Portland performing arts events

Backstage Tours

Friday, Jun 21 10:30a

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to go behind the scenes of a professional theatre? Join us for insider access to the dressing rooms, green room and backstage...

Can't Keep A Good Woman Down

Saturday, Jun 29 7:00p

St. Lawrence Arts & Community Center, Portland

A young black mother struggles to keep her faith after a series of heartbreaking setbacks...

Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat

Saturday, Aug 24 10:00a

Ogunquit Playhouse, Ogunquit

Theatre for Young Audiences Presentation. “It’s fun to have fun, but you have to know how...

Thoroughly Modern Millie

Saturday, Jul 6 7:00p

Ogunquit Playhouse, Ogunquit

It’s 1922 and small-town girl, Millie Dillmount, heads to New York City to start a new life...

Best of Lady Luck Burlesque

Wednesday, Jul 31 8:00p

Seacoast Repertory Theatre, Portsmouth

The Little Mermaid: Staged Reading

Friday, Jun 28 4:00p

Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine, Portland

Our own young actors have adapted Hans Christian Anderson's The Little Mermaid into a play and would like to perform it for you...

Burlesque: Dirty South

Wednesday, Aug 14 7:30p

Seacoast Repertory Theatre, Portsmouth

Beauty and the Beast, Jr.

Saturday, Jul 20 10:00a

Ogunquit Playhouse, Ogunquit

Performed by the Children’s Theatre Jr. Players. The brainy and beautiful Belle yearns to escape her provincial life...and her brute of a suitor, Gaston...

West Side Story

Wednesday, Sep 4 7:00p

Ogunquit Playhouse, Ogunquit

More than fifty years ago one musical changed theater forever and continues to mesmerize audiences today...

Great Small Works' International Toy Theater Traveling Show

Thursday, Jun 27 8:00p

Mayo Street Arts, Portland

Following the 10th International Toy Theater Festival, Great Small Works will embark on a short New England tour featuring work of Great Small Works and two international companies-Facto Teatro fro...

La Boheme

Wednesday, Jul 24 7:30p

Merrill Auditorium, Portland

Ballroom with a Twist

Tuesday, Aug 27 7:00p

Ogunquit Playhouse, Ogunquit

Back by popular demand for one week only! If you can’t get enough of “Dancing with the Stars,” “American Idol” and “So You Think You Can Dance” this is your chance to take your obsession to the nex...

Dora the Explorer, Live!

Saturday, Aug 17 10:00a

Ogunquit Playhouse, Ogunquit

Performed by the Children’s Theatre Jr. Players. Dora, her best buddy Boots the Monkey, and the rest of their friends embark on an exciting trip to Treasure Island...

Bubbleology

Saturday, Jul 13 10:00a

Ogunquit Playhouse, Ogunquit

A Special Presentation. You can learn a lot from a bubble. Besides bubbles are fun. The magic of bubble making unfolds like a mystery, revealing how bubbles work and what we can do with them...

Portland Chamber Music Festival presents: Mozart, Thomas Adès, and Spohr

Saturday, Aug 17 8:00p

Usm: Abromson Center, Portland

Our summer season ends with this colorful program featuring Mozart’s Horn Quintet, a delightful and unusual work for horn, violin, two violas, and cello...

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