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Conversation With Karen Brooks Hopkins, President Emerita of BAM, to Take Place at the Modern Theatre
by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2022
A spirited conversation with Karen Brooks Hopkins, president emerita of BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), author, and senior advisor to the Onassis Foundation, will take place on Thursday, June 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Modern Theatre, 525 Washington St., Boston, MA.
ArtsEmerson Announces 2022/23 Season
by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2022
ArtsEmerson has announced its 2022/23 Season, featuring seven live in-person events. The new season continues ArtsEmerson's commitment to international work with an emphasis on uplifting marginalized voices by supporting the presentation and development of work created by artists of color.
The Lyric Stage Company of Boston Presents THE LIGHT
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2022
The Light by Loy A. Webb takes the audience inside a relationship as a newly engaged couple navigates the revelation of long-kept secrets while the power of love is tested. This enthralling, surprising, and thought provoking play will have audiences talking long after they have left the theater and closes the 2021/22 Season featuring the Lyric Stage directorial debut of Jacqui Parker, who has been onstage in past shows including Miss Witherspoon, Follies, and Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill.  
The Boston Theater Critics Association Announces The 39th Elliot Norton Award Winners
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2022
Awards were announced tonight for more than two dozen outstanding actors, directors, designers, ensembles and productions by the Boston Theater Critics Association at The 39th Elliot Norton Awards. 
Shakespeare & Company's Summer Shakespeare Intensive Returns In June
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2022
​​​​​​​The Center for Actor Training at Shakespeare & Company will offer its Summer Shakespeare Intensive for actors May 31 to June 26 in Lenox, Mass., this June.
Lowell Chamber Orchestra to Present LCO PRIDE: A RAINBOW OF REPERTOIRE
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2022
The Lowell Chamber Orchestra will present 'LCO Pride: A Rainbow of Repertoire' on Sunday, June 5, 2022 at Middlesex Community College in Lowell, Massachusetts. This chamber concert will celebrate Pride Month by showcasing LGBTQ+ composers from the Lowell area and around the world.
Tina Fabrique and David M. Lutken to Headline Merrimack Repertory Theatre's 43rd Anniversary Gala
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2022
Broadway performers Tina Fabrique (How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying) and David M. Lutken (Ring of Fire) will headline Merrimack Repertory Theatre’s 43rd Anniversary Gala on Friday, June 17.
Berkshire 1/2 TIX Program to Return in June, Offering Same-Day, Half-Priced Tickets
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2022
Barrington Stage Company is offering the return of the popular ½ TIX program for 2022, which offers half-priced tickets to residents and visitors throughout the Berkshires. 
Cape Cod Theatre Project Announces 2022 Season Featuring Female Playwrights & Return to In-Person Performances
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2022
The Cape Cod Theatre Project is back in-person for the 2022 Season, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, June 30th - July 23rd, with a CCTP first, a celebration of female voices and their plays. New and in-progress works by Gina Femia, Anna Ziegler, Brittany K. Allen and Lameece Issaq will be featured.  
Cape Cod Theatre Project Announces 2022 Season
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2022
The Cape Cod Theatre Project (CCTP) is back in-person for the 2022 Season, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, June 30th- July 23rd, with a CCTP first, a celebration of female voices and their plays.
The Provincetown Theater Announces 2022 Lineup Including The World Premiere of Sarah Schulman's THE LADY HAMLET
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2022
One of the oldest regional theaters on Cape Cod surges forward into 2022. While the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the performing arts due to physical distancing requirements and the closure of physical venues, the Provincetown Theater survived the crisis and made critical investments in staffing and the institution.
US Artistic Ambassadors Perform a Benefit Concert For Ukraine at Helen Hills Hills Chapel
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2022
Former United States Artistic Ambassadors Andrew Mark, cello, and Brenda Moore Miller, piano, will perform a concert on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at Helen Hills Hills Chapel in Northampton, Massachusetts. All of the proceeds from their performance will benefit The Voices of Children Foundation.
Great Barrington Public Theater Art Show PERSIST Spotlights Seven Women Artists
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2022
As part of GB Public's 2022 summer season, in conjunction with the Solo Fest (June 3-July 10), audiences and art lovers are invited to view a collection of gallery works created by seven women artists from around the Berkshires. Organized and curated by GB Public Associate Artist, Elizabeth Nelson, PERSIST explores themes of erosion, trauma, reimagination, investigation, beauty, and violence.
Berkshire Theatre Group to Receive $10,000 Grant From the National Endowment for the Arts
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2022
Berkshire Theatre Group has been approved for a $10,000 Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support its production of B.R.O.K.E.N code B.I.R.D switching
Celebrity Series Of Boston Announces Artistic Director Nicole Taney
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2022
Celebrity Series of Boston announces the appointment of a new Artistic Director, Nicole Taney. Taney joins the Celebrity Series of Boston senior leadership team from her current role as the Director of Artistic Planning and Operations at Spoleto Festival USA.
Morningside Music Bridge Brings Annual Summer Program For Youths To New England Conservatory
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2022
Morningside Music Bridge has selected 65 outstanding musicians, aged 12 to 18, from 11 countries to take part in its 26th annual summer program. Representing the highest international standards of excellence, the young violinists, violists, cellists, and pianists will receive full scholarships for a month of intensive training.
Noh-Inspired Musical SUNWATCHER Leads Ancram Summer Play Lab Series
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2022
Ancram Opera House in Ancram, NY, starts its 2022 Summer Play Lab Series May 27-29 with a work-in-progress presentation of songs by the artists of SUNWATCHER, a Noh-inspired piece directed by Nana Dakin, with music by Tidtaya Sinutoke and book and lyrics by Isabella Dawis. The Summer Play Lab residency provides theater artists of all practices a space to develop innovative new performances and connect with the community in meaningful ways.
Huntington Presents COMMON GROUND REVISITED Beginning Next Week
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2022
The Huntington announces the world premiere of Common Ground Revisited, a new play co-conceived by Obie Award-winning director Melia Bensussen and Obie Award-winning playwright and Huntington Playwriting Fellow Kirsten Greenidge (Our Daughters, Like Pillars; Luck of the Irish; and Milk Like Sugar at The Huntington).
Limited Spots Available for Shakespeare & Company's Summer Theater Program
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2022
A limited amount of slots are open for Riotous Youth, Shakespeare & Company's summer theater program for children and teenagers, slated to begin Tuesday, July 5.
A.R.T. Announces 1776-Related Programming
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2022
American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University announced today additional programming associated with its upcoming production of 1776 directed by Jeffrey L. Page and A.R.T. Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director Diane Paulus.
Summer Stars Camp For The Performing Arts Announces Its 2022 Season
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2022
Summer Stars Camp for the Performing Arts, the unique nine-day, no-cost residential summer camp for middle and high-school-aged kids from under-resourced communities who have a passion for the performing arts, will take place August 7-15, 2022.
The Cape Playhouse Is Back And Opens The 2022 Season With GREASE!
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2022
The Cape Playhouse is back - and better than ever - with a full season of fabulous theatre for 2022. New Artistic Director David Elliott gets things off to a rip-roaring start with a three-week run of Grease, which opens June 1st on the iconic and historic stage in Dennis Village.
GRIEF, THE MUSICAL...A COMEDY Comes to Great Barrington Public Theater's Solo Fest
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2022
When Alison Larkin told Archbishop Desmond Tutu about what happened after she fell in love for the first time in her 50s and the worst happened, he said 'Alison, you must tell this story, because it will bring hope.'
Kristin Hersh Plays City Winery Boston This Month
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2022
Kristin Hersh, the founder and frontwoman for Throwing Muses is coming to City Winery Boston on Monday, May 30 for a Memorial Day show. Described as “One of indie rock's most fascinating figures” Hersh will be joined onstage by her longtime collaborator drummer/bassist Fred Abong for this intimate acoustic show.
Wang Theatre In Boston Presents THE ART OF RINGO STARR Exhibit
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2022
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band are going back on tour and the Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont Street in Boston, MA is celebrating their sold-out June 2nd engagement with a very special exhibition and sale featuring hand-signed, limited-edition artworks created by Ringo Starr, Tuesday, May 31st through Thursday, June 2nd.

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