Events
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Careless Love: A Down Home Musical
Presented by Oberon at Oberon May 21, 2012 Sean returns to his hometown after 15 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit.
Upon his arrival, he finds his true love on the eve of her wedding to his friend. Set
to traditional bluegrass, old-time, gospel, and folk songs, an ensemble of nine actor/
musicians bring this original story to life with a fiddle, dobro, banjo, mandolin, and more.
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Oberon |
05/21/12 |
Oberon, Cambridge |
The 30th Annual Elliot Norton Awards
Presented by Boston Theater Critics Association at Paramount Theatre May 21, 2012 The Boston Theater Critics Association is pleased to announce legendary song and dance man TOMMY TUNE will be the recipient of The 30th Anniversary Elliot Norton Lifetime Achievement Award. Known as one of the most prolific director/choreographer/performers of the twentieth century, Tommy Tune has enchanted audiences over the past 50 years with his charisma, vision, and innovation. According to Joyce Kulhawik, President of the BTCA, “Not only...
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Boston Theater Critics Association |
05/21/12 |
Paramount Theatre, Boston |
Wellesley Theatre Project Master Class with Broadway Performer Kevin Duda!
Presented by Wellesley Theatre Project at Wellesley Middle School May 21, 2012 When: May 21st Where: Wellesley Middle School; Who: 6th -12th Grade Students; Cost: Free!; Join us for... Musical Theatre Audition Workshop: 3pm-4:30pm (WMS Chorus Room) 15 students will workshop a song. All other students are encouraged to observe as space is permits. Please come prepared with 32 bars of music. Meet a Broadway performer and learn great tips and insight from a pro.; Dance Workshop: 5:30pm-8pm (WMS Theatre) Learn a dance combination with choreography from a broadway...
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Wellesley Theatre Project |
05/21/12 |
Wellesley Middle School, Wellesley |
"Iolanta" P. I. Tchaikovsky
Presented by Boston Vocal Arts Studio May 20-May 22, 2012 Boston Vocal Arts Studio and International Rachmaninoff Russian Music Festival present Tchaikovsky's "Iolanta". Starring Dina Kuznetsova (Metropolitan Opera) as Iolanta and Adam Klein (Metropolitan Opera) as Count Vaudémong.
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Boston Vocal Arts Studio |
05/20/12 -
05/22/12 |
Center Makor, Brighton |
Comedy is King
Presented by Oberon at Oberon May 23, 2012 Hosted by Lamont Price, Comedy Central's Comedians to Watch featuring The Lucas Bros., Josh Gondelman and Tom Dustin.
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Oberon |
05/23/12 |
Oberon, Cambridge |
Gary Gulman
Presented by The Wilbur Theatre at Wilbur Theatre May 24, 2012 Boston native Gary Gulman will tape a new one hour comedy special at The Wilbur Theater (246 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02116 ) on May 24th at 8pm. Tickets can be purchased by calling (617) 248-9700 or visiting www.thewilburtheatre.com.
Gulman always knew he wanted to be a comedian and his humor is unique, clever and highly entertaining. He was seen on Dane Cook's 'Tourgasm' on HBO and shot the pilot 'Dinner with Todd Glass' with Todd Glass and Sarah Silverman. Gary has also made...
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The Wilbur Theatre |
05/24/12 |
Wilbur Theatre, Boston |
Shakespeare and Leadership
Presented by Commonwealth Shakespeare Company at Cutler Majestic Theatre May 24, 2012 What: Shakespeare and Leadership: A script in hand reading of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus followed by a panel discussion on corporate leadership skills in the 21st Century.
Who: Presented by Commonwealth Shakespeare Company,
The Boston Chapter of the Federalist Society, & McCarter and English, LLP.
When: Thursday, May 24, 6:00 pm
Where: Cutler Majestic Theater,
219 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
Venue Website
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Commonwealth Shakespeare Company |
05/24/12 |
Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston |
Mortified
Presented by Oberon at Oberon May 24-May 25, 2012 Hailed as a "cultural phenomenon" by Newsweek and celebrated for years by the likes of This American Life, The Today Show, The Onion AV Club, & Entertainment Weekly, Mortified is a comic excavation of teen angst artifacts (journals, poems, letters, lyrics, home movies, schoolwork) as shared by their original authors -- in front of total strangers. Where else can you hear grown men and women confront their past with firsthand tales of their first kiss, first puff, worst prom,...
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Oberon |
05/24/12 -
05/25/12 |
Oberon, Cambridge |
Woody Sez
Presented by American Repertory Theater at Loeb Drama Center May 5-May 26, 2012 Woody Guthrie is a musical hero of legendary proportion who transformed folk music into a vehicle for social protest and evoked the restless spirit of the Dust Bowl generation. Woody Sez brings the giant to life in a joyous, toe-tapping, and heartfelt theatrical portrait that uses Woody's words and songs, performed by the company of four actor/singers who play over twenty instruments, to transport the audience through his fascinating, beautiful, and sometimes tragic life. Featuring many...
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American Repertory Theater |
05/05/12 -
05/26/12 |
Loeb Drama Center, Cambridge |
Hovey Players Present
Presented by Hovey Players May 11-May 26, 2012 From Neil Simon comes the Broadway hit about a staff of 1950’s comedy writers as they produce television’s #1 weekly variety program, The Max Prince Show. Based upon his own time as a staff writer for Sid Caesar’s Your Show Of Shows, Simon recreates the mayhem and constant one-upmanship of a team of funny misfits trying to create comedy in the era of the Red Scare and network interference. Directed by David Fisher. Show dates: May 11, 12, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26 at 8 pm, May 20...
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Hovey Players |
05/11/12 -
05/26/12 |
Hovey Players, Waltham |
Pippin The Musical
Presented by Theatre Ink May 24-May 26, 2012 The musical Pippin tells the hilariously crazy, darkly surreal, but ultimately uplifting story of Pippin's journey through a Wonderland-based alternate reality to find purpose and complete fulfillment in his life. Join us for a night of spectacular magic, catchy Stephen Schwartz tunes, and Fosse-inspired dances; challenge with us unsettlingly relatable portrayals of mindless war, sex, and political corruption; and, just maybe, believe again in love.
Music and Lyrics by Stephen...
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Theatre Ink |
05/24/12 -
05/26/12 |
NEWTON NORTH HIGH SCHOOL, Newtonville |
Bovinus Rex, World Premiere Opera
Presented by Guerilla Opera at The Zack Box May 24-May 27, 2012 "Bovinus Rex" by composer Rudolf Rojahn is an outrageous black comedy exploring the nature of identity and the calculus of quantifiable suffering. In this contemporary spin on the ancient Oedipus story, an animal farmer in rural Ohio invents a machine to slaughter his entire herd in order to pay off his crippling debt. When his fanatic animal rights activist-daughter decides to infiltrate her father's farm, things tragically spin out of control.
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Guerilla Opera |
05/24/12 -
05/27/12 |
The Zack Box, Boston |
Our Town
Presented by Chatham Drama Guild May 11-May 27, 2012 In tribute to Chatham’s tercentennial, the Chatham Drama Guild at 134 Crowell Road invites you to come to "OUR TOWN". Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-prize-winning American classic, directed by Elsa Bastone is a heartwarming play with universal appeal. Although set in the early 1900's in the fictional town of Grovers Corners, New Hampshire, the action of the play could just as easily have taken place right here in Chatham. In fact, as many as eighteen of those associated with this...
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Chatham Drama Guild |
05/11/12 -
05/27/12 |
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Cultural Survival Bazaar
Presented by Cultural Survival May 26-May 28, 2012 An International Festival of Native Arts & Culture Featuring artisans, products, & performers from around the world. Shop handmade art, jewelry, clothing, crafts, decor, tribal rugs, & much more. Enjoy FREE music performances, presentations, Native American storytelling, educational displays, craft-making demonstrations, & Tibetan cuisine. Proceeds support Native artisans, fair trade, and Cultural Survival's non-profit work worldwide. For special features, artisan...
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Cultural Survival |
05/26/12 -
05/28/12 |
Amherst Town Common, Amherst |
XM Radio, Comedy Central's JIM COLLITON
Presented by Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons at Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons June 1-June 2, 2012 Jim colliton has grown up in the suburbs and now lives with his wife and three children in the suburbs. What does he talk about? If you have ever been embarrassed about the contents of your recycling bin or tried to kill a flying bat in your house you will find Jim’s comedy hilarious. If none of these things hits home, Jim has also stolen a school bus and everyone finds that story funny.
Jim’s love for performing comes out every time he takes the stage, whether...
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Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons |
06/01/12 -
06/02/12 |
Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons, Boston |
Euripides' Trojan Women
Presented by Whistler in the Dark at The Factory Theatre May 18-June 2, 2012 After the fall of Troy, the women of the city endure together. Stuck in camps, they await their fates. In this world between atrocities, their only interruptions arrive as news briefings from a messenger who swiftly comes and goes. As they wait, bombarded with devastation and trapped by their husbands’ war, we see what it means to survive.
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Whistler in the Dark |
05/18/12 -
06/02/12 |
The Factory Theatre, Boston |
The Lazy Fox by Spring Valley Puppet Theatre
Presented by Puppet Showplace Theatre at Puppet Showplace Theatre May 31-June 2, 2012 Can a very lazy Fox trick an Armadillo? Perhaps...but in this Spring Valley Puppet Theater production of "The Lazy Fox," the Armadillo has a few tricks up HIS sleeve! This program, based on an Argentine Folk Tale, features enchanting hand puppet animals and a large rod puppet Sun. It is combined with "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing," adapted from the Aesop fable. This popular story is enlivened with a colorful Mexican setting, a humorous communication gap and a surprise...
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Puppet Showplace Theatre |
05/31/12 -
06/02/12 |
Puppet Showplace Theatre, Brookline |
A Spring Bouquet of Show Tunes and Popular Favorites
Presented by The Paul Madore Chorale June 2, 2012 The Paul Madore Chorale will be presenting A Spring Bouquet of Show Tunes and Popular Favorites on June 2. The concert will include selections from Fiddler on the Roof, Phantom of the Opera, and Guys and Dolls, as well as other all-time favorites. Concert soloists will be drawn from the chorale membership.
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The Paul Madore Chorale |
06/02/12 |
St. Anne Church, Salem |
Totally New Theatre!
Presented by Marblehead Little Theatre at Marblehead Little Theatre June 2, 2012 “TNT! 2012 - TOTALLY NEW THEATER” FESTIVAL OFFERS FREE EVENING OF EXPLOSIVE READINGS AT MARBLEHEAD LITTLE THEATRE
TNT! 2012, a play development retreat for writers produced by local playwright Shari D. Frost for Marblehead Little Theatre, is returning for its fourth annual event this June. On Saturday, June 2 at 8pm, an evening of readings free to the public will be followed by the unique opportunity to meet the local and visiting playwrights and discuss their work. Space...
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Marblehead Little Theatre |
06/02/12 |
Marblehead Little Theatre, Marblehead |
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Presented by Broadway In Boston at Boston Opera House May 29-June 3, 2012 Live On Stage!
Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the smash hit Broadway musical, is coming to Boston! Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature film, this eyepopping spectacle has won the hearts of over 35 million people worldwide. This classic musical love story is filled with unforgettable characters, lavish sets and costumes, and dazzling production numbers including “Be Our Guest” and the beloved title song. Experience the romance and enchantment of...
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Broadway In Boston |
05/29/12 -
06/03/12 |
Boston Opera House, Boston |
Three Viewings Remount 2012
Presented by New Repertory Theatre at Boston University Theatre, Lane-Comley Studio 210 May 18-June 3, 2012 By Jeffrey Hatcher
Directed by Jim Petosa**
Featuring Joel Colodner*, Adrianne Krstansky*, and Christine Power*
In Three Viewings, award-winning playwright Jeffrey Hatcher explores love, money, and loss in a trio of mordantly witty narratives. An infatuated man goes to extraordinary lengths in order to win a woman’s heart; a jewelry thief with a hidden secret reclaims a family heirloom; and a widow confronts the repercussions of her late husband’s...
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New Repertory Theatre |
05/18/12 -
06/03/12 |
Boston University Theatre, Lane-Comley Studio 210, Boston |
British Street party in the New World
Presented by The Old State House Museum June 3, 2012 The British have a grand tradition of marking national events - decorating the alleyways with flags and bunting, and bringing tables of food and drink out into the streets to celebrate with neighbors. The Bostonian Society and the British Consul invite the public to the Old State House to join The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee festivities – donuts and cake for 200 guests, traditional live music, Shakespeare performances, Red Coat reenactors, and more.
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The Old State House Museum |
06/03/12 |
The Old State House, Boston |
Xanadu
Presented by SpeakEasy Stage Company at Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA May 11-June 9, 2012 Based on the cult film of the same name, this riotous new musical follows the efforts of a magical Greek muse named Kira who descends to Earth to help a struggling artist achieve his dream of opening a roller disco. Featuring an ingenious book by Douglas Carter Beane (The Little Dog Laughed) and a score full of chart-topping tunes (Magic, Suddenly, Evil Woman), Xanadu is hilarity on wheels.
Book by Douglas Carter Beane
Music and Lyrics by Jeff Lynne & John Farrar
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SpeakEasy Stage Company |
05/11/12 -
06/09/12 |
Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA, Boston |
Avenue Q
Presented by The Lyric Stage Company of Boston at The Lyric Stage Company May 11-June 9, 2012 Music and Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx
Book by Jeff Whitty
Part flesh (humans), part felt (puppets), and packed with heart (universal), Avenue Q is a laugh-out-loud musical that tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. There, he meets the girl next door, a Republican, an internet sexpert, and Gary Coleman (need we say more?), along with other colorful types who help Princeton...
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The Lyric Stage Company of Boston |
05/11/12 -
06/09/12 |
The Lyric Stage Company, Boston |
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Presented by Arts After Hours May 24-June 9, 2012 You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Based on The Comic Strip "Peanuts" by Charles M. Schulz
Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer
Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
A great time for the whole family, come experience a musical comedy about a day in the life of Charlie Brown. The trials and tribulations of friendship and love in the style of a favorite timeless comic strip.
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Arts After Hours |
05/24/12 -
06/09/12 |
LynnArts, Lynn |
'Salvador Dali - Make Me Hot'
Presented by WELLFLEET HARBOR ACTORS THEATER May 26-June 9, 2012 This play is written by Jose Rivera and will be produced by W.H.A.T.'s artistic director, Dan Lombardo. Rivera’s magical masterpiece finds Gabriela talking to the moon – played by a man in a Panama hat playing a violin on her refrigerator. When her husband Benito returns from war, the limits of love are tested, the desert comes alive like a surreal Dali painting, and Gabriela’s housecat dances with a wily coyote. In this comic drama, the moon hovers over all, offering...
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WELLFLEET HARBOR ACTORS THEATER |
05/26/12 -
06/09/12 |
Wellfleet Harbors Actor Theater, Wellfleet |
Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure
Presented by TCAN - The Center for Arts in Natick at The Center for Arts in Natick June 1-June 10, 2012 The world's greatest detective is nearly retired when a case surfaces that’s too tempting to ignore: The King of Bohemia is about to be blackmailed by a famous opera singer. In pursuing the case, Holmes and Dr. Watson march right into the lair of longtime adversary and malevolent crime genius, Professor Moriarty. Holmes is at the height of his powers, surrounded by all the elements that his fans have come to expect--danger, intrigue, wit, humor and surprise. Winner of the 2007 Edgar...
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TCAN - The Center for Arts in Natick |
06/01/12 -
06/10/12 |
The Center for Arts in Natick, Natick |
Hershey Felder as George Gershwin Alone
Presented by ArtsEmerson May 30-June 10, 2012 This celebrated one-man play about the legendary American composer who "made a lady out of jazz" returns to Boston! An evening packed with Gershwin’s most famous pieces and a glimpse into his early years, his personal life and his artistic genius.
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ArtsEmerson |
05/30/12 -
06/10/12 |
Paramount Mainstage, Boston |
I Capture the Castle
Presented by Stoneham Theatre at Stoneham Theatre May 24-June 10, 2012 I Capture The Castle
May 24-June 10, 2012
By Dodie smith
Directed by Weylin Symes
This spring fall in love with this rediscovered gem of a play. The lives of 17-year old Cassandra Mortmain and her eccentric English family are turned upside down with the arrival of a handsome new landlord. As the Mortmains struggle to accept the strangers in their midst, new possibilities and new love unexpectedly begin to bloom. Dodie smith (author of The One Hundred and One...
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Stoneham Theatre |
05/24/12 -
06/10/12 |
Stoneham Theatre, Stoneham |
Enter Laughing by Joseph Stein
Presented by Arlington Friends of the Drama June 1-June 10, 2012 Enter Laughing is a very funny show performed by a very funny cast! Rarely
done in community theater, this show is a Joseph Stein/Carl Reiner valentine
to the world of theater. Set in 1930s Bronx, a naive young man aspires to be an actor while his parents aspire for him to be a pharmacist. When he gets a chance for a two-bit part in a run-down theatre with a has-been director, comedy ensues. Filled with warmth and a large dollop of Jewish humor. 77 bus from Harvard...
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Arlington Friends of the Drama |
06/01/12 -
06/10/12 |
Arlington Friends of the Drama, Arlington |