Lynne Cullen and Kurt Kish. Photo by Andrew Jennings
Seanachie Night: Irish Tales of Magic, Mischief, and Music
7:30 p.m. Friday. Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland, $15 in advance, $18 at the door, $22 preferred seating. mayostreetarts.org
Start your St. Patrick’s Day celebrating early by attending Seanachie night at Mayo Street Arts. Storyteller Lynne Cullen will spin six Celtic folktales, and you’ll get an earful about dangerous faeries, foxy tricksters, grumpy corpses, belligerent giants and other colorful characters. You’ll also hear an original musical score arranged and played by Kurt Kish on electric guitar and concertina. The evening of all things Irish is geared toward audience members 10 years or older.
Jackie Gregg and Joseph Hitchcock in City Theater’s production of “Daddy Long Legs.” Photo by Rich Obrey
‘Daddy Long Legs’
7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Through March 27. City Theater, 205 Main St., Biddeford, $25. citytheater.org
City Theater presents the heartwarming musical “Daddy Long Legs,” based on the 1912 novel by Jean Webster. The show stars real-life couple Jackie Grigg as Jerusha Abbott and Joseph Hitchcock as Jervis Pendleton. Abbott’s a clever, aspiring writer, and Pendleton’s willing to pay for her college education, provided she pens him monthly letters. Through these letters, she finds herself wondering more and more about the mystery man she assumes is an older gentleman. Things aren’t always what they seem, and after Jerusha graduates from college, some questions remain; will she achieve success as a novelist, will she ever learn the identity of the man she calls Daddy Long Legs, and will she ever find love? All is revealed in Biddeford.
Hannah Herschkowitz as Senga and Jed Peterson as Ever in “Dancing Lessons.” Photo courtesy of The Public Theatre
‘Dancing Lessons’
7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Through March 20. The Public Theatre, 31 Maple St., Lewiston, $25, $20 students, $10 youth. thepublictheatre.org
The Public Theatre presents Mark St. Germain’s romantic comedy about what happens when a female professional dancer with a career-ending injury gets asked to teach a male geoscientist how to dance. She can’t refuse the huge financial incentive, and all he wants is not to make a fool of himself at an upcoming awards dinner. The lessons that ensue lead them both out of their comfort zones in a life-affirming and delightful way. Got two left feet and don’t want to leave your house? You can buy a video-on-demand ticket to watch from anywhere.
The Claddagh Mhor Pipe Band entertains as the St. Patrick’s Day parade travels along Commercial Street Sunday in 2019. Jill Brady/Staff Photographer
St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Noon Sunday. Commercial Street, Portland. irishofmaine.org
After a two-year pandemic pause of the in-person event, the Portland St. Patrick’s Day Parade is back this year. The festivities happen along Commercial Street, and the Irish American Club is hoping for a huge, joyful turnout. You can expect lots of Celtic pride to be on display in the form of marching bands, step dancers and more. It’s time to put on everything green you own. Irish eyes will be smiling and so will yours.
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