ARTSBOSTON TOP 10: WEEK OF 5/9 – 5/15
A Romantic Musical Based on the Bestselling Book and Film
Now – June 3 | BosTix Deal Available
In The Bridges of Madison County, now playing at SpeakEasy Stage Company, a chance meeting between an Italian-American farm wife and a world-weary photographer leads to a soul-stirring affair in this lush, lyrical musical by the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning team of Marsha Norman (‘night, Mother) and Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Songs for a New World)… Read More →
A Midsummer’s Night with ASP
May 10 – June 4 | BosTix Deal Available
Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s production of Shakespeare’s hilarious and hallucinatory play celebrates the creative center of dreams, and how the spirit world can interfere with mortal destinies… Read More →
Pirates, Monsters, and Terrible Pop Songs
Now – May 21 | BosTix Deal Available
Join Liars & Believers for Yellow Bird Chase, an adventure of masks, puppets, live music, and gibberish – featuring a new ensemble led by the incomparable Johnny Blazes… Read More →
A Soundtrack for the Cosmos
May 11 – 18
Boston Choral Ensemble presents choral music inspired by the galaxy while accompanied by an all-new planetarium show at the Museum of Science… Read More →
Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Most Controversial Critic
May 11 – 21 | BosTix Deal Available
Part rock performance, part breakdown – all thrillingly theatrical –How To Be A Rock Critic, presented by ArtsEmerson, pulls the greatest hits from critic Lester Bangs’ own legendary words to imagine a single night of his turbulent life… Read More →
Brand New Sidewalk at the ICA/Boston
May 12 – 13
Beth Gill, a three-time Bessie Award winner, presents an evocative, tangled, corporeal dance in which bodies are both disparately and desperately expressive… Read More →
Empire of the Sun at Blue Hills
May 12
Australian electronic music duo Empire of the Sun perform at Blues Hills Bank Pavilion to promote their latest album, Two Vines… Read More →
French Baroque from Cappella Clausura
May 13 – 14 | BosTix Deal Available
Cappella Clausura presents two concerts of French baroque song and dance, sacred and profane, from the time of Louis Quatorze, the Sun King… Read More →
Somerville PorchFest
May 13
Playing Bollywood funk, cosmic Americana, killer blues, Moroccan, Balkan, gospel, American space rock, and more – local bands will serenade passersby from porches throughout Somerville…. Read More →
Hiding in Plain Sight: Folk Masters
May 14
The Massachusetts Cultural Council presents a showcase concert at the Shalin Liu Performance Center, featuring a diverse array of music and dance folk traditions thriving in Massachusetts today… Read More →
