Events
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Trickster Tales by Barefoot Puppets
Presented by Puppet Showplace Theatre at Puppet Showplace Theatre February 21-February 23, 2012 Can a spider defeat an elephant at tug-of-war? Overpower a python? Capture a cloud of hornets? With Anansi the Spider, world famous trickster, all things are possible...if you only have a plan! This show brings traditional stories from West Africa to live with expressive rod puppets, original music, and lots of puns. Performed on a large, twelve-foot stage with colorful scenery and amazing scene changes. It's a high-energy show with lots of laughs!
Recommended for ages 3 &...
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Puppet Showplace Theatre |
02/21/12 -
02/23/12 |
Puppet Showplace Theatre, Brookline |
Trickster Tales!
Presented by Puppet Showplace Theatre at Puppet Showplace Theatre February 21-February 23, 2012 Can a spider defeat an elephant at tug-of-war? Overpower a python? Capture a cloud of hornets? With Anansi the Spider, world famous trickster, all things are possible...if you only have a plan! This show brings traditional stories from West Africa to live with expressive rod puppets, original music, and lots of puns. Performed on a large, twelve-foot stage with colorful scenery and amazing scene changes. It's a high-energy show with lots of laughs!
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Puppet Showplace Theatre |
02/21/12 -
02/23/12 |
Puppet Showplace Theatre, Brookline |
Execution of Justice
Presented by Boston University College of Fine Arts at Virginia Wimberly Theatre February 17-February 24, 2012 Emily Mann, playwright; Elaine Vaan Hogue, director. A brilliant portrayal of the Dan White trial after the 1978 assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and gay city supervisor Harvey Milk of San Francisco. Mann tells the story in a provocative and multilayered way, offering as many questions as answers about a tragic chapter in the city's transition to its current political and social climate. Execution of Justice runs February 17-24. Presented by the Boston University College of Fine Arts....
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Boston University College of Fine Arts |
02/17/12 -
02/24/12 |
Virginia Wimberly Theatre, Boston |
February Vacation: Make 'Em Laugh
Presented by Watertown Children's Theatre at The Arsenal Center For The Arts February 21-February 24, 2012 Tickle your funny bone! This class allows students a burst of creative energy as they free their imaginations and work on creative collaboration. Make ‘Em Laugh allows students to explore the art and fun of clowning and physical comedy. From Commedia dell’arte to pratfalls to stand-up, this class is perfect for the comic in training. Need a jolt of creative energy? Through improvisation, students will learn different approaches to comedy. This spontaneous good time culminates in...
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Watertown Children's Theatre |
02/21/12 -
02/24/12 |
The Arsenal Center For The Arts, Watertown |
Bohemian Bacchanalia
Presented by Oberon at Oberon February 23-February 24, 2012 Enter a world of debauchery, drunken revelry, and wild and mystical festivities! The Bacchanalia is back with new performers, new acts, and a new band! Enjoy the soul stylings of Johnny Blazes and the Pretty Boys and dance along to the vivaciousness of Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band. For two magical evenings you are invited to come experience some of the most talented artists in New England, including aerialists, jugglers, dancers & burlesque performers. Come for the carousing...
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Oberon |
02/23/12 -
02/24/12 |
Oberon, Cambridge |
Monster
Presented by Boston University College of Fine Arts at Boston University Theatre, Lane-Comley Studio 210 February 9-February 25, 2012 Neal Bell, playwright; Jim Petosa, director. A brilliant stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein from Obie-award winning playwright Neal Bell, Monster provides a disturbing yet poignant look at one man's insatiable quest to defeat death by creating life, and the dreadful results of abandoning his creation. A provocative production from the Boston Center for American Performance (BCAP), the professional extension of the BU School of Theatre. Monster runs February 9-25. $20 general...
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Boston University College of Fine Arts |
02/09/12 -
02/25/12 |
Boston University Theatre, Lane-Comley Studio 210, Boston |
Amateurs
Presented by The Concord Players February 10-February 25, 2012 Written by Tom Griffin of The Boys Next Door, Amateurs pulls back the curtain on a local community theater group to reveal that all the real drama takes place behind the scenes. Poignant, insightful, and very, very funny.
Adult content and language
Presented by The Concord Players
51 Walden Street, Concord, MA
Free Opening Night Reception
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The Concord Players |
02/10/12 -
02/25/12 |
The Concord Players, Concord |
Alexander King Of Jesters
Presented by Regent Theatre, Arlington at Regent Theatre February 25, 2012 Alexander, King of Jesters, revives a cultural icon—the medieval fool. His period music, mind bending sight gags, amazing stunts, and wildly imaginative spirit transport audiences to another place and time. Alex has been seen on Showtime, PBS, and ‘America’s Got Talent, at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, and was introduced on Public Radio International as a ‘cultural ambassador’ for his tours in Russia.
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Regent Theatre, Arlington |
02/25/12 |
Regent Theatre, Arlington |
Lysistrata
Presented by Boston College at Boston College, Robsham Theater Arts Center February 23-February 25, 2012 By Aristophanes
Translated by Sarah Ruden
Directed by Alex Lucci ‘12
Aristophanes' comic masterpiece of war and sex remains one of the greatest plays ever written. Led by the title character, the women of the warring city-states of Greece agree to withhold sexual favors with their husbands until they agree to cease fighting. The war of the sexes that ensues makes 'Lysistrata' a comedy without peer in the history of theatre.
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Boston College |
02/23/12 -
02/25/12 |
Boston College, Robsham Theater Arts Center, Chestnut Hill |
Verdi's ERNANI
Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center February 25, 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.
Opera lovers who subscribe to the entire series receive one free opera. (Buy ten operas and receive one free!)
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Rockport Music |
02/25/12 |
Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport |
Shrek- The Musical
Presented by The Hanover Theatre at The Hanover Theatre February 24-February 26, 2012 SHREK THE MUSICAL, based on the Oscar® winning DreamWorks film that started it all, brings the hilarious story of everyone’s favorite ogre to life on stage.
In a faraway kingdom turned upside down, things get ugly when an unseemly ogre — not a handsome prince — shows up to rescue a feisty princess. Throw in a donkey who won’t shut up, a villain with a SHORT temper, a cookie with an attitude and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you’ve got the...
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The Hanover Theatre |
02/24/12 -
02/26/12 |
The Hanover Theatre, Worcester |
Improv Asylum - Afternoon Delight
Presented by Improv Asylum at Improv Asylum Theater December 18, 2011-February 26, 2012 Improv Asylum now has matinee shows at 4pm on Saturday and Sundays. Afternoon Delight is a hilarious fully-improvised, two-act show that’ll leave you wanting more.
Actors from our main stage cast join alumni and NXT company actors to create an audience-interactive experience that’s different every time.
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Improv Asylum |
12/18/11 -
02/26/12 |
Improv Asylum Theater, Boston |
The Wizard of Oz
Presented by Wheelock Family Theatre at Wheelock Family Theatre January 27-February 26, 2012 THE WIZARD OF OZ
By L. Frank Baum
With music and lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg
Background music by Herbert Stothart
Dance and vocal arrangements by Peter Howard
Orchestration by Larry Wilcox
Adapted by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company
Based upon the classic motion picture owned by Turner Entertainment Co. and distributed in all media by Warner Bros.
Directed by James P. Byrne. Musical Director Jon Goldberg. Scenic...
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Wheelock Family Theatre |
01/27/12 -
02/26/12 |
Wheelock Family Theatre, Boston |
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
Presented by Emerson Stage at Emerson College at Semel Theater February 23-February 26, 2012 A moving chronicle of the violent riots that followed the acquittal of four white Los Angeles police officers in the beating of Rodney King, an African-American. Presented in the words of participants, victims, adversaries, and onlookers of the events, the story not only explores the disturbing trauma of the riots, but also the underlying racial tensions within America.
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Emerson Stage at Emerson College |
02/23/12 -
02/26/12 |
Semel Theater, Boston |
The Cripple of Inishmaan
Presented by Walnut Hill School for the Arts February 23-February 26, 2012 This heartbreakingly hilarious comedy is an irresistible tale filled with charming characters and plot twists. On a remote island off the Irish Coast, word arrives that Hollywood is coming to film. No one is more excited than “cripple” Billy, an unloved boy whose chief occupation has been gazing at cows and yearning for his inspiration - a girl who wants no part of him.
"The big word I’d use to describe “The Cripple of Inishmaan’’ is...
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Walnut Hill School for the Arts |
02/23/12 -
02/26/12 |
Keiter Center for the Performing Arts, Natick |
Disney On Ice: Dare To Dream
Presented by TD Garden at TD Garden February 17-February 26, 2012 DISNEY ON ICE PRESENTS DARE TO DREAM COMES TO TD GARDEN, FEBRUARY 17-26 – SCHOOL VACATION WEEK!
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 – OPENING NIGHT!
All Opening Night Tickets Are Just $15.00*
Tickets for This All New Production Featuring Disney’s Latest Animated Film, Tangled, Go on Sale Friday, January 6 at 10:00 AM
Disney On Ice...
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TD Garden |
02/17/12 -
02/26/12 |
TD Garden, Boston |
Everybody Loves Pirates
Presented by Puppet Showplace Theatre at Puppet Showplace Theatre February 24-February 26, 2012 "Everybody Loves Pirates" is the story of a young girl named Lucy and her goofy friend, Little Chucky. While fishing one day, the kids discover a treasure map and decide to set out on a quest to find their fortune. Unfortunately, they run into a group of bumbling pirates who try to thwart their efforts by stealing the treasure. Of course, it all works out in the end with some help from Chucky and Lucy's new ocean-dwelling friends, including Lobster Boy, Crabby and a wise Sea...
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Puppet Showplace Theatre |
02/24/12 -
02/26/12 |
Puppet Showplace Theatre, Brookline |
Time of My Life by Alan Ayckbourn
Presented by Zeitgeist Stage Company at BCA Plaza Black Box Theatre February 10-March 3, 2012 Ayckbourn's Time of My Life revolves around a family dinner at their favorite restaurant organized by successful businessman Gerry Stratton to celebrate his wife Laura's 54th birthday. Their grown sons are also present with their significant others. It is after the dinner breaks up that Ayckbourn's real genius becomes apparent as the play takes off in three different directions simultaneously. The parents remain in present time, disclosing secrets and redefining their relationship. The...
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Zeitgeist Stage Company |
02/10/12 -
03/03/12 |
BCA Plaza Black Box Theatre, Boston |
Open Mic & Talent Competition
Presented by The Lansdowne Pub at The Lansdowne Pub March 6, 2011-March 4, 2012 The Lansdowne Pub is breaking ground with our Sunday Night Open Mic & Talent Competition. Watch an assortment of experienced entertainers, selected from the dozens that auditioned, compete against one another for prizes and entry to the finals.
Audience members are encouraged to help judge and choose the top two winners from acts such as burlesque troupes, improv troupes, comedians, magicians, musicians, and more!.
Participate as a judge and take a shot at one...
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The Lansdowne Pub |
03/06/11 -
03/04/12 |
The Lansdowne Pub, Boston |
Photograph 51
Presented by Central Square Theater at Central Square Theater February 9-March 4, 2012 In 1951, British biophysicist Rosalind Franklin became a research associate at King’s College in London, where her X-ray imaging revealed DNA’s double helix structure, leading to the Nobel Prize – but not for Franklin. As told with wit and urgency by a chorus of scientists who relive the competitive race to be the first to map the DNA molecule, Photograph 51 is the story of the fiercely independent spirit of a young, ambitious scientist and her unsung, trailblazing...
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Central Square Theater |
02/09/12 -
03/04/12 |
Central Square Theater, Cambridge |
Daddy Long Legs
Presented by Merrimack Repertory Theatre at Merrimack Repertory Theatre February 9-March 4, 2012 Music and lyrics by Paul Gordon; book by John Caird; based on the novel by Jean Webster
A beautiful new musical from the co-director of Les Miserables and the creators of Jane Eyre. In this coming-of-age story set in 1912 New England, a young woman is given the opportunity to escape the orphanage she grew up in when an anonymous benefactor spots her potential and pays her way to attend university, as long as his identity remains a secret.
(Actor photo courtesy of...
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Merrimack Repertory Theatre |
02/09/12 -
03/04/12 |
Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Lowell |
Medea
Presented by Actors' Shakespeare Project at Multicultural Arts Center February 8-March 4, 2012 by Euripdes
directed by David R. Gammons
translated by Robin Robertson
Promises get made and broken, and that's when the rationale kicks in. In this searing look at what we can do to each other when lives turn upside down, Euripides blows open the key hole on the view that time does not change human nature. The depths to which wounds push people can have no measure.
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Actors' Shakespeare Project |
02/08/12 -
03/04/12 |
Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge |
Monsters: A Midlife Musical Meltdown!
Presented by Regent Theatre at Regent Theatre February 25-March 10, 2012 “Enormously Entertaining!” - Boston Globe
Samantha thinks turning 40 is the scariest thing to happen to her. See what happens when a mysterious package arrives in this hilarious look at a full- blown mid life crisis. After all…everybody’s got MONSTERS!... don’t they?
More information at www.monstersthemusical.com
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Regent Theatre |
02/25/12 -
03/10/12 |
Regent Theatre, Arlington |
Wild Swans
Presented by American Repertory Theater at Loeb Drama Center February 11-March 11, 2012
China, at the heart of the 20th Century, became a nation transformed beyond recognition. Through the eyes of one fiercely courageous family, Wild Swans takes us on a journey from the early days of Communist hope and struggle, through the chaos and confusion of Mao's Cultural Revolution, to the birth of a superpower. An astonishing human story, Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China has sold more than 13 million copies in 36 languages. This first ever stage version brings together author...
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American Repertory Theater |
02/11/12 -
03/11/12 |
Loeb Drama Center, Cambridge |
Time Stands Still
Presented by The Lyric Stage Company of Boston at The Lyric Stage Company February 17-March 17, 2012 By Donald Margulies
Directed by Scott Edmiston
Widely hailed as one of the best new plays on Broadway, Time Stands Still is the story of Sarah and James, a photojournalist and foreign correspondent, who are reeling after their recent brush with death while on an assignment. Will their relationship of nearly a decade be more threatened by a traditional go at domesticity than the roadside bombs of Baghdad?
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The Lyric Stage Company of Boston |
02/17/12 -
03/17/12 |
The Lyric Stage Company, Boston |
Bakersfield Mist
Presented by New Repertory Theatre at The Arsenal Center For The Arts February 26-March 18, 2012 A National New Play Network
Rolling World Premiere by Stephen Sachs
Directed by Jeff Zinn featuring Ken Cheeseman* and Paula Langton*
A co-production with Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater
Maude Gutman has bought the ugliest thrift store painting she could get her hands on as a gag gift. After the painting is rejected, Maude tries to offload it at a yard sale where she learns it might be much more than junk—it just might be the “find of the...
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New Repertory Theatre |
02/26/12 -
03/18/12 |
The Arsenal Center For The Arts, Watertown |
DANNY KELLY's Bi-Weekly Comedy Showcase
Presented by Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons at Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons November 1, 2011-March 27, 2012 Danny Kelly: Danny has been doing comedy since 1995. A regular at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles and frequently appears at Carolines in New York. Strutting the stage wearing a black Kangol, and a pair of Nike Cortez, Danny is known to his fans as the "King of the 80's". Danny has opened for Andrew "Dice" Clay, Howie Mandel, Jim Norton, Craig Gas, and Greg Fitzsimmons.
Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault 18+ comedy shows 7 days a week. Dane Cook had a show here...
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Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons |
11/01/11 -
03/27/12 |
Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons, Boston |
CHRIS ZITO'S Weekly Thursday Comedy Sandbox
Presented by Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons at Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons September 22, 2011-August 30, 2012 Zito was an integral part of the early Boston Comedy scene which gave the nation so many of it’s comedy’s greats. Chris traces his roots back to the infamous Ding Ho with Lenny Clarke, Steve Sweeney, Barry Crimmins, Stephen Wright and the birth of the Boston Comedy Club scene, He and his partner Steve Bean made up the first successful comedy duo “Zito & Bean” and together they hosted a weekly show at “ “Play it Again Sam’s” for over two...
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Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons |
09/22/11 -
08/30/12 |
Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault @ Remingtons, Boston |
All the Single Ladies
Presented by Improv Asylum February 11-October 20, 2012 "All the Single Ladies" is the latest production from Boston's award-winning Improv Asylum, offering Bachelorette Parties and Girls Nights Out groups a wild night of comedy, dancing and a whole lot of naughtiness.
Over the course of the show, four friends set out for one last wild night out before one of them gets married. After a few drinks, old feuds and new secrets threaten their good time, and only some songs and dancing can help them work through it. The...
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Improv Asylum |
02/11/12 -
10/20/12 |
Parris Room at Ned Devine's, 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 |