áááÑ
IN THIS WEEKEND'S
"HOMETOWN MAINE,''
WE HEAD TO THE
TOWN OF MADISON.
LOCATED IN
SOMERSET COUNTY,
ONCE KNOWN AS
BARNARDSTOWN,
IT IS BELIEVED THAT
IT WAS ACTUALLY RE-
NAMED AFTER
PRESIDENT JAMES
MADISON.
IN THE EARLY
1900'S, MADISON WAS
ONE OF THE STATE'S
TOP LEADERS IN
MANUFACTURED
GOODS--- IT WAS ALSO
DURING THAT TIME A
TROLLEY WAS áTHEá
WAY OF GETTING
PASSENGERS FROM
THE DOWNTOWN
MADISON TO
LAKEWOOD, A
LAKESIDE RESORT IN
TOWN, WHERE A
SUMMER THEATER
WAS JUST BEGINNING
AN HISTORIC RUN.
LET'S HEAD TO
MADISON FOR THIS
WEEKEND'S
"HOMETOWN MAINE'"
IF YOU HEAD ALONG
ROUTE 201 IN
MADISON, YOU WILL
SEE A SIGN POINTING
YOU TO A QUAINT
LITTLE GETAWAY
TUCKED IN ALONG
THE SHORES OF LAKE
WESSERRUNSETT.
THIS LITTLE GEM IS
DOTTED WITH
SHINGLED COTTAGES,
MAINE PINES AND
STUNNING VIEWS...
ALL OF WHICH
REMAINS THE
PERFECT SETTING
FOR THE HISTORIC
LAKEWOOD THEATER.
NK STAND UP TC 1 34
08 THIS IS A SPECIAL
WEEKEND FOR
LAKEWOOD THEATER
...IT IS OPENING
WEEKEND, BEGINNING
ITS 114TH SEASON,
AND BY DEFINITION,
IT IS THE OLDEST
CONTINUOUS
RUNNING SUMMER
THEATER IN THE
NATION. SOT: PETE
QUINN TC 1 10 13
PEOPLE COME HERE
AND IT SOUNDS
TRITE, BUT IT'S
MAGIC; IT IS A
SPECIAL PLACE, IT IS
JUST GREAT. THIS
LAND WAS ONCE WAS
ONCE USED AS AN
AMUSEMENT PARK
AND A MEETING
PLACE FOR
SPIRITUALISTS UNTIL
1901 WHEN A MAN
NAMED HERBERT
SWETT TOOK TURNED
THIS BUILDING INTO A
MULTIPURPOSE
THEATER SOT MATT
QUINN/TECHNICAL
DIRECTOR TC : 39 30
SO, THEY USED TO
HAVE SHOWS, AND
AFTER THE SHOWS,
THEY WOULD STRIP
OUT ALL OF THE
CHAIRS AND HAVE
DANCES. THE
THEATER'S SCENIC
LOCATION
ATTRACTED
AUDIENCES FROM ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY,
NOT TO MENTION A
FEW ACTORS WHO
PERFORMED HERE
áBEFOREá THEY MADE
IT IN HOLLYWOOD .....
SOT: MATT QUINN TC
40 40 ACTORS LIKE
BOGART, HUMPHREY
BOGART WAS HERE.
HE WASN'T HERE
WHEN HE WAS
FAMOUS, HE WAS
HERE MAKING A NAME
FOR HIMSELF TC 41 42
TRAVOLTA WAS HERE
IN 1976, PHYLLIS
DYLER, DONNY MOST,
HUGH CRONIN
....BETTY WHITE AND
ALLAN LUDEN WERE
HERE IN THE 60'S
SWETT'S FAMILY
EVENTUALLY SOLD
THE THEATER. WHICH
UNDERWENT A
PERIOD OF SEVERAL
DIFFERENT OWNERS
AND WAS IN DANGER
OF GOING DARK IN
1985, UNTIL PETER
QUINN AND HIS
BUSINESS PARTNER
TOOK OVER THE
REIGNS AND
IMMEDIATELY
REVITALIZED THIS
GRAND OLD STAGE.
SOT PETER QUINN TC
1 09 47 THEY WERE
NOT GOING TO HAVE
A SEASON IN 1985, SO
WE INQUIRED IF WE
COULD DO IT, SO WE
CAME OVER A DID
THREE SHOWS AND
NOW WE ARE DOING
NINE. THIS REMAINS A
FAMILY RUN
OPERATION FOR
PETER QUINN AND HIS
FAMILY, ALL OF WHOM
ARE INVOLVED IN
MANY DIFFERENT
CAPACITIES. SOT:
PETER QUINN TC 1 10
37 WE WIFE DID
COSTUMES, AND I
PLAYED PIANO FOR
MUSICALS
Ñ
TC 1 10 48 MATT IS
TECH DIRECTOR,
KATIE, MY DAUGHTER,
WORKS OVER TO,
ACTUALLY, MANAGES
THE RESTAURANT TC
MATT QUINN 52 06 I
DON'T MAKE A TON OF
MONEY DOING IT, BUT
I AM HAPPY AND I
MAKE OTHER PEOPLE
HAPPY AND IT IS
WORTH IT TO ME
LAKEWOOD SEATS
600... PERFORMERS
SAY THEY LIKE IT
BECAUSE OF ITS
COZINESS SOT:
NANCY
CARBONE/PERFORMER
TC 1 00 07 IT REALLY
IS, IT IS INTIMATE,
THERE REALLY ISN'T
A BAD SEAT IN THE
HOUSE, THE
ACOUSTICS ARE
GREAT, WE GO UN-
MIC'D HERE NANCY
CARBONE IS IN THE
SEASON OPENING
PRODUCTION OF 'WHY
DO FOOLS FALL IN
LOVE?'
Ñ
SHE IS ONE OF
SEVERAL PEOPLE
WHO WEAR MANY
DIFFERENT HATS IN
THIS THEATER SOT:
NANCY
CARBONE/PERFORMER
TC: 58 58 ALONG
WITH BEING AN
ACTOR, I AM ALSO A
BOX OFFICE MANAGER
LAKEWOOD ALSO
OFFERS ITS STAGE TO
STUDENTS WHO ARE
ALSO PASSIONATE
ABOUT ACTING WITH
ITS ANNUAL THEATER
CAMP...
....REGARDLESS A
PERFORMERS
THEATER
EXPERIENCE,
áANYONEá WHO HAS
STEPPED ON TO THIS
STAGE HAS SIGNED
THE WALLS OF THESE
DRESSING ROOMS......
IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY
ENOUGH, YOU MAY
RECOGNIZE A FEW
NAMES
Ñ
AND SO THE CURTIN
HAS RISEN ONCE
AGAIN AT
LAKEWOOD.. ITS
114TH SEASON....
STILL THE OLDEST
SUMMER RUNNING
THEATER IN AMERICA
IF THERE IS
SOMETHING ABOUT
YOUR HOMETOWN
THAT MAKES YOUR
TOWN UNIQUE, WE
WANT TO HEAR FROM
YOU.
E-MAIL US AT
áHOMETOWN M-E AT
W-M-T-W DOT COMá
AND MAYBE WE WILL
FEATURE YOUR
HOMETOWN IN A
