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SpeakEasy Stage Company Presents THE CHILDREN
by BWW News Desk - February 12, 2020
From February 28 to March 28, SpeakEasy Stage Company will proudly present the Boston premiere of the acclaimed drama THE CHILDREN by British playwright Lucy Kirkwood.
Artist Karen Hampton's Work on Cloth On Display at MRT for NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2020
Artwork by Karen Hampton, professor at MassArt and resident artist at Western Avenue Studios, will be on display at Merrimack Repertory Theatre for the entire run of Nina Simone: Four Women, February 12-March 8.
Shakespeare & Company Announces 2020 Summer Season
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2020
Shakespeare & Company is excited to announce its 2020 summer season, May 21 - October 18, 2020. Under the theme 'The Labyrinth of Love' the season includes Shakespeare titles: King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, The Comedy of Errors, and, in a special workshop production, Measure for Measure. The contemporary plays this season are The Lifespan of a Fact by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell, and Gordon Farrell; What Rhymes With America, by the Obie Award-winning playwright Melissa James Gibson; Row After Row by Jessica Dickey; Susan Smith Blackburn Award and Obie Award winner My Left Breast by Susan Miller; and Laurence Olivier Award winner Betrayal by Harold Pinter.
Boston Ballet Announces 2020–2021 Season
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2020
Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen announces programming for the 2020a?"2021 season. The season opens with a world premiere as part of a three-ballet program of William Forsythe's works. Nissinen's The Nutcracker returns to capture the imagination of audiences of all ages. The spring season includes a second world premiere by William Forsythe, Alexei Ratmansky's Symphony No. 9, and George Balanchine's Ballo della Regina, plus the Company premiere of Christopher Wheeldon's A Midsummer Night's Dream and the return of Marius Petipa's The Sleeping Beauty. The season concludes with a female-led program, part of Boston Ballet's ChoreograpHER Initiative. The Company's 57th season runs November 5, 2020 through May 30, 2021 at the Citizens Bank Opera House.
MRT Presents the Premiere of THE LOWELL OFFERING
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2020
Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) will present the world premiere of The Lowell Offering by Andy Bayiates and Genevra Gallo-Bayiates, the galvanizing true story of Lowell's a?oeMill Girls,a?? from March 18 to April 12 at the Nancy L. Donahue Theatre at Liberty Hall, according to Executive Director Bonnie J. Butkas and Interim Artistic Director Terry Berliner. Jess Hutchinson directs.
WAM Theatre Announces Appointment Of Two New Board Members
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2020
WAM Theatre has announced the appointment of two new board members. Erica Barreto and Toni Buckley join Board President Wendy Healey, Vice President Arwen Lowbridge, Carolyn Butler, Margaret Fluhr, Ellen Ring, Diane Scott, and WAM Co-Founder and Producing Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven, as the Berkshire-based company starts its second decade.
Part 3: Making Theatre Spaces Safe and Accessible
by Andrew Child - February 10, 2020
Picture it: You've registered as a criminal justice major at UMass Boston, but there's this really cute girl in your theatre history class. Theatre appeals to you, especially because it gives you a chance to tell stories and to play. You start talking to that cute girl and she watches from the wings as you take on the (almost) titular role in The Importance of Being Earnest in the theatre department's production. You love the chance to be physically funny as the iconic character. You make her laugh. Flash forward: You and she are both theatre majors and finally calling each other boyfriend and girlfriend. Upon graduating, you land a spot in the acting MFA program at the University of Florida. Things are going pretty well. To top it all off, you get cast in your dream role, Seaweed Stubbs in Hairspray, at Priscilla Beach Theatre. You'll be spending the summer dancing and making people laugh in a charming little barn by the beach in Plymouth. And the best part? Your girlfriend will also be in the cast, playing Lorraine.
Yacht Rock Revue Will Play At Indian Ranch
by BWW News Desk - February 10, 2020
Indian Ranch announced that Yacht Rock Revue will return for the Summer Concert Series in Webster, MA on Saturday, August 16th. Tickets go on sale this Friday, February 14th at 10:00 AM; an Insider's Club Presale will take place Thursday, February 13th at 10:00 AM at www.indianranch.com.
Teeley Announces Departure From GhostLit Repertory Theatre Company
by BWW News Desk - February 09, 2020
GhostLit Repertory Theatre Company's Caitlin Teeley has announced that she will step down from her position as Co-Artistic Director in order to pursue personal creative projects. Teeley, along with creative partner Harrison Lang have jointly led GhostLit Repertory Theatre Company over the past 3 years and have produced publicly lauded pieces of theatre, from full scale musicals, to world premieres of new work. Both parties have come to an understanding and believe this is best for the future of GhostLit Rep.
BWW Review: MEAN GIRLS at Citizens Bank Opera House
by Jan Nargi - February 09, 2020
With friends like The Plastics, who needs enemies? That's the basic premise for the surprisingly fresh and sometimes scathingly funny high school musical MEAN GIRLS written by Emmy Award winner Tina Fey based on her 2004 hit film. Treading the familiar teen angst territory of cafeterias, locker rooms, gymnasiums and shopping malls, Fey puts her characteristically satirical spin on the tensions between the cool kids, the athletes, the math wizards and theater nerds all vying for allegiance from Cady, an innocent newly arrived from the African savanna where her parents worked and home schooled her with only animals for companions.
FOREVER PLAID Comes to Curtain Call Theatre
by BWW News Desk - February 08, 2020
Plaid is the new black at Curtain Call Theatre with their upcoming production of Stuart Ross' internationally acclaimed musical, Forever Plaid. a?oeI literally just bought my first ever plaid shirt,a?? Director/Choreographer David Costa shared. a?oeThere's a whole lot of plaid going on around here.a??
BWW Review: DETROIT RED at ArtsEmerson
by Andrew Child - February 07, 2020
In David Mamet's book On Directing Film, he breaks down the way a linear narrative can be conveyed by placing images in direct contrast to each other. a?oeThe dream and the film are the juxtaposition of images in order to answer a question.a?? Certainly, with a majority of the action taking place upstage of a scrim and the fusion of filmed and live material, ArtsEmerson's Detroit Red, an original play by Will Power about Malcolm X's early adult life in Roxbury, leaves one feeling more as though one has watched a movie or woken from a dream than sat through a performance. Recently, I also saw Gloria: A Life, which is playing at the American Repertory Theatre. While I admittedly found the show to be trite and pandering, it obtusely fused projection effects with live performance in a way that felt cheap, gimmicky, and more like a new SnapChat filter than anything else. Contrast that with Ari Herzig's film work for Detroit Red, which snaps the audience effectively between viewpoints in black and white and splays broad images across the haziness of Adam Rigg's nondescript set. The success of the production lies in the success of the filmed elements, which establish a framing device, pinpointing the action to an exact moment in time. Additionally, the projections act as effective abstractions, allowing the actors to waver between realism and poetry as photos of their faces appear as oversized watermarks in space. Lighting designer Alan Edwards equally contributes to the cinematic feel of the piece. Sharp shafts of light slice through open space and act, ingeniously, as the camera lens might in film, focusing our attention on specifics and the relevant details. Aside from a few extraneous hat changes for the three actors who take on all the roles in the piece, between the work of Herzig, Rigg, and Edwards, the performance seems to be a study in the logistics of jump-cuts or cross-fades in real time. Adding to the film-instead-of-theatre feeling in the space, the performance actively roused and engaged the audience, which had a huge swathe of Boston school groups present. The crowd felt comfortable verbalizing responses, in part, because of our physical separation from the action presented to us, and to be able to laugh, cheer, gasp, and grimace in solidarity with those around you is a rare treat.
Barrington Stage Company Completes 2020 Season With THE PRICE By Arthur Miller
by BWW News Desk - February 07, 2020
Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in Pittsfield, MA., in the heart of the Berkshires and under the leadership of Founder/Artistic Director Julianne Boyd, has announced the final production for its 2020 season. The Price, by Arthur Miller, will run October 1-18, 2020 on the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage, with opening night on Sunday, October 4.
BSO Announces Free February 16 Symphony Hall Concert And BSO In The Neighborhood Pop-Ups
by BWW News Desk - February 06, 2020
In response to the Boston Symphony Orchestra's cancellation of its four-city tour to East Asia (Seoul, Taipei, Hong Kong, and Shanghai), which was to have taken place February 6a?"16, the management of the orchestra has added to its performance schedule a series of free musical offerings that will culminate in a Boston Symphony Orchestra community concert, under the direction of Thomas Wilkins, BSO Youth and Family Conductor, on Sunday, February 16, at 3 p.m., at Symphony Hall in Boston.
Courtney O'Connor and Matt Chapuran to Lead the Lyric Stage Forward
by BWW News Desk - February 06, 2020
The Lyric Stage Company of Boston announced today that Courtney O'Connor has been named as the third Artistic Director of the Lyric Stage Company of Boston. Matt Chapuran continues on as Executive Director, a position he attained in August, 2019.
Above & Beyond Comes To The Boch Center Wang Theatre
by BWW News Desk - February 06, 2020
The Boch Center and NV Concepts announced that electronic trio Above & Beyond will bring their Acoustic III Tour to the Boch Center Wang Theatre on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 8:00PM. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, February 14, 2020 at 10:00AM. Acoustic III, the group's third acoustic album, is set for release this summer on the band's Anjunabeats imprint and will be supported by a tour of some of the most prestigious concert venues in the UK and North America.
Boston Baroque Introduces The X-tet
by BWW News Desk - February 06, 2020
Boston Baroque has introduced its first-ever period string chamber ensemble, the X-tet. The inaugural performances will take place on March 20th at 6:30pm and 8:30pm in the intimate acoustics of Fraser Performance Studio at WGBH in Boston. A unique opportunity to hear Boston's most celebrated musical artists performing in a chamber setting, the group's premiere program will feature masterworks by Haydn and Mozart.
Open Door Theater Will Launch its 40th Season With INTO THE WOODS
by BWW News Desk - February 05, 2020
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). And Open Door Theater of Acton, MA is still one of the only theater companies in the nation staging full-scale productions featuring actors who are Deaf, are on the Autism spectrum, have Down's Syndrome, and possess mobility and cognitive challenges.
Sue Pekock Named Chief Advancement Officer Development/Institutional Marketing at The Boch Center
by BWW News Desk - February 05, 2020
The Boch Center, one of the nation's leading nonprofit performing arts institutions, announced today the appointment of Sue Pekock as Chief Advancement Officer Development/Institutional Marketing. Ms. Pekock has an accomplished background in fundraising, with more than 25 years' experience in the arts and education sectors. As part of the senior management team, Sue will be responsible for planning and assuring implementation of strategies to develop donors and contributions to support the Boch Center and its initiatives.
Huntington Theatre Company Announces Creative Team For THE BLUEST EYE
by BWW News Desk - February 05, 2020
Huntington Theatre Company announces the award-winning creative team of Huntington Playwriting Fellow Lydia R. Diamond's (Stick Fly on Broadway and the Huntington, Smart People at the Huntington) stage adaptation of Toni Morrison's first novel The Bluest Eye. Ms. Diamond's stage adaptation of this profound piece of American literature by the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning author will be directed by one of American Theatre's a?oeTheatre Workers You Should Know,a?? Awoye Timpo (In Old Age at New York Theatre Workshop, Good Grief at the Vineyard Theatre). The Bluest Eye begins performances at the Huntington Avenue Theatre (264 Huntington Avenue, Boston) Friday, April 24, 2020 and runs through Sunday, May 24, 2020.
VIDEO: Watch A.R.T.'s Full 1776 Salon, 'Performing 1776: The Politics and Poetics of the Declaration of Independence'
by BWW News Desk - February 05, 2020
In anticipation of the A.R.T.'s upcoming revival of 1776 in May 2020 and the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, A.R.T. has invited various Harvard scholars to participate in a series of lectures and discussions around the history of our nation.
Photo Flash: First Look at Huntington Theatre Company's SWEAT
by BWW News Desk - February 05, 2020
Huntington Theatre Company presents the Boston premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Sweat. This Tony Award-nominated play by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage is directed by Kimberly Senior (Disgraced on Broadway). Sweat began performances at the Huntington Avenue Theatre (264 Huntington Avenue, Boston) on Friday, January 31, 2020 and runs through Sunday, February 23, 2020. The official press opening night was Wednesday, February 5, 2020. Tickets are now available.
New Philharmonia To Perform Prokofiev's Classic Symphonic Fairy Tale PETER AND THE WOLF March 1
by BWW News Desk - February 04, 2020
Newton's New Philharmonia continues its Silver Anniversary Season with the music of Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. The presentation of the iconic fairy tale will include a special reading by Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller. Led by Associate Conductor Jorge Soto, the family concert will allow children to experience all the musicians and instruments that make it come to life! The performance will be Sunday, March 1 at 3:00 PM at the historic First Baptist Church in Newton Centre.
Lyralen Kaye Will Present MY PREFERRED PRONOUN IS WE at the Marblehead Little Theatre in March
by BWW News Desk - February 04, 2020
What happens when a queer activist with multiple personalities tries to emigrate to Canada? Lyralen Kaye's solo show takes audiences on a ride through emigration wins and losses, long- term marriage conflict, and an out-of-the-box personal reveal shared with humor and pathos.
Yotam Ottolenghi is Coming to Boston This May
by BWW News Desk - February 04, 2020
Emerson Colonial Theatre has announced an evening of conversation with Yotam Ottolenghi. The chef, restauranteur and the best-selling food writer of 'Jerusalem' and 'Plenty' will speak at the Emerson Colonial Theatre on Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 8 p.m. The evening will be moderated by Dan Souza of 'America's Test Kitchen.'

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