Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Mar. 30-Apr. 5

Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine Mar. 30-Apr. 5
March 29, 2017
Out and About for the York/Sanford Lakes Region of Maine Mar. 30-Apr. 5
March 29, 2017

Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Mar. 30-Apr. 5

“Gypsy, the Musical,” Little Community Theatre, Auburn

March 31, Friday, 7pm, “Improv Comedy Mud Bowl 2017,” Improvisers from all over Maine and as far away as Rhode Island arrive in the Bjorn Auditorium on the Mt. Blue Campus for Improv Comedy Mud Bowl 2017. Members of Providence Improv Guild and improv team Boom Scones have lent their comedic talents to supporting high school improvisation in western Maine for six years running. Veterans of the New England comedy scene, PIG not only entertain the crowd with their customized comedy, they challenge local improvisers young and old, and in the case of Teachers Lounge Mafia really old, to match wits and ridiculousness. Battling the members of PIG will be Farmington’s Mt. Blue Curtain Raisers, a team of high school improvisers who will have home stage advantage going into the evening. Traveling over from Rumford will be Mountain Valley’s Room for Improv-Ment, a perennial favorite who bring powerful degrees of funny to every show. Falmouth High School’s comedy crew, Nothing, are anything but nothing when it comes to talent. And showcasing for the first time at the Mud Bowl will be Mountain Valley Middle School’s improv team. Hoping to school them all will be western Maine’s Teachers Lounge Mafia, who have been warming up for the Mud Bowl with a string of performances in Augusta, Farmington, Yarmouth and Portland. They won’t need to shake off any ring rust. They will, however, need to make sure they have their insurance policies updated and hydrate well before the event. The show will begin with a series of showcases from each improv team, to be followed by the no-holds-barred comic lunacy of the Mud Bowl, between events, concessions will be available for purchase, $5, Mt. Blue High School, 129 Seamon Rd, Farmington. FMI: 207-778-3561, www.mainetoday.com.
March 31-Apr. 1, Friday-Saturday, 7pm, “Pizazz Concert,” Gardiner Area High School Music Department will present its annual Pizazz Concert in the high school gymnasium. This year’s theme is “Gardiner’s Got Talent”. This concert will spotlight the music department’s outstanding talents, featuring the high school’s Jazz Ensemble, Select Choir, and both instrumental and vocal soloists. Pizazz features cabaret seating with wait staff and as always, pies and coffee galore $7, $5/students, $48/table of 8, Gardiner Area High School, 40 West Hill Road, Gardiner. FMI: 207-582-3150, www.msad11.org/gahs.
Mar. 31, Friday, 7pm, “Native Oak,” local cover band featuring acoustic guitar, mandolin, and banjo along with three part male harmony. Come and enjoy a local spin on songs from the 1950’s through the 1970’s with a few current songs mixed in, $10, free/under 18, New Sharon Congregational Church, 21 Cape Cod Hill Rd, New Sharon. FMI: 207-778-2517, www.sunjournal.com.
March. 31- Apr. 2, Friday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Fri. and Sat, 2pm/Sun, “Gypsy,” a 1959 musical loosely based on the 1957 memoires of the famous striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee. The show focuses on Rose, Gypsy’s mother, who has become known as the epitome of a “show business mother” or “stage mom”. Mama Rose is determined that her daughters will have a successful career in show business, always pushing them into the limelight. After her younger and more talented daughter, June, runs away to elope, Rose turns her attention to her older daughter Louise who inadvertently becomes a burlesque star, Community Little Theatre, Great Falls Arts Center, 30 Academy St, Auburn. FMI: 207-783-0958, www.laclt.com.
March. 31-Apr. 2, Friday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Fri. and Sat, 2pm/Sun, “The Little Mermaid: The Musical,” In a magical kingdom beneath the sea, the beautiful young mermaid Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. A magical musical tale, featuring a local cast of more than 30 performers, including an adorable children’s sea puppet ensemble, the revival of the classic Disney production will be sure to charm the entire family. Directed by Debra Susi, Musical Direction by Michael Peterson, Choreography by Adam Blais, $24/adults, $22/youth and seniors, Waterville Opera House, 83 Main Street, Waterville. FMI: 207-873-7000, www.operahouse.org.
Apr. 1, Saturday, 7pm, “Beatles for Sale,” an award-winning, New England-based Beatles tribute band that is committed to recreating the sounds of the Beatles live in concert. This group of talented musicians was drawn together by their love of Beatles music and the desire to keep the music alive, bringing it to a whole new generation of Beatles fans. Alcohol will be sold at this event, $15, Unity College for the Performing Arts, 42 Depot St, Unity. FMI: 207-509-7132, www.unity.edu.
Apr. 1, Saturday, 7:30pm, “Satire, Fantasy and Fiction,” Coming-of-age stories, family entertainment, satire as commentary—all inspire composers to write and audiences to engage. The Colby Wind Ensemble celebrates music that captures the imagination with works that include Satiric Dances for a Comedy by Aristophanes and Fantasies on a Theme for Band by Haydn, both by Norman Della Joio, and film scores including theme music from Doctor Who by Ron Grainer and The Hobbit by Howard Shore, free, Lorimer Chapel, Colby College, 4000 Mayflower Hill Dr, Waterville. FMI: 207-895-4000, www.colby.edu.

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