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Now in its 32nd season, Jos Mateo Ballet Theatre presents its treasured production of The Nutcracker at two of Boston's finest theatres this holiday season.

The national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical FUN HOME has landed in Boston and it's as sharply drawn and richly performed as its highly acclaimed Broadway predecessor.

Hundreds of teenagers from ten different high schools will take to the stage at Shakespeare & Company, beginning November 16th, for the 29th Fall Festival of Shakespeare.

'100 Years of Modern Dance/The Test of Time,' a dance concert presented by Dance Currents Inc.

Playwright Ken Urban was commissioned by Epic Theatre Ensemble to write a play about international aid workers, and his interviews with volunteers for Doctors Without Borders inform his new thought-provoking drama, A GUIDE FOR THE HOMESICK, now receiving its world premiere by the Huntington Theatre

Tickets are now on sale for Bedlam Theater Company's Sense and Sensibility, to be performed at American Repertory Theater (A.

Best Day Ever! On the heels of last month's premiere of its first national tour, Shopkins Live! Shop It Up! will play at The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts on Friday, March 2.

THE BLACK BOX, downtown Franklin's theater, music and event venue, presents a full lineup of quality live entertainment this November.

Welcome 2018 in a triumphant celebration with Salute to Vienna New Year's Concert at Symphony Hall.

ImprovBoston presents the annual original, scripted splatter musical GoreFest XV: Horror House, complete with original music, outlandish characters, and a blood-soaked audience.

American Repertory Theater (A.

Americana Theatre Company (ATC), Plymouth's professional theatre company, presents the holiday treasure It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play on select dates from December 6 through 16, at Plymouth Center for the Arts, 11 North Street, Plymouth.

The Cape Ann Symphony's annual Holiday Pops Concert, the exciting annual celebration of holiday music favorites, kicks off the holiday season on Saturday, November 25 at 8 pm & Sunday, November 26 at 2 pm.

Pilgrim Festival Chorus (PFC), the region's principal community chorus, presents its holiday season concert, A Hometown Christmas, on Saturday, December 2 at 7:30 pm, and Sunday December 3 at 4:00 pm, at St.

Boston Children's Theatre's opening show of the 2017-2018 season is sure to give you goosebumps.

The Falmouth Chorale, under the direction of John Yankee, presents Baroque Splendor in two fall concerts today, October 21, and Sunday, October 22, 4 pm at John Wesley United Methodist Church, 270 Gifford Street in Falmouth.

The award-winning Company Theatre, celebrating its 40th anniversary season, presents a 2018 Season Open House on Saturday, November 18 from 10 am to 1 pm, at The Company Theatre Center for the Arts lobby, 30 Accord Park Drive, Norwell.

The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts is pleased to announce the addition of Pamela A.

Playwrights Phaedra Scott of Boston and Emily Schwend of Somerville have been selected from among 45 applicants to develop an original Boston-centric play as part of SpeakEasy Stage Company's returning new works initiative The Boston Project.

From November 2-5, 2017, Arlington's Capitol Theatre and the Somerville Theatre will come alive as the Boston International Kids Film Festival celebrates five years of imagination and creativity.

Little Shop of Horrors is a comedy rock musical, by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh.

The Price is Right Live! recently announced that TV favorite Jerry Springer will host its interactive stage show when it comes to The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts today, October 20 at 8 p.

Spiro Veloudos remounts one of his favorite productions in celebration of his 20 years as Producing Artistic Director.

Led by Music Director Sir Antonio Pappano, the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia tours to the United States this October for the first time in nearly 50 years, performing at Carnegie Hall in New York (October 20 & 21), the John F.

Twenty-five years after first being produced, David Mamet's OLEANNA remains controversial as an intense drama driven by themes of political correctness, sexual harassment, power, and perception.