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Tanglewood 2020 Online Festival Begins This Week
by BWW News Desk - June 29, 2020
The Tanglewood 2020 Online Festival is a groundbreaking digital series of audio and video streams featuring newly created content being recorded at Tanglewood's Linde Center in July alongside previously recorded material from Tanglewood being released for the first time.
MusicalFare Theatre to Present Hits of the '60s and '70s With the TLC Trio
by BWW News Desk - June 26, 2020
Since April, MusicalFare Theatre has presented Livestreaming Cabarets every Third Thursday of the month. Collectively, those cabarets have had thousands of people watching from home - not just from from WNY, but from all over the country and the world!
Berkshire Theatre Group Announces Sunset Cinema Outside at Taconic High School Featuring NEWSIES, THE WIZ and More
by BWW News Desk - June 25, 2020
Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG) and Kate Maguire (Artistic Director, CEO) in partnership with the City of Pittsfield have announced family friendly films at their newly established Sunset Cinema Outside at Taconic High School on July 10-11 and July 16-18.
BWW Feature: Barrington Stage to Move Forward with LIVE Performances
by Marc Savitt - June 25, 2020
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Barrington Stage Company has postponed the previously announced 2020 season until 2021. They have, however, come up with an a?oealternate seasona?? that honors live theatre and allows for gathering safely. BSC has devised a plan which follows Social Distancing guidelines to ensure the safety of audience members, employees, and performers alike.
Reagle Theatre Will Present Virtual Fundraiser, ENTR'ACTE: A MUSICAL JOURNEY FROM OUR PAST TO A NEW FUTURE
by BWW News Desk - June 25, 2020
Reagle Theatre will present ENTR'ACTE: A MUSICAL JOURNEY FROM OUR PAST TO A NEW FUTURE on Sunday, June 28, 2020 at 7:00 PM.
VIDEO: Boston Gay Men's Chorus Performs Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' for Pride
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2020
This week, the Boston Gay Men's Chorus (BGMC) released a?oeBorn This Way,a?? a virtual message of love for LGBTQ people of all ages who are struggling to feel connected amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dayenne CB Walters of LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT at WaltersWest Project
by Andrew Child - June 24, 2020
a?oeThis project wouldn't neatly fit into any of the niches I'm really familiar with in Boston theatre. Black actors are still discussing permission. How is permission granted? Who gives out the permission? I realized there is really no permission needed throughout this process.a??
Zoom Performances Added for The Cherry Orchard Festival's Presentation of STATE VS. NATASHA BANINA
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2020
The Cherry Orchard Festival will present two more opportunities to view Boston's Arlekin Players Theatre's production of State vs. Natasha Banina, a newly-conceived live Zoom interactive theater art experiment, directed by Igor Golyak and featuring Arlekin company's leading actress and 2020 Elliot Norton Award winner Darya Denisova.
Central Square Theater Presents Virtual Summer Stage
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2020
Central Square Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts welcomes you to join them for their Virtual Summer Stage for youths ages 6-16!
Huntington Theatre Company Postpones Start Of 2020-2021 Season
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2020
Huntington Theatre Company has announced that it will postpone the start of its 2020-2021 season, cancelling all in-person performances for the remainder of 2020.
Talk, Lullaby And Music Content Debuts On [insert:opera] Digital Platform; NORMA Airs Sunday
by BWW News Desk - June 23, 2020
Boston Lyric Opera's nascent digital platform, called [insert:opera], picks up steam this month with online-only selections of fresh content, including new entries in its podcast series AT IT'S (s)CORE, new relaxing performances in its video music series a?oeBedtime Lullabies Online,a?? and the final entry in its a?oeDirectors' Cuta?? video series on Bellini's opera NORMA. Also, BLO's widely acclaimed and globally streamed recording of its shuttered March 2020 production of NORMA makes its broadcast debut this week. 
The Handel and Haydn Society's BACH CHRISTMAS Moves to St. Cecilia Parish
by BWW News Desk - June 23, 2020
The Handel and Haydn Society has announced that its performances of 'Bach Christmas' will now take place at St. Cecilia Parish in Boston's Back Bay.
HowlRound and the Mellon Foundation Announce 13 Playwrights Joining National Playwright Residency Program
by BWW News Desk - June 23, 2020
HowlRound Theatre Commons has announced it has been awarded a three-year, $1,336,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support HowlRound's core programs and the continuation of the National Playwright Residency Program (NPRP), funding thirteen new playwright residencies in nine states.
HowlRound Announces 2020 National Playwright Residency Program
by BWW News Desk - June 23, 2020
In collaboration with The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, HowlRound Theatre Commons established the National Playwright Residency Program (NPRP) in 2013.
New Repertory Theatre Announces Postponement of Fall 2020 Productions
by BWW News Desk - June 22, 2020
As the reopening of theaters in the state of Massachusetts falls between Phases 3 and 4 of Governor Baker's reopening plan, New Repertory Theatre has been forced to make decisions about their fall season.
BOSTON POPS AT HOME Celebrates Arthur Fiedler and More
by BWW News Desk - June 22, 2020
Boston Pops at Home and BSO at Home offer a wide variety of new and retrospective audio and video content, available free each week.
Boston Conservatory Addressing Systemic Racism, and Fires Professor, After Multiple Racism Allegations From Students
by BWW News Desk - June 22, 2020
Systemic racism is being called out by numerous students at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee.
Reagle Music Theatre Premieres ENTR'ACTE Virtual Fundraiser June 28
by BWW News Desk - June 19, 2020
Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston invites friends, family, patrons, and guests to pull up a virtual front row seat for ENTR'ACTE, A Musical Journey from Our Past to a New Future, on Sunday, June 28 at 7:00 p.m. ENTR'ACTE, brought to viewers in part through the generous sponsorships of Waltham Tourism Council and Stanton Insurance Agency of Waltham, will stream across multiple Reagle Music Theatre digital platforms, including YouTube, Facebook, and its website, ReagleMusicTheatre.org.
Dar Williams, Aoife O'Donovan, Vance Gilbert and More to Take Part in Club Passim's PASSIM PERSISTS FESTIVAL
by BWW News Desk - June 19, 2020
Club Passim is launching the Passim Persists Festival streaming Wednesday, June 24 through Tuesday, June 30. The festival will wrap up the non-profit's Spring fundraiser, themed 'Passim Persists,' and include performances by Dar Williams, Aoife O'Donovan, Vance Gilbert, Dietrich Strause, Margaret Glaspy, Rose Cousins and more.
Lorelei Ensemble Releases David Lang's 'Love Fail' With Proceeds Going To NAACP Legal Defense Fund
by BWW News Desk - June 19, 2020
Nationally acclaimed, Boston-based Lorelei Ensemble today releases David Lang's love fail (2012, revised for women's vocal ensemble in 2016) on Cantaloupe Music. In observance and celebration of Juneteenth, the proceeds of all album sales today will go to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Berkshire Theatre Group Announces Benefit Stream HERSHEY FELDER: BEETHOVEN
by BWW News Desk - June 18, 2020
Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG) presents a live-stream theatrical event, live from Florence, Italy Hershey Felder: Beethoven on Sunday, July 12 at 8pm EST. Tickets are $55 per household, with fifty percent of proceeds benefiting BTG. Patrons will be able to stream on a smart TV, computer, smartphone or tablet.
Club Passim's SUMMER BOSTON CELTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL Goes Virtual
by BWW News Desk - June 18, 2020
Passim's Summer Boston Celtic Music Festival (Summer BCMFest) is moving online this year with a special night of streaming on July 5.
BWW Previews: Juneteenth with Boston's Theatre Artists
by Andrew Child - June 18, 2020
With all of the violence being inflicted on the Black community right now, Friday, June 19 (Juneteenth, the celebration of the date that word of the Emancipation Proclamation finally made it to Galveston, Texas) has a lot of offerings from Black artists in the Boston theatre community.
Ronald K. Brown Announced as the Recipient of the 2020 Jacob's Pillow Dance Award
by BWW News Desk - June 17, 2020
Jacob's Pillow has announced Ronald K. Brown as the recipient of the 2020 Jacob's Pillow Dance Award. A master choreographer and visionary storyteller, Brown's distinct blend of West African, Caribbean, and contemporary genres is embedded with an unmatched sense of musicality, spiritual traditions, and humanity.
BOSTON POPS AT HOME Announces Week 6 Schedule
by BWW News Desk - June 16, 2020
Boston Pops At Home has announced their upcoming schedule.

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