Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine July 26-Aug. 1

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July 26-29, Thursday-Sunday, Pittston Fair, family friendly agricultural fair with midway, exhibitions, contests and events, Pittston Fairgrounds, Pittston. FMI: 207-582-0047, www.pittstonfair.com.
July 26, Thursday, 6pm, Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” presented by Fenix Theatre, about a man who commits regicide so as to become king and then commits further murders to maintain his power, deals with the relationship between cruelty and masculinity, tyranny and kingship, treachery, violence, guilt, prophecy and disruption of natural order, free, Bowdoin College Hatch Quad, Brunswick. FMI: 207-400-6223, www.fenixtheatre.com.
July 26, Thursday, 7pm, Andrew Lloyd Weber’s “Love Never Dies” Live in HD, musical sequel to “Phantom of the Opera,” after his disappearance from the Paris Opera House, the Phantom begins a new life in New York amongst the freaks and sideshows. In an effort to win back his love, the Phantom lures Christine and her family to this new sparkling unknown world, $15, $5/18 and under, Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater Stret, Damariscotta. FMI: 207-563-3424, www.atthelincoln.org.
July 26-28, Thursday-Saturday, 7pm/Thursday and Friday, 2pm/Saturday, “Guys and Dolls,” Midcoast Theater’s Teen Production, musical, New York, the city that never sleeps, and within it all human life from the news seller to the chorus girl, from the gambler to the missionary-all of them caught up the teeming vitality of the city streets, $10, $8/students and seniors, Orion Performing Arts Center, Topsham. FMI: 207-751-2619, www.orionperformingartscenter.org.
July 26-28, Thursday-Saturday, 8pm, “Thanks for the Music,” Broadway review, a musical celebration of favorite Broadway moments, an evening of incredible performances showcasing talent and songs from Playhouse productions past, present and future, $15, Boothbay Playhouse, Route 27, Boothbay. FMI: 207-633-3379, www.boothbayplayhouse.com.
July 27-29, Friday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Friday and Saturday, 2pm/Sunday, Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado,” comic operetta, the son of the Mikado of Japan, a wandering minstrel, falls for a girl who is engaged to her guardian, $10/advance, $15/door, Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook Street, Freeport. FMI: 207-865-2220, www.fcponline.org.
July 27-29 and 31-Aug. 1, Friday-Sunday and Tuesday-Wednesday, 7:30pm/Friday, Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 2pm/Sunday, “Sunset Boulevard,” presented by Maine State Music Theatre, musical, weaves a magnificent tale of faded glory and unfulfilled ambition musical, silent movie star Norma Desmond longs for a return to the big screen, having been discarded by tinsel town “talkies” her glamour has faded in all but her mind when she meets struggling screen writer Joe Gillis in dramatic circumstances, their subsequent passionate and volatile relationship leads to an unforeseen and tragic conclusion, $39-59, Bowdoin College, Pickard Theater, 1 Bath Road, Brunswick. FMI: 207-725-8769, http://www.fcponline.org.

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