by Shelby Hartin of The Bangor Daily News:
Over a year ago, the Penobscot Theatre Company mailed a number of items to Samuel French Inc., a theatrical licensing and publishing company in New York that holds the rights to the rock musical “Rock of Ages.”
The package contained a plea, comprising the show’s song titles, a variety of Maine rocks from the Rock and Art Shop in Bangor and a clever letter filled with descriptions of Maine’s scenery. The small professional theater company from Bangor, Maine, wanted to be the first professional company to stage “Rock of Ages” in the Pine Tree State.