Harriet Harris to Star in Comedic Double Feature with Berkshire Theatre Group
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2018
Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG) and Kate Maguire (Artistic Director/CEO) are thrilled to announce an additional Unicorn Theatre production, the comedic double feature: Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You and The Actor's Nightmare, featuring Tony Award-winner, Harriet Harris (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Phantom Thread, Frasier; BTG: Arsenic and Old Lace) as Sister Mary Ignatius.This cast also features Jenn Harris (Silence! The Musical, Modern Orthodox; BTG: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Heidi Chronicles), Tom Story (BTG: The Glass Menagerie,Camelot, The Heidi Chronicles) and Matthew Sullivan (The Roads to Home; BTG:Arsenic and Old Lace).
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2018
Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG) and Kate Maguire (Artistic Director/CEO) are thrilled to announce an additional Unicorn Theatre production, the comedic double feature: Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You and The Actor's Nightmare, featuring Tony Award-winner, Harriet Harris (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Phantom Thread, Frasier; BTG: Arsenic and Old Lace) as Sister Mary Ignatius.This cast also features Jenn Harris (Silence! The Musical, Modern Orthodox; BTG: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Heidi Chronicles), Tom Story (BTG: The Glass Menagerie,Camelot, The Heidi Chronicles) and Matthew Sullivan (The Roads to Home; BTG:Arsenic and Old Lace).
Boston Gay Men's Chorus Pays Homage To '70s Pop Icons ABBA
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2018
The Boston Gay Men's Chorus (BGMC) is pleased to present "ABBAsolutely Fabulous," a spirited salute to one of the most successful acts ever to hit the pop music charts. Performances are Saturday, March 17 at 3 and 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 18 at 3 p.m. at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall in Boston.
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2018
The Boston Gay Men's Chorus (BGMC) is pleased to present "ABBAsolutely Fabulous," a spirited salute to one of the most successful acts ever to hit the pop music charts. Performances are Saturday, March 17 at 3 and 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 18 at 3 p.m. at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall in Boston.
Grammy-Nominated Songwriter Dan Navarro To Play City Winery Boston's Haymarket Lounge
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2018
With a career spanning decades and a dozen albums with Lowen & Navarro, Dan Navarro is releasing his first true studio-recorded solo album, 'Shed My Skin' this Spring.
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2018
With a career spanning decades and a dozen albums with Lowen & Navarro, Dan Navarro is releasing his first true studio-recorded solo album, 'Shed My Skin' this Spring.
Mikhail Bulgakov's DEAD MAN'S DIARY: A Theatrical Novel Comes to Life at the Emerson Paramount Center
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2018
Arlekin Players Theatre is happy to announce a re-run of the stage version of Mikhail Bulgakov's unfinished novel Dead Man's Diary: A Theatrical Novel, a memoir that focuses on the author's inexplicable and comical love of the world of theatre. Due to success of the performances in May, June and September, the new show will run March 17, 18, 24, 25, 30, 31, and April 1 at the Emerson Paramount Center's Jackie Liebergott Black Box. Performances are in Russian with audio-translation in English.
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2018
Arlekin Players Theatre is happy to announce a re-run of the stage version of Mikhail Bulgakov's unfinished novel Dead Man's Diary: A Theatrical Novel, a memoir that focuses on the author's inexplicable and comical love of the world of theatre. Due to success of the performances in May, June and September, the new show will run March 17, 18, 24, 25, 30, 31, and April 1 at the Emerson Paramount Center's Jackie Liebergott Black Box. Performances are in Russian with audio-translation in English.
Dance Currents Inc. and Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston Present GATHERING LIGHT
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2018
Dance Currents Inc. and Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston are presenting a concert of dance and music, "Gathering Light". Three musical pieces will be played live by Rebecca Plummer, piano, Steve Laven, cello, Sue-Ellen Hershman Tcherepnin, flute and Todd Brunel, clarinet.
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2018
Dance Currents Inc. and Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston are presenting a concert of dance and music, "Gathering Light". Three musical pieces will be played live by Rebecca Plummer, piano, Steve Laven, cello, Sue-Ellen Hershman Tcherepnin, flute and Todd Brunel, clarinet.
MRT Premieres LITTLE ORPHAN DANNY From Dan Finnerty
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2018
Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) is proud to premiere Little Orphan Danny, a musical memoir from Dan Finnerty about what it means to be a good son. This surprisingly touching and irreverently funny show is for everyone out there who has a mother. Julie Foldesi, a veteran Broadway actor who recently appeared in Sunday in the Park with George with Jake Gyllenhaal, plays, among many roles, Dan's birth mother and adoptive mother. The show is Music Directed by Dan Lipton, who was recently the Associate Music Director for Sting's The Last Ship on Broadway.
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2018
Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) is proud to premiere Little Orphan Danny, a musical memoir from Dan Finnerty about what it means to be a good son. This surprisingly touching and irreverently funny show is for everyone out there who has a mother. Julie Foldesi, a veteran Broadway actor who recently appeared in Sunday in the Park with George with Jake Gyllenhaal, plays, among many roles, Dan's birth mother and adoptive mother. The show is Music Directed by Dan Lipton, who was recently the Associate Music Director for Sting's The Last Ship on Broadway.
MANY TRUMP REFUGEES IN ONE BODY Adds New Dates In Boston
by BWW News Desk - March 04, 2018
Boston resident Lyralen Kaye, SAG/AFTRA, AEA, is the writer and performer for an upcoming premier production of Many Trump Refugees in One Body at the Boston Playwrights' Theatre on March 13 & 14. Directed by Caitlin Inglis of Boston and dramaturg Lisa Merchant of Second City Toronto, this solo show takes the audience into the experience of immigration and the frantic dance of trying to convince the officials you're worthy to cross the border…permanently.
by BWW News Desk - March 04, 2018
Boston resident Lyralen Kaye, SAG/AFTRA, AEA, is the writer and performer for an upcoming premier production of Many Trump Refugees in One Body at the Boston Playwrights' Theatre on March 13 & 14. Directed by Caitlin Inglis of Boston and dramaturg Lisa Merchant of Second City Toronto, this solo show takes the audience into the experience of immigration and the frantic dance of trying to convince the officials you're worthy to cross the border…permanently.
BWW Review: World Premiere of THE WHITE CARD: An Invitation to Talk
by Nancy Grossman - March 02, 2018
ArtsEmerson and the American Repertory Theater present the world premiere of THE WHITE CARD by playwright and poet Claudia Rankine. The groundbreaking piece of theater begins a conversation and challenges us to stay in the room to talk about race in America. It suggests that society cannot progress if whiteness stays invisible and unexamined. At the end of the play, Act II encourages the audience to participate in the dialogue with facilitators guiding the process.
by Nancy Grossman - March 02, 2018
ArtsEmerson and the American Repertory Theater present the world premiere of THE WHITE CARD by playwright and poet Claudia Rankine. The groundbreaking piece of theater begins a conversation and challenges us to stay in the room to talk about race in America. It suggests that society cannot progress if whiteness stays invisible and unexamined. At the end of the play, Act II encourages the audience to participate in the dialogue with facilitators guiding the process.
Boston & NYC Auditions Announced for HAIR
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2018
Peregrine Theatre Ensemble is thrilled to announce one of their 2018 season productions, the TONY Award winning tribal love-rock musical HAIR, book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot.
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2018
Peregrine Theatre Ensemble is thrilled to announce one of their 2018 season productions, the TONY Award winning tribal love-rock musical HAIR, book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot.
Boston Baroque Announces 2018-2019 Season
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2018
Conducted by music director Martin Pearlman, the season is anchored by a powerful new performing version of Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea by Pearlman. The season includes the Boston Baroque debuts of countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo and soprano Layla Claire, with performances by renowned Baroque interpreters such as David Daniels, Nicholas Phan, Amanda Forsythe, and clarinetist Eric Hoeprich.
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2018
Conducted by music director Martin Pearlman, the season is anchored by a powerful new performing version of Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea by Pearlman. The season includes the Boston Baroque debuts of countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo and soprano Layla Claire, with performances by renowned Baroque interpreters such as David Daniels, Nicholas Phan, Amanda Forsythe, and clarinetist Eric Hoeprich.
Review Roundup: ORLANDO at The Lyric Stage
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2018
The Lyric Stage of Boston presents Virginia Woolf's ORLANDO, which opened on February 23rd and will run through March 25th. A literary love letter to Woolf's lover and friend Vita Sackville-West, ORLANDO follows the titular character as they go to bed one night as a man, and wake up the next morning as a woman. This enables Orlando to see the world through new eyes.
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2018
The Lyric Stage of Boston presents Virginia Woolf's ORLANDO, which opened on February 23rd and will run through March 25th. A literary love letter to Woolf's lover and friend Vita Sackville-West, ORLANDO follows the titular character as they go to bed one night as a man, and wake up the next morning as a woman. This enables Orlando to see the world through new eyes.
Jeffrey Gaines Returns To Club Passim Next Friday
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2018
Jeffrey Gaines will perform at Club Passim on Friday, March 9, 2018 at 8:00 PM. After an extended absence from the recording studio, Gaines returns with Alright, his first Omnivore Recordings release and his first set of new studio material since 2003's Toward the Sun. Tickets are $30 and available now at www.passim.org or by calling 617-492-7679.
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2018
Jeffrey Gaines will perform at Club Passim on Friday, March 9, 2018 at 8:00 PM. After an extended absence from the recording studio, Gaines returns with Alright, his first Omnivore Recordings release and his first set of new studio material since 2003's Toward the Sun. Tickets are $30 and available now at www.passim.org or by calling 617-492-7679.
Associated Chamber Music Players Presents Worldwide Play-In Weekend in Boston
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2018
Associated Chamber Music Players (ACMP) presents its sixth annual Worldwide Play-In Weekend on March 3 & 4, 2018. Musicians around the globe are planning events that bring together chamber music players to experience the joy of playing chamber music. For more information and a list of events that are open to all, visit: http://www.acmp.net/wpiw.
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2018
Associated Chamber Music Players (ACMP) presents its sixth annual Worldwide Play-In Weekend on March 3 & 4, 2018. Musicians around the globe are planning events that bring together chamber music players to experience the joy of playing chamber music. For more information and a list of events that are open to all, visit: http://www.acmp.net/wpiw.
Merrimack Repertory Theatre Earns 15 Nominations In The 2018 Irne Awards
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2018
Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) is proud to announce that it received 15 nominations from the Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) for its 22nd Annual IRNE Awards, including nominations in the Best Play and Best Director categories for Silent Sky and The Royale, and two nominations for My 80-Year-Old Boyfriend, including Best New Play.
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2018
Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) is proud to announce that it received 15 nominations from the Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) for its 22nd Annual IRNE Awards, including nominations in the Best Play and Best Director categories for Silent Sky and The Royale, and two nominations for My 80-Year-Old Boyfriend, including Best New Play.
Boston Parent Artists Gather For Theatre Initiatives, Community
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2018
The Boston arm of Parent Artist Advocacy League for the Performing Arts (PAAL) has planned a welcoming social potluck on Sunday, March 4th, as well as an upcoming calendar of events for all parent theatre artists in the area that include creative and administrative in freelance or employed positions and their families. As part of a national effort to create community and develop supportive relationships for parents in the theatre, PAAL Co-Chief representatives Tareena Wimbish and Lila Rose Kaplan extend the invitation to the potluck as the beginning of a supportive and resourceful initiative for parent theatre artists:
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2018
The Boston arm of Parent Artist Advocacy League for the Performing Arts (PAAL) has planned a welcoming social potluck on Sunday, March 4th, as well as an upcoming calendar of events for all parent theatre artists in the area that include creative and administrative in freelance or employed positions and their families. As part of a national effort to create community and develop supportive relationships for parents in the theatre, PAAL Co-Chief representatives Tareena Wimbish and Lila Rose Kaplan extend the invitation to the potluck as the beginning of a supportive and resourceful initiative for parent theatre artists:
INDECENT, DOLLS HOUSE PART 2, YERMA, and More Among Huntington's 2018-19 Season
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2018
Huntington Theatre Company, Boston's leading independent theatre, announces its 2018-2019 season, featuring two of the most highly acclaimed Broadway plays of the last year, Shakespeare's enduring love story, a theatrical caper with Sherlock Holmes, and three of the most compelling new plays in the country, all with rich and relevant stories that speak to the times we live in.
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2018
Huntington Theatre Company, Boston's leading independent theatre, announces its 2018-2019 season, featuring two of the most highly acclaimed Broadway plays of the last year, Shakespeare's enduring love story, a theatrical caper with Sherlock Holmes, and three of the most compelling new plays in the country, all with rich and relevant stories that speak to the times we live in.
BabsonARTS Announces 'On The Wing: A Celebration Of Birds In Music And Spoken Word'
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2018
BabsonARTS is pleased to announce a very special presentation - On The Wing: A Celebration of Birds In Music and Spoken Word, an evening of poetry reading, music, and ornithology - everything you wanted to know about birds - on Tuesday, March 27 at the Carling-Sorenson Theater at Babson College, Forest Street, Wellesley.
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2018
BabsonARTS is pleased to announce a very special presentation - On The Wing: A Celebration of Birds In Music and Spoken Word, an evening of poetry reading, music, and ornithology - everything you wanted to know about birds - on Tuesday, March 27 at the Carling-Sorenson Theater at Babson College, Forest Street, Wellesley.
Boston Parent Artists Gather For Theatre Initiatives, Community
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2018
The Boston arm of Parent Artist Advocacy League for the Performing Arts (PAAL) has planned a welcoming social potluck on Sunday, March 4th, as well as an upcoming calendar of events for all parent theatre artists in the area that include creative and administrative in freelance or employed positions and their families. As part of a national effort to create community and develop supportive relationships for parents in the theatre, PAAL Co-Chief representatives Tareena Wimbish and Lila Rose Kaplan extend the invitation to the potluck as the beginning of a supportive and resourceful initiative for parent theatre artists:
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2018
The Boston arm of Parent Artist Advocacy League for the Performing Arts (PAAL) has planned a welcoming social potluck on Sunday, March 4th, as well as an upcoming calendar of events for all parent theatre artists in the area that include creative and administrative in freelance or employed positions and their families. As part of a national effort to create community and develop supportive relationships for parents in the theatre, PAAL Co-Chief representatives Tareena Wimbish and Lila Rose Kaplan extend the invitation to the potluck as the beginning of a supportive and resourceful initiative for parent theatre artists:
Poetry Champions From 86 Massachusetts High Schools Compete At Four Regional Poetry Events
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2018
Student poetry champions from 86 high schools across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will participate in four regional semi-final contests this weekend in Boston, Framingham, South Yarmouth and Springfield, as part of the annual Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest (POL). Now in its 13th year, the state contest is facilitated by the Huntington Theatre Company's Department of Education in partnership with the Mass Cultural Council.
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2018
Student poetry champions from 86 high schools across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will participate in four regional semi-final contests this weekend in Boston, Framingham, South Yarmouth and Springfield, as part of the annual Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest (POL). Now in its 13th year, the state contest is facilitated by the Huntington Theatre Company's Department of Education in partnership with the Mass Cultural Council.
Big Apple Circus Returns To Boston! Playing Under The Big Top At Assembly Row April 7-May 6
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2018
BigTop Works, the new producers of BIG APPLE CIRCUS, are pleased to announce the return of the beloved circus to Boston, as part of the National Tour stops of the historic and critically acclaimed 40th Anniversary Season. The full lineup of global artists and acts, including 10-time world record-holding high wire artist Nik Wallenda, will play under the Big Top at Assembly Row, Somerville from April 7-May 6. Tickets are on sale at Ticketmaster and BigAppleCircus.com, with special 'early bird' pricing on tickets purchased through March 12.
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2018
BigTop Works, the new producers of BIG APPLE CIRCUS, are pleased to announce the return of the beloved circus to Boston, as part of the National Tour stops of the historic and critically acclaimed 40th Anniversary Season. The full lineup of global artists and acts, including 10-time world record-holding high wire artist Nik Wallenda, will play under the Big Top at Assembly Row, Somerville from April 7-May 6. Tickets are on sale at Ticketmaster and BigAppleCircus.com, with special 'early bird' pricing on tickets purchased through March 12.
Shakespeare & Company's Northeast Regional Tour HitsThe Road
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2018
Shakespeare & Company's Northeast Regional Tour of Shakespeare is now on the road. This year, the Company's Tour brings two Shakespeare productions, Othello, the Moor of Venice and A Midsummer Night's Dream, to over 20,000 students. The Tour visits 75 schools throughout the Northeast in nine different states including; Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland.
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2018
Shakespeare & Company's Northeast Regional Tour of Shakespeare is now on the road. This year, the Company's Tour brings two Shakespeare productions, Othello, the Moor of Venice and A Midsummer Night's Dream, to over 20,000 students. The Tour visits 75 schools throughout the Northeast in nine different states including; Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland.
Sister Returns For LATE NITE CATECHISM at The Hanover Theatre
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2018
Worcester will learn a thing or two when Sister returns to teach her Late Nite Catechism at The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts on Thursday, June 14 at 8 p.m. Tickets are now on sale to theatre members and go on sale to the general public Tuesday, March 6 at 10 a.m.
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2018
Worcester will learn a thing or two when Sister returns to teach her Late Nite Catechism at The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts on Thursday, June 14 at 8 p.m. Tickets are now on sale to theatre members and go on sale to the general public Tuesday, March 6 at 10 a.m.
Apollo's Fire to Make Carnegie Hall Debut; Join Boston Early Music Festival Series
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2018
Apollo's Fire continues their busy 2017/2018 season with a 5-city tour of their celebrated A Night at Bach's Coffeehouse program, including the ensemble's debut at Carnegie Hall on Thursday, March 22. Conceived and conducted by the ensemble's founding artistic director, conductor/harpsichordist Jeannette Sorrell, A Night at Bach's Coffeehouse is inspired by the coffeehouse concerts led by J.S. Bach in Leipzig during the 18th century and features music by Bach and his contemporaries, including Telemann, Handel, and Vivaldi. The tour begins at Catamount Arts in St. Johnsbury, VT on March 20 and concludes at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA on March 27.
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2018
Apollo's Fire continues their busy 2017/2018 season with a 5-city tour of their celebrated A Night at Bach's Coffeehouse program, including the ensemble's debut at Carnegie Hall on Thursday, March 22. Conceived and conducted by the ensemble's founding artistic director, conductor/harpsichordist Jeannette Sorrell, A Night at Bach's Coffeehouse is inspired by the coffeehouse concerts led by J.S. Bach in Leipzig during the 18th century and features music by Bach and his contemporaries, including Telemann, Handel, and Vivaldi. The tour begins at Catamount Arts in St. Johnsbury, VT on March 20 and concludes at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA on March 27.
REELABILITIES Boston Kicks Off 3/21
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2018
The Seventh Annual 2018 ReelAbilities Boston Film Festival (March 21-29, 2018) has announced its official selections. Fourteen films have been chosen, including the romantic comedy, Sanctuary, which won the Irish Critics Film of the Year Award, and Off the Rails, which tells the story of Darius McCollum, a man with Asperger's syndrome and a passion for trains, who becomes known as "the transit bandit."
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2018
The Seventh Annual 2018 ReelAbilities Boston Film Festival (March 21-29, 2018) has announced its official selections. Fourteen films have been chosen, including the romantic comedy, Sanctuary, which won the Irish Critics Film of the Year Award, and Off the Rails, which tells the story of Darius McCollum, a man with Asperger's syndrome and a passion for trains, who becomes known as "the transit bandit."
Jack Kerouac's THE HAUNTED LIFE To Premiere In Author's Hometown In Merrimack Repertory Theatre's 40th Anniversary Season
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2018
Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) announces the first work of its 2018-19 40th Season as a brand new adaptation of Jack Kerouac's lost novel The Haunted Life. The novel was inspired by the author's childhood and upbringing in Lowell, Massachusetts, and then thought lost. The recently discovered manuscript was put together with letters and outlines by Associate Professor of English at UMass Lowell Todd F. Tietchen, and published by Da Capo Press.
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2018
Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) announces the first work of its 2018-19 40th Season as a brand new adaptation of Jack Kerouac's lost novel The Haunted Life. The novel was inspired by the author's childhood and upbringing in Lowell, Massachusetts, and then thought lost. The recently discovered manuscript was put together with letters and outlines by Associate Professor of English at UMass Lowell Todd F. Tietchen, and published by Da Capo Press.
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