at City Theater, Biddeford

Apr. 9-12, Thursday-Sunday, 7pm/Thurs., Fri. and Sat., 2pm/Sat. and Sun., “Mary Poppins,” presented by TA Players and Thornton Academy Arts Department, Mary Poppins is everyone’s favorite nanny as she takes the stage in this Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious musical adventure! One of the most popular Disney movies of all time is capturing hearts in a whole new way: as a practically perfect musical, $10, Thornton Academy’s Garland Auditorium, 438 Main Street, Saco. FMI: 207-602-4471, www.thorntonacademy.org.
Apr. 10, Friday, 5:30pm, “A Visit with Astronaut Chris Cassidy,” astronaut Chris Cassidy, from York, Maine, will join the Museum via Skype to talk about the current and future projects for NASA. The presentation will begin with a short presentation on the history of the United States Space Program prior to talking with Cassidy. Audience members will have the opportunity to submit questions to the moderator to ask Cassidy at the end of the presentation, reservations encouraged but not required, free, Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk. FMI: 207-985-4802, www.brickstoremuseum.org.
Apr. 10-12, Friday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Fri. and Sat., 2pm/Sun., “Dirty Deeds at the Depot,” an old fashioned melodrama presented by The University of New England, come “boo” the villain and “cheer” the hero. This show has maidens in distress, lively music and plenty of comic characters, $10, City Theater, 205 Main Street, Biddeford. FMI: 207-602-2891, www.citytheater.org.
Apr. 10, Friday, 7:30pm, “York High School Chamber Singers,” a combined choral concert with the Chamber Singers of Old Saybrook (Connecticut) High School, under the direction of Rob Westerberg and Jeremy Milton will include performances of each choir, culminating in a combined performance of “Take Me To The Water,” composed by Rolo Dilworth. The program will involve more than 50 singers performing a varied set of advanced literature, including a song commissioned by the YHS Singers, “Twilight On The Beach,” composed by YHS alumni Andrew Hirst, free, St. Christopher’s Catholic Church, York. FMI: www.seacoastonline.com.
Apr. 10, Friday, 8pm, “Pat Traver’s Band,” since the critically acclaimed 1976 debut album featuring his own brand of high quality seventies guitar rock and roll, pat Travers has gone on to deliver melodic eighties rock, a blues period throughout most of the nineties, noted performances with various power trio’s during the first few years of the new Millennium, and a full blooded return to the trademark Pat Traver’s Band sound as he entered his fifth performing and recording decade, $32.50, Jonathan’s, 92 Bourne Lane, Ogunquit. FMI: 207-646-4777, www.jonathansogunquit.com.
Apr. 11, Saturday, 7-11pm, “A Night with Robert Sarazin Blake,” generally considered a folk musician, though his music incorporates elements of traditional Celtic songwriters, modern punk rock, country, and blues all blended together with a heavy dose of improvisation. This melding of varying genres produces a “speed strumming style” that functions as a backdrop to Blake’s narrative style of songwriting, $10, Wonderbar Restaurant, Washington Street, Biddeford. FMI: 207-281-3948, www.robertsarazinblake.com.
Apr. 12, Sunday, 2pm, “Classic Film: The Concert,” a 2009 French comedy film by Radu Mihaileanu starring Alekseii Guskov, Melanie Laurent and Miou-Miou. It follow the farcical struggles and misadventures of a former world-famous conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre orchestra, known as “The Maestro”, Andrey Simonovich Filipov, as he tries to reclaim his life and career. It won the Best Original Score and Best Sound awards at Cesar Awards 2010, popcorn available, free, Dunaway Center, 23 School Street, Ogunquit. FMI: 207-646-5139, www.ogunquitperformingarts.org.