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BTG Proudly Presents a New Video Series, 'No Boundaries in Art'
by BWW News Desk - February 03, 2017
Berkshire Theatre Group is proud to announce a new, bi-monthly video series, No Boundaries in Art. Featuring BTG's Artistic Associates, and members of the community, this video series is a platform for expression of freedom of speech through short stories, poems and personal reflection.  
Cape Playhouse Announces 2017 Creative Teams
by BWW News Desk - February 02, 2017
The historic Cape Playhouse, American's oldest continually operating summer theatre, is thrilled to announce our creative teams for our upcoming 2017 Summer Season.
Writers on a New England Stage Presents Author Krista Tippett
by BWW News Desk - February 02, 2017
On Thursday, March 2, Krista Tippett will take the stage to discuss her New York Times bestseller BECOMING WISE: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living, now available in paperback for the first time. In this remarkable book, Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and National Humanities Medalist Krista Tippett has created a master class in living in a fractured world, drawn from the stories of extraordinary individuals who possess "spiritual genius." Tippett distills the insights she has gleaned from these luminous characters to explore the meaning of life in its many dimensions.
Folk Singer/Songwriter and Musician, Jeffrey Foucault, Comes to The Colonial
by BWW News Desk - February 02, 2017
Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG) presents the next On The Stage Series installment, featuring Folk singer/songwriter and musician, Jeffrey Foucault, at The Colonial Theatre on Thursday, February 23 at 7:30pm.
'REMEMBER WHEN ROCK WAS YOUNG' to Tribute Elton John at The Colonial
by BWW News Desk - February 02, 2017
Berkshire Theatre Group welcomes Remember When Rock Was Young: The Elton John Tribute, starring Craig A. Meyer, at The Colonial Theatre today, February 2 at 7pm.
Brian Calhoon's MARIMBA CABARET to Bring Show Tunes and Pop Covers to Club Cafe
by BWW News Desk - February 01, 2017
'What's a marimba?' It's like a xylophone, but bigger and more fabulous -- just like Brian.
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD to Hit Brown Box This Spring
by BWW News Desk - February 01, 2017
Brown Box Theatre Project has announced their 7th Season of touring free and accessible theatre to communities throughout Greater Boston. Continuing in the tradition of their annual Free Outdoor Shakespeare tour, Brown Box's ambitious 2017 Season will be performed entirely outdoors and presented free of charge at all locations.
THE BIG BROADCAST! to Return to Mount Holyoke This March
by BWW News Desk - February 01, 2017
The Jazz Ensembles of Mount Holyoke College present the 12th edition of The Big Broadcast! on Saturday, March 4 at 2PM & 7PM at Chapin Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College, in South Hadley, MA. 
'JOSEPH', SHOW BOAT and 42ND STREET Headline Reagle Music Theatre's 49th Summer Season
by BWW News Desk - February 01, 2017
Robert J. Eagle, Producing Artistic Director of Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston, announces the company's much-anticipated 49th consecutive summer season at the Robinson Theatre (617 Lexington St. Waltham, MA, 02452), to run June-August, 2017.
HowlRound and the Global Theater Initiative Announce The World Theatre Map
by BWW News Desk - February 01, 2017
HowlRound, a knowledge commons by and for the theatre community, announces the launch of The World Theatre Map in collaboration with the Global Theater Initiative, a partnership between Theatre Communications Group and the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics.
Laury Teneus Tops 2017 Boston August Wilson Monologue Competition
by BWW News Desk - January 31, 2017
Laury Teneus of Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers took first place on Monday, January 30, 2017 with her performance as Black Mary from Gem of the Ocean at the Boston Regional Finals of the August Wilson Monologue Competition, held for the seventh year by the Education Department of the Huntington Theatre Company, the playwright's longtime artistic home. 
Celeste Oliva and Alexander Platt to Reunite in STAGE KISS at the Lyric Stage; Cast Set!
by BWW News Desk - January 31, 2017
Stage Kiss by Sarah Ruhl, winner of the 2016 Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award and a MacArthur 'genius' grant, will be directed by Courtney O'Connor at the Lyric Stage Company of Boston, opening February 26 and running through March 26, 2017. Previews begin February 24. 
WAM Theatre Girls Ensemble to Present WHAT'S THAT SOUND?
by BWW News Desk - January 31, 2017
The Second Cohort of WAM Theatre's Girls Ensemble program will be presenting a public performance of their original theatre piece, currently titled What's That Sound?, on Friday, February 17 at 7:30 pm in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre at Shakespeare & Company.
A Night at the Cabaret is this Saturday!
by BWW News Desk - January 31, 2017
Longwood Players' Winter Cabaret Fundraiser is this Saturday! A Night at the Cabaret is our chance to come together as a community and celebrate the theater with an evening of great music. Tickets are going fast, so make sure to reserve your seats today before they're gone!
BWW Review: Georgia Lyman is THE ATHEIST: I'm a Believer
by Nancy Grossman - January 30, 2017
Ronan Noone is both an alumnus and adjunct assistant professor of the M.F.A. Playwriting Program at Boston University. He has written a revision of his play THE ATHEIST, reimagining the satirical comedy with a female protagonist. At Boston Playwrights' Theatre, Georgia Lyman gives a robust, multi-dimensional performance as the crooked tabloid journalist who looks all too familiar in today's media landscape.
WOMEN IN JEOPARDY! at Merrimack Repertory Theatre
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2017
Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) continues its 2016-17 Season with the absolutely off-the-wall "Women in Jeopardy!". The riotous comedy follows Mary and Jo, two middle-aged women who jump to the rescue when their best friend Liz falls for a creepy (and potentially murderous) dentist. MRT Artistic Director Sean Daniels, who helmed the 2015 world premiere at Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, NY, returns to direct.
Tony Award Winner Diane Paulus To Speak at Boston College
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2017
The Boston College Theatre Department will host Tony Award winner Diane Paulus, who will give a lecture at the University's Robsham Theater Arts Center on Thursday, February 9 at 8 p.m. The event is open to the public, free of charge.
The Dance Complex Presents TINY AND SHORT: A DROP IN THE BUCKET, 2/11-12 And 2/17-18
by BWW News Desk - January 28, 2017
The Dance Complex (TDC) continues to celebrate "25 & Dancing On!" with an amazing performance series titled Tiny and Short: A Drop in the Bucket, adapted this series from Ten Tiny Dances®, created in Portland, Oregon in 2002 and continues to be produced by founder Mike Barber and others, with permission.
Boston Modern Orchestra Project Presents An Evening Dedicated To Philip Glass
by BWW News Desk - January 28, 2017
The Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), the nation's premier orchestra dedicated exclusively to commissioning, performing, and recording new orchestral music, devotes an evening to American composer Philip Glass (b.1937) with performances of his Symphony No. 2 and Tirol Concerto.
New Work by Photographer Abelardo Morell Launches Concord Museum's Thoreau Bicentennial Celebration
by BWW News Desk - January 27, 2017
Concord Museum is launching the 2017 celebration of the bicentennial of the birth of Henry David Thoreau, one of America's most thought-provoking writers and thinkers, with a deeply personal exhibition by photographer Abelardo Morell.  Walden: Four Views | Abelardo Morell will be on exhibit in the Concord Museum's Wallace Kane Gallery from February 10 through August 20, 2017.
ImprovBoston to Present THORNS on Valentine's Day
by BWW News Desk - January 27, 2017
Anyone who believes 'tis better to have loved and lost' has clearly never had their heart ripped out of their chest and stomped into the ground. ImprovBoston presents the hilarity of heartbreak and the funny to be found in falling in love in Thorns, a unique, one night only variety show on Valentine's Day, February 14th.
BWW Review: INTIMATE EXCHANGES Reinforces the Idea That the Future is Unknowable
by Nancy Grossman - January 26, 2017
Character-driven Alan Ayckbourn play is a complex sequence of branching storylines, leading to numerous endings, with multiple characters played by two actors. Olivia D'Ambrosio directs fine performances by Sarah Elizabeth Bedard and Jade Ziane at the Nora Theatre Company at Central Square Theater.
Boston Playwrights' Theatre to Continue 2016-17 Season with THE HONEY TRAP
by BWW News Desk - January 26, 2017
Boston Playwrights' Theatre (BPT) continues its 2016-17 season with The Honey Trap by Leo McGann. Running from February 16-26, this new drama is directed by Adam Kassim.
Women in Comedy Festival and ImprovBoston to Present 'JELLY' Variety Show
by BWW News Desk - January 26, 2017
While men have been in the national comedy scene spotlight for decades, the folks at the Women in Comedy Festival (WICF) and ImprovBoston stay committed to showcasing the extraordinary contributions of women right here in Boston
Apollinaire Theatre Company presents INFORMED CONSENT
by BWW News Desk - January 25, 2017
An ambitious geneticist is hired to help solve why a Native American tribe is being devastated by diabetes, but her research threatens to destroy their most sacred traditions. With genomic breakthroughs happening at breakneck speed, Informed Consent explores the question of just how much knowledge is too much.  And who gets to decide?

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