Performance Dates: March 17, 18, 19 & 24, 25, 26Fridays & Saturdays 7:00 pmSundays 2:00 pm

$20 Adults/Seniors, $18 Grand Members, $12 Students (15 & under) General Admission

AND THEN THERE WERE

NONEDirected by Robin Jones

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The Grand is pleased to announce we will be moving forward with the projector upgrade! Stay tuned for dates and times for a gala event to unveil the projector.

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Digital Cinema Projector Upgrade

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Don’t miss these upcoming Grand events:MARCH

Celtic Dance FestivalCineGrand FilmsNT Live: Hedda GablerLive from the MET: La TraviataLive Theatre: Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were NoneLive from the MET: Idomeneo

APRIL

Mentalist - Paul DraperCineGrand Films2nd Annual Grand Mouth-Off Lip Sync BattleVacation Matinee: Finding DoryLive from the MET: Eugene OneginNT Live: Twelfth NightLuna Film Festival

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January 6-7Maine’s Own Comedian: Bob MarleyPost Holiday shows at The Grand Friday, Janury 6th 7:00pm, Saturday, January 7th 7:00 pm & 9:00 pmOn the Stanley Subaru Stage$28.50 Reserved Seating

January 7Live from the MET: Nabucco (Verdi)1:00 pmThe legendary Plácido Domingo brings another new baritone role to the Met under the baton of his longtime collaborator James Levine. Liudmyla Monastyrska is Abigaille, the warrior woman determined to rule empires, and Jamie Barton is the heroic Fenena. Dmitri Belosselskiy is the stentorian voice of the oppressed Hebrew people. Estimated Run Time: 3:05 Intermissions: 1$27 Adults, $25 Grand Members, $20 Students (15 & under) Reserved Seating

January 13 & 15Live Theatre Auditions: Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were NoneFriday, January 13th 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Sunday, January 15th 1:00 pm – 3:00 pmTen strangers trapped in a deserted mansion on an island miles away from help. One killer who has a maniacal obsession with a very cruel nursery rhyme... And the countdown starts... NOW. The classic Agatha Christie whodunnit has eleven characters with an age range from early 20’s to late 60’s for both men and women. *Please note British accents are required for this most British of mysteries. Directed by Robin Jones

January 14Live Theatre: Peter and the Wolf (youth production)2:00 pmThis stage play is a parody of Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard that shows a child’s confusion when faced with the adult world. Young adults become animals with colors and dispositions matched from human to animal. The Sergei Prokofiev score is incorporated in its entirety throughout the second act played by TEMPO – The Eastern Maine Pops Orchestra.On the Stanley Subaru StageDirected by Robin Jones$12 Adults, $8 Youth (12 & under) General Admission

January 21Live from the MET: Romeo et Juliette (Gounod)1:00 pmWhen Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo starred opposite each other in Manon at the Met in 2015, the New York Times said, “the temperature rises nearly to boiling every time Damrau and Grigolo are on stage together.” Now they’re back as opera’s classic lovers, in Gounod’s lush Shakespeare adaptation. Bartlett Sher’s new production has already won acclaim for its vivid 18thcentury milieu and stunning costumes during runs at Salzburg and La Scala. Gianandrea Noseda conducts the sumptuous score. Estimated Run Time: 3:30 Intermissions: 1$27 Adults, $25 Grand Members, $20 Students (15 & under) Reserved Seating

JANUARY FEBRUARYFEBRUARYFebruary 2NT Live: Amadeus2:00 pmMusic. Power. Jealousy. Lucian Msamati (Luther, Game of Thrones, NT Live: The Comedy of Errors) plays Salieri in Peter Shaffer’s iconic play, broadcast live from the National Theatre, and with live orchestral accompaniment by Southbank Sinfonia. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young prodigy, arrives in Vienna, the music capital of the world – and he’s determined to make a splash. Awestruck by his genius, court composer Antonio Salieri has the power to promote his talent or destroy his name. Seized by obsessive jealousy he begins a war with Mozart, with music, and ultimately, with God.$18 Adults, $16 Seniors, $15 Grand Members, $13 Students, $10 Youth (12 & under) General Admission

February 3-52017 Banff Mountain Film FestivalPresented by Cadillac Mountain Sports

Culture Friday, February 3rd 7:00 pmExtreme Sports Saturday, February 4th 7:00 pm“Best Of” Sunday, February 5th 2:00 pm$15 General Admission

February 10-12 & 17-19Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Maine present: Pirates of PenzanceOn the Stanley Subauru StageFridays, 7:00 pm, Saturdays & Sundays 2:00 pmIn The Pirates of Penzance, Frederic was as a child apprenticed to a band of tenderhearted, orphaned pirates by his nurse who, being hard of hearing, had mistaken her master’s instructions to apprentice the boy to a pilot. Frederic, upon completing his 21st year, rejoices that he has fulfilled his indentures and is now free to return to respectable society. But it turns out that he was born on February 29 in leap year, and he remains apprenticed to the pirates until his 21st birthday. By the end of the opera, the pirates, a Major General who knows nothing of military strategy, his large family of beautiful but unwed daugters, and the timid constabulary all contribute to a cacophony that can be silenced only by Queen Victoria’s name.Directed by Leslie Michaud$21 Adults, $19 Seniors/Students (15 & under) Reserved Seating

February 14 & 15CineGrand Film: Love & FriendshipTuesday, 7:30 pm, Wednesday, 2:00 pm(2016. UK 1hr., 34 min. Directed by Whit Stillman. PG.) In this adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic story of wit and wisdom, beautiful young widow Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale) visits to the estate of her in-laws to wait out the colorful rumors about her dalliances circulating through polite society. Whilst ensconced there, she decides to secure a husband for herself and a future for her eligible but reluctant daughter, Frederica (Morfydd Clark). In doing so she attracts the simultaneous attentions of the young, handsome Reginald DeCourcy (Xavier Samuel), the rich and silly Sir James Martin (Tom Bennett) and the divinely handsome, but married, Lord Manwaring (Lochlann O’Mearainn), complicating matters severely. With Chloe Sevingy, Stephen Fry and Jemma Redgrave.$8 Adults, $7 Seniors/Students, $6 Grand Members/Matinee General Admission

February 16NT Live: Saint Joan2:00 pmGemma Arterton is Joan of Arc, broadcast live from the Donmar Warehouse. Bernard Shaw’s classic play follows the life and trial of a young country girl who declares a bloody mission to drive the English from France. As one of the first Protestants and nationalists, she threatens the very fabric of the feudal society and the Catholic Church across Europe. Josie Rourke (Coriolanus, Les Liaisons Dangereuses) directs Gemma Arterton (Gemma Bovery, Nell Gwynn, Made in Dagenham) as Joan of Arc in this electrifying production.$18 Adults, $16 Seniors, $15 Grand Members, $13 Students, $10 Youth (12 & under) General Admission

February 20-24Vacation Matinee: The Jungle Book1:00 pm Daily(2016. US 1 hr., 51min. Directed by Jon Favreau. PG.) In this reimagining of the classic collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling, director Jon Favreau uses visually stunning CGI to create the community of animals surrounding Mowgli (Neel Sethi), a human boy adopted by a pack of wolves. The appearance of a villainous tiger named Shere Khan (voiced by Idris Elba) forces Mowgli’s guardian, the panther Bagheera (Ben Kingsley), to shepherd the child to safety in the “man village.” Along the way, the boy meets an affable, lazy bear named Baloo (Bill Murray), as well as a snake with hypnotic powers (Scarlett Johansson) and an orangutan (Christopher Walken) who wants to harness the power of fire. Lupita Nyong’o, Giancarlo Esposito, and Garry Shandling also lend their voices to this adventure tale.Sponsored by The City of Ellsworth & Morton’s Moo$1 General Admission

February 21 & 22CineGrand Film: The Girl on the TrainTuesday, 7:30 pm, Wednesday, 3:30 pm *Please note special time for matinee(2016. USA. 1 hr,. 52 min. Directed by Tate Taylor. R.) Based on the international best-selling novel, The Girl on the Train is the story of Rachel (Emily Blunt, in an electrifying performance), devastated by her recent divorce, spending her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day... until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds. With Allison Janney, Lisa Kudrow, Laura Prepon and Justin Theroux. $8 Adults, $7 Seniors/Students, $6 Grand Members Matinee General Admission

February 25Live from the MET: Rusalka (Dvorák)1:00 pmKristine Opolais stars in the role that helped launch her international career, the mythical Rusalka, who sings the haunting “Song to the Moon.” Director Mary Zimmerman brings her wondrous theatrical imagination to Dvorák’s fairytale of love and longing, rejection and redemption. Brandon Jovanovich, Jamie Barton, Katarina Dalayman, and Eric Owens complete the all-star cast, and Mark Elder conducts. Estimated Run Time: 4:05 Intermissions: 2$27 Adults, $25 Grand Members, $20 Students (15 & under) Reserved Seating

February 28 & March 1CineGrand Film: Hell or High WaterTuesday, 7:30 pm, Wednesday, 2:00 pm(2016. USA 1 hr., 42 min. Directed by David Mackenzie. R.) Texas brothers Toby (Chris Pine), and Tanner (Ben Foster), come together after years divided to rob branches of the bank threatening to foreclose on their family land. For them, the hold-ups are just part of a last-ditch scheme to take back a future that seemed to have been stolen from under them. Justice seems to be theirs, until they find themselves on the radar of Texas Ranger Marcus (Jeff Bridges, in one of his best-reviewed roles) looking for one last grand pursuit on the eve of his retirement, and his half-Comanche partner, Alberto (Gil Birmingham). As the brothers plot a final bank heist to complete their scheme, and with the Rangers on their heels, a showdown looms at the crossroads where the values of the Old and New West murderously collide.$8 Adults, $7 Seniors/Students, $6 Grand Members/Matinee

February Continued