Priscilla Beach Theatre Presents NOISES OFF This June
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2016
Priscilla Beach Theatre presents the popular hit comedy, Noises Off, by Michael Frayn, from June 3-11 on its historic barn stage in Plymouth. The show features Theresa Chiasson (Plymouth), Raisa Hoffman (Marshfield), Simon Kisor (Boston), Alexander Munoz (Marshfield), Ashley Wisneski (Melrose), Robb Russ (Lowell), Stewart Smith (Brighton), Eric Joseph (Marshfield) and Frances Saxton (Amherst, NH).
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2016
Priscilla Beach Theatre presents the popular hit comedy, Noises Off, by Michael Frayn, from June 3-11 on its historic barn stage in Plymouth. The show features Theresa Chiasson (Plymouth), Raisa Hoffman (Marshfield), Simon Kisor (Boston), Alexander Munoz (Marshfield), Ashley Wisneski (Melrose), Robb Russ (Lowell), Stewart Smith (Brighton), Eric Joseph (Marshfield) and Frances Saxton (Amherst, NH).
Bedlam to Return to Cambridge with Two Versions of TWELFTH NIGHT
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2016
The Nora Theatre Company is proud to present Bedlam performing their two version of TWELFTH NIGHT: TWELFTH NIGHT (or WHAT YOU WILL) and WHAT YOU WILL (or TWELFTH NIGHT). Both plays are the text of TWELFTH NIGHT written by William Shakespeare.
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2016
The Nora Theatre Company is proud to present Bedlam performing their two version of TWELFTH NIGHT: TWELFTH NIGHT (or WHAT YOU WILL) and WHAT YOU WILL (or TWELFTH NIGHT). Both plays are the text of TWELFTH NIGHT written by William Shakespeare.
Pilgrim Festival Singers to Perform Four Broadway East Concerts
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2016
Pilgrim Festival Singers, a small vocal ensemble of the Pilgrim Festival Chorus (PFC), the region's principal community choral group, present their South Shore summer concert series, Broadway East.
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2016
Pilgrim Festival Singers, a small vocal ensemble of the Pilgrim Festival Chorus (PFC), the region's principal community choral group, present their South Shore summer concert series, Broadway East.
Fort Point Theatre Channel to Present DREAMBOOK, 6/17-25
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2016
? Dreambook, a play with music; premiere presented by Fort Point Theatre Channel. Performances: Friday, June 17 & Saturday, June 18, 8 pm; Sunday, June 19, 4 pm; Thursday, June 23 thru Saturday, June 25, 8 pm. Boston Playwrights' Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. Tickets: $20, $14 students/seniors. For more information: www.fortpointtheatrechannel.org/dreambook; for advance tix: 866-811-4111, https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/956983.
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2016
? Dreambook, a play with music; premiere presented by Fort Point Theatre Channel. Performances: Friday, June 17 & Saturday, June 18, 8 pm; Sunday, June 19, 4 pm; Thursday, June 23 thru Saturday, June 25, 8 pm. Boston Playwrights' Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. Tickets: $20, $14 students/seniors. For more information: www.fortpointtheatrechannel.org/dreambook; for advance tix: 866-811-4111, https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/956983.
BWW Seeks Editors in Boston
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2016
BroadwayWorld.com is currently seeking talented theater enthusiasts to help feature coverage in Seattle.
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2016
BroadwayWorld.com is currently seeking talented theater enthusiasts to help feature coverage in Seattle.
Ed Hoopman, Erica Spyres and Mark Pierre to Lead Lyric Stage's PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2016
The Lyric Stage Company of Boston's 2015-16 season closes with an acclaimed new play (partly inspired by the theatricality of Nicholas Nickleby) that uses ingenious stagecraft, the talents of a dozen of our favorite actors, and the limitless possibilities of your imagination to create theatrical magic.
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2016
The Lyric Stage Company of Boston's 2015-16 season closes with an acclaimed new play (partly inspired by the theatricality of Nicholas Nickleby) that uses ingenious stagecraft, the talents of a dozen of our favorite actors, and the limitless possibilities of your imagination to create theatrical magic.
The Huntington to Welcome Author & Actor Martin Moran for Book Reading
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2016
The Huntington Theatre Company presents a free reading, performance, and discussion with author and actor Martin Moran (Vanya in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at the Huntington) at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA on Thursday, June 9 at 7:30pm.
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2016
The Huntington Theatre Company presents a free reading, performance, and discussion with author and actor Martin Moran (Vanya in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at the Huntington) at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA on Thursday, June 9 at 7:30pm.
New Repertory Theatre to Host Next Voices Festival, 6/4-5
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2016
New Repertory Theatre announces the Next Voices Festival: New Play Readings, featuring the work of Lila Rose Kaplan, Walt McGough, James McLindon, and Cassie M. Seinuk, June 4 & 5, 2016 in the Black Box Theater at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA. All readings are free and open to the public. Call the Box Office at 617-923- 8487 to reserve your complimentary spot.
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2016
New Repertory Theatre announces the Next Voices Festival: New Play Readings, featuring the work of Lila Rose Kaplan, Walt McGough, James McLindon, and Cassie M. Seinuk, June 4 & 5, 2016 in the Black Box Theater at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA. All readings are free and open to the public. Call the Box Office at 617-923- 8487 to reserve your complimentary spot.
Marblehead School of Ballet to Host 2016 Summer Dance Intensive
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2016
The Marblehead School of Ballet (MSB) launches its renowned Summer Dance Intensive and annual excursion to Jacob's Pillow from July 11 to August 12. MSB is accepting applications for its Summer Intensive Dance 2016 programs for dancers ages 11 and over from July 18 to August 6 and children ages 8 to 12 from August 8 to August 12. International students, ages 15 and above with intermediate level dance training, are invited to apply. The Summer Intensive Dance 2016 programs will be held at 115 Pleasant Street in Marblehead, Massachusetts.
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2016
The Marblehead School of Ballet (MSB) launches its renowned Summer Dance Intensive and annual excursion to Jacob's Pillow from July 11 to August 12. MSB is accepting applications for its Summer Intensive Dance 2016 programs for dancers ages 11 and over from July 18 to August 6 and children ages 8 to 12 from August 8 to August 12. International students, ages 15 and above with intermediate level dance training, are invited to apply. The Summer Intensive Dance 2016 programs will be held at 115 Pleasant Street in Marblehead, Massachusetts.
Transgender Opera THE BODY POLITIC to Premiere in Boston, be Performed for NC State Legislature
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2016
The Body Politic, a new opera about transgender and Muslim discrimination in the United States, will premiere May 5 -7 at the Boston Center for the Arts before traveling south to Raleigh, NC, where it will be performed at the North Carolina General Assembly to protest the state's House Bill 2.
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2016
The Body Politic, a new opera about transgender and Muslim discrimination in the United States, will premiere May 5 -7 at the Boston Center for the Arts before traveling south to Raleigh, NC, where it will be performed at the North Carolina General Assembly to protest the state's House Bill 2.
Provincetown Theater Playwrights' Lab Set for June
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2016
Eight plays will be presented on each day of the Spring Playwrights Festival at the studio of WOMR Radio (494 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA).
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2016
Eight plays will be presented on each day of the Spring Playwrights Festival at the studio of WOMR Radio (494 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA).
Andy Sandford Set for BTG's Laugh Lounge Series at The Garage, 6/8
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2016
Berkshire Theatre Group presents comedian, Andy Sandford, as part of BTG's Laugh Lounge Series at The Garage on Wednesday, June 8th at 8pm.
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2016
Berkshire Theatre Group presents comedian, Andy Sandford, as part of BTG's Laugh Lounge Series at The Garage on Wednesday, June 8th at 8pm.
Berkshire Theatre Group to Welcome The South Shore Trio, 6/5
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2016
Berkshire Theatre Group presents an afternoon of chamber music and chocolate with The South Shore Trio, on Sunday, June 5 at 3pm, as part of the On the Stage Series. This event is sponsored by Chocolate Springs.
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2016
Berkshire Theatre Group presents an afternoon of chamber music and chocolate with The South Shore Trio, on Sunday, June 5 at 3pm, as part of the On the Stage Series. This event is sponsored by Chocolate Springs.
BWW Review: The Hope in Love: Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater Presents GIRLFRIEND
by Kristen Morale - May 18, 2016
With a book by Todd Almond, with music and lyrics by Matthew Sweet (from the latter's album of the same name plus songs derived from Altered Beats and 100% Fun) and originally produced by Berkeley Repertory Theatre in Berkeley, CA, Girlfriend is now directed by Christopher Ostrom as it comes to WHAT on the Julie Harris Stage. Girlfriend: A Rock Musical tells the story of two young men living in Nebraska, fresh out of high school and each with different plans as to what his future will look like after the summer ends. Michael is ready to move out of his tyrannical father's house but not so adamant about following in his footsteps and becoming a doctor; with a full ride to college, his life is not necessarily the fairy-tale a person could look at him and see unfolding. On the other hand, Will hasn't an idea in the world what to do with himself beyond his high school years. As summer vacation is about to begin, Michael asks Will if he'd like to hang out sometime and from that moment onward, the summer is spent trying to understand the feelings that were already blooming between them from the start; it just took two young men and the chance they gave themselves to see something that needed to be made clear for each of them.
by Kristen Morale - May 18, 2016
With a book by Todd Almond, with music and lyrics by Matthew Sweet (from the latter's album of the same name plus songs derived from Altered Beats and 100% Fun) and originally produced by Berkeley Repertory Theatre in Berkeley, CA, Girlfriend is now directed by Christopher Ostrom as it comes to WHAT on the Julie Harris Stage. Girlfriend: A Rock Musical tells the story of two young men living in Nebraska, fresh out of high school and each with different plans as to what his future will look like after the summer ends. Michael is ready to move out of his tyrannical father's house but not so adamant about following in his footsteps and becoming a doctor; with a full ride to college, his life is not necessarily the fairy-tale a person could look at him and see unfolding. On the other hand, Will hasn't an idea in the world what to do with himself beyond his high school years. As summer vacation is about to begin, Michael asks Will if he'd like to hang out sometime and from that moment onward, the summer is spent trying to understand the feelings that were already blooming between them from the start; it just took two young men and the chance they gave themselves to see something that needed to be made clear for each of them.
Provincetown Theater Project's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Begins Tonight
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2016
The Provincetown Theater Community Project presents THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde, running tonight, May 18, through June 5, 2016.
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2016
The Provincetown Theater Community Project presents THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde, running tonight, May 18, through June 5, 2016.
Full Casts Announced for Barrington Stage Company's AMERICAN SON and KIMBERLY AKIMBO
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2016
Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Managing Director Tristan Wilson, is proud to announce full casting for both the World Premiere play, American Son, winner of the prestigious Laurents/Hatcher Award for Best New Play of 2016, and Kimberly Akimbo.
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2016
Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Managing Director Tristan Wilson, is proud to announce full casting for both the World Premiere play, American Son, winner of the prestigious Laurents/Hatcher Award for Best New Play of 2016, and Kimberly Akimbo.
Huntington's Anti-Bullying Program to Perform New Play Next Week
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2016
Students from the Huntington's anti-bullying program "Not Waiting on the World to Change" will perform STOP: Stories to Open Perspective, a new play written by the students and directed by Pascale Florestal, at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA on Tuesday, May 24 at 7:30pm. A post-show discussion will follow the reading.
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2016
Students from the Huntington's anti-bullying program "Not Waiting on the World to Change" will perform STOP: Stories to Open Perspective, a new play written by the students and directed by Pascale Florestal, at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA on Tuesday, May 24 at 7:30pm. A post-show discussion will follow the reading.
BWW Review: World Premiere of Gabridge's BLOOD ON THE SNOW
by Nancy Grossman - May 16, 2016
BLOOD ON THE SNOW imagines the details of the morning after the Boston Massacre. On March 6, 1770, the acting Royal Governor met with his advisors in the Council Chamber in the Old State House to determine how to restore calm and prevent further bloodshed. The event was a watershed moment for the citizens of Boston on the road to the American Revolution. Patrick Gabridge, the Bostonian Society, and the National Park Service stage the production in the very room where history was made, and the audience becomes the virtual 'fly on the wall.'
by Nancy Grossman - May 16, 2016
BLOOD ON THE SNOW imagines the details of the morning after the Boston Massacre. On March 6, 1770, the acting Royal Governor met with his advisors in the Council Chamber in the Old State House to determine how to restore calm and prevent further bloodshed. The event was a watershed moment for the citizens of Boston on the road to the American Revolution. Patrick Gabridge, the Bostonian Society, and the National Park Service stage the production in the very room where history was made, and the audience becomes the virtual 'fly on the wall.'
Gloucester Stage Company to Open 37th Season with LETTICE AND LOVAGE
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2016
Gloucester Stage Company kicks off the 37th season of producing professional theater on Cape Ann with Peter Shaffer's Lettice and Lovage opening on May 19 and running through June 11 at 267 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA.
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2016
Gloucester Stage Company kicks off the 37th season of producing professional theater on Cape Ann with Peter Shaffer's Lettice and Lovage opening on May 19 and running through June 11 at 267 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA.
Berkshire Theatre Group to Welcome Hotel California: A Salute to the Eagles, 6/2
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2016
Berkshire Theatre Group welcomes Hotel California: A Salute to the Eagles to The Colonial Theatre on Thursday, June 2 at 8pm.
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2016
Berkshire Theatre Group welcomes Hotel California: A Salute to the Eagles to The Colonial Theatre on Thursday, June 2 at 8pm.
BTG and Only In My Dreams to Present Berkshire Dance Party & Cabaret for GLBTQ Pride Month
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2016
Berkshire Theatre Group and Only In My Dreams Events LLC present the First Annual Berkshire Dance Party and Cabaret in celebration of GLBTQ Pride Month, at The Colonial Theatre, June 3 at 8pm.
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2016
Berkshire Theatre Group and Only In My Dreams Events LLC present the First Annual Berkshire Dance Party and Cabaret in celebration of GLBTQ Pride Month, at The Colonial Theatre, June 3 at 8pm.
Cast Announced for Fiddlehead's SHOW BOAT at Shubert Theatre
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2016
Meg Fofonoff and Stacey Stephens, Producing Artistic Directors of Fiddlehead Theatre Company, announced today the cast of Show Boat, the company's first production in partnership with the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont Street, Boston. Show Boat will run for twelve performances from June 22-July 3, 2016. Co-Directed by Fofonoff and Stephens, Show Boat will feature a cast of 50 starring seasoned international and off-Broadway performers including Kim Corbett (West Side Story, Les Miserables) as Magnolia Hawks, Jeremiah James (The Fantasticks) as Gaylord Ravenal, Lindsay Roberts (The Gershwins' Porgy And Bess) as Queenie, and Brian Kinnard (Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story) as Joe. Show Boat is Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's epic of life on the Mississippi River with some of the most beautiful and influential music ever written for the stage including 'Ol'Man River,' 'Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man' and 'Bill.' Show Boat will be choreographed by Wendy Hall, with a 27-piece live orchestra under the direction of Charles Peltz.
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2016
Meg Fofonoff and Stacey Stephens, Producing Artistic Directors of Fiddlehead Theatre Company, announced today the cast of Show Boat, the company's first production in partnership with the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont Street, Boston. Show Boat will run for twelve performances from June 22-July 3, 2016. Co-Directed by Fofonoff and Stephens, Show Boat will feature a cast of 50 starring seasoned international and off-Broadway performers including Kim Corbett (West Side Story, Les Miserables) as Magnolia Hawks, Jeremiah James (The Fantasticks) as Gaylord Ravenal, Lindsay Roberts (The Gershwins' Porgy And Bess) as Queenie, and Brian Kinnard (Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story) as Joe. Show Boat is Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's epic of life on the Mississippi River with some of the most beautiful and influential music ever written for the stage including 'Ol'Man River,' 'Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man' and 'Bill.' Show Boat will be choreographed by Wendy Hall, with a 27-piece live orchestra under the direction of Charles Peltz.
BWW Review: Another Country Heard From: Scandinavian Stage Debuts With I CALL MY BROTHERS
by Nancy Grossman - May 12, 2016
Producing Artistic Director and Founder of Israeli Stage, Guy Ben-Aharon helmed a staged reading of Swedish-Tunisian playwright/author Jonas Hassen Khemiri's I CALL MY BROTHERS last night in Nordic Hall at the Scandinavian Cultural Center in West Newton. The first-ever theatrical performance at SCC was in partnership with the Center for Arabic Culture and featured a quartet of Boston actors: Ramona Lisa Alexander, Greg Maraio, Nael Nacer, and Gigi Watson.
by Nancy Grossman - May 12, 2016
Producing Artistic Director and Founder of Israeli Stage, Guy Ben-Aharon helmed a staged reading of Swedish-Tunisian playwright/author Jonas Hassen Khemiri's I CALL MY BROTHERS last night in Nordic Hall at the Scandinavian Cultural Center in West Newton. The first-ever theatrical performance at SCC was in partnership with the Center for Arabic Culture and featured a quartet of Boston actors: Ramona Lisa Alexander, Greg Maraio, Nael Nacer, and Gigi Watson.
Berkshire Theatre Group to Host 11th Annual Richie duPont Award Event, 5/27
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2016
Berkshire Theatre Group is thrilled to be holding the 11th Annual Richie duPont Award Event featuring The Berkshire Jazz Collective on Friday, May, 27 at 7pm at The Garage.
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2016
Berkshire Theatre Group is thrilled to be holding the 11th Annual Richie duPont Award Event featuring The Berkshire Jazz Collective on Friday, May, 27 at 7pm at The Garage.
BWW Review: Comedy Takes the Stand in Eventide's FORUM
by Kristen Morale - May 12, 2016
Everyone is familiar with the works of Stephen Sondheim, quite the musical genius himself: his contributions to everything from 'West Side Story' to 'Sweeney Todd' have really set him apart from others in the musical theater realm; his style is so eclectic, his music so beautiful, that any show which bears his name is most likely going to be something great. Not necessarily a fan of comedy but having great admiration for and desire to see any type of musical I have the opportunity of seeing, Sondheim's 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum' is a musical I have not had the pleasure of seeing before the Eventide Theatre Company showed me just how wonderful a show it truly it. The number of laughs and clever moments planned (and disasters diverted or avoided) are as plentiful as the amount of words in the title of this musical. The show is a farce, so anything and everything can happen, so long as one character's involvement in the continuous hoax is constantly given complete attention to and, ironically, prone to the greatest bout of almost far-fetched confusion that can be had. Yes, 'Forum' not only provides perpetual laughs had by both the sheer unknowingness of all the characters of what, exactly, is going on (not to mention each individual is quite the character on his/her own), but the music is wonderful and upbeat, the plot is lighthearted and there just really is not a reason to be mentioned why this musical is anything but pure, adulterated fun (which doesn't mean what you think!) Eventide should be extremely proud of this production now brought to their stage, and as this was my first time seeing it, I can now confidently share with others the enthusiasm felt that night as I watched magic unfold.
by Kristen Morale - May 12, 2016
Everyone is familiar with the works of Stephen Sondheim, quite the musical genius himself: his contributions to everything from 'West Side Story' to 'Sweeney Todd' have really set him apart from others in the musical theater realm; his style is so eclectic, his music so beautiful, that any show which bears his name is most likely going to be something great. Not necessarily a fan of comedy but having great admiration for and desire to see any type of musical I have the opportunity of seeing, Sondheim's 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum' is a musical I have not had the pleasure of seeing before the Eventide Theatre Company showed me just how wonderful a show it truly it. The number of laughs and clever moments planned (and disasters diverted or avoided) are as plentiful as the amount of words in the title of this musical. The show is a farce, so anything and everything can happen, so long as one character's involvement in the continuous hoax is constantly given complete attention to and, ironically, prone to the greatest bout of almost far-fetched confusion that can be had. Yes, 'Forum' not only provides perpetual laughs had by both the sheer unknowingness of all the characters of what, exactly, is going on (not to mention each individual is quite the character on his/her own), but the music is wonderful and upbeat, the plot is lighthearted and there just really is not a reason to be mentioned why this musical is anything but pure, adulterated fun (which doesn't mean what you think!) Eventide should be extremely proud of this production now brought to their stage, and as this was my first time seeing it, I can now confidently share with others the enthusiasm felt that night as I watched magic unfold.
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