Michael Tobin

Maine State Music Theater closes their 54th season with a perfect montage of talent, tech and Broadway-like production values that brought a sell-out audience to their tapping feet on opening night.

Seacoast Repertory Theatre ignites the Seacoast stage with a sizzling production of CHICAGO that truly is a 'summer must see' for anyone who loves a fast-paced, exciting and professionally performed musical.

Carson Kressley (Mr. Applegate) is devilishly delicious, providing a subtle playing field for the entire cast to play on. The audience delights in the Kressley-isms sprinkled throughout. Kressley's vocals and comedic timing prove that he can do more than just make people look fashionably good.

Opening night of Sunset Boulevard at Maine State Music Theatre was the perfect evening of musical theater. From the first note to the last bow, this production is THE best show of the 2012 Maine summer theater season so far.

OMIGOD, nothing this fun should be legal! If you want one 'Elle' of a good time, go see Legally Blonde At Maine State Music Theatre in Brunswick, ME through July 14th!

Jennie Sophia (Nellie Forbush) is a Rodgers & Hammerstein dream with her triple threat talents that bring a multi-layered performance equal to that of Mary Martin.

Six very talented men 'let it go' and open the Seacoast Repertory Theatre's summer season with a mega-hit musical production that is a 'must see' on your summerstock list of shows to experience.

Dramatic Repertory Company continues to produce thought provoking theater with the dark comedy, Life During War, starring a stellar cast led by Matt Delamater and Christine Penney.

A well deserved standing ovation opens the Maine State Music Theatre 54th summer season with the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award winning Michael Bennett triple threat, A Chorus Line.

Portland Stage Company concludes their 2011-12 season with a hilarious, heartwarming production about two pianists and their (mis)adventures en route to becoming musical masters of the 88 piano keys.

As the summer days near, BroadwayWorld rounded up our worldwide community - from Australia to Spain, California and beyond! - to bring you our top picks for the best of summer theater in each of our main markets. Spending time in Maine this summer? Check out these recommendations below!

Patrons will shake, rattle and roll with music, laughter and a few tears as Ogunquit Playhouse celebrates the opening of their 80th summer season with the musical, Always... Patsy Cline, starring Broadway's Carter Calvert (as Patsy Cline) and TV, stage and film star, Sally Struthers (as her friend Louise Segar).

"If you want to make love to an artist, learn your colors," exclaims Elisa in Portland Stage Company's stage palette of many emotions; Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh, by Joel Gross.

The loons have begun their pre-summer song at the Public Theatre in Lewiston, Maine as Ernest Thompson's dramedy, On Golden Pond, takes the stage starring theatre, film and TV actors (and real life couple), Mike Genovese and Ellen Crawford.

With Heroes, a Tom Stoppard translation of Gerald Sibleyras's play, Portland Stage Company has produced another 'must see' show. Heroes is very funny, very charming and very well done for anyone who wants to experience great theater.

Tennessee Williams is best known for his plays like The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, however, Portland Stage Company has masterfully brought together four of his lesser known works in a show that must be experienced.

Playwright John Belluso once said, 'I've always felt that there's a theatrical element to being disabled.' and his powerful play, A Nervous Smile, reflects his words in a stunning production, beautifully directed by Whitney Smith.

What do you get when you take one great comedic actor who plays seven different parts, a powerhouse leading lady and an ensemble of 11 multitalented thespians? You get one fun-tastic evening of professional theater with the musical, Little Me, presented by the Good Theater in Portland, Maine.