Beautiful Blackbird Live! - Photo courtesy of Portland Ovations

Beautiful Blackbird Live!

Ashley Bryan’s artful children’s book comes to life in this joyful concert for young audiences created by Georgia’s Alliance Theatre. Join Blackbird and his fantastic feathered band for a high energy concert of funk and soul music based on the beloved Maine author’s Coretta Scott King Award-winning book, Beautiful Blackbird.

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Westbrook Performing Arts Center
471 Stroudwater Street
Westbrook, Maine 04092 United States
About the Event
Presented by
Portland Ovations
(207) 773-3150
November 23, 2024

Featuring original music composed by Eugene H. Russell IV and stunning costumes designed by Lex Liang, the Beautiful Blackbirds will have you on your feet clapping along with their funky rhythms as they celebrate the uniqueness of each of us. Shake your tailfeathers and dance to the music!

Beautiful Blackbird Live! is presented in partnership with the Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival, Indigo Arts Alliance, Portland Ovations, and the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine (CMTM). Each unique, family-friendly experience is a theatrical adaptation of Ashley Bryan’s beloved children’s book Beautiful Blackbird. CMTM will present a stage play for the very young in September and October, and Ovations will present a lively concert in November, all in coordination with the Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival in September.

RUNTIME: 60 MIN, NO INTERMISSION

ALL TICKETS $20

This event is ASL interpreted.
This is a family-friendly performance. Guests are free to exit and re-enter the theater when necessary. The performance cannot be viewed from the lobby.