Day 6- When it Rains in Maine.....

When it rains in Maine….you go to Ogunquit Playhouse to see “When Elvis Met the Beatles”!  It just happened that we purchased tickets a couple months ago and today is our first rainy day here!  Just about every Maine town has a theater, but the Ogunquit Playhouse is a legend that helped produce Hollywood Icons.  It started as a small summer theater by Broadway producer Walter Hartwig and his wife Maude in 1933.  As the years went on, stars like Betty White, Lloyd Bridges, and Gene Wilder performed for summer crowds. The theater now seats 700.

 FUN FACT:  Bette Davis was the first female lifeguard in Ogunquit around the mid-1920’s and also appeared at the playhouse as her star was rising.

When Elvis Met the Beatles was so much fun for us!  It was really when the Beatles met their idol.  In the summer of 1965 the planets aligned in the cosmos of rock’n’roll.  The Beatles, who had taken America by storm with their mop-topped mania, were about to meet Elvis Presley, the undisputed King of Rock’n’Roll.  It wasn’t just a meeting;  it was a seismic event, a cultural clash, and a private summit between two of the biggest acts the world had ever seen.  Picture it:  John, Paul, George, and Ringo, the Fab Four from Liverpool, pulling up to Elvis Presley’s opulent Los Angeles home.  Inside awaited the man who had revolutionized music and set the template for every rock star that would follow.  This meeting would go down as one of the most iconic moments in music history.  It was a moment where the past met the future, where the man who changed everything for the Beatles came face-to-face with the band that would change everything for music.