BWW Review: Loveable Characters and Lots of Laughter in Good Theater's HOMER BOUND
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold
- Nov 12, 2018
For the second offering of the Good Theater's ambitious 2018-2019 season and its one hundredth production in the company's existence, Brian P. Allen has mounted the world premiere of a new play by Maine writer Karmo Sanders. Homer Bound is a rollicking, folksy comedy populated by loveable characters and guaranteed to have the audience split its sides with laughter. Directed with panache by Sally Wood and performed by six excellent actors, Homer Bound is a romp from start to finish!
Good Theater Presents HOMER BOUND
by Stephi Wild
- Oct 24, 2018
Good Theater will present the world premiere of Homer Bound by Maine playwright Karmo Sanders, opening November 7 and playing through December 2. Set on a small fishing island off the Maine coast, Homer Bound deals with a shotgun wedding. Who will arrive first - the minister or the baby?
BWW Review: EURYDICE at Fenix Theatre Company
by Steve Feeney
- Jul 16, 2018
Portland's Greek Festival ended a few weeks ago but the spirit of that ancient culture hangs in the air with the latest production from the Fenix Theatre Company. Sarah Ruhl's gentle makeover of the myth of 'Orpheus and Eurydice' is being presented in and around the small wading pools at Deering Oaks Park.
Photo Flash: Good Theater presents LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE
by A.A. Cristi
- Feb 12, 2018
Good Theater is proud to present the Maine premiere of Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's smash hit off-Broadway comedy event, Love Loss and What I Wore, directed by Steve Underwood, featuring a rotating cast of Portland's favorite actresses. Love Loss and What I Wore plays January 20-March 6 at the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland where Good Theater is the theater in residence. For tickets and information contact Good Theater at 208-835-0895 or go to the company's website at www.goodtheater.com.
BWW Review: Clothes As a Conceit for Life's Little Stories: Good Theater Stages LOVE, LOSS, and WHAT I WORE
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold
- Jan 20, 2018
The complex, sometimes conflicted, often poetic relationship between what we wear and self image and identity forms the framework of a delightful, delicately lyrical, and warmly wistful play by Nora and Delia Ephron, based on the book by Ilene Beckerman. Presented as a staged reading with a rotating cast of five actresses, Portland's Good Theater brings this exquisitely written piece to life with affectionate wisdom.
Good Theater Presents LOVE LOSS AND WHAT I WORE
by Stephi Wild
- Jan 7, 2018
Good Theater presents the Maine premiere of Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's smash hit off-Broadway comedy event, Love Loss and What I Wore, directed by Steve Underwood, featuring a rotating cast of Portland's favorite actresses. Love Loss and What I Wore plays January 20-March 6 at the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland where Good Theater is the theater in residence. For tickets and information contact Good Theater at 208-835-0895 or go to the company's website at www.goodtheater.com.
Dramatic Repertory Company Presents VENUS IN FUR
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 22, 2017
Dramatic Repertory Company (Keith Powell Beyland, Artistic Director) is pleased to
announce a Portland Premiere production of VENUS IN FUR by David Ives. The show will run for 9 performances only, March 2 - 12, 2017 at the Studio Theatre at Portland Stage, 25A Forest Avenue, Portland, Maine.
BWW Review: Mad Horse Theatre's Chekhov Adaptation Marries Existential Angst and Mordent Wit
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold
- May 31, 2016
South Portland's Mad Horse Theatre closed out its season with a prickly and provocative production of Aaron Posner's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull - Stupid F**king Bird - a contemporary "deconstruction" which brilliantly mines the inherent humor as well as the aching ennui of the Russian playwright. Tautly paced by director Christopher Price, the excellent cast gives an immediacy to the play, which Chekhov, himself, actually called a "comedy in four acts."
BWW Review: LOST BOY IN WHOLE FOODS Offers Thought-Provoking Drama
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold
- Mar 6, 2016
Portland Stage's latest production of Tammy Ryan's 2009 play, Lost Boy in Whole Foods, offers a thought-provoking encounter with several extremely topical issues, among them the impact of immigration, the obligation to refugees, the clash of cultures, and the meaning and motives for good deeds. Mounted with the company's customary excellent production values and cast from strength, Ryan's play delivers a number of stirring theatrical moments.
Good Theater Presents 4000 MILES, Opening 3/6
by Kelsey Denette
- Feb 19, 2013
Good Theater has announced the New England premiere of Amy Herzog's award winning 4000 MILES playing March 6 - 30. Performances will be at Good Theater's home, the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland. For tickets go to the Good Theater website www.goodtheater.com or call the box office at 207-885-5883.
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