Show becomes best-selling, highest-grossing production in company's 36-year history

Bangor Daily News 11/7/09

...The show, Penobscot Theatre Company’s “Forever Plaid,” is the best-selling and highest-grossing production the nonprofit has put on in its 36-year history, the theater said this week.

“As of right now I’d say it is at least 20 percent more than the last previous held record,...” producing artistic director Scott Levy said Wednesday, days before the final weekend of the show.

...Donna McNeil, a director of the Maine Arts Commission, said several theaters in Maine are thriving in the recession.

“It sounds Darwinian, but it is a time of separating out who will make it,” McNeil said.

She attributed smart programming, good grant writing and sensible pricing to the success of some live art venues in the state...

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Jim's comment: "So we have a tough economy. Look at what you can do. Great Job, Scott! "