93 Main Street, Third Floor
Waterville, ME 04901
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Richard Marx
May 28th at 8:00pm
Waterville Opera House, 1 Common Street
Sponsored by Central Maine Motors
As a performer, songwriter and producer, Richard Marx's nearly three-decade-long career has had innumerable of highlights. The Chicago native has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, starting with his self-titled debut which went to #8 and spawned four Top 5 singles, including the chart-topping "Hold on to the Nights," with "Don't Mean Nothing" earning him a Grammy nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. The follow-up, 1989's Repeat Offender, was even more successful, hitting #1 and going quadruple-platinum with two #1 singles in "Satisfied" and "Right Here Waiting." When both Rush Street (with two #1 AC hits in "Keep Coming Back" and "Hazard") and Paid Vacation (with its #1 AC hit, "Now and Forever") went platinum, Marx achieved a seven-year string of triumphs that rivaled any in pop-rock music history. To this day, he is the only male artist in history to have his first seven singles reach the Top 5 on the Billboard charts. He holds the honor of being one of a handful of artists who have had a number one hit in each of the past four decades.
On July 8, 2014, he released his eighth album, Beautiful Goodbye, featuring all new material such as its first single and video, "Whatever We Started." Fans may find Marx's eighth studio album, a bit of a departure from his previous albums. According to the Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter, he set out to make a deliberately sexy album. "The songs on this record were influenced greatly by everyone from Sade to Bebel Gilberto to various EDM artists to even Chopin. I'm known for romantic music in the past, but this music I wrote is all more sensual and ethereal, and the lyrics are more adventurous than I've been willing to go in the past."
Tickets $55 Orchestra, $45 Balcony
Tickets on sale for members Tuesday, January 19th
On sale to the public on Tuesday, January 26th
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National Theatre's
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
February 6th at 1:00pm
Waterville Opera House, 1 Common Street
Former lovers, the Marquise de Merteuil and Vicomte de Valmont now compete in games of seduction and revenge. Merteuil incites Valmont to corrupt the innocent Cecile de Volanges before her wedding night but Valmont has targeted the peerlessly virtuous and beautiful Madame de Tourvel. While these mercilless aristocrats toy with others' hearts and reputations, their own may prove more fragile than they supposed.
Directed by Josie Rourke (Coriolanus), the cast includes Elaine Cassidy (The Paradise), Janet McTeer (The White Queen) and Dominic West (The Wire). In 1782, Choderlos de Laclos' novel of sex, intrigue and betrayal in pre-revolutionary France scandalised the world. Two hundred years later, Christopher Hampton's irresistible adaptation swept the board, winning the Oliver and Evening Standard Awards for Best Play. Josie Rourke's revival now marks the play's thirty year anniversary.
Tickets: $15 Adults, $13 Seniors, $10 Youth
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National Theatre's
Hangmen
March 12th at 1:00pm
Waterville Opera House, 1 Common Street
Following a sell-out run at London's Royal Court Theatre, Olivier and Academy Award® winner Martin McDonagh (The Pillowman, The Cripple of Inishmaan, In Bruges) returns to the West End with Matthew Dunster's award-winning production of his deeply funny new play Hangmen, broadcast live to cinemas by National Theatre Live.
In his small pub in the northern English town of Oldham, Harry (David Morrissey - The Walking Dead, State of Play) is something of a local celebrity. But what's the second-best hangman in England to do on the day they've abolished hanging?
Amongst the cub reporters and pub regulars dying to hear Harry's reaction to the news, his old assistant Syd (Andy Nyman - Peaky Blinders, Death at a Funeral) and the peculiar Mooney (Johnny Flynn - Clouds of Sils Maria) lurk with very different motives for their visit.
Tickets: $15 Adults, $13 Seniors, $10 Youth
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Kenneth Branagh Theater Company:
The Winter's Tale
Starring Judi Dench & Kenneth Branagh
February 21st at 1:00pm
Waterville Opera House, 1 Common Street
Shakespeareʼs timeless tragicomedy of obsession and redemption is reimagined in a new production co-directed by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh, following their triumphant staging of Macbeth in Manchester and Manhattan. When Leontes, King of Sicilia, is overcome by jealousy, his actions and their consequences reverberate throughout his kingdom and for generations to come. Only the passion of two young lovers and the twists and turns of Fate can lead Shakespeare's characters to redemption and reconciliation. Judi Dench will play Paulina, Kenneth Branagh will play Leontes.
Tickets: $15 Adults, $13 Seniors, $10 Youth
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