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Originally one of Boston's magnificent movie palaces, the Paramount Theatre (part of Emerson College) features a 500 seat theatre, a 200 seat cinema, eight rehearsal studios, six practice rooms for individuals and small group, a sound stage for film production and up to a dozen Emerson faculty and staff offices.

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    Paramount Theatre

    559 Washington Street
    Boston, MA 02111

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      02/18/12	Primary Paramount Theatre Primary Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre February 18, 2012 THE PRIMARY CINEMA OF ROBERT DREW presents two of the pioneering documentarian’s most celebrated films: a dramatic record of President John F Kennedy’s campaign and his 1963 showdown over the integration of the University of Alabama. PRESERVATION PRINTS!
      02/18/12- 02/25/12	Stand By Me Paramount Theatre Stand By Me Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre February 18-February 25, 2012 Four boys in search of a missing teenager’s body in a small Oregon town set out on an unforgettable two-day trek that turns into an odyssey of self-discovery. An iconic, heartfelt rites-of-passage drama. RE-RELEASED—NEW PRINT!
      02/24/12- 02/25/12	Torch Singer Paramount Theatre Torch Singer Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre February 24-February 25, 2012 Hailed upon its 1980s revival as "one of Claudette Colbert's best films of the 1930s.” A "stark, Warner Brothers type of sex and confession melodrama, but done with the glossier, ladies' magazine approach prevalent at Paramount" (William K. Everson).
      02/24/12- 02/26/12	Moonlight and Pretzels Paramount Theatre Moonlight and Pretzels Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre February 24-February 26, 2012 Universal’s charming 42ND STREET-inspired musical, in which a washed-up singer-songwriter and a small-town girl create a Broadway sensation. Shot on a shoestring in Astoria, Queens and helmed by canonical cinematographer Karl Freund. NOT ON DVD!
      02/29/12- 03/04/12	Circa Paramount Theatre Circa Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at Paramount Theatre February 29-March 4, 2012 This seven-performer troupe from Brisbane, Australia whose bold vision has made waves worldwide, explores the edgy territory where contemporary circus, dance and the expressive possibilities of the human body meet. Circa the show is seamlessly remixed from three of the company's most acclaimed works and is an exhilarating, high-energy journey that strips acrobatics and movement down to their heart-stopping essentials. Wednesday, 2/29, 7:30pm; Thursday, 3/1, 8pm; Friday, 3/2, 8pm; Saturday...
      03/02/12	Always for Pleasure Paramount Theatre Always for Pleasure Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre March 2, 2012 Among American portraitist Les Blank’s masterworks, this glorious, soul-satisfying film is an intense insider's portrait of New Orleans. Followed by THE FLORESTINE COLLECTION, inspired by the handmade dresses of a New Orleans African-American seamstress.
      03/02/12- 03/03/12	Tootsie's Last Suit Paramount Theatre Tootsie's Last Suit Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre March 2-March 3, 2012 The story of “Tootie” Montana—former Chief of the Yellow Pocahontas Hunters and celebrated throughout New Orleans for the beauty of his Mardi Gras costumes—and an exploration of the complex history of New Orleans’ vibrant Indian culture. BOSTON PREMIERE!
      03/03/12- 03/04/12	FOOTLIGHT PARADE Paramount Theatre FOOTLIGHT PARADE Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre March 3-March 4, 2012 “Fast-paced, knowing, and arguably the best of the Warner Bros. Depression musicals” (Matthew Kennedy), Footlight Parade’s backstage saga culminates in a trio of Busby Berkeley’s most wildly elaborate numbers.
      03/09/12- 03/10/12	TROUBLE THE WATER Paramount Theatre TROUBLE THE WATER Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre March 9-March 10, 2012 The day before Hurricane Katrina made landfall, 24-year-old Kimberly Rivers Roberts, an aspiring rap artist, turned her video camera on herself and her 9th Ward neighbors, recording dramatic rescues and her own harrowing retreat to higher ground.
      03/10/12- 03/11/12	KID MILLIONS Paramount Theatre KID MILLIONS Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre March 10-March 11, 2012 Goldywn’s elaborately produced Eddie Cantor vehicle sets the beloved entertainer in a Cinderella-esque story, as a naïve Brooklyn boy who inherits millions from his long-lost archaeologist father and sets off for Egypt to claim the fortune.
      03/16/12- 03/18/12	LIFE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE Paramount Theatre LIFE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre March 16-March 18, 2012 Johnnie To’s latest depicts Hong Kong society in the wake of the global financial meltdown. A bank teller, a gangster and a police inspector—all in dire need of money—are connected through a crime involving several million dollars. BOSTON RELEASE!
      03/23/12- 02/24/12	Top Hat Paramount Theatre Top Hat Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre March 23-February 24, 2012 The quintessential Astaire/Rogers film! Mistaken identity—and Code-era circumstances of forbidden desire—spin the screwball couple’s quarrelling antics into love, near-consummated in the TOP HAT’S iconic musical number, “Cheek to Cheek.”
      03/24/12- 02/25/12	AMERICAN MATCHMAKER Paramount Theatre AMERICAN MATCHMAKER Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre March 24-February 25, 2012 Leo Fuchs, “the Yiddish Fred Astaire,” plays a debonair bachelor who decides to open a matchmaking business in the Bronx after his 8th planned marriage fails on the way to the altar, in Edgar G. Ulmer’s last and most modern Yiddish movie. RESTORED PRINT!
      03/30/12- 03/31/12	GILDA Paramount Theatre GILDA Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre March 30-March 31, 2012 A vision of a world permeated by corruption and cynicism so thoroughly it almost transcends the bounds of the noir genre. Caught between her tycoon husband and her ex-lover, Rita Hayworth’s Gilda acts out, like an animal who will not be trapped. NEW PRINT!
      03/30/12- 03/31/12	LAURA Paramount Theatre LAURA Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre March 30-March 31, 2012 A whodunit masterpiece. Clifton Webb leads the pack of possible suspects as a columnist whose protégée, the elusive Laura, has allegedly been murdered. One of the most iconic films noirs of them all. RESTORED PRINT!
      03/31/12- 04/01/12	THE GREAT ZIEGFELD Paramount Theatre THE GREAT ZIEGFELD Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre March 31-April 1, 2012 MGM’s fictionalized portrait of the legendary showman Florenz Ziegfeld was the studio’s most extravagant musical of the period, stocked with a star cast and production numbers of blockbuster magnificence. Best Picture Oscar winner.
      04/28/12- 05/13/12	Hershey Felder in Maestro: Leonard Bernstein Paramount Theatre Hershey Felder in Maestro: Leonard Bernstein Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre April 28-May 13, 2012 Take an extraordinary journey through Leonard Bernstein’s life and career. Rooted in Boston history, this longtime music director of the New York Philharmonic, composer of acclaimed works like Candide, West Side Story, On the Town and Mass and Tanglewood icon broke through every artistic ceiling possible to become the world's musical ambassador. Award-winning actor, playwright and concert pianist Hershey Felder (George Gershwin Alone) returns to Boston with his latest composer...

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    02/18/12	Primary Paramount Theatre Primary Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre February 18, 2012 THE PRIMARY CINEMA OF ROBERT DREW presents two of the pioneering documentarian’s most celebrated films: a dramatic record of President John F Kennedy’s campaign and his 1963 showdown over the integration of the University of Alabama. PRESERVATION PRINTS!
    02/18/12- 02/25/12	Stand By Me Paramount Theatre Stand By Me Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre February 18-February 25, 2012 Four boys in search of a missing teenager’s body in a small Oregon town set out on an unforgettable two-day trek that turns into an odyssey of self-discovery. An iconic, heartfelt rites-of-passage drama. RE-RELEASED—NEW PRINT!
    02/24/12- 02/25/12	Torch Singer Paramount Theatre Torch Singer Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre February 24-February 25, 2012 Hailed upon its 1980s revival as "one of Claudette Colbert's best films of the 1930s.” A "stark, Warner Brothers type of sex and confession melodrama, but done with the glossier, ladies' magazine approach prevalent at Paramount" (William K. Everson).
    02/24/12- 02/26/12	Moonlight and Pretzels Paramount Theatre Moonlight and Pretzels Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre February 24-February 26, 2012 Universal’s charming 42ND STREET-inspired musical, in which a washed-up singer-songwriter and a small-town girl create a Broadway sensation. Shot on a shoestring in Astoria, Queens and helmed by canonical cinematographer Karl Freund. NOT ON DVD!
    02/29/12- 03/04/12	Circa Paramount Theatre Circa Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at Paramount Theatre February 29-March 4, 2012 This seven-performer troupe from Brisbane, Australia whose bold vision has made waves worldwide, explores the edgy territory where contemporary circus, dance and the expressive possibilities of the human body meet. Circa the show is seamlessly remixed from three of the company's most acclaimed works and is an exhilarating, high-energy journey that strips acrobatics and movement down to their heart-stopping essentials. Wednesday, 2/29, 7:30pm; Thursday, 3/1, 8pm; Friday, 3/2, 8pm; Saturday...
    03/02/12	Always for Pleasure Paramount Theatre Always for Pleasure Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre March 2, 2012 Among American portraitist Les Blank’s masterworks, this glorious, soul-satisfying film is an intense insider's portrait of New Orleans. Followed by THE FLORESTINE COLLECTION, inspired by the handmade dresses of a New Orleans African-American seamstress.
    03/02/12- 03/03/12	Tootsie's Last Suit Paramount Theatre Tootsie's Last Suit Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre March 2-March 3, 2012 The story of “Tootie” Montana—former Chief of the Yellow Pocahontas Hunters and celebrated throughout New Orleans for the beauty of his Mardi Gras costumes—and an exploration of the complex history of New Orleans’ vibrant Indian culture. BOSTON PREMIERE!
    03/03/12- 03/04/12	FOOTLIGHT PARADE Paramount Theatre FOOTLIGHT PARADE Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre March 3-March 4, 2012 “Fast-paced, knowing, and arguably the best of the Warner Bros. Depression musicals” (Matthew Kennedy), Footlight Parade’s backstage saga culminates in a trio of Busby Berkeley’s most wildly elaborate numbers.
    03/09/12- 03/10/12	TROUBLE THE WATER Paramount Theatre TROUBLE THE WATER Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre March 9-March 10, 2012 The day before Hurricane Katrina made landfall, 24-year-old Kimberly Rivers Roberts, an aspiring rap artist, turned her video camera on herself and her 9th Ward neighbors, recording dramatic rescues and her own harrowing retreat to higher ground.
    03/10/12- 03/11/12	KID MILLIONS Paramount Theatre KID MILLIONS Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre March 10-March 11, 2012 Goldywn’s elaborately produced Eddie Cantor vehicle sets the beloved entertainer in a Cinderella-esque story, as a naïve Brooklyn boy who inherits millions from his long-lost archaeologist father and sets off for Egypt to claim the fortune.
    03/16/12- 03/18/12	LIFE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE Paramount Theatre LIFE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre March 16-March 18, 2012 Johnnie To’s latest depicts Hong Kong society in the wake of the global financial meltdown. A bank teller, a gangster and a police inspector—all in dire need of money—are connected through a crime involving several million dollars. BOSTON RELEASE!
    03/23/12- 02/24/12	Top Hat Paramount Theatre Top Hat Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre March 23-February 24, 2012 The quintessential Astaire/Rogers film! Mistaken identity—and Code-era circumstances of forbidden desire—spin the screwball couple’s quarrelling antics into love, near-consummated in the TOP HAT’S iconic musical number, “Cheek to Cheek.”
    03/24/12- 02/25/12	AMERICAN MATCHMAKER Paramount Theatre AMERICAN MATCHMAKER Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre March 24-February 25, 2012 Leo Fuchs, “the Yiddish Fred Astaire,” plays a debonair bachelor who decides to open a matchmaking business in the Bronx after his 8th planned marriage fails on the way to the altar, in Edgar G. Ulmer’s last and most modern Yiddish movie. RESTORED PRINT!
    03/30/12- 03/31/12	GILDA Paramount Theatre GILDA Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre March 30-March 31, 2012 A vision of a world permeated by corruption and cynicism so thoroughly it almost transcends the bounds of the noir genre. Caught between her tycoon husband and her ex-lover, Rita Hayworth’s Gilda acts out, like an animal who will not be trapped. NEW PRINT!
    03/30/12- 03/31/12	LAURA Paramount Theatre LAURA Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre March 30-March 31, 2012 A whodunit masterpiece. Clifton Webb leads the pack of possible suspects as a columnist whose protégée, the elusive Laura, has allegedly been murdered. One of the most iconic films noirs of them all. RESTORED PRINT!
    03/31/12- 04/01/12	THE GREAT ZIEGFELD Paramount Theatre THE GREAT ZIEGFELD Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre March 31-April 1, 2012 MGM’s fictionalized portrait of the legendary showman Florenz Ziegfeld was the studio’s most extravagant musical of the period, stocked with a star cast and production numbers of blockbuster magnificence. Best Picture Oscar winner.
    04/28/12- 05/13/12	Hershey Felder in Maestro: Leonard Bernstein Paramount Theatre Hershey Felder in Maestro: Leonard Bernstein Presented by ArtsEmerson at Paramount Theatre April 28-May 13, 2012 Take an extraordinary journey through Leonard Bernstein’s life and career. Rooted in Boston history, this longtime music director of the New York Philharmonic, composer of acclaimed works like Candide, West Side Story, On the Town and Mass and Tanglewood icon broke through every artistic ceiling possible to become the world's musical ambassador. Award-winning actor, playwright and concert pianist Hershey Felder (George Gershwin Alone) returns to Boston with his latest composer...

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    03/23/12- 02/06/12	THE HERETICS Paramount Theatre
    03/17/12- 02/06/12	BRIGHT EYES Paramount Theatre
    03/16/12- 02/06/12	LUMUMBA Paramount Theatre
    03/10/12- 02/06/12	THE INTRUDER Paramount Theatre
    02/03/12- 02/04/12	Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollack Dance Company, "Oyster" Paramount Theatre
    12/17/11- 12/18/11	Long Day's Journey Into Night Paramount Theatre
    12/16/11- 12/17/11	Close Encounters of the Third Kind Paramount Theatre
    12/09/11- 12/10/11	Summertime Paramount Theatre
    12/03/11	E.T. the Extra Terrestrial Paramount Theatre
    12/03/11- 12/04/11	The African Queen Paramount Theatre
    12/02/11- 12/03/11	The Color Wheel Paramount Theatre
    11/12/11- 09/19/11	Robin Hood Paramount Theatre
    11/12/11- 11/19/11	Robin Hood Paramount Theatre
    09/30/11	Scum of the Earth Paramount Theatre
    09/25/11	Being John Malkovich Paramount Theatre
    09/24/11	Empire of the Sun Paramount Theatre
    09/23/11- 09/25/11	The Killing Fields Paramount Theatre
    09/23/11- 09/24/11	A Talking Picture (Um filme falado) Paramount Theatre
    09/17/11	The Driver Paramount Theatre
    09/17/11	The American Friend (Der amerikanische Freund) Paramount Theatre
    09/16/11- 09/17/11	Me and My Gal Paramount Theatre
    09/16/11- 09/18/11	Sailor's Luck Paramount Theatre
    07/24/11	The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceau?escu (Autobiografia lu Nicolae Ceau?escu) Paramount Theatre
    07/23/11	Winter Vacation (Hanjia) Paramount Theatre
    07/22/11	Summer of Goliath Paramount Theatre
    07/22/11	Silent Souls Paramount Theatre
    07/21/11- 07/23/11	Attenberg Paramount Theatre
    07/21/11	The Arbor Paramount Theatre
    06/11/11	Tight Spot Paramount Theatre
    06/11/11- 06/12/11	Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Paramount Theatre
    06/10/11	So Evil My Love Paramount Theatre
    06/10/11	Alias Nick Beal Paramount Theatre
    06/09/11- 06/12/11	The Dark Mirror Paramount Theatre
    06/09/11	Cry of the City Paramount Theatre
    05/23/11	The 29th Annual Elliot Norton Awards Paramount Theatre
    04/29/11	Low with Marissa Nadler Paramount Theatre
    04/14/11- 04/16/11	Man of La Mancha Paramount Theatre
    03/19/11	The Iron Giant Paramount Theatre
    03/18/11- 03/19/11	The Killers Paramount Theatre
    03/18/11- 03/19/11	A Farewell to Arms Paramount Theatre
    03/15/11- 03/20/11	The Select (The Sun Also Rises) Paramount Theatre
    03/12/11	The Black Stallion Paramount Theatre
    03/12/11	Europe '51 (a.k.a. The Greatest Love) Paramount Theatre
    03/11/11- 03/13/11	Rome Open City (Roma, città aperta) Paramount Theatre
    03/06/11	Ghost Town (Fei Cheng) Paramount Theatre
    03/05/11	The Muppets Take Manhattan Paramount Theatre
    03/05/11	The Inheritors (Los herederos) Paramount Theatre
    03/04/11	Faces Paramount Theatre
    02/27/11	Zulu Love Letter Paramount Theatre
    02/26/11	Charlotte's Web Paramount Theatre
    02/26/11	Dissolution Paramount Theatre
    02/25/11	Phantom Love Paramount Theatre
    02/19/11- 02/20/11	Willy Wonka Paramount Theatre
    02/18/11- 02/19/11	Beauty and the Beast Paramount Theatre
    02/13/11	A Shine of Rainbows Paramount Theatre
    02/13/11	“Some Kind of Funny Porto Rican?”: A Cape Verdean American Story Paramount Theatre
    02/12/11	Perrier's Bounty Paramount Theatre
    02/11/11	An Evening with Rose Lowder Paramount Theatre
    02/10/11	Peter Murphy: selections from John the Revelator, read by the author Paramount Theatre
    02/08/11- 02/13/11	Terminus Paramount Theatre
    02/08/11	Hugo Hamilton: selections from The Speckled People and Harbor Boys, read by the author Paramount Theatre
    02/07/11	Marble, a new play by Marina Carr Paramount Theatre
    02/05/11	A Boy Named Charlie Brown Paramount Theatre
    02/04/11- 02/06/11	Man of Aran Paramount Theatre
    02/02/11- 02/06/11	The Cripple of Inishmaan Paramount Theatre
    01/29/11	Passport Shorts Program Paramount Theatre
    01/29/11- 01/30/11	Cape Fear Paramount Theatre
    01/27/11- 01/30/11	Color of Rose Paramount Theatre
    01/26/11	Shakespeare's Jews Paramount Theatre
    01/22/11- 01/23/11	The Wizard of Oz Paramount Theatre
    01/21/11	Woyzeck Paramount Theatre
    01/19/11- 01/23/11	IN THE FOOTPRINT: THE BATTLE OVER ATLANTIC YARDS Paramount Theatre
    12/28/10- 12/29/10	The Night of the Hunter Paramount Theatre
    12/18/10	Totally Tall Tales: Shorts Program Paramount Theatre
    12/17/10- 12/19/10	All That Heaven Allows Paramount Theatre
    12/17/10- 12/18/10	Christmas in July Paramount Theatre
    12/12/10	Avant Garde Showcase: Let Each One Go Where He May Paramount Theatre
    12/05/10	Powwow Highway Paramount Theatre
    12/04/10	The Housemaid (Hanyo) Paramount Theatre
    12/03/10	Argentinian Soccer Club Paramount Theatre
    12/03/10	Cooking Up Dreams (De ollas y suenos) Paramount Theatre
    11/11/10- 11/21/10	Basil Twist’s Petrushka Paramount Theatre
    11/11/10- 11/21/10	Petrushka Paramount Theatre
    10/27/10- 10/31/10	Aftermath Paramount Theatre
    10/21/10- 10/23/10	LIGHT UP THE SKY Paramount Theatre
    10/20/10- 10/24/10	One Small Step Paramount Theatre
    10/13/10- 10/17/10	Method Gun Paramount Theatre
    09/23/10- 10/03/10	Fraulein Maria Paramount Theatre
    05/17/10	Elliot Norton Awards Paramount Theatre
    04/27/10- 04/28/10	Danish Dance Theater Paramount Theatre
    04/23/10	Maya Beiser, cello: World To Come Paramount Theatre
    03/27/10- 03/28/10	Dee Dee Bridgewater: Lady Day Paramount Theatre
    03/12/10- 03/14/10	Black Grace Dance Company Paramount Theatre
    03/06/10	Max Raabe & Palast Orchester: A Night in Berlin Paramount Theatre