| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | "Iolanta" P. I. TchaikovskyPresented by Boston Vocal Arts Studio May 20-May 22, 2012 Boston Vocal Arts Studio and International Rachmaninoff Russian Music Festival present Tchaikovsky's "Iolanta". Starring Dina Kuznetsova (Metropolitan Opera) as Iolanta and Adam Klein (Metropolitan Opera) as Count Vaudémong. | Boston Vocal Arts Studio | 05/20/12- 05/22/12 | Brighton |
'Salvador Dali - Make Me Hot'Presented by WELLFLEET HARBOR ACTORS THEATER May 26-June 9, 2012 This play is written by Jose Rivera and will be produced by W.H.A.T.'s artistic director, Dan Lombardo. Rivera’s magical masterpiece finds Gabriela talking to the moon – played by a man in a Panama hat playing a violin on her refrigerator. When her husband Benito returns from war, the limits of love are tested, the desert comes alive like a surreal Dali painting, and Gabriela’s housecat dances with a wily coyote. In this comic drama, the moon hovers over all, offering... | WELLFLEET HARBOR ACTORS THEATER | 05/26/12- 06/09/12 | Wellfleet |
13, The MusicalPresented by NextDoor Theater at NextDoor Theater June 8-June 10, 2012 The story concerns the life of 13-year-old Evan Goldman as he moves from New York City to Appleton, Indiana, and his dilemma when the move conflicts with the celebration of his Bar Mitzvah.
Come see this incredible cast of local teen talent! | NextDoor Theater | 06/08/12- 06/10/12 | Winchester |
A Spring Bouquet of Show Tunes and Popular FavoritesPresented by The Paul Madore Chorale June 2, 2012 The Paul Madore Chorale will be presenting A Spring Bouquet of Show Tunes and Popular Favorites on June 2. The concert will include selections from Fiddler on the Roof, Phantom of the Opera, and Guys and Dolls, as well as other all-time favorites. Concert soloists will be drawn from the chorale membership. | The Paul Madore Chorale | 06/02/12 | Salem |
A Woodland Cinderella by Deborah Costine, Puppeteer!Presented by Puppet Showplace Theatre at Puppet Showplace Theatre June 7-June 9, 2012 In this original version of Cinderella, the King of all Woodland Fairies wants his son to marry a fairy princess, but he knows that they are very hard to find. So the King hosts a great ball and commands all the young fairy maidens to attend. He hopes that the missing fern fairy princess will come. Will he find her?
Recommended for ages 3 & up. | Puppet Showplace Theatre | 06/07/12- 06/09/12 | Brookline |
AHA! Night (art, history and architecture)Presented by AHA! (art. history and architecture) May 14, 2009 - Ongoing AHA! takes place every 2nd Thursday and is a FREE art and culture event that features exhibits, performances, live music, talks and tours in downtown New Bedford.
| AHA! (art. history and architecture) | 05/14/09- Ongoing | |
All the Single LadiesPresented by Improv Asylum February 11-October 20, 2012 "All the Single Ladies" is the latest production from Boston's award-winning Improv Asylum, offering Bachelorette Parties and Girls Nights Out groups a wild night of comedy, dancing and a whole lot of naughtiness.
Over the course of the show, four friends set out for one last wild night out before one of them gets married. After a few drinks, old feuds and new secrets threaten their good time, and only some songs and dancing can help them work through it. The... | Improv Asylum | 02/11/12- 10/20/12 | Boston |
And a Nightingale SangPresented by Wellesley Summer Theatre Company at Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre May 24-June 24, 2012 A British family struggles to hold together in the midst of the chaos of World War II in this bittersweet comedy. The play is a nostalgic romp through life on the home front with a quirky cast of lovable characters. Touching and funny in equal measure, the story revels in the universal truth of the strength of family.
Buy ½ price tickets at BosTix.org | Wellesley Summer Theatre Company | 05/24/12- 06/24/12 | Wellesley |
And A Nightingale Sang Presented by The Arts at Wellesley May 24-June 24, 2012 A British family struggles to hold together in the midst of World War II's chaos in this bittersweet comedy. It's a nostalgic romp through life on the homefront with a quirky cast of lovable characters. Touching and funny in equal measure, the story glories in the universal truth of the strength of family. | The Arts at Wellesley | 05/24/12- 06/24/12 | Wellesley |
Anthony Rapp WITHOUT YOU: A Memoir with MusicJune 19-June 24, 2012 See the show the New York Times calls "Deeply Moving!" before it heads to London and support Shakespeare on the Common.
CSC Alum Anthony Rapp and Artistic Director Steven Maler have teamed up to adapt Rapp's New York Times best-selling memoir to the stage. The one-man show follows Rapp's turbulent journey through the convergence of two life-changing events: the early days of Rent - including the untimely passing of Jonathan Larson - and the illness and death of his... | | 06/19/12- 06/24/12 | Boston |
Arts Alive Festival '12Presented by ArtsFalmouth June 22-June 24, 2012 A 3-day celebration of the arts in Falmouth and the Upper Cape. Continuous entertainment - over 60 performances of Theater, Spoken Word, Dance and Music for all tastes - jazz, classical, folk and fiddle, show tunes and a special Rock Fest Saturday Night, 6 to 9 PM 50 + artisans and crafts people display and sell their wares’ All free and everyone welcome – rain or shine | ArtsFalmouth | 06/22/12- 06/24/12 | Falmouth |
Behind the Curtain with The Boston Opera House and MAMMA MIA!Presented by Boston Center for Adult Education June 20, 2012 The Boston Center for Adult Education (BCAE) is continuing its popular “Behind the Curtain” series with an exclusive look into The Boston Opera House and the award-winning musical MAMMA MIA! The series, which has already gone inside the Boston Ballet’s performance of Romeo and Juliet and the Boston Opera House’s production of South Pacific, is aimed at showing students Boston’s historic theaters and revealing what happens behind the scenes of world-class... | Boston Center for Adult Education | 06/20/12 | Boston |
Billy Elliot the MusicalPresented by Broadway In Boston at Boston Opera House July 24-August 19, 2012 Billy Elliot the Musical is the joyous celebration of one boy's journey to make his dreams come true. Set in a small town, the story follows Billy as he stumbles out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class, discovering a surprising passion that inspires his family and his whole community. A big musical with an even bigger heart, Billy Elliot will enchant the dreamer in all of us. Based on the international smash-hit film, Billy Elliot is brought to life by a phenomenal cast and the Tony... | Broadway In Boston | 07/24/12- 08/19/12 | Boston |
Blue Man Group Avg. Event Rating(4.7 Stars): Presented by Blue Man Group at The Charles Playhouse May 14, 2002 - Ongoing Avg. Event Rating (4.7 Stars):  It’s new. It’s cool. BLUE MAN GROUP has updated the wildly popular theatrical show in Boston! Taking a closer look at the technology that both surrounds and isolates us, BLUE MAN GROUP showcases technogeek ingenuity while uniting the audience in primal, collective exhilaration. Signature BLUE MAN GROUP moments combine with breathtakingly fun new pieces for an explosive evening of entertainment.
*Blue Man Group is on an open run at the Charles Playhouse. | Blue Man Group | 05/14/02- Ongoing | Boston |
Blue Man GroupPresented by The Hanover Theatre at The Hanover Theatre June 8-June 10, 2012 BLUE MAN GROUP will thrill Worcester with its high-octane theatrical experience. Escape the ordinary and surround yourself in an explosion of comedy, music, and technology. If you’ve never seen BLUE MAN GROUP , it’s a must-see. If you’re already a fan, don’t miss it.
BLUE MAN GROUP is best known for their wildly popular theatrical shows and concerts which combine music, comedy and multimedia theatrics to produce a totally unique form of entertainment. Although it is... | The Hanover Theatre | 06/08/12- 06/10/12 | Worcester |
Book Of MormonPresented by Broadway In Boston at Boston Opera House April 9-April 28, 2013 Nine 2011 Tony Awards® say it’s the Best Musical of the Year. Vogue says, “It’s the funniest musical of all time.” And The New York Times says, “It’s the best musical of this century.” It’s THE BOOK OF MORMON, the Broadway phenomenon from South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and Avenue Q co-creator Robert Lopez. The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart calls it “A crowning achievement. So good, it makes me angry.” Contains... | Broadway In Boston | 04/09/13- 04/28/13 | Boston |
Boston Comedy Fest Winner, The Today Show, Comedy Central's DAVE RUSSOPresented by Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons at Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons June 8-June 9, 2012 Dave Russo is a comedian like no other. He's a diminutive guy with a big voice, who's high energy act never fails to leave audiences doubled over in laughter. Dave has yet to meet a crowd that he can't win over with his charm and upbeat attitude.
His quick wit and clever improvisation skills keep audiences on their toes, never sure where Dave's mind will ricochet to next. His artful storytelling, combined with his flair for theatrics, has entertained audiences around the country. | Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons | 06/08/12- 06/09/12 | Boston |
Boston Pride 2012 presents Pam AnnPresented by The Wilbur Theatre at Wilbur Theatre June 7, 2012 PAM ANN, a female stand up comic in the tradition of Lenny Bruce, takes you on a wildcat journey from boarding to landing. Prepare to be flown like you've never been flown before! Pam Ann guides you through the conundrums of air travel, skewers the quirks of some of the biggest international airlines and mixes in a stiff cocktail of camp, humour and mines the dark side of fabulous even Madonna is a huge fan, describing PAM as "cruelly funny" and as early as June 2012 you too could... | The Wilbur Theatre | 06/07/12 | Boston |
Boston' Longest Running Open Mike Pro/AmPresented by Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons at Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons November 7, 2010-November 17, 2013 800-401-2221 www.beantowncomedy.com $15
OPEN MIKE NIGHT
Dane Cook, Joe Rogan, Bob Kelly, Lewie CK, Bill Burr, John Pennete & More Started Here!
Everyone knows someone who could do my job or could do it better. It just takes a few drinks. Come do your 5 minutes to get your 15 minutes of Fame. Different headliners and special guest each week. call 800-401-2221 for info and to schedule a spot.
| Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons | 11/07/10- 11/17/13 | Boston |
Bovinus Rex, World Premiere OperaPresented by Guerilla Opera at The Zack Box May 24-May 27, 2012 "Bovinus Rex" by composer Rudolf Rojahn is an outrageous black comedy exploring the nature of identity and the calculus of quantifiable suffering. In this contemporary spin on the ancient Oedipus story, an animal farmer in rural Ohio invents a machine to slaughter his entire herd in order to pay off his crippling debt. When his fanatic animal rights activist-daughter decides to infiltrate her father's farm, things tragically spin out of control. | Guerilla Opera | 05/24/12- 05/27/12 | Boston |
British Street party in the New WorldPresented by The Old State House Museum June 3, 2012 The British have a grand tradition of marking national events - decorating the alleyways with flags and bunting, and bringing tables of food and drink out into the streets to celebrate with neighbors. The Bostonian Society and the British Consul invite the public to the Old State House to join The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee festivities – donuts and cake for 200 guests, traditional live music, Shakespeare performances, Red Coat reenactors, and more. | The Old State House Museum | 06/03/12 | Boston |
Bye Bye Liver: The Boston Drinking PlayPresented by Oberon May 12-December 22, 2012 Between the iconic Cheers bar and the Sam Adams brewery, it’s no secret that Bostonians like to drink. But now, drinkers don’t have to choose between a getting hammered and getting cultured. BYE BYE LIVER: The Drinking Play will be peforming every Saturday at 8:00pm at OBERON (2 Arrow Street, Cambridge, MA 02138). Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online at: http://www.cluboberon.com/
Originating in Chicago, BYE BYE LIVER is currently running in 8 cities across... | Oberon | 05/12/12- 12/22/12 | Boston |
CAR TALK: THE MUSICAL!!!Presented by Central Square Theater at Central Square Theater June 14-July 15, 2012 A new musical comedy inspired by the legendary NPR Radio show, performed only blocks from where Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers, opened their Good News Garage in Central Square, Cambridge, MA. Rusty Fenders, a hapless middle-aged owner of a terminally ill ‘93 Kia, falls in love with Miata C. LaChassis, who guides him to the Emerald Garage, home of the Wizard of Cahs. Exploring our romantic obsession with the automobile, ultimately, the world of Car Talk: The Musical!!! is just... | Central Square Theater | 06/14/12- 07/15/12 | Cambridge |
Careless Love: A Down Home MusicalPresented by Oberon at Oberon May 21, 2012 Sean returns to his hometown after 15 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit.
Upon his arrival, he finds his true love on the eve of her wedding to his friend. Set
to traditional bluegrass, old-time, gospel, and folk songs, an ensemble of nine actor/
musicians bring this original story to life with a fiddle, dobro, banjo, mandolin, and more. | Oberon | 05/21/12 | Cambridge |
CHRIS ZITO'S Weekly Thursday Comedy SandboxPresented by Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons at Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons September 22, 2011-August 30, 2012 Zito was an integral part of the early Boston Comedy scene which gave the nation so many of it’s comedy’s greats. Chris traces his roots back to the infamous Ding Ho with Lenny Clarke, Steve Sweeney, Barry Crimmins, Stephen Wright and the birth of the Boston Comedy Club scene, He and his partner Steve Bean made up the first successful comedy duo “Zito & Bean” and together they hosted a weekly show at “ “Play it Again Sam’s” for over two... | Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons | 09/22/11- 08/30/12 | Boston |
Circus Smirkus 2012 Big Top Tour: Topsy Turvy Time TravelPresented by CIRCUS SMIRKUS August 3-August 4, 2012 The international, award-winning, traveling youth circus features kids – ages 11 to 18 – on high-wire and trapeze, as clowns, jugglers, acrobats and more. This year's show is "Topsy Turvy Time Travel: A Blast from the Past & Fun from the Future." Hop aboard our circus-powered time machine for a tantalizing trip through time! Arc the ages with acrobats, soar centuries with aerialists, jump decades with jugglers, and discover playful, preposterous, pre-HYSTERIC...
Buy ½ price tickets at BosTix.org | CIRCUS SMIRKUS | 08/03/12- 08/04/12 | Newbury |
Circus Smirkus 2012 Big Top Tour: Topsy Turvy Time TravelPresented by CIRCUS SMIRKUS at Gore Place July 26-July 29, 2012 The international, award-winning, traveling youth circus features kids – ages 11 to 18 – on high-wire and trapeze, as clowns, jugglers, acrobats and more. This year's show is "Topsy Turvy Time Travel: A Blast from the Past & Fun from the Future." Hop aboard our circus-powered time machine for a tantalizing trip through time! Arc the ages with acrobats, soar centuries with aerialists, jump decades with jugglers, and discover playful, preposterous, pre-HYSTERIC...
Buy ½ price tickets at BosTix.org | CIRCUS SMIRKUS | 07/26/12- 07/29/12 | Waltham |
Circus Smirkus 2012 Big Top Tour: Topsy Turvy Time TravelPresented by CIRCUS SMIRKUS July 30-August 1, 2012 The international, award-winning, traveling youth circus features kids – ages 11 to 18 – on high-wire and trapeze, as clowns, jugglers, acrobats and more. This year's show is "Topsy Turvy Time Travel: A Blast from the Past & Fun from the Future." Hop aboard our circus-powered time machine for a tantalizing trip through time! Arc the ages with acrobats, soar centuries with aerialists, jump decades with jugglers, and discover playful, preposterous, pre-HYSTERIC...
Buy ½ price tickets at BosTix.org | CIRCUS SMIRKUS | 07/30/12- 08/01/12 | Sandwich |
Circus Smirkus 2012 Big Top Tour: Topsy Turvy Time TravelPresented by CIRCUS SMIRKUS August 12-August 13, 2012 The international, award-winning, traveling youth circus features kids – ages 11 to 18 – on high-wire and trapeze, as clowns, jugglers, acrobats and more. This year's show is "Topsy Turvy Time Travel: A Blast from the Past & Fun from the Future." Hop aboard our circus-powered time machine for a tantalizing trip through time! Arc the ages with acrobats, soar centuries with aerialists, jump decades with jugglers, and discover playful, preposterous, pre-HYSTERIC...
Buy ½ price tickets at BosTix.org | CIRCUS SMIRKUS | 08/12/12- 08/13/12 | Revere |
Color-blindPresented by RevDc at Cambridge Family YMCA Theatre July 21-July 28, 2012 Color-blind tells the story of a young multiracial couple. Sakwaya, an American-born African, has just received a marriage proposal and intends to introduce her white fiancé Jake to her family. With hopes of a bright future, Jake meets Sakwaya’s family only to find that they harbor deeply rooted racial ideals forced upon them by experience. Jake needs to charm Sakwaya's crazy old cougar of a grandma and, more importantly, her stern father, whom Sakwaya esteems. Will love... | RevDc | 07/21/12- 07/28/12 | Cambridge |
Comedy is KingPresented by Oberon at Oberon May 23, 2012 Hosted by Lamont Price, Comedy Central's Comedians to Watch featuring The Lucas Bros., Josh Gondelman and Tom Dustin. | Oberon | 05/23/12 | Cambridge |
Crimes of the HeartPresented by Gloucester Stage Company at Gloucester Stage August 30-September 13, 2012 by Beth Henley
Directed by Carmel O'Reilly
No holds are barred as three southern sisters confront life head onn in this hilarious and heartbreaking family drama. Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the Drama Critics Circle Award, 'Crimes' has joined the canon great American plays. Guest director Carmel O'Reilly returns to Gloucester Stage after her triumphant staging of 'Trad.' Talk Back following Sunday, September 2 performance.
Buy ½ price tickets at BosTix.org | Gloucester Stage Company | 08/30/12- 09/13/12 | Gloucester |
Cultural Survival BazaarPresented by Cultural Survival July 14-July 15, 2012 An International Festival of Native Arts & Culture Featuring artisans, products, & performers from around the world. Shop handmade art, jewelry, clothing, crafts, decor, tribal rugs, & much more. Enjoy FREE music performances, presentations, Native American storytelling, educational displays, craft-making demonstrations, & ethnic cuisine. Proceeds support Native artisans, fair trade, and Cultural Survival's non-profit work worldwide. For special features, artisan... | Cultural Survival | 07/14/12- 07/15/12 | Tiverton |
Cultural Survival BazaarPresented by Cultural Survival July 21-July 22, 2012 An International Festival of Native Arts & Culture Featuring artisans, products, & performers from around the world. Shop handmade art, jewelry, clothing, crafts, decor, tribal rugs, & much more. Enjoy FREE music performances, presentations, Native American storytelling, educational displays, craft-making demonstrations, & Wampanoag cuisine. Proceeds support Native artisans, fair trade, and Cultural Survival's non-profit work worldwide. For special features, artisan... | Cultural Survival | 07/21/12- 07/22/12 | Falmouth |
Cultural Survival BazaarPresented by Cultural Survival May 26-May 28, 2012 An International Festival of Native Arts & Culture Featuring artisans, products, & performers from around the world. Shop handmade art, jewelry, clothing, crafts, decor, tribal rugs, & much more. Enjoy FREE music performances, presentations, Native American storytelling, educational displays, craft-making demonstrations, & Tibetan cuisine. Proceeds support Native artisans, fair trade, and Cultural Survival's non-profit work worldwide. For special features, artisan... | Cultural Survival | 05/26/12- 05/28/12 | Amherst |
CUPCAKEPresented by Club Cafe at Club Cafe May 10-June 24, 2012 CUPCAKE is a flirty love-letter to Summertown, a free-spirited seaside resort where every mouth waters for Tom (Grant MacDermott) and his irresistible cupcakes. But rookie Officer Stone (Mark Linehan), looking hot in his spotless uniform, is on the prowl: the law clearly states that street sales of food are taboo. The locals, especially the hunky Lifeguard (Max Sangerman) and the sexy-nerdy Librarian (Hallie Brevetti), relish Tom’s contraband cupcakes and help their adored... | Club Cafe | 05/10/12- 06/24/12 | Boston |
Disney's Beauty and the BeastPresented by Broadway In Boston at Boston Opera House May 29-June 3, 2012 Live On Stage!
Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the smash hit Broadway musical, is coming to Boston! Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature film, this eyepopping spectacle has won the hearts of over 35 million people worldwide. This classic musical love story is filled with unforgettable characters, lavish sets and costumes, and dazzling production numbers including “Be Our Guest” and the beloved title song. Experience the romance and enchantment of... | Broadway In Boston | 05/29/12- 06/03/12 | Boston |
Don PasqualePresented by Boston Midsummer Opera at Tsai Performance Center July 25-July 29, 2012 For its seventh season Boston Midsummer Opera (BMO) presents a sparkling comic masterpiece, Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, playing at the Tsai Performance Center at Boston University for three performances only, July 25, 27, and 29. Obie Award winner/Tony Award nominee Austin Pendleton directs the fully staged and costumed production. Music director and nationally acclaimed conductor Susan Davenny Wyner leads the performances, which will be performed with orchestra and sung in English.... | Boston Midsummer Opera | 07/25/12- 07/29/12 | Boston |
EMERGING AMERICA FESTIVAL Pirates of PenzancePresented by Emerging America Festival at Oberon June 21-June 24, 2012 By Gilbert and Sullivan, With New Arrangements by Kevin O'Donnell; Directed by Sean Graney; Performed by The Hypocrites
Bringing the sold-out production from their native Chicago, The Hypocrites treat this hilarious musical in an entirely thrilling new way. Treat yourself to an eighty-minute exotic excursion featuring bathing beauties, philosophizing pirates, and grown men in remarkably short shorts! Warning: If you want boring, stay away; this experience will cause... | Emerging America Festival | 06/21/12- 06/24/12 | Cambridge |
EMERGING AMERICA FESTIVAL Steve Cuiffo is Lenny BrucePresented by Emerging America Festival at Oberon June 22-June 23, 2012 Celebrated performer Steve Cuiffo has immersed himself in the work of Lenny Bruce, delivering sublime, hyperreal, verbatim resurrections of the great American thinker’s monologues. The New York Times has declared, “Lenny Bruce is brought back from the dead in the form of Mr. Cuiffo,” who will perform a compilation of Bruce “bits” on still-hot topics, including organized religion, race, illegal and prescription drugs, sexual mores, obscenity, and the... | Emerging America Festival | 06/22/12- 06/23/12 | Cambridge |
EMERGING AMERICA FESTIVAL The Hotel NepenthePresented by Emerging America Festival at Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA June 21-June 24, 2012 Huntington Theatre Company presents the Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s production
Written by John Kuntz, Directed David R. Gammons
Winner of 2011 Elliot Norton Award for Best New Script.
A starlet and her paramour, a senator’s wife and a prostitute, a mother of an abducted child, a bus driver, a taxi dispatcher, a desperate lover — these lives and others intersect in and around the Hotel Nepenthe as mysteries multiply and... | Emerging America Festival | 06/21/12- 06/24/12 | Boston |
Enter Laughing by Joseph SteinPresented by Arlington Friends of the Drama June 1-June 10, 2012 Enter Laughing is a very funny show performed by a very funny cast! Rarely
done in community theater, this show is a Joseph Stein/Carl Reiner valentine
to the world of theater. Set in 1930s Bronx, a naive young man aspires to be an actor while his parents aspire for him to be a pharmacist. When he gets a chance for a two-bit part in a run-down theatre with a has-been director, comedy ensues. Filled with warmth and a large dollop of Jewish humor. 77 bus from Harvard... | Arlington Friends of the Drama | 06/01/12- 06/10/12 | Arlington |
Friday Night Face OffPresented by Improv Boston at ImprovBoston Theatre February 20, 2009 - Ongoing It's Friday night, and two teams of improvisers will fight for comedic supremacy in a knockdown, no-holds-barred, artistic throwdown. Witness the humiliating sting of defeat and the rush of victory as they compete for your support with hilarious games, scenes, and characters. A staple of the Boston comedy scene, Friday Night Face Off has been running on the same night and time for over 10 years! Come and see what the fuss is all about!
Buy ½ price tickets at BosTix.org | Improv Boston | 02/20/09- Ongoing | Cambridge |
Gary GulmanPresented by The Wilbur Theatre at Wilbur Theatre May 24, 2012 Boston native Gary Gulman will tape a new one hour comedy special at The Wilbur Theater (246 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02116 ) on May 24th at 8pm. Tickets can be purchased by calling (617) 248-9700 or visiting www.thewilburtheatre.com.
Gulman always knew he wanted to be a comedian and his humor is unique, clever and highly entertaining. He was seen on Dane Cook's 'Tourgasm' on HBO and shot the pilot 'Dinner with Todd Glass' with Todd Glass and Sarah Silverman. Gary has also made... | The Wilbur Theatre | 05/24/12 | Boston |
HairsprayPresented by New Bedford Festival Theatre at Zeiterion Performing Arts Center June 20-June 29, 2012 Winner of 8 Tony Awards, HAIRSPRAY has delighted audiences with its infectious music, amazing dances, and endearing story of a plus-size teen who becomes an overnight star in her quest to integrate a popular 1960's TV teen-age dance show and win the heart of the show's heart-throb. Welcome to the 60's where you can't stop the beat! | New Bedford Festival Theatre | 06/20/12- 06/29/12 | New Bedford |
Hershey Felder as George Gershwin AlonePresented by ArtsEmerson May 30-June 10, 2012 This celebrated one-man play about the legendary American composer who "made a lady out of jazz" returns to Boston! An evening packed with Gershwin’s most famous pieces and a glimpse into his early years, his personal life and his artistic genius.
Buy ½ price tickets at BosTix.org | ArtsEmerson | 05/30/12- 06/10/12 | Boston |
Hovey Players Present Presented by Hovey Players May 11-May 26, 2012 From Neil Simon comes the Broadway hit about a staff of 1950’s comedy writers as they produce television’s #1 weekly variety program, The Max Prince Show. Based upon his own time as a staff writer for Sid Caesar’s Your Show Of Shows, Simon recreates the mayhem and constant one-upmanship of a team of funny misfits trying to create comedy in the era of the Red Scare and network interference. Directed by David Fisher. Show dates: May 11, 12, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26 at 8 pm, May 20... | Hovey Players | 05/11/12- 05/26/12 | Waltham |
I Capture the CastlePresented by Stoneham Theatre at Stoneham Theatre May 24-June 10, 2012 I Capture The Castle
May 24-June 10, 2012
By Dodie smith
Directed by Weylin Symes
This spring fall in love with this rediscovered gem of a play. The lives of 17-year old Cassandra Mortmain and her eccentric English family are turned upside down with the arrival of a handsome new landlord. As the Mortmains struggle to accept the strangers in their midst, new possibilities and new love unexpectedly begin to bloom. Dodie smith (author of The One Hundred and One...
Buy ½ price tickets at BosTix.org | Stoneham Theatre | 05/24/12- 06/10/12 | Stoneham |
Idina MenzelPresented by Citi Performing Arts Center at Citi Wang Theatre September 29, 2012 Tony Award-winning actress, singer and songwriter Idina Menzel, star of Broadway’s Wicked and the original stage production of Rent, will bring her new live show backed by a full orchestra to the Citi Wang Theatre on Saturday, September 29th.
Garnering huge critical acclaim, Menzel reached superstardom on Broadway with her Tony Award-winning performance as Elphaba, the misunderstood green girl, in the blockbuster Wicked and in her Tony-nominated role as Maureen in the... | Citi Performing Arts Center | 09/29/12 | Boston |
In The Grove: A Summer Solstice JourneyPresented by Arnold Arboretum at Hunnewell Building June 15-June 16, 2012 Award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb & Margot Chamberlain on Celtic Harp take the audience on an evocative journey through the beautiful groves of the Arnold Arboretum. Ancient legends of trees, with music and songs from cultures around the world accompany this twilight stroll. | Arnold Arboretum | 06/15/12- 06/16/12 | Boston |