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>>> FIRST TONIGHT, ONE OF THE 4@
MOST POPULAR PL4@AYS IN THE
COUNTRY HAS COME HOME TO THE
STATE THAT INSPIRED IT.
PORTLAND STAGE COMPANY IS
PRESENTING ALMOST MAIN.4@
>> ENACTOR AND PLAYWRIGHT WHO
GREW UP IN -- A SERIES OF 4@
VIGNETTES ABOUT EVERY DAY 4@
PEOPLE IN4@ EVERYDAY MAIN DEALI
WITH LIFE, LOVE, AND LOSS.
WE TALKED TO HIM ON STAGE TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT MAKES THE
PRODUCTION SO SPECIAL FOR HIM.
>> THIS IS REALLY A HOMECOMING
FOR YOU AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
THIS BEFORE BUT WHEN YOU WERE
GROWING UP AND IN HIGH SCHOOL
YOU CAME 4@DOWN HERE 4@TO SEE A
SHOW AT PORTLAND STAGE COMPANY
AND IT REALLY CHANGED YOUR LIFE
DIDN'T IT? 4@
>> YEAH, I SAW THE CHERRY
ORCHARD.
I DON'T THINK I HAD SEEN A PLAY
BEFORE, I THINK I HAD SEEN
MUSICALS, BUT I HAD 4@NEVER SEE
A PROFESSIONAL 4@PLAY BEFORE.
AND I JUST WAS KIND OF BLOWN
AWAY BY HOW THRILLING THE WORDS
WERE.
I KNEW HOW THRILLING MUSIC 4@
COULD BE, BUT I WAS BLOWN AWAY
BY HOW THRILLING GREAT ACTORS
COULD MAKE WORDS.
>> Reporter: SO IT IS 4@NOT TOO
BAD TO SAY THAT SEEING THAT
PRODUCTION HERE AT PORTLAND
STAGE MADE YOU SERIOUSLY THINK
TO YOURSELF I WOULD LIKE TO
BECOME AN ACTOR?
>> YEAH, DEFINITELY.4@
I WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS, I
DIDN'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY ACTOR,
I KNEW I WANTED TO BE IN THE
WORLD OF THEATER AS A FORM OF
STORYTELLING.
>> Reporter: MAGIC OF THE
STAGE.
THE SPELL THAT THE ARITY
THEATER CAST 4@ON HIM HE BECAME
AN ACTOR.
THE FIRST TIME WE DID A STORY
ON HIM IN 2005 HE WAS
PERFORMING ON BROADWAY.
♪ WHEN GOD GAVE US MANNA IN 4@
THE WILDERNESS THAT WAS A
MIRACLE 4@TOO ♪
>> Reporter: THE SHOW 4@WAS
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF AND IT
BROUGHT HIM IN A NOMINATION FOR
A TONY AWARD FOR BEST
SUPPORTING ACTOR.
SO THIS 4@IS WHERE YOU SIT DOWN
BEFORE THE SHOW AND PUT ON YOUR
OWN MAKEUP?
>> 4@NO MAKEUP.
IT IS WINTER, WE LIVE IN A PART
OF THE WORLD 4@OF RUSSIA.
PALEN NO MAKEUP, THAT'S REALLY
LUCKY.
>> Reporter: IT WAS A HEAVY 4@
TIME FOR HIM, ONLY A YEAR 4@
BEFORE A PLAY 4@HE WROTE "ALMOS
MAIN" HAD ITS WORLD PREMIERE AT
PORTLAND STAGE COMPANY.
WHAT YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THAT?
>> I WAS VERY HAPPY IT WAS
BETTER THAN I EXPECTED.
THE PLACE SPOKE TO PEOPLE HERE
THE WAY 4@I HOPED IT WOULD.
IT IS A CELEBRATION OF 4@4@A PL
THE PLACE SPOKE TO PEOPLE HERE THE WAY 4@I HOPED IT WOULD. IT IS A CELEBRATION OF 4@4@A PL@
I DON'T THINK IT APPLIES TO
NORTHERN MAINE, I THINK IT IS
JUST UNTHOUGHT OF.
>> Reporter: I THINK THAT IS
SOMETHING NO ONE EVER THOUGHT
OF.
WAS THAT 4@THIS PLAY "ALMOST
MAINE" TURNED INTO WHAT 4@IT
HAS.
IT IS THE MOST PRODUCED PLAY IN
AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOLS OF ALL,
RIGHT?
>> YES.
>> Reporter: WHAT YOU MAKE 4@OF
THAT?
>> I DON'T KNOW 4@REALLY, IT IS
PLAY FOR ADULTS REALLY.
"ALMOST MAINE" IS 4@A VERY FUNN
PLAY 4@, BUT IT IS ALSO VERY SA
>> Reporter: WHEN IT FIRST RAN
OFF-BROADWAY IN 2006, WHEN THIS
VIDEO WAS SHOT, IT CLOSED AFTER
JUST TWO MONTHS. 4@
BUT SINCE THEN IT HAS ENJOYED
REMARKABLE SUCCESS!
THERE HAVE BEEN 4@NEARLY 5000
PRODUCTIONS OF IT STAGED AROUND
THE WORLD.
>> IS VERY POPULAR IN SOUTH
AMERICA, ALSO IN RUSSIA, WHEN 4@
WINTER HAPPENS -- SCANDINAVIA,
EASTERN EUROPE, 4@IT'S PRETTY 4@
POPULAR THERE.
MY FRIEND SAID IT IS BECAUSE 4@
PERCEIVE THOSE PLACES AS
JOYLESS, THE PLAY IS 4@BOTH
JOYFUL AND JOYLESS AT THE SAME
TIME.
I'M JUST HAPPY THEY 4@LIKE IT.
>> Reporter: HOW MANY TIMES
HAVE YOU ACTED IN "ALMOST
MAINE"?
>> THIS IS MY THIRD TIME, AND
THIS IS MY LAST TIME.
I WILL BE TOO OLD SEEN, SO
THIS IS MY LAST TIME.
IT IS SO GOOD TO SAY GOODBYE TO
IT, IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL
PRODUCTION. 4@
>> Reporter: IT WILL TAKE ON
ANOTHER LIFE, HE HAS ADAPTED IT
PRODUCTION. 4@ >> Reporter: IT WILL TAKE ON ANOTHER LIFE, HE HAS ADAPTED IT@
INTO A NOVEL, ONE THAT TELLS
THE STORY OF THE CHARACTERS IN
NORTHERN MAINE, THAT SHOWS HIS
VISION, NOT 4@SOMEONE ELSE'S.
>> THE BACKDROP OF DIFFICULTY
DOESN'T MEAN YOUR LIFE 4@AS
JOYLESS.
IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU LIVE A
JOYLESS EXISTENCE.
I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THA@
ALL THE THINGS EXIST TOGETHER 4@
IN ALL OF OUR LIVES, THE
SADNESS AND HAPPINESS.
AND THAT'S WHAT I GOT TO 4@DO.
>> Reporter: PERHAPS THE BEST
COMPLEMENT CAME WHEN A FAN
ASKED HIM TO AUTOGRAPH A COPY
OF HER SCRIPT OF 4@THE PLAY.
>> AND ONE GIRL, A YOUNG WOMAN
SAID, THIS PLAY REMINDS ME 4@OF
TAYLOR SWIFT, IT IS LIKE A
TAYLOR SWIFT ALBUM.
>>4@ I WAS LIKE WHAT DO YOU MEA
>> 4@4@SHE SAID IT'S ALL THESE
SHORT STORIES LIKE TAYLOR SWIFT
WRITES ON HER ALBUMS.
>> I SAID WOW THAT'S A COOL
COMPLEMENT I WILL TAKE THAT.
>> Reporter: IS PRETTY ON
TARGET TOO.
>> I THINK SO, 4@I'LL TAKE IT.
>> Reporter: AS THE INTERVIEW
CAME TO A CLOSE WE CAME TO AND
CRANKED UP THE TURNTABLE.
HE TOLD US ABOUT HIS FUTURE
PLANS, 4@THEY INCLUDE PROMOTING
THE "ALMOST MAINE" NOVEL AND
PROMOTING THE MUSICAL ON
BROADWAY. 4@
>> IT PLAYS UNTIL AUGUST 3rd,
A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT, A FOUR-
MONTH RUN AND THEN 4@4@I'M DONE
>> IT PLAYS UNTIL AUGUST 3rd, A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT, A FOUR- MONTH RUN AND THEN 4@4@I'M DONE@
>> Reporter: ANY THOUGHTS FOR
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AFTER THAT?
>> REST.
I'D LIKE TO REST FOR A SECOND.
I'D LIKE TO PUT SOME STUFF IN
HERE INSTEAD OF CREATE.
>> IT MAKES YOU WANT TO GO
AROUND LIKE THIS WHEN WERE
TALKING.
JOHN CARREON HE 4@4@WILL BE 4@
PERFORMING "ALMOST MAINE" AT
PORTLAND STAGE COMPANY THROUGH
FEBRUARY 2nd AND THEN AGAIN ON
THE EIGHTH AND NINTH.
>> HE'LL BE IN NEW YORK ON THE
FIFTH, SIX, AND SEVEN 4@ STARTI
REHEARSALS FOR HIS NEXT SHOW ON
BROADWAY.
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