The theater attributes poor ticket sales to fear of COVID-19 and backlash against its vaccination requirements, which more venues say they plan to adopt.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Ex-Iowa anchor hopes her age bias lawsuit changes TV news
Sonya Heitshusen is challenging what she calls a widespread practice of removing older, female staffers from the air because of their looks.
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Watershed arts center receives $3 million endowment
The ceramic arts center in Edgecomb recently built a year-round studio.
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Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies at age 80
The quiet, elegantly dressed Watts was often ranked with Keith Moon, Ginger Baker and a handful of others as a premier rock drummer.
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Mayim Bialik to guest host ‘Jeopardy!’ after Richards’ exit
Sony Pictures says other hosts will follow and didn’t mention a permanent replacement.
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Lake Street Dive puts on feel-good show at Thompson’s Point
It was the venue’s first show requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccines or a negative test and the process appeared to go smoothly.
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NYC’s ‘Homecoming Concert’ cut short amid bad weather
The show was to star Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Jennifer Hudson, Carlos Santana, LL Cool J and others.
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Josephine Baker is first Black woman given Paris burial honor
After her death in 1975, she was buried in Monaco, buy plans are to reinter her remains at the Pantheon monument.
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Wilco bassist has embraced his midcoast community, and vice-versa
John Stirratt, who has lived near Damariscotta for the past few years, won’t have to travel far from home for his band’s show Wednesday at Thompson’s Point.
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After brain injury, playwright Callie Kimball put down her pen to focus on healing
Kimball has a play finishing a run in Monmouth and another – likely her last – premiering at Portland Stage in September.