BAR HARBOR — The Ellsworth High School Theatre of the Mad Jesters and Deer Isle-Stonington High School took first and second place in the 2019 Maine Drama Festival’s Class B regional competition held last weekend at Mount Desert Island High School. EHS will go on to compete in and host the finals Friday and Saturday, …
A tall, gangly young man, wearing a rather baggy dark suit and running shoes maneuvers through a forest of music stands at George Stevens Academy, where Maine’s District VI Jazz Festival was being held last week. Despite the suit, Jamie Calandro resembled a marathon runner pacing before a race start, exuding tension and anticipation. In …
A provocatively written play, directed well, with an excellent, talented cast and fine production values is the basic formula for a successful theatrical production.
ELLSWORTH — Once again the perfect cure for the winter blahs arrived right on schedule, last Friday, when area high school and middle school show choirs turned up to wow audiences with their talent and enthusiasm at Maine’s District VI Vocal Jazz and Show Choir Festival held at Ellsworth High School. EHS’s rollicking, rip-roaring performance …
ELLSWORTH — The regional vocal jazz and show choir competitions, which will be held on Friday, March 1, at Ellsworth High School, have often been described as a circus. The crowds, the colorful costumes, the dance, the razzle-dazzle and such help create that atmosphere. But this year the EHS show choir will make that description …
BANGOR — Well paint my face blue and call me Roscoe if I didn’t have a heck of a lot of fun last Saturday at the Bangor Opera — or should I say Opry? — House, where I saw Penobscot Theatre Company’s production of “Honky Tonk Laundry.” This two-woman show of near non-stop country classics …
ELLSWORTH — For several decades now, the Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Maine has been providing theater-goers with the musical equivalent of comfort food to help see us through the dreary mid-winter months. And really what could be more delicious in this season of hard-packed snow and treacherous ice than to enjoy our friends and …
ORONO — Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s members appear in local halls and churches from time to time like stray egrets, accompanying various chorale concerts and theatrical productions with their violins, woodwinds, brasses and timpani. But it is another thing altogether to see and hear their lovely song in their natural habitat.Last weekend I had such …
ORONO — Seeing Jasmine Ireland on stage is always a kick, even though most often, these days, her stage appearances have been confined to showing the Ellsworth High School’s student actors how it’s done as the director and choreographer of the school’s musicals, plays and show choir performances. One hopes that those young actors will …
BLUE HILL — Ever innovative, the New Surry Theatre is trying something new in its mission to stage top-notch theatrical entertainment for the greater Hancock County community and train new directors to continue the company’s legacy of excellence. In recent weeks at the Town Hall Theater, where the Neil Simon comedy “Last of the Red …
