Start the New Year by howling with laughter at The Public Theatre’s Maine-premiere production of the fetching farce, “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” playing January 25 through February 3. This side-splitting spoof turns the classic Sherlock Holmes tale of an ancient family curse and a mysterious hound from hell inside out, stuffing it with non-stop laughter that’s sure to uncover your funnybone. See www.thepublictheatre.org.