Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Mar. 19-25

Out and About for the Sebago Lakes Region of Maine Mar. 19-25
March 18, 2015
Out and About for the York/Sanford Lakes Region of Maine Mar. 19-25
March 18, 2015

Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Mar. 19-25

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“Outside Mullingar,” Public Theater, Lewiston

Mar. 19-22, Thursday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Thurs. and Fri., 3pm and 8pm/Fri., 2pm., “Outside Mullingar,” imagine an “Irish Moonstruck” when two eccentric singles in rural Ireland struggle to reveal their love for each other in this endearing romantic comedy and recent Broadway hit by Pulitzer Prize winning author, John Patrick Shanley (Doubt). Next door neighbors Anthony and Rosemary have seemed destined for each other since childhood, but they’re Irish and stubborn to the core. Will these two lonely souls, cross the plot of land that separates them and take a chance on love? $20/adult, $16/group of 10+, $5/18 and under, The Public Theatre, 21 Maple Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-782-3200, www.thepublictheatre.org.
Mar. 19-21, Thursday-Saturday, 7:30pm, “The Cripple of Inishmaan,” Martin McDonagh’s Tony-nominated tragicomedy, directed by Jayne Decker, a dark comedy set on the small Aran Islands community of Inishmaan off the Western Coast of Ireland in 1934, the inhabitants are excited to learn of a Hollywood film crew’s arrival in neighboring Inishmore to make a documentary about life on the islands. “Cripple” Billy Claven, eager to escape the gossip, poverty and boredom of Inishmaan, vies for a part in the film, and to everyone’s surprise the orphan and outcast gets his chance…or so some believe, play contains some adult language, $7/adults, $6/seniors, $5/students, Alumni Theater, UMF, Farmington. FMI: 207-778-7465, www.umf.maine.edu.
Mar. 20-22, Friday-Sunday, all day events, “Skowhegan’s 9th Annual Maple Festival,” celebrating Somerset County’s status as the top maple producing county in the United States, this festival of all things maple offers fun activities and events for all ages with a talent show, pancake breakfast, marshmallow roasting, maple cook-off, and more, Downtown Skowhegan. FMI: 207-612-2571, www.mainstreetskowhegan.org.
Mar. 20-22, Friday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Fri. and Sat., 2pm/Sun., “Leading Ladies,” In this hilarious comedy by the author of Lend Me A Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo, two English Shakespearean actors, Jack and Leo, find themselves so down on their luck that they are performing “Scenes from Shakespeare” on the Moose Lodge circuit in the Amish country of Pennsylvania. When they hear that an old lady in York, PA is about to die and leave her fortune to her two long lost English nephews, they resolve to pass themselves off as her beloved relatives and get the cash. The trouble is, when they get to York, they find out that the relatives aren’t nephews, but nieces! Romantic entanglements abound, especially when Leo falls head-over-petticoat in love with the old lady’s vivacious niece, Meg, who’s engaged to the local minister. Meg knows that there’s a wide world out there, but it’s not until she meets “Maxine and Stephanie” that she finally gets a taste of it, $12/adults, $10/seniors and students, Gaslight Theater, 1 Winthrop Street, Hallowell. FMI: 207-626-3698, www.gaslighttheater.org.
Mar. 20-22, Friday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Fri. and Sat., 2pm/Sun., “Good People,” fired from the Dollar Store and facing eviction with her adult developmentally-disabled daughter, Margie Walsh is desperate for a break. If she plays her (Bingo) cards right, she might be able to convince an old flame to help. Set in a South Boston neighborhood, this raw and wickedly funny show explores the truth about classes, loyalties and what it means to be good people. Friday it the opening Gala and includes appetizer and reduced ticket prices. Sunday includes a talk-back session with the director and cast, $12/adults, $10/students and seniors, Studio Theater, 93 Main Street, Waterville. FMI: 207-873-7000, www.acattheatre.org.
Mar. 21, Saturday, 7:30pm, “A Night on the Town with the Rat Pack,” relive the swing, swagger and sophisticated fun of those ‘ring-a-ding-ding’ days with the best Frank-Dean-Sammy act since the originals played the Sands. This top-notch show has played to standing ovations at theaters and casinos across the country selling out at Feinsteins at the Regency on Park Avenue in New York City, $25, $20/seniors and students, Franco Center, 46 Cedar Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-689-2000, www.francocenter.org.
Mar. 22, Sunday, 1-4pm, “Maple Syrup Day,” visit Old Fort Western, the 1754 National Historic Landmark fort, store, and house museum on the Kennebec River, relax and step into the past with the smells and tastes of the 18th century, during the maple syrup demonstrations, see spiles whittled, trees tapped, and collect and boil sap over an open fire. Journey cake will be baked over an open hearth in the kitchen. In the parlor, watch as maple syrup is transformed into maple sugar. Maple syrup vendor, Eric Turcott of Sweet Ariana’s will have maple syrup and maple syrup products available to taste and purchase. Watch as artifacts are processed from the Fort Richmond archeological site in the Learning Gallery, free, Old Fort Western, 16 Cony Street, Augusta. FMI: 207-626-2385, www.oldfortwestern.org.

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