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Chester Theatre Company to present SKELETON CREW
by BWW News Desk - July 13, 2017
Chester Theatre Company (CTC) is proud to present Dominique Morisseau's Skeleton Crew in the historic Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Road in Chester, MA, from July 13 - 23, 2017. The production is directed by Awoye Timpo, making her CTC directorial debut. In this 'deeply moral and deeply American play' (The New York Times), Reggie has worked his way up to supervisor at a faltering auto factory. Now he has to decide whether he owes his loyalty to himself, to his bosses, or to long-time family friend Faye and the younger workers on the line, Dez and Shanita. In the spirit of August Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle, this third play from Morisseau's Detroit Trilogy explores the hard choices facing Americans barely squeezing by. It was named by the New York Times as 'one of six plays that reckon with an anxious America.'
James Lecesne to Return to Wellfleet in THE ABSOLUTE BRIGHTNESS OF LEONARD PELKEY
by BWW News Desk - July 13, 2017
Acclaimed by audiences and critics alike last summer, James Lecesne returns for a limited run of The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, July 13-15, 2017 at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater. Written and performed by Lecesne, the one man play runs at 8:00 p.m. for three performances only.
Huntington-Codman Summer Theatre Institute presents TWELFTH NIGHT
by BWW News Desk - July 12, 2017
Huntington Theatre Company's Department of Education and Community Programs and Dorchester's Codman Academy Charter Public School's collaboration, the Huntington-Codman Summer Theatre Institute, will culminate in two public performances of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night on Thursday, July 27 and Friday, July 28 at 7pm at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. The public is invited to the free performances and encouraged to RSVP online.
Cape Cod Theatre Company to Spin a Tale with CHARLOTTE'S WEB
by BWW News Desk - July 12, 2017
Cape Cod Theatre Company ~ Home of Harwich Jr. Theatre will present Charlotte's Web July 21- August 6, 2017.
Re-Styled SALOME Gets Encore at The Provincetown Theater
by BWW News Desk - July 12, 2017
The Provincetown Theater has announced a radically re-styled and re-staged version of Oscar Wilde's 'Salome' opening July 12 running through August 19. Wilde's once-banned biblical play will feature new costuming, scenic design, choreography and casting. Performances are at 7:30 Todays through Sundays July 12 through August 19.
Franklin School for the Performing Arts to Host July Open Houses
by BWW News Desk - July 12, 2017
Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) will host summer Open Houses today, July 12 and Tuesday, July 25 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 38 Main Street in downtown Franklin. The community is invited to tour the facilities, observe classes and rehearsals, speak with faculty and staff, and learn more about FSPA programs in music, dance and drama.
THE EMPATHS Opens This Month at WHAT
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2017
The Empaths, a new play by John Markus and Rebecca Bazell, will have its world premiere at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater July 20 - August 19, 2017. Directed by Jeffry George, The Empaths is a fast paced, timely comedy that mines the complex landscape of shifting societal mores, family roles, and the expectations of relationships.
THE NUTCRACKER Brings A Great Start to the Holidays in Worcester
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2017
Ballet Arts Worcester and The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts Conservatory present Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, Thanksgiving weekend, November 24 through November 26. Tickets go on sale to members Tuesday, July 11 at 10 a.m. and to the general public Tuesday, July 18 at 10 a.m.
Singer-Songwriter Who Inspired the Greats Comes to Worcester
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2017
The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts presents five-time Grammy nominated artist and Songwriter Hall of Fame member Gordon Lightfoot, Wednesday, September 20 at 8 p.m. Tickets are now on sale to members of The Hanover Theatre and go on sale to the general public Tuesday, July 18 at 10 a.m.
BWW Review: BULLETS OVER BROADWAY: Woody Allen's Roaring Twenties
by Nancy Grossman - July 11, 2017
BULLETS OVER BROADWAY brings Woody Allen's New Yorker sensibility to the seaside community of Ogunquit, Maine, along with a coterie of thugs, hoofers, show people, and one adorable pug. Based on Allen's and co-writer Douglas McGrath's 1994 film of the same name, the musical incorporates old songs from the 1920s to ground the madcap action in the era of prohibition, when bathtub gin and gangsters with pistols and fedoras were equally prevalent. Jeff Whiting recreates Susan Stroman's original direction and outstanding choreography, and the amazing ensemble dancers tilt and whirl with foot-stomping abandon that resonates through the Ogunquit Playhouse.
Garrison Keillor Is 'Just Passing Through' Worcester This November
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2017
One of America's greatest storytellers, Garrison Keillor comes to The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts Saturday, November 18 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for Garrison Keillor: Just Passing Through are now on sale to members of The Hanover Theatre and go on sale to the general public Tuesday, July 18 at 10 a.m.
Alley Cat Theater to Premiere PLANK at Boston Center for the Arts
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2017
Saturday, August 26th, is Press Night for Plank, a new play by John Greiner-Ferris, directed by Megan Schy Gleeson.
Dandy Darkly to Return to the Provincetown Dick Dock
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2017
Dandy Darkly is New York City's cult, cabaret sensation - is New York City's cult, cabaret sensation - a masterful and mesmerizing storyteller who has astounded audiences at festivals and theaters on both sides of the Atlantic. But long before this celebrated drag-clown was mincing macabre at theater festivals in Edinburgh, London and New York City, he was but a humble storyteller telling his tawdry tales down under Provincetown's Dick Dock.
Photo Flash: THE RAINMAKER, An American Classic, Opens at Gloucester Stage
by BWW News Desk - July 10, 2017
Gloucester Stage Company continues its 38th season of professional theater on Cape Ann with N. Richard Nash's moving American classic The Rainmaker from July 14 through August 5 at 267 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA. Set in the time of a paralyzing drought in Depression-era America, The Rainmaker tells the story of a pivotal hot summer day in the life of spinsterish Lizzie Curry, whose father and two brothers are worried as much about her marriage prospects as they are about their dying cattle. Enter Starbuck, the consummate con man, who promises to solve all their problems, for a fee. Directed by Gloucester Stage Artistic Director Robert Walsh, The Rainmaker cast features Brian Homer as Starbuck; Jessica Bates as Lizzie Curry; David DeBeck as H.C. Curry, the patriarch of the Curry family; Joe Short and Sean McCoy as the Curry brothers; Dave Rich as File and longtime Gordon College Professor of Theater Arts Norm Jones as Sheriff Thomas. N. Richard Nash's most celebrated play, The Rainmaker, appeared in all three mediums; on Broadway in 1954, as a motion picture starring Katharine Hepburn in 1956, and as a television production in 1982. A musical version of The Rainmaker, entitled 110 Degrees in the Shade, debuted on Broadway in 1963.
Hello! Elements Theatre Company Presents A.R. Gurney's SYLVIA
by BWW News Desk - July 10, 2017
???????"Dramatic literature is stuffed with memorable love scenes," says the New York Times. "But none is as immediately delicious and dizzy as the one that begins the redeeming affair in A. R. Gurney's comedy, SYLVIA."
Cape Cod Theatre Project to Stage Reading of Bess Wohl's CONTINUITY
by BWW News Desk - July 10, 2017
The Cape Cod Theatre Project presents a staged reading of Bess Wohl's Continuity, July 13-15, Falmouth MA.
Photo Flash: First Look at Peregrine Theatre Ensemble's Sultry CHICAGO
by BWW News Desk - July 10, 2017
Peregrine Theatre Ensemble's production of CHICAGO is officially open in Provincetown, Mass., running through September 2nd. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Linda Eder to Return to Provincetown's Crown & Anchor This Month
by BWW News Desk - July 10, 2017
Producer Rick Murray's Crown & Anchor Cabaret Series continues its 2017 season at the Paramount Cabaret in Provincetown, MA when Broadway veteran Linda Eder return to Provincetown for two performances only, Monday, July 24 and Tuesday, July 25 at 8:00 p.m. 
Edward Albee's AT HOME AT THE ZOO Coming to BTG's Unicorn Theatre This Month
by BWW News Desk - July 10, 2017
Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG) presents Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright, Edward Albee's (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?), At Home at the Zoo (Zoo story), directed by Eric Hill (BTG: The Homecoming, Thoreau or, Return to Walden; Poe), and featuring David Adkins (BTG: Thoreau or, Return to Walden; Poe), Joey Collins (The Glass Menagerie; BTG: The Homecoming) and Tara Franklin (BTG: The Homecoming, Lion in Winter, Equus). At Home at the Zoo (Zoo story) runs from July 19 through August 26 at The Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge, MA. Opening night is set for Saturday, July 22.
New England Artists Receive NEFA's Rebecca Blunk Fund Awards
by BWW News Desk - July 10, 2017
The New England Foundation for the Arts is pleased to announce the 2017 awardees of the Rebecca Blunk Fund: Christal Brown of Middlebury, VT, and John Bell and Trudi Cohen of Cambridge, MA.
Kim Weild Directs AMERICAN MOOR at Boston Center for the Arts
by BWW News Desk - July 10, 2017
Shakespeare, race, and America…not necessarily in that order, are explored as AUDELCO AWARD winning American Moor takes the stage at the Boston Center for the Arts' Plaza Theatre for a four-week engagement, July 19-August 12. 
Photo Coverage: Senator Elizabeth Warren Attends Opening NIght Shakespeare & Co.'s CYMBELINE
by Stephen Sorokoff - July 09, 2017
Senator Elizabeth Warren and the rest of the Opening NIght Audience at Shakespeare & Co's production of Cymbeline didn't have to fill the suggestion box labeled 'Tell Us Why You LIke Shakespeare'  in the lobby of the Tina Packer Playhouse with answers to that question.  They did it with their many standing ovations for the 9 actors and director Tina Packer at the conclusion of a magnificent and energetic performance of the complex plot driven play by Shakespeare.   There are a lot of exciting things going on at Shakespeare & Co. in Lenox MA. and artistic director Allyn Burrows in his toast at the jubilant after party stated 'first to the unknown and to the road ahead'!
O.W.I. (Bureau of Theater) to Continue Second Today Readings with THE ONTOLOGY WARD
by BWW News Desk - July 08, 2017
O.W.I. (Bureau of Theatre), in residence at the Boston Center for the Arts, continues its Second Today Reading Series at the Roslindale Branch of the Boston Public Library today, July 8 at Noon with THE ONTOLOGY WARD.
Puppeteer Bonnie Duncan's SQUIRREL STOLE MY UNDERPANTS to Invade The Yard
by BWW News Desk - July 08, 2017
UNDERPANTS STOLEN! SQUIRREL ON THE LOOSE! The Yard's Quality Time! Family Series presents puppeteer Bonnie Duncan who gets lost in her laundry basket as children go wild in SQUIRREL STOLE MY UNDERPANTS, playing Today, July 8, 2017 at 11 a.m. at The Yard, 1 The Yard, Middle Road, Chilmark, MA 02535.
The Cape Cod Theatre Project presents John Cariani's CUL-DE-SAC, 7/6-9
by BWW News Desk - July 08, 2017
Under the direction of Artistic Director Hal Brooks, the Cape Cod Theatre Project has a long history of presenting some of America's best new plays. Audiences are invited to participate in the creation of new works for American theater, many of which go on to off-Broadway, Broadway, or regional engagements.

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