Events
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Organization |
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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Fridays At Trinity
Presented by Trinity Church Boston at Trinity Church Boston February 10, 2012 - Ongoing Enjoy this weekly series of midday organ concerts featuring innovative programs by recitalists from across the United States and abroad. There is no charge for admission, but we invite a donation of $10. Wheelchair accessible.
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Trinity Church Boston |
02/10/12 -
Ongoing |
Trinity Church Boston, Boston |
Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam
Presented by Poetry Jam February 13, 2011-June 29, 2014 Every Sunday with a Poetry Slam co-hosted by Joyce Cunha and Jeff Robinson starting at 7:30pm and a Featured Poet and Open Mic accompanied by the Jeff Robinson Trio starting at 9:00pm – there’s a $5 cover and you must be 21 to enter the venue – Sultry red lights, intimate tables, and wooden church pews give this small room one of the best ambiances in town.
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Poetry Jam |
02/13/11 -
06/29/14 |
Lizard Lounge, Cambridge |
Handel Jephtha
Presented by Handel and Haydn Society at Symphony Hall May 3-May 5, 2013 Considered one of the finest Handelians in the world, Harry Christophers brings Jephtha to Symphony Hall audiences for the first time since 1867. Premiered in the US by the Handel and Haydn Society in 1855, the Period Instrument Orchestra and Chorus bring a legend to life: the oratorio tells the story of Jephtha, a commander for the Israelites against the Ammonites, and his daughter Iphis, who is betrothed to one of Jephtha’s soldiers, Hamor. With a stellar cast, Christophers will...
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Handel and Haydn Society |
05/03/13 -
05/05/13 |
Symphony Hall, Boston |
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at NEC's Jordan Hall May 3, 2013
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet is the first permanently established wind quintet in the history of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and the pinnacle of clarity, unity, and expressiveness.
Program:
Mozart/Hasel: Three Fantasies for Mechanical Organ K. 594, K.616, K.608
Pavel Haas: Quintet Opus 10
Jacques Ibert: Trios pièces brèves
Darius Milhaud: La cheminée du roi René
Jean Francaix: Quintet No. 1
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
05/03/13 |
NEC's Jordan Hall, Boston |
Susanna Phillips soprano and Joseph Kaiser tenor
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall May 1, 2013
Two of the brightest young stars in the opera world—both regulars at the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Mostly Mozart Festival, among others—find time to come together to present a rare joint recital featuring art songs as well as opera arias and duets.
“Susanna Phillips…demonstrates rare stylistic fluency, canny pathos, and dynamic finesse. Susanna Phillips. Remember the name.” – Financial Times
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
05/01/13 |
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall, Cambridge |
Thomas Hampson baritone with the Jupiter String Quartet
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at NEC's Jordan Hall April 26, 2013
International opera star Thomas Hampson brings his masterful interpretive skill to a program for string quartet and voice with the Jupiter String Quartet.
Program:
Schubert: String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, D. 87
Mark Adamo: New Work for Voice and String Quartet
Wolf: Italian Serenade for String Quartet
Wolf: Selected Lieder for Voice and String Quartet
Program will feature the Boston premiere of a new work by composer Mark...
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
04/26/13 |
NEC's Jordan Hall, Boston |
Evgeny Kissin piano
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at Symphony Hall April 21, 2013
“In some ways Evgeny Kissin is the consummate Celebrity Series artist. Boston has watched and listened to him develop since his debut in Boston in 1994. His many return appearances have revealed him to be that true artist, growing in confidence and presence and evolving in his selection of programs. Each time he returns a more mature and engaging performer than before.”
– Gary Dunning, Celebrity Series Executive Director
Program:
Haydn: Piano...
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
04/21/13 |
Symphony Hall, Boston |
Ninety Miles Project
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at Berklee Performance Center April 19, 2013 Featuring:
Stefon Harris vibraphone
David Sanchez saxophone
Nicholas Payton trumpet
Ninety Miles is the distance between Miami and Havana, the closest points in the United States and Cuba. The album, Ninety Miles, was recorded in Havana, Cuba as an artistic effort to bridge that distance and to emphasize the musical, cultural and historical kinships between the two nations. This collaborative project brought together the immense talents of vibraphonist Stefon...
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
04/19/13 |
Berklee Performance Center, Boston |
Bobby McFerrin - Spirit You All
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at Symphony Hall April 14, 2013 A peerless vocal improviser with a breathtaking range, Bobby McFerrin returns with his latest projectinfluenced by the spirituals his father sang: Spirit You All.
“The critics in Germany call him Stimmwunder (wonder voice), and it’s not hard to understand why. There is something almost superhuman about the range and technique of … Bobby McFerrin. He sounds, by turns, like a blackbird, a Martian, an operatic soprano, a small child and a be-bop trumpet.”...
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
04/14/13 |
Symphony Hall, Boston |
Jonathan Biss piano with the Elias String Quartet - Schumann: Under the Influence
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at NEC's Jordan Hall April 12, 2013
“[Schumann’s] personal story is ultimately one of mental illness and tragic decline, it is all too easy to dismiss the most startling moments in his music as evidence of a mind that was less than whole, where more often than not, they are really manifestations of an entirely unique and utterly beautiful imagination.”
– Jonathan Biss
Program:
Purcell: Selected Fantasias
Schumann: String Quartet in A minor, Opus 41 no. 1
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
04/12/13 |
NEC's Jordan Hall, Boston |
Vivaldi Virtuosi
Presented by Handel and Haydn Society at NEC's Jordan Hall April 5-April 7, 2013 Harpsichordist Ian Watson returns to the front of the stage to lead a dynamic program of Vivaldi and other Baroque luminaries. Discover the virtuosity of H&H’s principal players in a breathtaking chamber concert of 18th-century music from Italian masters both at home and abroad.
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Handel and Haydn Society |
04/05/13 -
04/07/13 |
NEC's Jordan Hall, Boston |
Barbara Cook vocals and John Pizzarelli guitar/vocals
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at Symphony Hall April 6, 2013 “We will just have to start thinking of [Barbara Cook] in terms of a natural wonder, like a solar eclipse.” – The Times (London)
“John Pizzarelli is too versatile to have the common touch … he’s an uncommon talent.” – TIME Magazine
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
04/06/13 |
Symphony Hall, Boston |
James Galway Legacy Tour - Sir James Galway flute
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at Symphony Hall March 24, 2013
Flute master, Sir James Galway, brings along a few friends for this delightful
program which runs the gamut from works by the great masters to romps for the penny whistle.
Program:
Mozart: Flute Quartet in D major, K. 285
Debussy: Clair de Lune
Bizet/Borne: Carmen Fantasy, arr. James Galway
Claude Bolling: Irlandaise and Fugace, Music from Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano
Program will also include works...
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
03/24/13 |
Symphony Hall, Boston |
Jonathan Biss piano - Schumann: Under the Influence
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at NEC's Jordan Hall March 22, 2013
“The idea of Schumann: Under the Influence is, in a sense, to “place” Schumann—to view him not as just a happy accident, but a central and incredibly important figure in the history of music.” – Jonathan Biss
Program:
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Opus 12
interspersed with selections from:
Janacek: On an Overgrown Path
Berg: Piano Sonata, Opus 1
Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze, Opus...
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
03/22/13 |
NEC's Jordan Hall, Boston |
Charles Lloyd New Quartet
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at Sanders Theatre March 21, 2013
Charles Lloyd tenor saxophone
Jason Moran piano
Reuben Rogers bass
Eric Harland drums
Saxophonist Charles Lloyd is at the helm of a new band that includes a multi-Grammy nominated drummer, a MacArthur Grant recipient pianist and one of the most in-demand bassists on the scene.
“Charles Lloyd is an international treasure.” – Carlos Santana
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
03/21/13 |
Sanders Theatre, Cambridge |
Beethoven Symphony No. 7
Presented by Handel and Haydn Society at Symphony Hall March 15-March 17, 2013 After conducting H&H in sold-out performances of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony in 2011, Richard Egarr takes Symphony Hall by storm with Beethoven’s masterful Symphony No. 7. Renowned as one of the finest period clarinetists in the world, H&H principal Eric Hoeprich brings Mozart’s playful clarinet concerto to life. Egarr and Hoeprich will take your breath away with their virtuosic and powerful interpretations of these great compositions.
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Handel and Haydn Society |
03/15/13 -
03/17/13 |
Symphony Hall, Boston |
Nathan Gunn baritone
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at NEC's Jordan Hall March 15, 2013
Grammy- winning baritone Nathan Gunn is a multi-faceted performer. One of the most in-demand baritones of our time, who sings at the great opera houses of the world and with the great orchestras, also has a flare for tin-pan alley tunes.
"If you are a fan of opera, than the chance to hear someone of Nathan Gunn's caliber in his Boston recital debut is as close to a 'have to be there moment' as you can get. What really fascinates me,...
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
03/15/13 |
NEC's Jordan Hall, Boston |
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 |
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at Symphony Hall March 8, 2013
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Vadim Repin violin soloist
"The London Philharmonic sounded ravishing and startlingly transparent. Each chord was audible in all its parts, every solo heard as chamber music."
– Evening Standard
"...the playing from the LPO strings was ravishing." – The Guardian (UK)
“If this is a sign of things to come, the Jurowski/LPO partnership will set...
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
03/08/13 |
Symphony Hall, Boston |
Eternal Echoes: Songs and Dances for the Soul
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at Symphony Hall March 3, 2013
Itzhak Perlman violin
Chazan Yitzchok Meir Helfgot vocal soloist
Musical director Hankus Netsky and Maestro Russell Ger
with members of the Klezmer Conservatory Band and Chamber Orchestra
With Eternal Echoes, Itzhak Perlman has expanded on his 1997 recording Live in the Fiddler’s House, which celebrated the rich tradition of Jewish music. Eternal Echoes, which will be released by Sony in the fall of 2012, weaves an even broader tapestry of...
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
03/03/13 |
Symphony Hall, Boston |
Rain - A Tribute to The Beatles
Presented by The Hanover Theatre at The Hanover Theatre March 1-March 3, 2013 As “the next best thing to seeing The Beatles!” (Associated Press), RAIN performs the full range of The Beatles' discography live onstage, including the most complex and challenging songs that The Beatles themselves recorded in the studio but never performed for an audience. Together longer than The Beatles, RAIN has mastered every song, gesture and nuance of the legendary foursome, delivering a totally live, note-for-note performance in this multi-media concert, that’s as...
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The Hanover Theatre |
03/01/13 -
03/03/13 |
The Hanover Theatre, Worcester |
Jeremy Denk piano
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at NEC's Jordan Hall March 2, 2013
Pianist Jeremy Denk has steadily built a reputation as one of the music world’s most compelling pianists.
“Hearing Mr. Denk’s bracing, effortlessly virtuosic and utterly joyous performance, one would never guess how phenomenally difficult the piano part is.”
– The New York Times
“The logic that propelled [Denk’s] playing gave his occasional understatements extraordinary power.” – The...
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
03/02/13 |
NEC's Jordan Hall, Boston |
Hilary Hahn violin, Valentina Lisitsa piano
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at NEC's Jordan Hall March 1, 2013 One of the most sought after artists of her generation, Hilary Hahn has drawn international fame and recognition, including two Grammy Awards, multiple Diapason “d'Or of the Year” and “Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik” prizes, and the 2008 Classic FM/Gramophone Artist of the Year.
“Hilary Hahn isn’t hung up on technique, but she’s a perfectionist who unites expression and skill with uninhibited naturalness: the essence of violin...
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
03/01/13 |
NEC's Jordan Hall, Boston |
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at NEC's Jordan Hall February 24, 2013
Joseph Kalichstein piano
Jaime Laredo violin
Sharon Robinson cello
“… chamber music royalty.” – The Washington Post
"This is one of the finest chamber music groups in the business ... playing of a wonderful, unexaggerated expressiveness and warmth." – The Daily Telegraph (UK)
Program:
Mozart: Trio in B-flat Major, K502
André Previn: Trio (Boston premiere)
Tchaikovsky: ...
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
02/24/13 |
NEC's Jordan Hall, Boston |
Haydn in Paris
Presented by Handel and Haydn Society at Symphony Hall February 22-February 24, 2013 Under Harry Christophers’ expert hands, Haydn comes to life in a program that showcases one of his Paris Symphonies, The Bear, a festive and jubilant work commissioned by a Parisian orchestra in the 1780s. H&H’s fiery and expressive Concertmaster Aisslinn Nosky returns to the spotlight after the smashing success of her Vivaldi The Four Seasons performances in 2012.
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Handel and Haydn Society |
02/22/13 -
02/24/13 |
Symphony Hall, Boston |
Miloš Karadagli? guitar
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall February 13, 2013
Milos’s debut recording for Deutsche Grammophon in 2011 topped the classical charts around the world and sold over 100,000 copies in less than six months. A guitar virtuoso of a new generation, Milos not only enjoys a growing concert career worldwide, but has achieved great success outside of the traditional concert hall with performances from Deutsche Grammophon’s Yellow Lounge club nights in Berlin to iTunes Festival in London.
“Lovers of the...
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
02/13/13 |
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall, Cambridge |
Gil Shaham violin, Akira Eguchi piano
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at NEC's Jordan Hall February 10, 2013
“…among the most inspired violinists of his generation.”
– The Guardian (Uk)
Program:
Schubert: Sonatina in A minor
Bach: Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006
Bolcom: Suite No. 2 for Solo Violin (Boston premiere)
Julian Milone: In the Country of Lost Things ...
Avner Dorman: Niggunim (Violin Sonata No. 3)
William Bolcom’s Suite No. 2 for Solo Violin was co-commissioned by...
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
02/10/13 |
NEC's Jordan Hall, Boston |