By Nan Lincoln Special to The Ellsworth American Don’t make any plans for the next three weekends, unless of course your plans include attending one, two or three of the Maine music and drama festivals. Yup, it’s that time of year again when the area’s talented area high and middle school students strut their stuff …
Reviewed by Nan Lincoln for the Ellsworth American BLUE HILL — It was a frigid cold Saturday night as I drove toward Blue Hill to see “Constellations” the latest offering from the New Surry Theatre. With my car heater blasting as it attempted to keep me from freezing, I couldn’t help but imagine myself at …
Reviewed by Nan Lincoln Special to The Ellsworth American ELLSWORTH — It has been a decade or so since the Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Maine has taken us on a trip to Venice aboard “The Gondoliers” with its side trip to the realm of Barataria. I had forgotten what a fun, topsy-turvy musical excursion …
By Nan Lincoln Special to The Ellsworth American ELLSWORTH — Hearing the singing upstairs at the Moore Center, it was impossible not to smile. Members of the Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Maine were in the midst of rehearsing a jolly chorus number from their new production of “The Gondoliers,” which opens at The Grand …
BLUE HILL — In the past decade or so, the concept of multiple universes and non-linear time has enjoyed increasing popularity. It was once the province of theoretical physicists and other science geeks, and, perhaps, the occasional comic book — remember Superman’s “Bizarro World”? These days, pop culture and highbrow movies, TV dramas and novels …
BANGOR — Here’s something for which it’s worth bundling up in your warmest coat, mittens and hat and making a trip to Bangor. Penobscot Theatre Co.’s current production of the Broadway hit “Matilda the Musical” radiates such heartwarming fun, it’s a wonder the temperature in Bangor doesn’t go up a good 15 or 20 …
ELLSWORTH — What a gas to see the talented actors of Ellsworth High School tackling a new musical. And what a fun show “The Addams Family” is. It’s something of a mystery why this clever musical comedy by Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice and Andrew Lippa wasn’t a bigger hit when it opened on Broadway in …
By Nan Lincoln Special to The Ellsworth American BLUE HILL — If George Emlen ruled the world, one suspects that singing would be a mandatory activity all over the globe, to be practiced with gusto at least once a day and preferably with friends and neighbors. Ever since he was in high school in Philadelphia …
By Nan Lincoln Special to The Ellsworth American BLUE HILL — The New Surry Theatre is launching its 2019-20 performance season with something new and different and, judging by a rehearsal last Sunday, quite special. “Fun Home” the Tony Award-winning musical based on American cartoonist Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir, opens Friday, Nov. 8, for a …
By Nan Lincoln Special to The Ellsworth American BAR HARBOR — Everyone has a story, and many dream of turning their story into a book one day. Some actually do, and the world is richer and more interesting for it. But most, due to work, family and other time-consuming activities, or perhaps lack of confidence, …
Reviewed by Nan Lincoln Special to The Ellsworth American BANGOR — It has likely been a good long while since you last saw the 1944 Oscar-winning film “Gaslight,” with Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer. Me too. But I wonder if you remember laughing. Well, I sure don’t. So, imagine the surprise and delight of those …
BLUE HILL — When I was a kid, we used to have an antique, wind-up gramophone with a small collection of vintage 78 records from the 1940s. The hands-down favorite for me and my siblings was a record called “Ticklish Reuben,” which was largely a recording of the singer laughing (because he was ticklish, see?). …
