On the shores of Lake Wesserunsett in Madison, Lakewood is the oldest continuously operating summer theater in the United States.
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Amy Calder: ‘Parting is such sweet sorrow’
Amy Calder remembers the extraordinary life of thespian Emily Rowden Fournier, who perished in a whitewater rafting accident.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Colonial Theater hires interim leader to take on fundraising, restoration of Augusta theater
Kathi Wall previously led The Edge teen center, Augusta Boys and Girls Club, and the Maine Lakes Resource Center.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Lakewood Theater in Madison adjusts schedule with late-summer start
The summer season for the Lakewood Theater, the longest-running summer theater in the country, has been rescheduled to begin in August to help protect the health and safety of staff members and theatergoers during the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Pittsfield theater faces closing after council leaves it off budget
A similar situation unfolded last January when a council meeting lasting more than six hours resulted in the decision to cut the theater’s budget by $45,000.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
‘Immigrant Garden’ grows out of heart-warming correspondence
Flowers speak the language of the soul at The Footlights Theatre in Falmouth.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Life & Culture, Morning Sentinel
‘Ghost of a Chance’ opens July 4
Lakewood Theater production scheduled through July 13.
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‘Murder For Two’ will be staged in Monmouth
A zany blend of musical comedy and madcap mystery, this fast and funny whodunit is a highly theatrical duet loaded with killer laughs.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State
Augusta’s Colonial Theater has its first executive director
Advocates for restoring the historic but run-down theater have hired a Branson, Missouri man, a New England native, to lead efforts to restore and reopen the downtown theater.
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The life and times of screen star Judith Ivey and why she’s directing Maine play
You know her face. You don’t know her story. The stage and screen star talks about her life and why she’s directing ‘Fireflies’ at Lewiston’s Public Theatre in May.