theater for its first Theatre for Young Audiences show of the season, with Robin and Clark’s reimagined “Beauty…
Heartwood Theater is back. Live theater is back. Audiences are back. And tickets are going like hotcakes, for Kate Hamill’s modern adaptation of Jane Austen’s most popular novel, “Pride and…
Due to the rain predicted for tonight, Tuesday, July 27, the Harbor Theater is rescheduling “Ghostbusters” for tomorrow night, Wednesday, July 28. Screening in the Meadow Mall parking lot, a.k.a.…
“The New Deal for Artists” - (1976 - Remastered) - Guest speaker Sarah Peskin. Narrated by the iconic Orson Welles, “The New Deal for Artists,” also features a who’s who of 20th Century…
Moana and Maui are coming to the Boothbay Region YMCA. Jojo Shea (Moana) and Trey Tibbetts (Maui) will lead a cast of 33 local youth in a Y Arts Summer Production of “Moana Junior!” Performances…
This year we are pleased to host our second home grown film festival, the MidCoast Film Fest, featuring three Maine premieres, three New England premieres, and three Q&A sessions with…
Heartwood Theater is back on stage this summer, with live performances of Kate Hamill’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel “Pride and Prejudice,” running July 30 through Aug. 7. Loaded…
The Lincoln Theater is located at 2 Theater Street in downtown Damariscotta.
For all matinee screenings until July 23, masks are required and tickets must be purchased in advance. For…
Community theater auditions are being held by appointment over zoom from Thursday, July 1…
Can you hear the feet tapping and the dancer rapping? Isn’t it time to raise your spirits? Come celebrate summer and get a different “jab-in-the-arm.”
“In the Heights” - (PG-13; 2 hours,…
This Friday, June 25, marks another step in our re-opening. While we will continue with our current pandemic procedures for matinees (masks required, advance tickets only, etc.) starting with…
Lincoln Theater
The time has come for what may be the movie event of the summer, and you can catch it at Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater. From the creator of the Broadway hit musical “Hamilton,” comes his first…
“LCCT presents: Women in Jeopardy!” - In this riotous comedy, middle-aged mom Liz has a new man. And let’s face it … he’s just plain creepy. When a mysterious disappearance sets the community on…
Maine State Music Theatre’s (MSMT) collaboration with Portland Stage continues with two co-productions this season – “The Everly Brothers” on July 23-25 at the Pickard Theater on the Bowdoin…
“Limbo” - (R; 1 hour, 43 minutes) - A wry and poignant observation of the refugee experience, set on a fictional remote Scottish island where a group of new arrivals await the results of their…
The Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper has been notified of the cancellation of the Meadow Mall drive-in tomorrow night featuring “Raiders of the Lost Ark…
Wednesday, May 26 was day two of filming at Boothbay Railway Village for Director Christophe Herreros, Assistant Director Manon Pietrzak, Director of Photography Margot Besson, Sound Engineer…
When I sat down with Parisian filmmaker Christophe Herreros in Southport last week, he was concerned about the absence of fog since his arrival from Paris May 12. The absence of fog is usually not…
“Together Together” - (R; 1 hour, 30 minutes) - A hilarious and heartwarming comedy/drama. When young loner Anna is hired as the gestational surrogate for Matt, a single man in…
Do you know that the Y has an award-winning signature arts program? It’s called Y-Arts, and it was founded in 1999 by Ginny Bishop. Y-Arts is now directed by her daughter, Emily Mirabile, who…
Helen Meserve of the Harbor Theater reported a great community event at the Meadow Mall on Saturday night.
Approximately 200 people came out to the pop-up drive in. …
At the present time, no concessions are on sale, no outside food or drink allowed, and masks must be worn at all times inside Lincoln Theater. All tickets must be purchased in advance through our…
Ever notice that usually the most successful children’s programming speaks just as well to adults? Sesame Street is a perfect example. This week you can find out why.
“The Truffle…
Heartwood Theater will soon present a free online, fully-produced film production of Henrik Ibsens’ “Rosmersholm.”
Originally on the calendar for live performance last spring, the play had…
One of the joys of going to the movies is to escape and marvel in unknown and unfamiliar worlds – to take a break from the tribulations of daily life and get lost in wonder. The Truffle Hunters…
As the curtain rose on “Nomadland” at Lincoln Theater March 19, Andrew Fenniman couldn’t have been happier. The sold out audience of 50, masked and socially distanced, was ready – despite the…
At the present time, no concessions are on sale, no outside food or drink is allowed, and masks must be worn at all times inside Lincoln Theater. All tickets must be purchased in advance through…
