Jason Bowen News

In celebration of the 400th anniversary of the year Galileo first turned his telescope upward and changed the way human beings thought of their place in the cosmos, Catalyst Collaborative @ MIT and Underground Railway Theater present Bertolt Brecht's The Life of Galileo! Playing Friday, April 10 through Sunday, May 17 at Central Square Theater, this production of The Life of Galileo, Brecht's widely acclaimed masterpiece of science theater, is translated by David Hare, directed by David Wheeler, and stars Boston area favorite Richard McElvain in the title role. Press night is set for Thursday, April 16 at 7:30 PM.

Bailiwick Repertory artists and friends will gather at the Bailiwick Arts Center , 1229 West Belmont, on December 29th to bid FAREWELL TO 1229: Fifteen Years of Great Musicals from POPE JOAN to HUNCHBACK. The special benefit performance features musical selections POPE JOAN, PARADE, A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, DR. SEX, Q, KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, JERRY SPRINGER ? THE OPERA, THE CHRISTMAS SCHOONER and THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME.

Bailiwick Repertory artists and friends will gather at the Bailiwick Arts Center , 1229 West Belmont, on December 29th to bid FAREWELL TO 1229: Fifteen Years of Great Musicals from POPE JOAN to HUNCHBACK. The special benefit performance features musical selections POPE JOAN, PARADE, A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, DR. SEX, Q, KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, JERRY SPRINGER ? THE OPERA, THE CHRISTMAS SCHOONER and THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME.

Stage vet Alvin Epstein is set to star as Prospero in the Actors' Shakespeare Project's production of William Sheakespeare's The Tempest at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, March 13-April 13. This production will be directed by Patrick Swanson and designed by David R. Gammons.

New Repertory Theatre continues exploring this season's theme of isolation and connection with Molière's The Misanthrope, using Constance Congdon's 19th century French setting

New Repertory Theatre presents New Voices @ New Rep, a staged reading series. Featuring four new works by established and emerging American playwrights, New Voices @ New Rep is open to the public, and admission is free.

New Repertory Theatre is bringing the Belle Époque in France to the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Molière's delightful comedy, The Misanthrope. This classic satire, told with Molière's signature wit, opens for the press on Friday, January 18, 2008 at 8PM and plays through February 10, 2007