By Judy Harrison, BDN Staff There’s a lot of glitz and glitter on stage at the Bangor Opera House this holiday season. Even in the dark, the proscenium sparkles with giant, glittering snowflakes and candy canes. On stage, giant snow banks shimmer and shine, Santa’s...
by Allen Adams of The Maine Edge Penobscot Theatre Company has cooked up another crowd pleaser. PTC’s “The Spitfire Grill” – with music and book by James Valcq and lyrics and book by Fred Alley – is currently running at the Bangor Opera House. Based on the 1996 Lee...
by Katie Toole and Adam Cousins of The Maine Edge The title intrigues you first: from an aphorism attributed to Einstein, concluding “beauty dies and fades away, but ugly holds its own.” It is a familiar sentiment skewed sideways; a refraction, a sliver of broken...
by Judy Harrison of The Bangor Daily News Fudgesuckers beware. You’re not in the flatlands any more. No, siree. You are in Yooper Territory, now, where UFOs drop in, the maple sap ferments and Ojibwe magic conjures up cures for curses. This is not just any old kind of...
by Judy Harrison of The Bangor Daily News A fairy tale about a bright and beautiful young woman who transforms a beast into a prince with love and understanding hardly sounds like holiday fare. But if Scrooge’s metamorphosis from miserable miser to generous and genial...
by Allen Adams of The Maine Edge They say that misery loves company. Well, for the next few weeks, one company – Penobscot Theatre Company – loves “Misery.” And you will too. Read more
