Events
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An Arabian Adventure by Tanglewood Marionettes
Presented by Puppet Showplace Theatre at Puppet Showplace Theatre February 8-February 9, 2012 Featuring over a dozen beautifully hand-crafted marionettes and exquisite “story-book” style scenery, “An Arabian Adventure” tells the tale of a Persian prince who is thrown into a dungeon because of his love for a beautiful princess. Facing danger at every turn, the courageous prince must battle his way out of the underground prison to save his princess from a tragic fate.
The soundtrack features professional actors set to the background of classical...
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Puppet Showplace Theatre |
02/08/12 -
02/09/12 |
Puppet Showplace Theatre, Brookline |
Rockport Music presents National Theatre Live: Travelling Light
Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center February 9, 2012 Play by Nicholas Wright. Directed by Nicholas Hytner, National Theatre Artistic Director.
Nicholas Wright’s new play is a funny and fascinating tribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became major players in Hollywood’s golden age. The story begins in a remote village in Eastern Europe, around 1900. The young Motl Mendl is entranced by the flickering silent images on his father’s cinematograph. Bankrolled by Jacob, the ebullient local timber merchant,...
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Rockport Music |
02/09/12 |
Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport |
Traniwreck
Presented by Oberon at Oberon February 9, 2012 It's our Cheap Birthday! Well, it's Heywood Wakefield and Johnny Blaze's and a bunch of others too! We'll have live performances, an evening heavy on the drinks and dancing, PLUS CHEAP CELEBRITY TICKETS!
TraniWreck is the legendary, award winning, cabaret variety show featuring genderbending irreverence; Drag, Burlesque, Aerials and Performance Art. Since 2004, TraniWreck has been twisting the status quo and creating space for the spectacular on the stage and in the audience....
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Oberon |
02/09/12 |
Oberon, Cambridge |
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Spring Awakening
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The Performing Arts Connection |
02/10/12 -
02/11/12 |
Arsenal Centre for the Arts, Watertown |
A Thousand Cranes
Presented by The Prana Center February 10-February 11, 2012 This beautiful play is based on the haunting, true story of Sadako Saski. Sadako is lively and athletic - a regular kid - until she starts getting dizzy. Doctors diagnose leukemia, the "atom bomb disease." With the help of her friend Kenji, Sadako sets to work folding paper cranes. Japanese legend says that if a sick person folds one thousand cranes, the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again. Proceeds from this play will be donated to the Hiroshima Peace Museum's...
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The Prana Center |
02/10/12 -
02/11/12 |
The Prana Center, Holliston |
Into the Woods
Presented by Stoneham Theatre at Stoneham Theatre February 4-February 11, 2012 Stoneham Theatre Young Company presents Sondheim's "Into the Woods"!Stephen Sondheim weaves together beloved fairy tales- Little Red Ridinghood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Cinderella- with his own original story of a childless Baker and his Wife, to explore the darker side of a happy ending. But after all the grannies have been saved and maidens have been married and wishes have been granted, it is what we do with our "Ever After" that is the true judge of our character....
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Stoneham Theatre |
02/04/12 -
02/11/12 |
Stoneham Theatre, Stoneham |
LEFT & RIGHT Special Valentine's Performance
Presented by Boston Children's Theatre at Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA February 10-February 11, 2012 Left & Right is an interactive dance-comedy about conjoined twins on the search for love! It starts out like any other ordinary day for these extraordinary individuals. Waking up, eating breakfast, getting ready. Yet these mundane experiences are far from commonplace for these two! Cereal races, toothbrush sword fights, a close shave, and even the Macarena! After the morning “routine”, Left and Right make a fantastic discovery: it’s Valentines Day! Sequin bellbottoms...
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Boston Children's Theatre |
02/10/12 -
02/11/12 |
Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA, Boston |
Wagner’s GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center February 11, 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.
With its cataclysmic climax, the Met’s new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, comes to its resolution. Deborah...
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Rockport Music |
02/11/12 |
Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport |
LEFT & RIGHT Special Valentine's Performance
Presented by Left & Right Productions at Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA February 10-February 11, 2012 WINNER of Best Show at the New England Fringe Festival, Left & Right, has its Boston premiere the weekend before Valentine's Day. The interactive comedy about conjoined twins on the search for love will be performed at the Boston Center for the Arts February 10th and 11th. Created by Jay Pension and Nathaniel Punches Left & Right had humble beginnings as a senior project in May 2011. Since then it has had several public performances and has been featured in several Fringe Theatre...
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Left & Right Productions |
02/10/12 -
02/11/12 |
Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA, Boston |
69° S. The Shackleton Project
Presented by ArtsEmerson February 7-February 12, 2012 Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 trans-Antarctic expedition is reignited by a contemporary dilemma: a changing environment and the planet’s uncertain future. Theatre, dance, puppetry, photography and film unite in impressionistic and stunning tableaux vivants.
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ArtsEmerson |
02/07/12 -
02/12/12 |
Paramount Mainstage, Boston |
Calvin's Monster
Presented by Boston Children's Theatre February 4-February 12, 2012 CALVIN’S MONSTER is a World Premiere new musical based on the children’s book “Fairy Tale Moments” by Marcia Trimble and adapted for the stage by Burgess Clark. Scared of his shadow, Calvin seeks the aid of famous storybook characters to help him overcome his fears. Written with a modern twist, including Peter Pan and Little Red Riding Hood with cell phones and pagers, CALVIN’S MONSTER entertains while teaching valuable lessons about staying strong and...
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Boston Children's Theatre |
02/04/12 -
02/12/12 |
Roberts Theatre at the BCA, Boston |
Green Eyes
Presented by Company One January 18-February 12, 2012 A Boston premiere at Boston’s premiere boutique hotel! Straight from its sold-out run in New York City, Company One is proud to present Travis Chamberlain’s highly acclaimed site-specific production of Tennessee Williams’ GREEN EYES at The Ames Hotel. Written in 1970 but unpublished for almost 40 years, this “lost” erotic thriller graphically reveals the impact of war through the sexual fantasies of a newlywed couple honeymooning in New Orleans. He’s a...
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Company One |
01/18/12 -
02/12/12 |
Ames Hotel, Boston |
Once Upon a Mattress
Presented by Stoneham Theatre at Stoneham Theatre February 4-February 12, 2012 Stoneham Theatre Young Company presents "Once Upon a Mattress". Everyone can't wait for the newest royal wedding; the aggravating Queen Aggravain has declared no one may marry before her son, the very daunted Prince Dauntless. Enter the most unlikely princess: Winnifred, a girl from the swamps who is anything but "Shy;" it's the role that made Carol Burnett famous! Everyone from 8 to 80 will delight in this rollicking retelling of The Princess and the Pea.
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Stoneham Theatre |
02/04/12 -
02/12/12 |
Stoneham Theatre, Stoneham |
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Presented by Stoneham Theatre at Stoneham Theatre February 3-February 12, 2012 Stoneham Theatre Young Company presents Disney's "Beauty and the Beast"! This "Tale as Old as Time" follows the classic story of a young woman, Belle, who dreams for something outside of her small town life. But when an unfortunate encounter whisks her away to the castle of a grizzled Beast, she is forced to turn her energy towards the characters who surround her, and see their true beauty within. This Broadway hit features all the beloved songs from the animated film;...
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Stoneham Theatre |
02/03/12 -
02/12/12 |
Stoneham Theatre, Stoneham |
The Rivalry
Presented by Zeiterion Performing Arts Center at Zeiterion Performing Arts Center February 12, 2012 National Tour
LA Theatre Works
Over 150 years ago, Americans struggled with issues of slavery, race, freedom, equality, states’ rights, and America’s future. In the 1858 Illinois Senate race, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas embarked on a series of debates. Their epic clash of ideas and oratory forged a future President and a nation. LA Theatre Works production of The Rivalry is a riveting depiction of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, using dialogue from the original...
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Zeiterion Performing Arts Center |
02/12/12 |
Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, New Bedford |
You and I: A Cabaret
Presented by Central Square Theater at Central Square Theater February 13, 2012 One way or another, every song is a love song. Either it's exultation and happiness or heartbreak and devastation. Are we miserable because we've listened to all these heartbreakingly romantic love songs or we heartbroken because we have idealized love from letting our emotions take us away? Share the joy and laugh away at the pain with us as we explore Valentine's Day and our own experiences through...
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Central Square Theater |
02/13/12 |
Central Square Theater, Cambridge |
Writing is Live presented by Brown University TAPS-- Festival of new works by Brown playwrights
Presented by Brown University Theatre Arts and Performance Studies February 3-February 13, 2012 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies at Brown University proudly announces the third annual Writing is Live festival, a presentation of new works featuring six plays by writers in Brown’s graduate and undergraduate theatre programs. Writing is Live celebrates the diversity and strength of new theatrical voices while simultaneously exploring the meaning of text in performance. Performance writing may take forms complete and incomplete,...
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Brown University Theatre Arts and Performance Studies |
02/03/12 -
02/13/12 |
Brown University, Providence |
A.R.T. Ever After Gala
Presented by American Repertory Theater at The Castle at Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers February 13, 2012 Princes and Princesses, proclaim your love for the A.R.T. with the 2nd Annual Valentine’s Gala, an enchanted fairytale evening of love potions and Grimm notions.
Featuring a unique cabaret performance by Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz, with Jared Bowen of WGBH as emcee, and a special A.R.T. Angel Award to longtime A.R.T. friend and community volunteer Joan Parker.
With a darkly romantic fairy tale theme, A.R.T. Ever After promises to be the...
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American Repertory Theater |
02/13/12 |
The Castle at Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers, Boston |
Mortified's Doomed Valentine's Day Show
Presented by Coolidge Corner Theatre at Coolidge Corner Theatre February 13, 2012 Don't miss this special love-themed event featuring ordinary adults sharing their most hilariously embarrassing diary entries, lyrics, poems, and artwork from their teenage years. One by one, brave men and women will take the stage to relive their tortured adolescence with cringe-worthy material about juvenile ardor gone wrong - from unrequited high-school crushes and tumultuous off-and-on romances to bad prom dates and awkward sexual firsts. Oh the pain!
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Coolidge Corner Theatre |
02/13/12 |
Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline |
Freedom Bound
Presented by Roxbury Center for Arts at Hibernian Hall at Hibernian Hall February 12-February 13, 2012 Hibernian Hall stops on the Underground Railroad for Black History Month with "Freedom Bound".
Freedom Bound is a musical play that tells the true story of Addison White, an escaped slave from Kentucky who traveled North on the Underground Railroad in 1851. White escapes to Ohio where he is befriended by a farmer named Udney Hyde. It is not long before White is discovered, and federal marshals surround Hyde's house in the middle of the night. Over 100 neighbors...
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Roxbury Center for Arts at Hibernian Hall |
02/12/12 -
02/13/12 |
Hibernian Hall, Boston |
OBERON New Works Series
Presented by Oberon at Oberon February 13, 2012 In this exciting monthly series of new work by Boston’s most promising artists, OBERON will give a first look at emerging talent in a unique workshop setting. Local artists, inspired by OBERON itself, share works in progress within the immersive, social and groundbreaking world of Club Theater that OBERON is known for.
This month OBERON proudly presents SUDZ!
SUDZ!, the latest project from Sugar Cereal Productions brings all the camp, drama, shoulder pads, and improbability...
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Oberon |
02/13/12 |
Oberon, Cambridge |
Unlucky in Love
Presented by Boston Babydolls Burlesque at The Davis Square Theater January 27-February 14, 2012 The Boston Babydolls are back!
Winners of "Best Burlesque" in 2011 from both The Boston Phoenix and The Weekly Dig, The Boston Babydolls always present an evening of smart, innovative burlesque with outstanding production values.
Unlucky in Love tells the story of a hapless writer examining episodes from his own life as he tries to pen a self-help guide to romance. Unfortunately for him (but fortunately for the audience), what he doesn't know could fill a...
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Boston Babydolls Burlesque |
01/27/12 -
02/14/12 |
The Davis Square Theater , Somerville |
Love and Chocolate
Presented by New England Light Opera February 14, 2012 An upbeat Valentine presentation of witty and romantic love songs from the Great American Songbook.
Mark Morgan leads a cast of four singers that includes the award winning Brian De Lorenzo, celebrated jazz vocalist Patrice Williamson, the extraordinary voice of mezzo-soprano Vanessa Schukis and the talented Doug Hammer at the piano. Champagne and Chocolate served during intermission! This performance is presented by Standing Room Only. Now in its third season, Standing Room Only (SRO)...
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New England Light Opera |
02/14/12 |
Wakefield UU Church, Wakefield |
Mortified
Presented by Oberon at Oberon February 14, 2012 Hailed as a "cultural phenomenon" by Newsweek and celebrated for years by the likes of This American Life, The Today Show, Esquire, The Onion AV Club, Daily Candy, Entertainment Weekly, and E!, Mortified is a comic excavation of the strange and extraordinary things we created as kids. Witness adults sharing their own adolescent journals, letters, poems, lyrics, home movies, stories and more. The largest and longest-running project of its kind, Mortified produces comedic content for...
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Oberon |
02/14/12 |
Oberon, Cambridge |
The Magic Soup (and Other Tales) by Brad Shur
Presented by Puppet Showplace Theatre at Puppet Showplace Theatre February 11-February 16, 2012 The Magic Soup presents stories taken from the rich Jewish folk tradition of Eastern Europe. In these short tales, everyone is looking for something, whether it’s a bowl of soup, a bit of peace and quiet, or the perfect pair of shoes. It is those with wit, humor and imagination who have the best chance of finding their dreams.
Performed with mixed styles of puppetry, including rod, shadow and tabletop.
Recommended for ages 4 and up.
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Puppet Showplace Theatre |
02/11/12 -
02/16/12 |
Puppet Showplace Theatre, Brookline |
Addams Family National Tour Cabaret
Presented by Oberon at Oberon February 16, 2012 A cabaret concert from the National Touring cast of The Addams Family Musical.
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Oberon |
02/16/12 |
Oberon, Cambridge |
Acoustica Electronica
Presented by Oberon at Oberon February 10-February 17, 2012 AcousticaElectronica blends the virtuosity found in the classical concert hall with the infectious energy of the late-night dance club. The best of both worlds: artistic depth and irresistible appeal. It is sexy and classy, sensuous and stoic, irreverent and reverential. Bach meets a dance club back-beat, Chopin meets trance, Carmen’s habanera and Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata are blended with house music for a listening experience unlike anything you have ever heard before. ...
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Oberon |
02/10/12 -
02/17/12 |
Oberon, Cambridge |
Chicago City Limits
Presented by TCAN - The Center for Arts in Natick at The Center for Arts in Natick February 18, 2012 Chicago City Limits, NYC’s legendary Improv theater company, brings its unique style of comedy and audience-inspired improvisations to TCAN! "Isn’t it Iconic" takes aim at the cultural icons of our day – the faces, places and events that fill our headlines, TV shows and tabloids. Just as our culture is a moving target, the content is an ever-changing combination of comedy sketches, song parodies and side splitting improvisations. The show is smart, funny and fast...
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TCAN - The Center for Arts in Natick |
02/18/12 |
The Center for Arts in Natick, Natick |
The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard
Presented by Salem Theatre Company at Salem Theatre Company January 26-February 18, 2012 The Salem Theatre Company will produce Tom Stoppard’s THE REAL THING for 15 performances from January 26 - February 18 at the STC Theater, 90 Lafayette Street in Salem, MA. The production is directed by STC Artistic Director John Fogle.
A two-time Tony Award winner, this intellectually and emotionally engaging backstage comedy portrays an articulate and romantically idealistic playwright, Henry, whose second wife, Annie, is trying to merge worthy causes with her art as an...
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Salem Theatre Company |
01/26/12 -
02/18/12 |
Salem Theatre Company, Salem |
RE:RE:RE: Dance Installation -- Encore Performances
Presented by Dance Program (Office for the Arts at Harvard) at Harvard Dance Center February 17-February 18, 2012 Back by popular demand, a second performance run of Dance Director Jill Johnson's dance installation. Created via collaborative, improvisational dance technologies with Harvard students, "RE: RE: RE:" encourages each audience member to individualize their experience by moving around the venue and viewing the performance from a variety of perspectives.
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Dance Program (Office for the Arts at Harvard) |
02/17/12 -
02/18/12 |
Harvard Dance Center, Cambridge |