Events
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Deported / a dream play
Presented by Boston Playwrights' Theatre at Boston Playwrights' Theatre March 8-April 1, 2012 Boston Playwrights' Theatre's 30th Anniversary season comes to a close with Joyce Van Dyke's riveting story of the Armenian genocide in Deported / a dream play. Memories and dreams interweave in this tale of enduring friendship incorporating music and dance. Directed by Judy Braha, Deported - celebrates the playwright's own family history and that of many Armenian families forever changed.
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Boston Playwrights' Theatre |
03/08/12 -
04/01/12 |
Boston Playwrights' Theatre, Boston |
Les Miserables
Presented by Broadway in Boston at Boston Opera House March 13-April 1, 2012 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...
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Broadway in Boston |
03/13/12 -
04/01/12 |
Boston Opera House, Boston |
Next to Normal
Presented by SpeakEasy Stage Company at Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA March 9-April 7, 2012 Featuring a compelling and surging pop rock score, Next to Normal shatters through the façade of a suburban family dealing with the direct and indirect effects of mental illness. Winner of 3 Tony Awards and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this intense, emotional and ultimately hopeful musical makes a direct grab for the heart with its story of a family coming to terms with its past and bravely facing its future.
Music by Tom...
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SpeakEasy Stage Company |
03/09/12 -
04/07/12 |
Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA, Boston |
Beckett Shorts
Presented by American Repertory Theater at First Parish Church March 30-April 7, 2012 In the silences and sounds of Samuel Beckett, worlds are revealed.
Through such classic shorts as "Not I," "Act Without Words," and "Rough for Radio I," director Marcus Stern (Endgame, Donnie Darko, The Onion Cellar) finds the beautiful in the stark, the freedom in the confines, and the human in the absurd.
Please note: Tickets for this production are complimentary; however, an advanced ticketed reservation is required.
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American Repertory Theater |
03/30/12 -
04/07/12 |
First Parish Church, Newbury |
Massenet's MANON
Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center April 7, 2012 Surround Sound and Reserved Seating!
Rockport Music’s live HD Broadcasts feature pre-opera lunches on the third floor reception hall; lunches must be purchased separately by calling the box office at 978-546-7391 (M-F, 10-4).
Pre-opera talks with musicologist Elizabeth Seitz take place on select dates throughout the season.
Anna Netrebko’s dazzling portrayal of the tragic heroine in Laurent Pelly’s new production travels to the Met from the...
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Rockport Music |
04/07/12 |
Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport |
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Presented by Huntington Theatre Company at Boston University Theatre, Mainstage March 9-April 8, 2012 Legendary 1920s blues singer Ma Rainey and her musicians gather in a run-down Chicago studio to record new sides of old favorites when generational and racial tensions suddenly explode. The Huntington completes Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner August Wilson's Century Cycle with this searing drama, Wilson's first Broadway hit.
"EXTRAORDINARY! Ma Rainey rides on the exultant notes of the blues." — Newsweek
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Huntington Theatre Company |
03/09/12 -
04/08/12 |
Boston University Theatre, Mainstage, Boston |
Mrs. Whitney
Presented by Merrimack Repertory Theatre at Merrimack Repertory Theatre March 15-April 8, 2012 By John Kolvenbach
A candid portrait of a 60-year old woman with an idiosyncratic sense of romance. Mrs. Whitney seeks a cure for loneliness by tracking down her ne’er-do-well ex-husband, an irresponsible mess she kicked out over 20 years ago, sending her on an odyssey of surprising and sharply-funny encounters. (Adult Language, Suggestive Dialogue)
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Merrimack Repertory Theatre |
03/15/12 -
04/08/12 |
Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Lowell |
Tales of Poe
Presented by New Repertory Theatre at The Arsenal Center For The Arts April 10, 2012 NEW REP ON TOUR PUBLIC PERFORMANCE
Adapted by Tyler Monroe
Directed by Bridget Kathleen O'Leary
Tales of Poe was developed in partnership with the dramaturgy program of the A.R.T./Moscow Art Theater School Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University.
April 10, 2012, 7:30pm
As a storm wails and the floor boards creak, Edgar Allan Poe labors alone in his study late one night. While he struggles to find the words for a...
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New Repertory Theatre |
04/10/12 |
The Arsenal Center For The Arts, Watertown |
Hookman
Presented by Company One at Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA March 23-April 14, 2012 Being a freshman in college is hard when your roommate is weird, home is far away, and Hookman is everywhere! What's Lexi to do when her old high school friend, Jess, gets killed...I mean - has an accident, a car accident, I think? Not even Facebook stalking the dead can calm the creepy feelings spilling out of the shadows in this existential comic horror slasher - a new play by Lauren Yee.
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Company One |
03/23/12 -
04/14/12 |
Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA, Boston |
Riverdance
Presented by Broadway in Boston at Boston Opera House April 13-April 15, 2012 FAREWELL TOUR!
EXPERIENCE THE ORIGINAL!
Now in its 17th phenomenal year, RIVERDANCE, the internationally acclaimed
celebration of Irish music, song and dance that has touched the hearts of millions around the world, comes to the Boston Opera House 4/13/12-4/15/12. “A phenomenon of historic proportions!” raves The Washington Post. “An explosion of sight and sound that simply takes your breath away,” cheers the Chicago Tribune. “A family evening...
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Broadway in Boston |
04/13/12 -
04/15/12 |
Boston Opera House, Boston |
Futurity: A Musical by The Lisps
Presented by American Repertory Theater at Oberon March 16-April 15, 2012 WORLD PREMIER! FUTURITY is an original indie-rock musical by Brooklyn-band The Lisps. A theatrically staged song cycle, FUTURITY tells the story of a Union soldier in the Civil War who is an aspiring inventor. The work fuses traditional Americana, found text, experimental music, and The Lisps’ own brand of quirky co-ed pop.
FUTURITY chronicles the experiences of young Julian Munro, an aspiring inventor and science fiction visionary in 1864 who spends his days breaking up...
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American Repertory Theater |
03/16/12 -
04/15/12 |
Oberon, Cambridge |
Seussical
Presented by The Hanover Theatre at The Hanover Theatre April 13-April 15, 2012 Assumption College presents Seussical, a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza! The story centers around Horton the Elephant, who finds himself faced with a double challenge- not only must he protect his tiny friend Jojo (and all the invisible Whos) from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left to his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith...
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The Hanover Theatre |
04/13/12 -
04/15/12 |
The Hanover Theatre, Worcester |
Cloud 9
Presented by Wheaton College April 12-April 21, 2012 Directed by Stephanie Daniels, this comedic satire by Caryl Churchill mocks gender, racial stereotypes and sexual politics in British Colonial Africa and in London, 1979.
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Wheaton College |
04/12/12 -
04/21/12 |
Kresge Experimental Theatre, Norton |
Café Variations
Presented by ArtsEmerson at Cutler Majestic Theatre April 13-April 22, 2012 Incorporating Charles Mee’s Café Plays, music from the American musical songbook and dance, SITI Company joins young artists from Emerson to render romantic and philosophical stories from the café world. A coproduction with Emerson Stage and SITI Company.
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ArtsEmerson |
04/13/12 -
04/22/12 |
Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston |
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Presented by New Repertory Theatre at The Arsenal Center For The Arts April 1-April 22, 2012 Directed by Scott Edmiston
A drama by Eugene O’Neill
Featuring Will Lyman* and
Karen MacDonald*
In the Charles Mosesian Theater
April 1, 2012 - April 22, 2012
Join New Rep as we explore this 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning classic by one of America’s most renowned playwrights, Eugene O’Neill. This semi-autobiographical masterpiece intimately examines the addictions, regrets, and deceits of the tormented Tyrone family. Through...
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New Repertory Theatre |
04/01/12 -
04/22/12 |
The Arsenal Center For The Arts, Watertown |
Dialogues of the Carmelites
Presented by Boston University College of Fine Arts at Boston University Theatre, Mainstage April 19-April 22, 2012 Music by Francis Poulenc; Libretto by Francis Poulenc and Emmet Lavery; From the drama by Georges Bernanos, based on the novel by Gertrude von Le Fort; William Lumpkin, conductor; Sharon Daniels, stage director. A poignant look at the French Revolution through the eyes of a young aristocrat who enters a Carmelite convent in Compiegne to deal with her pathological fear of life, only to witness the revolution unfold around her. Based on the true story of the thirteen sisters of Compiegne,...
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Boston University College of Fine Arts |
04/19/12 -
04/22/12 |
Boston University Theatre, Mainstage, Boston |
Jack Hanna's Into the Wild LIVE!
Presented by The Hanover Theatre at The Hanover Theatre April 22, 2012 Generously sponsored by United Bank, Emmy Award winning TV host and lifelong animal advocate, Jack Hanna brings the jungle to Worcester this spring. Sit back and enjoy this awe-inspiring program as you learn about amazing animal species and the wild adventures of Jack Hanna!
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The Hanover Theatre |
04/22/12 |
The Hanover Theatre, Worcester |
Street Performer Auditions at Faneuil Hall Marketplace
Presented by Faneuil Hall Marketplace at Faneuil Hall April 21-April 22, 2012 Watch as some of the world's most talented street performers flip, balance, and juggle their way to earning a spot in the 2012 Street Performer Program at Faneuil Hall Marketplace.
Live Auditions will be held on Saturday, April 21 from 11:00AM to 4:00PM. Variety acts & music acts will audition Saturday. Rain date April 22.
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Faneuil Hall Marketplace |
04/21/12 -
04/22/12 |
Faneuil Hall, Boston |
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Freshman Revue
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The Boston Conservatory |
04/25/12 -
04/26/12 |
The Boston Conservatory Theater, Boston |
An Evening with Groucho
Presented by TCAN - The Center for Arts in Natick at The Center for Arts in Natick April 27, 2012 The New York Times called Frank Ferrante "the greatest living interpreter of Groucho Marx's material." Award-winning actor/director/playwright Ferrante recreates his PBS acclaimed portrayal of comedian Groucho Marx with the best Groucho one-liners, anecdotes and songs including "Hooray for Captain Spalding," and "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady." The audience literally becomes part of the show as Ferrante ad-libs his way throughout the performance in grand Groucho...
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TCAN - The Center for Arts in Natick |
04/27/12 |
The Center for Arts in Natick, Natick |
An Evening with Groucho
Presented by CenterStage at Fitchburg State College at Weston Auditorium April 28, 2012 Picture Groucho Marx: his greasepaint mustache, hand-in-the-crook-of-his-back swagger, ever-present cigar and rapid-fire delivery of innuendo-laden patter in full force on the Weston stage. In this fast-paced 90-minutes of hilarity, award-winning actor/director/playwright Frank Ferrante recreates his PBS, New York and London acclaimed portrayal of the youngest Marx brother whose legendary career spanned vaudeville, radio, television and film.
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CenterStage at Fitchburg State College |
04/28/12 |
Weston Auditorium, Fitchburg |
The Temperamentals
Presented by The Lyric Stage Company of Boston at The Lyric Stage Company March 30-April 28, 2012 By Jon Marans
Directed by Jeremy Johnson
This hit off-Broadway play tells the story of two men - the communist Harry Hay and the Viennese refugee and fashion designer Rudi Gernreich - as they fall in love while forming the first gay-rights organization in the pre-Stonewall United States. "Temperamental" was a necessary code word in the early 1950s - danger was always an underlying presence but with it, a heady, intoxicating secrecy also hung in the air. Backstage raved...
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The Lyric Stage Company of Boston |
03/30/12 -
04/28/12 |
The Lyric Stage Company, Boston |
Ain Gordon: Not What Happened
Presented by MASS MoCA at MASS MoCA April 28, 2012 This contrapuntal duet for two people who can’t meet: the historical re-enactor and the figure they re-enact questions the politics of historical re-enactment. A tour guide in period costume working at a deficit-ridden historic site warily greets her tourists (the audience). Her doppelganger, dressed identically, is the actual woman living her silent life. Rural documentary artist Forrest Holzpafel will create/source projected images of farming ruins and empty land. Not What Happened...
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MASS MoCA |
04/28/12 |
MASS MoCA, North Adams |
14th Annual Boston College Arts Festival
Presented by Boston College April 26-April 28, 2012 Every year, the Boston College Arts Festival brings the Boston College and surrounding communities together to celebrate the arts. Music, theater, dance, film screenings, art exhibitions and demonstrations, literary readings, children's activities, special events, and much more!
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Boston College |
04/26/12 -
04/28/12 |
Boston College, O'Neill Plaza Event Center, Chestnut Hill |
The Capitol Steps
Presented by CityStage & Symphony Hall at CityStage April 25-April 29, 2012 The Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them. In the years that followed, many of the Steps ignored the conventional wisdom ("Don't quit your day job!"), and although not all of the current members of the Steps are former Capitol Hill staffers, taken together the performers have worked in a total of eighteen Congressional offices and represent 62 years of collective House and Senate staff experience.
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CityStage & Symphony Hall |
04/25/12 -
04/29/12 |
CityStage, Springfield |
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Senior Showcase
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The Boston Conservatory |
04/29/12 |
The Boston Conservatory Theater, Boston |
The Luck of the Irish
Presented by Huntington Theatre Company at Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA March 30-April 29, 2012 When an upwardly mobile African-American family wants to buy a house in an all-white neighborhood of 1950s Boston, they pay a struggling Irish family to act as their front. Fifty years later, the Irish family asks for "their" house back. Moving across the two eras, this intimate new play explores personal stories of integration and the conflict of calling any place your home.
"Kirsten Greenidge is a writer of OBVIOUS AND UNUSUAL TALENT." —...
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Huntington Theatre Company |
03/30/12 -
04/29/12 |
Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA, Boston |
From Tel Aviv to Ramallah - a Beatbox Journey
Presented by Leventhal-Sidman JCC at Leventhal-Sidman JCC April 28-April 29, 2012 "Yuri Lane celebrates the subconscious soundtrack that thrums in our heads...astonishing...leaving his audience vastly entertained."
-Chicago Magazine
From Tel Aviv to Ramallah is a hip-hop play that tackles the Israeli-Palestinian conflict while emphasizing the humanity, suffering and joy of Israelis and Palestinians. From Tel Aviv to Ramallah has played at theaters in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Atlanta. Talk-back discussion with...
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Leventhal-Sidman JCC |
04/28/12 -
04/29/12 |
Leventhal-Sidman JCC, Newton Centre |
"An Evening with Dick Flavin"
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center April 27-April 29, 2012 There is only one Dick Flavin, and we’ve got him! He’s the poet laureate of the Red Sox, he’s won seven Emmy Awards, he’s an award-winning playwright and, best of all, and he’s got a million stories.
As one of America’s most popular public speakers, each year Dick Flavin delivers to the thousands who hear him each year his satirical observations, comedic asides, and amusingly insightful anecdotes drawn from his years as an advisor to...
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
04/27/12 -
04/29/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Presented by Boston College at Boston College, Robsham Theater Arts Center April 26-April 29, 2012 Young lovers, human and fairy royalty, and an amateur theater troupe reel through romance and spellcraft in on one of Shakespeare’s most hilarious and enchanting works. Luke Jorgensen reimagines this timeless comedy with a Bollywood twist.
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Boston College |
04/26/12 -
04/29/12 |
Boston College, Robsham Theater Arts Center, Chestnut Hill |