(Oct. 20 12:46 PM) - Acorn Productions, presenters of the free "Naked Shakespeare" series, will be returning to the Wine Bar on Monday, November 2 at 8 p.m. with an all-new installment of "Sonnets and Soliloquies," the company's monthly free performances of some of the Bard's best verse.
(Oct. 20 12:29 PM) - Acorn Productions announces that the company has selected 5 full-length plays to be given dramatic readings in the Acorn Studio Theater as part of the process of choosing a featured play for this year's Maine Playwrights Festival. The scripts were chosen from the 17 pieces submitted this fall by Maine-based playwrights and address issues ranging from race relations to aging and military recruiting practices.
(Oct. 19 5:17 PM) - BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre site on the net and the first to bring viewers high quality videos, web radio, Twitter watch, coast to coast coverage, mobile access, interactive grosses, fan photos, 3rd party 'stage tube' videos and lots more is now also the first Broadway site on the net to release an iPhone application, available now.
(Oct. 12 9:55 AM) - The creators of the highly acclaimed play The Laramie Project, which since 2000 has been one of the most performed plays in America, will premiere a compelling and groundbreaking epilogue to the original piece. Entitled THE LARAMIE PROJECT: 10 YEARS LATER, the play will be performed in New York at Lincoln Center, over 100 other theaters across the country on October 12, 2009.
(Oct. 12 9:55 AM) - The creators of the highly acclaimed play The Laramie Project, which since 2000 has been one of the most performed plays in America, will premiere a compelling and groundbreaking epilogue to the original piece. Entitled THE LARAMIE PROJECT: 10 YEARS LATER, the play will be performed in New York at Lincoln Center, over 100 other theaters across the country on October 12, 2009.
(Oct. 9 12:40 PM) - Frost/Nixon the award winning play by Peter Morgan will make its Maine premiere at Good Theater beginning October 29 for a run through November 22.
(Oct. 8 5:00 PM) - Acorn Productions announces that the company will kick off their 2009/2010 season of dramatic readings of new scripts by Maine playwrights with AN ARMY OF ONE, by Laura Emack. This full-length play follows the story of booksmart high school senior Joan, who poses as a potential enlistee to expose hardball recruiting, but ends up responding to her country's call by a committed emissary she cannot dismiss. The script will be brought to life by actors from Acorn's "Naked Shakespeare" Ensemble as well as students studying their craft in the Acorn Academy Academy. This reading is the first of a series of five events that will take place over the next few months to assist Acorn's staff in choosing the one play that will be given a full production at the St. Lawrence Arts Center next spring as part of the Maine Playwrights Festival.
(Oct. 4 2:30 AM) - SIDE MAN by Warren Leight. Upstairs at 140 Main St, Freeport (FREEPORT SQUARE building)
October 2-4, 2009 Friday & Saturday 7:30pm; Sunday matinee 2pm
(Oct. 3 10:56 AM) - The multi-award winning and Tony nominated actor and singer, Euan Morton, will perform for one night only as a fundraiser for Maine State Music Theatre on Saturday, October 3rd, 2009.
(Oct. 2 3:44 PM) - SIDE MAN by Warren Leight. Upstairs at 140 Main St, Freeport (FREEPORT SQUARE building)
October 2-4, 2009 Friday & Saturday 7:30pm; Sunday matinee 2pm
(Sep. 25 7:00 AM) - Acorn Productions announces that the first production in the new Acorn Studio Theater will be "I Fall for You," a series of 7 short plays on love and romance by Maine playwright Michael Kimball.
(Sep. 21 7:00 AM) - Acorn Productions announces an expanded schedule of free "Intro to Acting" workshops for kids and adults this September. The company will offer two sessions for adults and three for kids grades K - 12. Acorn's Producing Director Michael Levine conducts both sessions, which are designed to provide beginning and continuing actors with an introduction to the actor's craft as well as a sense of what transpires during a full-length acting class.
(Sep. 21 7:00 AM) - Acorn Productions announces that the 2009/10 season of Naked Shakespeare events begins on Monday, September 21 at 6 p.m. with a "Sonnet and Soliloquies" performance in Monument Square in Portland.
11/20:
NINE on OPRAH
11/20:
The Brother/Sister Plays
11/11:
'Empire' Rising
Photo Coverage: RAGTIME - Curtain Call
STAGE TUBE: First Look at RAGTIME on Broadway!
BWW TV: GLEE Peek - Matthew Morrison & Lea Michele Sing 'Endless Love'
Photo Flash: THE ADDAMS FAMILY in Rehearsal
Bdwy Beat Sneak Peek - RAGTIME Opens
Photo Flash: 'Rhythm and Rhyme' - RAGTIME Opens on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre
Photo Coverage: RAGTIME Opening Party
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Photo Coverage: ON THE TOWN Opens!
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