Ovations' priority is the health and safety of our staff, artists, crews, volunteers, and audiences. Ovations requires full vaccinations or a negative test, as well as masks, for all indoor events. Join the Ovations family. Membership offers a range of benefits plus greater flexibility in meeting your ticket-buying needs, all while supporting the vital work of Ovations in our community.
Portland Ovations is grateful for 90 years of connecting innovative and masterful artists from around the world with Maine audiences. Each carefully curated season includes a range of performances across genres, traditions, production scales and venues. Learn from and be inspired by artists who openly share with us their passion and craft.
Portland Ovations is grateful for 90 years of connecting innovative and masterful artists from around the world with Maine audiences. Each carefully curated season includes a range of performances across genres, traditions, production scales and venues. Learn from and be inspired by artists who openly share with us their passion and craft.
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We are a non-profit performing arts organization in Portland connecting artists and audiences through diverse arts experiences. Connections happen both onstage and off as we strive to make performing arts, theater, music, and dance an integral part of our community. Our unique mix of live performances and more intimate workshops, lectures, masterclasses, and School-Time Performances have delighted, inspired, and educated since 1931.
Here's a look back at 80+ years of thrilling seasons of live theater, ballet, jazz, classical music, family events, and Broadway shows in Maine. History's greatest artists have performed for you here.
The New York Philharmonic in the 40's, the Beaux Arts Trio in the 70's, the Peking Acrobats in the 80's, Les Ballets Africains and Super Stuff Children's Series in the 90's, and - most recently - Broadway's Beauty and the Beast have thrilled our audiences.Learn from and be inspired by artists who openly share with us their passion and craft.
The New York Philharmonic in the 40's, the Beaux Arts Trio in the 70's, the Peking Acrobats in the 80's, Les Ballets Africains and Super Stuff Children's Series in the 90's, and - most recently - Broadway's Beauty and the Beast have thrilled our audiences.Learn from and be inspired by artists who openly share with us their passion and craft.
Portland Ovations is proud to be the exclusive presenter of Broadway National Tours at Merrill Auditorium. Broadway performances appeal to both family and adult audiences. Past hits include Jersey Boys, Waitress, The Sound of Music, The Producers, RENT, Blue Man Group and many more. Broadway Packages now available!
Ovations Offstage events create opportunities to connect more deeply with the performing arts. You'll hear artists' stories, learn their crafts, feel their passion, and watch them perform. Connect with the arts onstage and off, and share powerful experiences together.
Ovations Offstage, affectionately called "O2" for short, is where we create magical, resonating moments through dynamic experiences that integrate the performing arts into everyday community life.Learn from and be inspired by artists who openly share with us their passion and craft.
Ovations Offstage, affectionately called "O2" for short, is where we create magical, resonating moments through dynamic experiences that integrate the performing arts into everyday community life.Learn from and be inspired by artists who openly share with us their passion and craft.
Ovations Offstage is where we create magical, resonating moments through dynamic experiences that integrate the performing arts into everyday life.
Whether it's a workshop or masterclass with a visiting artist, a lively community discussion or a pre-performance lecture, a School-Time Performance or arts integrated learning classroom workshop, or an artist meet and greet, Ovations invites you to join us in exploring, supporting and evolving our communities and connections to the world through the performing arts.
Whether it's a workshop or masterclass with a visiting artist, a lively community discussion or a pre-performance lecture, a School-Time Performance or arts integrated learning classroom workshop, or an artist meet and greet, Ovations invites you to join us in exploring, supporting and evolving our communities and connections to the world through the performing arts.
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