Lakewood Theater, Historic theater in Lakewood, Maine, US

The Lakewood Theater stands at 76 Theatre Road on the western shore of Lake Wesserunsett in Madison, Maine. Its main building is a 2+1⁄2-story Colonial Revival wood-frame structure with a gable roof, and a two-story porch with square-paneled posts and a diamond-pattern balustrade runs across much of the front. The auditorium occupies the core of an 1882 religious camp meeting sanctuary, altered in 1925–26.

A religious camp meeting sanctuary built in 1882 forms the core of the theater; it became a skating rink in 1884 and a theater in 1898. Manager Herbert Swett, from 1901, built it into the country's leading summer theater between 1925 and 1941, a Broadway tryout house known as "Broadway in Maine". Productions paused in 1943–44, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

The venue stages annual productions ranging from classic plays to modern musicals, featuring both local talent and guest performers. You will encounter a mix of traditional works and newer productions when you visit.

Tickets are sold at the box office near the entrance or can be purchased online through the official website. Plan to arrive early so you can explore the building before the show starts.

Playwright John B. Hymer, known as the "mayor of Lakewood", collaborated there with Samuel Shipman and built the Colony House in 1929; his son Warren Hymer, who stayed with him, became a movie actor. The theater's own stage premiered "Life With Father" before it reached Broadway.