Events
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Dates |
Location |
The Donkey Show
Presented by American Repertory Theater at Oberon June 18, 2010 - Ongoing From its six-year run in New York City to a world tour from London to Seoul, the celebrated smash hit The Donkey Show now takes Boston by storm, bringing the ultimate disco experience – a crazy circus of mirror balls and feathered divas, of roller skaters and hustle queens. Come party on the dance floor to all the 70s disco hits you know by heart as the show unfolds around you. The Donkey Show tells the story of A Midsummer Night’s Dream through the great 70s...
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American Repertory Theater |
06/18/10 -
Ongoing |
Oberon, Cambridge |
Blue Man Group
Presented by Blue Man Group at The Charles Playhouse May 14, 2002 - Ongoing 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.
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Blue Man Group |
05/14/02 -
Ongoing |
The Charles Playhouse, Boston |
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.
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AHA! (art. history and architecture) |
05/14/09 -
Ongoing |
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The Open Comedy Jam
Presented by Improv Boston at ImprovBoston Theatre February 22, 2009 - Ongoing The Open Jam is where audience members can get out of their seats and jump on stage to perform alongside with visiting troupes and ImprovBoston cast members. The first Sunday of every month is The Jam's College Night. Comedy troupes from across New England's colleges and universities showcase their exciting brands of improv and sketch, and put their school rivalries aside and perform together during the Open Jam. Tickets for College Night are only $5 with a valid student ID!
The Open...
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Improv Boston |
02/22/09 -
Ongoing |
ImprovBoston Theatre, Cambridge |
Mainstage
Presented by Improv Boston at ImprovBoston Theatre February 19, 2009 - Ongoing ImprovBoston Mainstage is the ever-evolving show that is the cornerstone of ImprovBoston. Blending skillful storytelling, memorable music, audience participation, and joyful chaos, an elite cast of Boston's best improvisers creates a show that redefines itself with every performance. No rules. No boundaries. Just spectacular comedy and incredible improvisation.
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Improv Boston |
02/19/09 -
Ongoing |
ImprovBoston Theatre, Cambridge |
NightCap
Presented by Improv Boston at ImprovBoston Theatre February 20, 2009 - Ongoing NightCap is a late-night fringe comedy show that showcases up and coming talent in Boston. Featuring everything from stand-up, improv, sketch, video, and cabaret to conceptual comedy, NightCap is a venue where comedians from Boston and beyond can come and perform experimental and established acts alike in an alternative comedy environment, offering our audiences great late night comedy for a great price.
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Improv Boston |
02/20/09 -
Ongoing |
ImprovBoston Theatre, Cambridge |
The Comedy Lab
Presented by Improv Boston at ImprovBoston Theatre February 18, 2009 - Ongoing Each month, ImprovBoston presents two original comedy shows from the New England's best sketch and improv artists. From the silliness of sorority life to ludicrousness of local politicians, the 2010-2011 season of the The Comedy Lab promises edgy original comedy at a price anyone can afford!
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Improv Boston |
02/18/09 -
Ongoing |
ImprovBoston Theatre, Cambridge |
Friday Night Face Off
Presented 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!
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Improv Boston |
02/20/09 -
Ongoing |
ImprovBoston Theatre, Cambridge |
The Family Show
Presented by Improv Boston at ImprovBoston Theatre February 21, 2009 - Ongoing Start your Saturday night off with an evening full of improvised music, scenes, stories and games that is fun for the whole family! This interactive evening, performed by the ImprovBoston Family Show Cast, is sure to bring out the child in everyone!
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Improv Boston |
02/21/09 -
Ongoing |
ImprovBoston Theatre, Cambridge |
Shear Madness
Presented by Shear Madness at The Charles Playhouse May 1, 2010 - Ongoing Set in a local hair salon and with lines as up-to-date as the morning's news, Shear Madness is theatre with the audience as a central character. In this Boston institution, ongoing at the Charles Playhouse since 1980, the audience gets to help solve a murder mystery in a laugh-a-minute blend of whodunit and improvisational theater. The clues change every night and the laughs come fast and funny. This worldwide phenomenon is filled with up to the minute spontaneous humor and quicksilver...
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Shear Madness |
05/01/10 -
Ongoing |
The Charles Playhouse, Boston |
Boston' Longest Running Open Mike Pro/Am
Presented 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.
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Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons |
11/07/10 -
11/17/13 |
Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons, Boston |
Wicked
Presented by Broadway In Boston at Boston Opera House August 7-September 15, 2013 Back by “Popular” demand. Variety calls WICKED “a cultural phenomenon,” and every time it has played Boston it has broke box office records and sold out in record time. Winner of 35 major awards, including a Grammy and three Tony® Awards, WICKED is “Broadway’s biggest blockbuster” (The New York Times). Long before that girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One - born with emerald green skin - is smart, fiery...
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Broadway In Boston |
08/07/13 -
09/15/13 |
Boston Opera House, Boston |
Tuck Everlasting
Presented by Broadway In Boston at Colonial Theatre May 26-June 15, 2013 Producers Broadway Across America (John Gore, Thomas B. McGrath, Beth Williams), Barry Brown and Howard Kagan are proud to announce the new Broadway musical TUCK EVERLASTING will have its pre-Broadway world premiere at the Citi Performing Arts Center Colonial Theatre in June of 2013. With a book by Tony® Award nominee Claudia Shear, music by Chris Miller, lyrics by Nathan Tysen and directed and choreographed by Tony® Award winner Casey Nicholaw, TUCK EVERLASTING is based on the...
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Broadway In Boston |
05/26/13 -
06/15/13 |
Colonial Theatre, Boston |
The Addams Family
Presented by The Hanover Theatre at The Hanover Theatre June 7-June 9, 2013 The weird and wonderful family comes to devilishly delightful life in THE ADDAMS FAMILY. This magnificently macabre new musical comedy is “a visually satisfying, rib-tackling, lunatic musical that will entertain you to death!” says Toronto Post City. Created by Jersey Boys authors Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice, Drama Desk-winning composer/lyricist Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party), choreographer Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys) and Olivier Award-winning director/designers Phelim...
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The Hanover Theatre |
06/07/13 -
06/09/13 |
The Hanover Theatre, Worcester |
Mary Poppins
Presented by Broadway In Boston at Boston Opera House May 28-June 2, 2013 When MARY POPPINS made its premiere in February 2011, the Boston Globe hailed, “Perfect! Family entertainment of the highest order.” And now, everyone’s favorite nanny is flying back to Boston for a limited one week engagement! Featuring the irresistible story and unforgettable songs from one of the most popular Disney films of all time, plus brand-new breathtaking dance numbers and spectacular stage-craft, Mary Poppins is everything you could ever want in a hit Broadway...
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Broadway In Boston |
05/28/13 -
06/02/13 |
Boston Opera House, Boston |
Book Of Mormon
Presented 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...
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Broadway In Boston |
04/09/13 -
04/28/13 |
Boston Opera House, Boston |
Les Miserables
Presented by The Hanover Theatre at The Hanover Theatre April 2-April 7, 2013 Cameron Mackintosh presents a brand new 25th anniversary production of Boublil & Schönberg’s legendary musical, LES MISÉRABLES, with glorious new staging and dazzlingly reimagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo. This new production has been acclaimed by critics, fans and new audiences and is breaking box office records wherever it goes.
The New York Times calls this LES MISÉRABLES “an unquestionably spectacular production...
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The Hanover Theatre |
04/02/13 -
04/07/13 |
The Hanover Theatre, Worcester |
Jersey Boys
Presented by Broadway In Boston at Colonial Theatre January 30-March 9, 2013 More than 117,000 theatergoers cheered when JERSEY BOYS made its sell-out premiere at the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre and 84,000 more during its triumphant Winter 2010 return to the Citi Performing Arts Center Colonial Theatre! Worldwide, more than 13 million people have seen JERSEY BOYS. And now, the show that makes critics and audiences cheer is “Working Its Way Back” to Boston! JERSEY BOYS, is the Tony®, Grammy® and Olivier Award-winning Best Musical...
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Broadway In Boston |
01/30/13 -
03/09/13 |
Colonial Theatre, Boston |
Sister Act
Presented by Broadway In Boston at Boston Opera House January 22-February 3, 2013 SISTER ACT is Broadway’s feel-amazing musical comedy smash! The New York Post calls it “RIDICULOUSLY FUN,” and audiences are jumping to their feet in total agreement! Featuring original music by 8-time Oscar® winner ALAN MENKEN (Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Little Shop of Horrors), SISTER ACT tells the story of Deloris Van Cartier, a wannabe diva whose life takes a surprising turn when she witnesses a crime and the cops hide her in the last place anyone...
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Broadway In Boston |
01/22/13 -
02/03/13 |
Boston Opera House, Boston |
American Idiot
Presented by The Hanover Theatre at The Hanover Theatre February 1-February 3, 2013 Direct from Broadway, the smash-hit musical AMERICAN IDIOT tells the story of three lifelong friends, forced to choose between their dreams and the safety of suburbia. Their quest for true meaning in a post 9/11 world leads them on the most exhilarating theatrical journey of the season.
Based on Green Day’s GRAMMY® Award-winning multi-platinum album, AMERICAN IDIOT boldly takes the American musical where it’s never gone before. The result is an experience Charles...
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The Hanover Theatre |
02/01/13 -
02/03/13 |
The Hanover Theatre, Worcester |
Roz Chast, Theories of Everything
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at Sanders Theatre January 25, 2013 Cartoonist Roz Chast has addressed the issues of the day in The New Yorker magazine since 1978. In this unique, multi-media presentation, Chast takes the audience on a guided tour of her brilliant interpretations of the everyday.
“The wacky world Roz Chast has created in her cartoons is a parallel universe to ours, utterly recognizable in all its banalities and weirdnesses, but slightly askew...” – The New York Times
“The...
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
01/25/13 |
Sanders Theatre, Cambridge |
West Side Story
Presented by The Hanover Theatre at The Hanover Theatre December 28-December 30, 2012 More than fifty years ago one musical changed theater forever. Now it's back, and mesmerizing audiences once again. From the first note to the final breath, WEST SIDE STORY soars as the greatest love story of all time and remains as powerful, poignant and timely as ever. The new Broadway cast album of WEST SIDE STORY won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. The Bernstein and Sondheim score is considered to be one of Broadway's finest and features such classics of the American...
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The Hanover Theatre |
12/28/12 -
12/30/12 |
The Hanover Theatre, Worcester |
Memphis
Presented by Broadway In Boston at Colonial Theatre December 11-December 23, 2012 TURN UP THAT DIAL... From the underground dance clubs of 1950s Memphis, Tennessee, comes a hot new Broadway musical that bursts off the stage with explosive dancing, irresistible songs and a thrilling tale of fame and forbidden love. Inspired by actual events, MEMPHIS is about a radio DJ who wants to change the world and a club singer who is ready for her big break. Come along on their incredible journey to the ends of the airwaves –filled with laughter, soaring emotion and...
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Broadway In Boston |
12/11/12 -
12/23/12 |
Colonial Theatre, Boston |
A Christmas Carol
Presented by The Hanover Theatre at The Hanover Theatre December 15-December 23, 2012 "God Bless us, everyone!" Continue our family holiday tradition and start getting in the holiday spirit with Troy Siebels' adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale. You know the story, you love the message of Christmas redemption, and the love for mankind that the season brings. Join us for our 5th annual spectacular production of Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
A Christmas Carol is available as a special add-on for Broadway subscribers until June 15, 2012.
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The Hanover Theatre |
12/15/12 -
12/23/12 |
The Hanover Theatre, Worcester |
Bye Bye Liver: The Boston Drinking Play
Presented 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...
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Oberon |
05/12/12 -
12/22/12 |
Oberon, Boston |
Mummenschanz
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at Citi Shubert Theatre December 5-December 9, 2012 For 40 years, audiences of all ages have been delighted by the incredible humor, versatility and pure imagination of Mummenschanz. The celebrated Swiss performance troupe has captivated the world with its groundbreaking non-verbal theatre of movement and transformation.
“Although unrecognizable as people, they powerfully engage the emotions with their silly, earnest and very human activities, supply revealing universal truths through simple interactions and...
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
12/05/12 -
12/09/12 |
Citi Shubert Theatre, Boston |
JIM LAULETTA Comedy Showcase
Presented by Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons at Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons November 9, 2010-November 20, 2012 Two for One Admission with Active Military, Disabled Vets, Public Service Employees, or College ID.
800)-401-2221 for Reservations, tickets! Only $15
www.beantowncomedy.com
JIM LAULETTA
A favorite act wherever he goes, Jim mixes his cynical, biting, self-deprecating material with some of the most off the wall off the wall and original impressions you'll EVER see. Quoted by the Boston Globe as "...off-beat and original." Not only is Jim one of the most...
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Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons |
11/09/10 -
11/20/12 |
Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons, Boston |
Disney’s Phineas and Ferb: The Best LIVE Tour Ever!
Presented by The Hanover Theatre at The Hanover Theatre November 15-November 16, 2012 "Mom! Phineas and Ferb are going on a LIVE tour!!!" School‘s out for summer and anything is possible as Phineas and Ferb create their biggest invention yet -- Disney’s Phineas and Ferb: The Best LIVE Tour Ever! Phineas, Ferb, and the whole tri-state area gang embark on a bold escape jumping out from behind your TV and onto the stage in a live action adventure right in your hometown! And, before you can wonder, "Hey, Where’s Perry?" the beloved pet...
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The Hanover Theatre |
11/15/12 -
11/16/12 |
The Hanover Theatre, Worcester |
The Salem Haunted Magic Show
Presented by Agent 86 Magic Productions October 19-October 31, 2012 The Haunted Magic Show will be the only live consistently running magic and mind reading show in Salem during the month of October 2012.
Dates have been set and we will be debuting this amazing show on October 19th at 8 and 10PM at the Historic Hawthorne Hotel in Salem, MA
There will be two shows per night with limited seating! So purchase your tickets early! Shows will run on the following dates: October 19th, 21st, 25th, 26th, 28th, 29th, 30th and of course...
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Agent 86 Magic Productions |
10/19/12 -
10/31/12 |
Hawthorne Hotel, Salem |
War Horse
Presented by Broadway In Boston at Boston Opera House October 10-October 21, 2012 A remarkable tale of courage, loyalty and friendship. England, 1914. As World War One begins, Joey, young Albert’s beloved horse, is sold to the cavalry and shipped from England to France. He’s soon caught up in enemy fire, and fate takes him on an extraordinary journey, serving on both sides before finding himself alone in no man’s land. But Albert cannot forget Joey and, still not old enough to enlist, he embarks on a treacherous mission to find him and bring him home. ...
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Broadway In Boston |
10/10/12 -
10/21/12 |
Boston Opera House, Boston |