Did we forget to thank you? Because of you, Lincoln Theater was voted Best Theater Venue in Maine in the 2014 Down East Magazine Reader's Choice awards. This week is a good example of some of the variety of programming that perhaps led folks to vote: a hit film, a Broadway play, a powerful Polish drama, and The Royal Shakespeare Company, and that's just this week. Thank you for making Lincoln Theater an audience favorite.

Jersey Boys

(R, 2 hours 14 minutes)

The story of four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s rock group The Four Seasons. Clint Eastwood's big screen version of the Tony Award-winning musical tells the story of the four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic ’60s rock group The Four Seasons. Their trials and triumphs are accompanied by the hit songs that influenced a generation, and are now being embraced by a new generation of fans through the stage musical. Final Screenings Wednesday, July 23 at 7 p.m. and Thursday, July 24 at 2 p.m. Presented in partnership with the Damariscotta River Grill.

The Nance

Captured LIVE on Broadway starring Nathan Lane

(R, 2 hours, 50 minutes including intermission)

In the 1930s, burlesque impresarios welcomed the hilarious comics and musical parodies of vaudeville to their decidedly lowbrow niche. A headliner called “the nance” was a stereotypically camp homosexual and master of comic double entendre — usually played by a straight man. Douglas Carter Beane’s “The Nance” recreates the naughty, raucous world of burlesque’s heyday and tells the backstage story of Chauncey Miles and his fellow performers. At a time when it is easy to play gay and dangerous to be gay, Chauncey’s uproarious antics on the stage stand out in marked contrast to his offstage life. Plays Thursday, July 24 at 7 p.m.

Ida

(PG-13, 1 hour 20 minutes)

From acclaimed director Pawel Pawlikowski (“Last Resort,” “My Summer of Love”) comes “Ida,” a moving and intimate drama about a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland who, on the verge of taking her vows, discovers a dark family secret dating from the terrible years of the Nazi occupation.

Stunning newcomer Agata Trzebuchowska portrays 18-year old Anna, a sheltered orphan raised in a convent, preparing to become a nun when the Mother Superior insists she first visit her sole living relative. Naïve, innocent Anna soon finds herself in the presence of her Aunt Wanda (Agata Kulesza), a worldly and cynical Communist Party insider, who shocks her with the declaration that her real name is Ida and her Jewish parents were murdered during the Nazi occupation. This revelation triggers a heart-wrenching journey into the countryside, to the family house and into the secrets of the repressed past, evoking the haunting legacy of the Holocaust and the realities of postwar communism.

Powerfully written and eloquently shot, “Ida” is a masterly evocation of a time, a dilemma, and a defining historical moment; “Ida” is also personal, intimate and human. In Polish with English subtitles. Plays at 7 p.m. Friday, July 25 through Sunday July 27, Tuesday, July 29, Wednesday, July 30; and 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 31. Presented in partnership with J. Edward Knight Insurance.

Royal Shakespeare Company: Henry IV Part II

(2 hours and 45 minutes)

King Henry's health is failing as a second rebellion threatens to surface. Intent on securing his legacy, he is uncertain that Hal is a worthy heir, believing him to be more concerned with earthly pleasures than with the responsibility of rule. Meanwhile, Falstaff is sent to the countryside to recruit fresh troops. Among the unwitting locals, opportunities for embezzlement and profiteering prove impossible to resist as Falstaff gleefully indulges in the business of lining his own pockets. As the King's health continues to worsen, Hal must choose between duty, and loyalty to an old friend in Shakespeare's heartbreaking conclusion to this pair of plays. Plays Thursday July 31 at 7 p.m. Presented in partnership with Charter Oak Capital Management.

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