Community theaters are getting ready to return with smaller casts and audiences
They re returning to in-person shows this summer and fall, but not the typical big musicals. The changes made out of necessity are giving theaters a chance to tackle different types of material.
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Jackie Grigg of Portland auditions at Biddeford s City Theater on May 11 for The Marvelous Wonderettes. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
Here’s another way the pandemic is reshaping our lives: It’s probably going to be a while before we will sit through “Annie” again.
At least for now, many community theaters – long the domain of the big-cast, Broadway-style musicals that involve everyone from the kids to the grandparents and sometimes the family dog – are going small, producing non-musical plays and musicals with small casts, some of which are being trimmed to 90 minutes or less. Although the changes were made out of necessity, theaters are welcoming the opportunity to tack
Local performers ready to Flip the Script on COVID Regina Lyric Musical Theatre is staging its first official show in over a year this weekend with a three-day virtual performance.
Author of the article: Greg Harder
Publishing date: May 06, 2021 • 2 days ago • 3 minute read • Members of the Regina Lyric Musical Theatre group, shown performing Life is a Cabaret in 2018, are staging their first official virtual show this weekend. Photo by Norris Bjorndahl.
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Obituary: Bruce F. Calderwood
PORTLAND - Bruce F. Calderwood, 62, succumbed to his chronic lung condition on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021 at Maine Medical Center.
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Bruce F. Calderwood
PORTLAND – Bruce F. Calderwood, 62, succumbed to his chronic lung condition on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021 at Maine Medical Center.
Bruce is survived by his only child, Heather Whitaker, her husband Johnny Whitaker, and his four grandchildren, Aaryhanna Pettis, Andre Hicks III, Avante Hicks, and Amiyah Whitaker.
He was the only son born to Alice and R.F. Calderwood, born on Nov. 15, 1958 in Portland. He was the youngest of five, leaving behind his four older sisters, Jean Meyer, Betty Martin (Ralph), Judy Gayton, and Carol Hodgkins (Bill). He is also survived by many foster siblings; nephews, nieces; and cousins that loved him dearly.