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BRUNSWICK — Tickets for Maine State Music Theatre’s 2018 season will go on sale April 25.
The first show of the 60th season is June 6 through 23 — Elvis Presley,Johnny Cash,Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins — a historic quartet brought together by an extraordinary twist of fate on a December evening in 1956.
This meeting at Sun Records would become one of the greatest jam sessions ever in “Million Dollar Quartet.”
The second show is one of the largest of the season, with expansive sets, beautifully crafted costumes, a large chorus with a robust sound, and more. Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” comes to Brunswick June 27 through July 14.
The third show, “Saturday Night Fever,” brings the music of the Bee Gees back in full force July 18 through Aug. 4. Based on the 1977 blockbuster film, this show whisks patrons back to the 1970s, where open shirts, bell-bottoms and disco were all the rage.
Closing the Diamond Jubilee season on the Pickard Stage Aug. 8 through 25 is “Singin’ in the Rain” — faithfully and lovingly adapted from the original award-winning screenplay for the stage. Each unforgettable scene, song and dance is accounted for, including the show-stopping title number! This show has all the makings of a Tinseltown tabloid headline — the starlet, the leading man and a love affair that could change lives and make or break careers.
In addition to its main stage shows, MSMT will offer a Monday Performance Series. For the first time ever, this series is also offered as a subscription. First up on Monday June 18 is “I Love a Piano,” the celebration of the music and lyrics of Irving Berlin. Monday, July 30, bring a loving send-up of the 1960s, small-town America with “Bye Bye Birdie.” Ending the season’s series on Aug. 13 is “The Best of MSMT,” a celebration of MSMT’s last 60 years welcoming audiences favorite Maine State Music Theatre performers – past and present – as they present a star-studded tribute to the past six decades of bringing “Broadway to Brunswick.”
Theatre for Young Audiences shows for 2018 include “Cinderella” Wednesday, June 13 and Saturday, June 16, and “Pinocchio” Monday, Aug. 20.
Tickets are availableat www.msmt.org, over the phone by calling 207-725-8769, or in person by visiting the box office located at 22 Elm St.
