Maine Events - July Theater
ImprovAcadia
May 23 thru Oct 18, 2008. Bar Harbor. Enjoy nightly comedy theater in Bar Harbor at ImprovAcadia, 15 Cottage Street. Never the same show twice. The season runs from May 23 to October 18, 2008. There are two performances each night, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. For info and reservations phone (207) 288-2503. Map + Directions | Report Update
Beauty and the Beast - Arundel Barn Playhouse
Jun 24 thru Jul 12, 2008. Arundel. Arundel Barn Playhouse presents Disney's Beauty and the Beast. For info and tickets phone (207) 985-5552. Map + Directions | Report Update
Breaking Up is Hard to Do - Ogunquit Playhouse
Jun 25 thru Jul 12, 2008. Ogunquit. The Ogunquit Playhouse presents Breaking Up is Hard to Do, the New England premier of a new rock-n-roll musical starring Neil Sedaka. For info and tickets phone (207) 646-5511. Map + Directions | Report Update
Collected Stories - Acadia Repertory Theater
Jul 01 thru Jul 13, 2008. Somesville. Acadia Repertory Theater presents Collected Stories by Donald Margulies. An engaging drama about a prominent author and her student/rival. For info and tickets phone (207) 244-7260. Map + Directions | Report Update
Fame Takes a Holiday - Northport Music Theater
Jul 02 thru Jul 20, 2008. Northport. Midcoast Maine's Summer Music Theater. The story of a four woman cabaret act performing a madcap comedy revue onstage while backstage they stuggle desperately to keep their act together. By Danz, Fulham, and Leight. Showtimes Wed. through Sat. at 7:30 $26, Sunday matinees at 3:30 $21. 207-338-8383 Map + Directions | Report Update
Gilligan's Island, The Musical - Lakewood Theater
Jul 03 thru Jul 12, 2008. Madison. Lakewood Theater presents Gilligan's Island - The Musical. For info and tickets phone (207) 474-7176. Map + Directions | Report Update
Annie Get Your Gun - Hackmatack Playhouse
Jul 09 thru Jul 19, 2008. Berwick. Hackmatack Playhouse presents the story of Annie Oakley. Irving Berlin's tribute to America includes some of Broadways best loved music - "Anything You Can Do" and "There's No Business Like Show Business." Traditional summer theater in Maine's traditional barn theater. Performances Wed through Sat, matinee on Thursday. Reservations strongly recommended at 207-698-1807. Map + Directions | Report Update
Comedian Bob Marley - Stone Mountain Arts Center
Jul 10, 2008. Brownfield. Stone Mountain Arts Center presents comedian Bob Marley. Performances on July 10 and again on July 17. For info and tickets phone (866) 227-6523. Map + Directions | Report Update
The Scarlett Empress - River City Cinema
Jul 11, 2008. Bangor. River City Cinema presents 6 Friday nights of films featuring the naughtiest, bawdiest, gaudiest flaxen-haired gals classic cinema ever dished out! All Downtown! All Outdoors at Pickering Square (but in case of rain, event is indoors at Bangor Opera House, 121 Main Street). All shows are FREE and they start after sunset. This Friday, the film is "The Scarlet Empress," in which Marlene Dietrich radiates in Josef Von Sternberg's incredibly beautiful and exquisitely bizarre biopic of a young Catherine II. For info phone (207) 745-1202. Map + Directions | Report Update
Arsenic and Old Lace - Theater at Monmouth
Jul 11 thru Aug 23, 2008. Monmouth. Theater at Monmouth presents Arsenic and Old Lace, a 1941 comedy classic by Joseph Kesserling. The Theater is located at Cumston Hall, 796 Main Street. For info and tickets phone (207) 933-9999. Map + Directions | Report Update
The Femme Show - St. Lawrence Arts and Community Center
Jul 12, 2008. Portland. Boston's famous "The Femme Show" is coming to St. Lawrence Arts and Community Center, 76 Congress St., with performances at 7 and 9 p.m. After-party to follow at North Star Cafe, 225 Congress St. The Femme Show is a smart, sexy, interactive revue about queer femme identity that features film, dance, literary readings, burlesque, drag and performance art. For info phone (617) 842-1323 or (207) 775-5568. Map + Directions | Report Update
Barefoot in the Park - Acadia Repertory Theater
Jul 15 thru Jul 27, 2008. Somesville. Acadia Repertory Theater presents Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon. A comedy about young love. For info and tickets phone (207) 244-7260. Map + Directions | Report Update
Thoroughly Modern Millie - Arundel Barn Playhouse
Jul 15 thru Aug 02, 2008. Arundel. Arundel Barn Playhouse presents Tony-award winning musical Thoroughly Modern Millie. For info and tickets phone (207) 985-5552. Map + Directions | Report Update
The Producers - Ogunquit Playhouse
Jul 16 thru Aug 19, 2008. Ogunquit. The Ogunquit Playhouse presents Mel Brooks' The Producers. For info and tickets phone (207) 646-5511. Map + Directions | Report Update
Comedian Bob Marley II - Stone Mountain Arts Center
Jul 17, 2008. Brownfield. Stone Mountain Arts Center presents comedian Bob Marley. Performances on July 10 and again on July 17. For info and tickets phone (866) 227-6523. Map + Directions | Report Update
Looking for Normal
Jul 17 thru Jul 18, 2008. Auburn. "Looking for Normal" will be presented by UU Theater at the First Universalist Church of Auburn, 169 Pleasant Street. The show is about a midwestern factory worker who stuns his wife of 25 years by announcing he wishes to change gender. Performances at 7:30 p.m. For info phone (207) 783-0461. Map + Directions | Report Update
Twentieth Century - Lakewood Theater
Jul 17 thru Jul 26, 2008. Madison. Lakewood Theater presents Twentieth Century. For info and tickets phone (207) 474-7176. Map + Directions | Report Update
Double Indemnity - River City Cinema
Jul 18, 2008. Bangor. River City Cinema presents 6 Friday nights of films featuring the naughtiest, bawdiest, gaudiest flaxen-haired gals classic cinema ever dished out! All Downtown! All Outdoors (unless it rains, then go to Bangor Opera House, 121 Main Street)! ALL FREE! This Friday night the film is "Double Indemnity," in which Barbara Stanwyck convinces Fred MacMurray to do the unthinkable in an unreal blonde wig. Billy Wilder wrote (along with Raymond Chandler) and directed this noir masterpiece, based on James M Cain's novella. For info phone (207) 745-1202. Map + Directions | Report Update
The Mystery of Irma Vep - Theater at Monmouth
Jul 18 thru Aug 23, 2008. Monmouth. The Theater at Monmouth presents The Mystery of Irma Vep, a two man tour de force written by Charles Ludlum. For info and tickets phone (207) 933-9999. Map + Directions | Report Update
The Pirates of Penzance - Hackmatack Playhouse
Jul 23 thru Aug 02, 2008. Berwick. Hackmatack Playhouse presents the Gilbert and Sullivan comedy about a boy mistakenly apprenticed to "Pirates" instead of "Pilots." Downeast Magazine calls Hackmatack "Maine's most organic summer theater." Come see why! Bring a picnic to enjoy before the show. Performances on Wed thru Sat, with Thurs matinee. Prices $18 -22, students always $10. Reservations recommeded at 207-698-1807. Map + Directions | Report Update
PORTopera - Romeo and Juliette
Jul 24 thru Jul 26, 2008. Portland. PORTopera presents Charles Gounod's ever-popular Romeo and Juliette. Performances at Merrill Auditorium on Thursday, July 24 and Satuday, July 26. For info phone (207) 879-7678 or for tickets phone porttix at (207) 842-0800. Map + Directions | Report Update
Carousel - Belfast Maskers Theater
Jul 24 thru Aug 02, 2008. Belfast. The Belfast Maskers present Carousel. A quintessential American musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein. Songs include "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" "If I Loved You" "You'll Never Walk Alone." All performances are at Steamboat Landing Park on the Belfast waterfront at 7 p.m. nightly, weather permitting. For info and tickets phone (207) 338-9668 or at Fertile Mind Bookshop, 105 Main Street or on site one hour before performance. Available shuttle bus from 43 Front Street at 6:30 and 6:45 p.m. For weather cancellation info phone (207) 338-9668 (tickets for cancelled performance can be used at any other show). Map + Directions | Report Update
Peyton Place - River City Cinema
Jul 25, 2008. Bangor. River City Cinema presents 6 Friday nights of films featuring the naughtiest, bawdiest, gaudiest flaxen-haired gals classic cinema ever dished out! All Downtown at Pickering Square, All Outdoors (unless it rains, then at Bangor Opera House, 121 Main Street)! ALL FREE! This Friday night the film is "Peyton Place," in which Lana Turner - and the Maine coast - star in this tawdry tale filmed in Camden, Rockport and Belfast. It was nominated for 9 Academy Awards in 1957! For info phone (207) 745-1202. Map + Directions | Report Update
Comedian Paula Poundstone - Stone Mountain Arts Center
Jul 25 thru Jul 26, 2008. Brownfield. Stone Mountain Arts Center presents comedian Paula Poundstone. For info and tickets phone (866) 227-6523. Map + Directions | Report Update
How to Eat Like a Child - Hackmatack Playhouse
Jul 25 thru Aug 02, 2008. Berwick. Hackmatack Kids perform their annual camp show ... performed by kids for kids of all ages! 10:00 am performances on July 25,26,30,31 and Aug 1. Reservations strongly recommended at 207-698-1807. Map + Directions | Report Update
The Merchant of Venice - Theater at Monmouth
Jul 25 thru Aug 22, 2008. Monmouth. The Theater at Monmouth presents Shakespeare's brilliant and challenging play, The Merchant of Venice. Bill Van Horn plays the pivotal role of Shylock. For info and tickets phone (207) 933-9999. Map + Directions | Report Update
The Ice Fishing Play - Acadia Repertory Theater
Jul 29 thru Aug 10, 2008. Somesville. Acadia Repertory Theater presents The Ice Fishing Play, by Kevin Kling. A funny and moving new play about one of Maine's favorite winter sports. For info and tickets phone (207) 244-7260. Map + Directions | Report Update
Closer Than Ever - Northport Music Theater
Jul 30 thru Aug 10, 2008. Northport. Midcoast Maine's Summer Music Theater A rarely seen 1989 musical revue by Maltby and Shire sung by two men and two women. Each song tells a story, at times wickedly satirical and often with an ironic or unexpected twist at its' conclusion. Wed. through Sat. evenings at 7:30 $26, Sunday matinees $21. Performance dates are July 30 to August 3, and August 6 to 10. For info phone (207) 338-8383. Map + Directions | Report Update
Guys and Dolls - Lakewood Theater
Jul 31 thru Aug 09, 2008. Madison. Lakewood Theater presents Guys and Dolls. For info and tickets phone (207) 474-7176. Map + Directions | Report Update