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BWW Review: THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT Asks the Question: WWJD?
by Nancy Grossman - November 12, 2019
Hub Theatre Company of Boston concludes its seventh season with an ambitious undertaking, the time-bending, courtroom dramatic comedy, THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT by Pulitzer Prize winning and Tony Award nominated playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis. Boston audiences will recognize his name from two acclaimed productions at SpeakEasy Stage Company in recent years, THE MOTHERFUCKER WITH THE HAT and BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY. First staged Off-Broadway at The Public Theater in 2005, THE LAST DAYS is set in Hope, a corner of Purgatory, where a trial is being held to determine Judas' fate: should he ascend to Heaven, or remain in Hell for his crime of betraying Jesus?
Live Nation Presents Ali Wong THE MILK & MONEY TOUR At Boch Center Wang Theatre
by BWW News Desk - November 12, 2019
The Boch Center and Live Nation announced today that comedian Ali Wong will take the Boch Center Wang Theatre stage for two shows on Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 7:00PM & 10:00PM. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, November 15, 2019 at 10:00AM.
Shakespeare & Company Announces Plays For 2020 Summer Season
by BWW News Desk - November 12, 2019
Shakespeare & Company has announced its Shakespeare lineup for the 2020 summer season. Under the direction of Artistic Director Allyn Burrows and Managing Director Adam Davis, the season will include three Shakespeare plays: King Lear directed by Nicole Ricciardi featuring the Drama Desk and Emmy Award-winning actor Christopher Lloyd (Taxi, Back to the Future trilogy) in the title role, Much Ado About Nothing directed by Kelly Galvin, and The Comedy of Errors directed by Michael F. Toomey. Season FLEXpasses are now on sale. Additionally, the Company has announced their annual Summer Gala will be held on Saturday, June 27th. 
Winners Of 2019 Berkshire Theatre Awards Announced
by BWW News Desk - November 11, 2019
At an SRO ceremony held at Zion Lutheran Church in Pittsfield, the Board of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association (BTCA) presented the Berkshire Theatre Awards on the evening of Monday, November 11, 2019. This was the fourth year the awards have been presented to honor and celebrate the excellence and diversity of theatre in the greater Berkshire region.
Moonbox Productions Presents The Tony Award-Winning Musical PARADE
by BWW News Desk - November 11, 2019
Moonbox Productions, winner of numerous IRNE and Elliot Norton Awards, is thrilled to present Parade, the Tony Award-winning musical from the composer of The Last Five Years and The Bridges of Madison County, December 11th a?" 28th at the Boston Center for the Arts Roberts Theatre.  Produced by Sharman Altshuler, directed by Jason Modica with music direction by Catherine Stornetta and choreography by Kira Troilo, Parade is a powerful story with a soaring musical score.  Tickets are $50 general admission/$40 Seniors/$25 Students and are available at bostontheatrescene.com or by calling 617-933-8600. 
BWW Review: New England Premiere of THE SMUGGLER: Of Immigrants and the American Dream
by Nancy Grossman - November 11, 2019
Ronán Noone is an Irish-American playwright, an immigrant, who writes about what he knows and what he has lived. In his most recent work, THE SMUGGLER, which won the Best Playwright award at the 1st Irish Festival of New York, 2019, he allocates much of that knowledge and experience to the protagonist, Tim Finnegan. Taking on the role and commanding the stage at Boston Playwrights' Theatre, award-winning actor Billy Meleady's masterful performance gives a solo piece the effect of an ensemble of players telling the story.
Atlanta's Laughing Matters Returns To Perform Murder Mystery Shows At D&B Marietta
by BWW News Desk - November 11, 2019
Laughing Matters, Atlanta's longest running entertainment and education company, have been tapped by the Dave & Buster's Marietta location to bring murder mystery dinner theater to their guests. Performances will take place in D&B's private dining room. Shows will be performed every Saturday night at 7:30PM starting Saturday, November 30. Shows will have a six (6) week run and be performed by some of the top Atlanta area comedic talent. Directing the shows will be Tommy Futch - the owner of Laughing Matters.
Pilgrim Festival Chorus Presents Messiah Sing In Middleborough
by BWW News Desk - November 11, 2019
Pilgrim Festival Chorus (PFC), the region's principal community chorus, presents its tenth annual Celebrate! a?" Messiah and Carol Sing-along on Friday, December 20, at 7:30 pm, at First Congregational Church, 6 Plympton Street, Middleborough.
WAM Theatre Donations Reach 10-Year Total Of $75,000
by BWW News Desk - November 11, 2019
Every year, WAM Theatre donates a portion of the box office proceeds from their Mainstage productions to organizations that work for gender equality locally, nationally, or internationally. The success of the just-closed production of PIPELINE by Dominique Morisseau, directed by Dawn M. Simmons, enabled the company to present $4500 each to their 18th and 19th beneficiaries, Harmony Homestead and Wholeness Center, Inc., and The Women of Color Giving Circle. This brings WAM's donation total since its founding in 2010 to $75,000.
BWW Review: FENCES at The Umbrella Stage Company
by Andrew Child - November 11, 2019
The Umbrella Stage Company has baptized their newly renovated blackbox with an appropriately bleak production of August Wilson's Fences. The play is the third installment in Wilson's American Century Cycle, for which he wrote 10 plays about the Black American experience, one play per decade in the twentieth century. Fences is arguably the most successful and most frequently produced, having secured the 1987 Tony Award for Best Play along with the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and inspiring a 2016 movie adaptation which was nominated for an Academy Award for best adapted screenplay, among others. We follow the story of Troy Maxson, a city sanitation worker whose aspirations for anything beyond driving a dump truck have abandoned him, and his family. The play relays a narrative which explores the intricacies of familial relationships in the quotidian as well as within a crucible of infidelities, deceit, and betrayal.
Greater Boston Stage Company Will Present MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2019
Greater Boston Stage Company presents Miracle on 34th Street a?" based on the much-loved motion picture from Twentieth Century Fox. Directed by Associate Artistic Director, Ilyse Robbins, Miracle on 34th Street reminds us that if you really believe, anything can happen. Performances run November 29 a?" December 22, 2019. The Press Opening is Saturday, November 30, 2019 at 7:00pm.
BWW Review: LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS Written By And Starring John Leguizamo
by Andrew Child - November 09, 2019
The crotchety, old ushers at Emerson's Colonial Theatre prepared for battle as the two night run of John Leguizamo's Tony Award winning Latin History for Morons descended upon their gilded palace. The bawdy irreverence of the piece with its marked disdain for the systemic white-washing of American history draws an audience that is ready to laugh riotously at commentary on shared pain, jeer at mentions of oppressive forces, and cheer at the slightest acknowledgement of their heritage (utterances of 'Puerto Rico' and 'Columbia' drew equivalent reactions from the crowd as mentions of 'Boston'). As non-traditional theatre audience members (read as: people of color, people who like fun things, etc.) flocked en masse to see the acclaimed voice actor behind the lisping sloth from the Ice Age movies, tensions were palpable. Ushers raced about the theatre, continuing the never-ending Stanford Prison Experiment of commercial arts by exerting their authority over the crowd, but not even their hyper-vigilance could dampen spirits as a master entertainer worked the house.
THE CAPITOL STEPS The Capitol Steps Return To Cambridge On November 30
by BWW News Desk - November 08, 2019
The Capitol Steps, America's political musical satire troupe that has been putting the a?oemocka?? in democracy for over nine Presidential elections, returns to Sanders Theatre on the Harvard campus in Cambridge for their 20th anniversary Thanksgiving Weekend performances, Saturday, November 30, at 5PM and 8PM.  This year's show isThe Lyin' Kings, produced by The Mike Thornton Agency LLC, and sponsored by 90.9FM WBUR, Boston's NPR News Station. .
Becca Kufrin and Ben Higgins will Co-Host The Bachelor Live on Stage at the Boch Center Wang Theatre
by BWW News Desk - November 08, 2019
The Boch Center, Elite Entertainment, MagicSpace Entertainment, and producers Mark Swanhart and Guy Phillips announced that 'Bachelor' franchise fan favorites Becca Kufrin and Ben Higgins will co-host The Bachelor Live on Stage at the Boch Center Wang Theatre on Friday, March 27, 2020 at 7:30PM. The Bachelor Live on Stage fits an entire season of 'Bachelor' drama into one evening, giving members of the audience the opportunity to find love in their own community, complete with rose ceremonies. Tickets are on sale now.
Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra Will Present a Holiday Season Concert to Benefit the Alzheimer's Family Support Center
by BWW News Desk - November 08, 2019
Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra (CCCO), the region's newest professional orchestra, presents a holiday season benefit concert A Mostly English Holiday, on Sunday, December 15, 3 pm, at Pilgrim Congregational Church, 533 Main Street, Rt. 28, Harwich Port. Proceeds from the performance benefit in part the Alzheimer's Family Support Center of Cape Cod. A pre-concert talk by Conductor Matthew Scinto will be held at 2:15 pm.
Jerry Seinfeld Will Return To The Hanover Theatre
by BWW News Desk - November 08, 2019
After a hugely successful engagement in 2017, America's premier comedian, Jerry Seinfeld, returns to The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts to perform his signature stand-up routine on Friday, April 10 at 7 pm. Tickets go on sale to members on Wednesday, November 13 and to the general public on Friday, November 15 at 10 am.
BWW Review: Isango Ensemble's THE MAGIC FLUTE, Presented by ArtsEmerson
by Andrew Child - November 07, 2019
ArtsEmerson continues its tradition of hosting world-class theatre pieces in Boston by presenting Isango Ensemble's production of Mozart's The Magic Flute. The troupe, comprised of 21 black South African musicians, alternates nebulously between delivering recitative, dancing ebulliently, and playing marimbas, rawhide drums, and an eclectic mix of instruments in the on-stage orchestra. Upon entering the Cutler Majestic, the fusion of cultures is jarringa?'- an exposed stage behind an opulent proscenium arch is interrupted by simple structures of distressed wood and corrugated steel panels. The (predominantly white) audience is immediately won over by the novelty of hearing Mozart's iconic overture played entirely on wooden marimbas. The expertise of the musicians in questiona?'- as percussionists, vocalists, actors, dancers, et. ala?'- is reason enough to reserve tickets, and as the novelty of hearing western music arranged on djembes and glass bottles wears off, the precision of the performances continues to impress.
Huntington Theatre Company Will Host Latinx Community Night
by BWW News Desk - November 07, 2019
Huntington Theatre Company has announced that the Huntington Community Membership Initiative will host Latinx Community Night, Thursday, November 21 beginning at 6pm at the Huntington Avenue Theatre (264 Huntington Avenue, Boston).
A New Musical Revue THE BOOMER BOYS is Coming to Arlington's Regent Theatre
by BWW News Desk - November 07, 2019
A new musical comedy revue The Boomer Boys will perform at the Regent Theatre, 7 Medford St. in Arlington on Saturday, November 23 at 8 p.m. In this hilarious musical revue, a fun-loving 'fat pack' (Jeff Babey, Tom Frascatore, Gary Shaffer, Billy Van Zandt) of middle-aged men realize that the best way to deal with getting older is to laugh about it with your friends.
Sundance Institute Theatre Program: An All-Women Cohort To Convene At MASS MoCA Lab
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2019
Sundance Institute's Theatre Program will support three ambitious new works for the stage, and their four women creators, at this year's two-week Theatre Lab at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA). The Lab, which runs from November 10 to November 24th, will feature the concentrated and abundant time and resources, including individual casting from a dedicated acting company and daily rehearsals, that has long been a signature of Sundance's Labs.
Voting Now Open For The 2019 BroadwayWorld Boston Awards, Presented by TodayTix!
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2019
Voting is NOW OPEN for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Boston Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! The nominees are set, and now you can vote to make sure your favorite local theatres and performers are recognized!
Charity Navigator Recognizes Boch Center As 4-Star Rated Charity
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2019
The Boch Center, one of the nation's leading nonprofit performing arts institutions, was awarded a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, exceeding industry standards and outperforming most other charities across the country.
Boston Symphony Releases New CD Of Recent Commissions On Friday
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2019
Fresh from its two Grammy Award wins last February, the Boston Symphony Orchestra has added another CD to its extensive discography: recent Boston Symphony Orchestra commissions of works by American composers Timo Andres, Eric Nathan, Sean Shepherd, and George Tsontakis. BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in recordings made live at Symphony Hall from February 2016 through February 2018.
MRT Lowell Will Offer Reading With UMass Lowell And National Park Service
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2019
Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) and the UMass Lowell English Department will present a dramatic reading of The Lowell Offering, a work in progress by Andy Bayiates and Genevra Gallo-Bayiates, at 7 p.m. on Friday, November 15, at the Lowell National Park Visitor Center, 246 Market Street. Jess Hutchinson will direct.
New Author Series American Inspiration To Feature Talks On The Battle Of Vicksburg And More
by BWW News Desk - November 05, 2019
The new American Inspiration author series, presented by American Ancestors and New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) headquartered in Boston's Back Bay, moves into the second half of its fall season on Tuesday, November 12, with a presentation by the historian and producer Donald L. Miller about his acclaimed new work Vicksburg: Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy. 

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