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Huntington Announces Special Events Lineup for Winnie Holzman's CHOICE
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2015
Alongside their production of WICKED book writer Winnie Holzman's new play CHOICE, the Huntington Theatre Company will host a number of special events and post-show conversations.
BWW Review: SWEENEY TODD Makes the Cut at Academy Playhouse
by Kristen Morale - October 16, 2015
With score and lyrics by the [in]famous Stephen Sondheim and a book by Hugh Wheeler, Director Peter Earle brings Sweeney Todd to the town of Orleans, enshrouding the Academy Playhouse's intimate black-box theater in darkness as black as the hearts of many of the characters that make this show of such a menacing nature. Continuing in the tradition of producing quality theater for forty years and following a successful summer season, Earle's creative vision brings yet another production to unforgettable heights, proving to both loyal theater-goers and those who happened to be on Cape for the holiday weekend that the Academy does not play around when it comes to extracting the absolute rawness of a show and putting in on stage in a way that keep audiences coming back for more.
Wang Theatre Holds Open House Celebrating 90th Anniversary Today
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2015
The Citi Wang Theatre is celebrating its birthday, and the public is invited!
Huntington Premieres WICKED Book Writer Winnie Holzman's New Play CHOICE Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2015
The Huntington Theatre Company presents the world premiere of CHOICE by award-winning playwright Winnie Holzman and directed by Sheryl Kaller (Next Fall on Broadway). Performances begin tonight, October 16 and continue through November 15, 2015 at the South End / Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA.
Boston Center for the Arts Announces New Performing Arts Residencies
by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2015
The Boston Center for the Arts (BCA), Boston's premier nonprofit organization dedicated to serving up-and-coming visual and performing artists in the Greater Boston area, is pleased to announce the recipients of the new BCA Performing Arts Residency Program. The BCA Performing Arts Residency Program serves emerging and early stage theatre and dance companies. Prompted by the close of the Factory Theatre, the newly restructured Performing Arts Residency grew out of community conversations with area small theatres. BCA is excited to offer an expanded program that includes three dance companies and an additional eight resident theatre companies. 
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES, Starring Nick Offerman, Extends Boston Run
by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2015
Due to popular demand, the Huntington Theatre Company announces the addition of one week of performances to its run of the world premiere production of A Confederacy of Dunces. The show will now play through December 20, 2015 at the Boston University Theatre. Previews begin Wednesday, November 11; Opening Night is Wednesday, November 18. A new block of tickets are now on sale.
Hub Theatre to Stage THE LOVE OF THE NIGHTINGALE
by BWW News Desk - October 14, 2015
Hub Theatre Company of Boston will cap off its critically acclaimed third season with Timberlake Wertenbaker's The Love of the Nightingale at First Church in Boston, Friday, November 6 through Saturday, November 21.
THE BOOK OF MORMON Breaks House Record in Boston
by BWW News Desk - October 14, 2015
THE BOOK OF MORMON currently holds the all-time record at Boston Opera House for the highest weekly gross (for an eight-show performance week) for the week ending April 28, 2013 during which the show grossed $2,416,438.00.  
Eventide Theatre Company to Present DANCING AT LUGHNASA
by BWW News Desk - October 13, 2015
Dancing at Lughnasa, Irish playwright Brian Friel's 1992 'most elegant and rueful memory play since Tennessee William's The Glass Menagerie' (Time Magazine), will be presented by the Eventide Theatre Company on the Gertrude Lawrence Stage at Dennis Union Church in the heart of Dennis Village from October 15 - November 8 (Thursdays - Saturdays at 7:30, Sundays at 2:30. No performance October 18).
FSPA's Little Music School to Hold Open House Later This Month
by BWW News Desk - October 12, 2015
The Little Music School (LMS) at the Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) will hold an Open House for prospective students and families on Sunday, October 25 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 38 Main Street in downtown Franklin.
Cape Rep Theatre to Present LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, 11/5-12/6
by BWW News Desk - October 12, 2015
Cape Rep Theatre concludes its 30th Anniversary season with the Tony-winning Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein musical, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, November 5th through December 6th: Wednesdays and  Thursdays at 7 pm, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, and Sundays at 2pm, with an additional 2 pm matinee on Saturday, November 28.  There are no performances November 8, 11, 25 or 26.  Tickets are $33-35.  Pay-What-You-Can-Night is the first Friday, November 6th. Group rates & Student Rush tickets also available.  Call the box office for details.  Cape Rep Indoor Theater. North Side Route 6A E. Brewster. 508.896.1888 or www.?caperep.org. 
Gloucester Stage to Celebrate Arthur Miller Centennial
by BWW News Desk - October 12, 2015
Gloucester Stage proudly presents The Arthur Miller Centennial, a celebration of playwright Arthur Miller and his work in honor of his 100th birthday, on Saturday, October 17 at 7:30pm at Gloucester Stage, 267 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA.
New Repertory Theatre Stages Caryl Churchill's A NUMBER, Beginning Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 10, 2015
New Repertory Theatre announces A NUMBER by Caryl Churchill, tonight, October 10 - November 1, 2015 in the Charles Mosesian Theater at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA. The press opening will be Monday, October 12, at 7:30pm.
Huntington Theatre Company Plans to Stage 15 Sondheim Pieces
by BWW News Desk - October 09, 2015
Boston's Huntington Theatre Company is putting some stock in legendary Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim.
Liars & Believers Presents WHO WOULD BE KING Who at OBERON
by BWW News Desk - October 09, 2015
Liars & Believers (LAB), Boston's innovative experimental theatre company since 2010, presents the world premiere of their original production Who Would Be King, on select nights from November 5 through 22, 7:30 pm at OBERON, American Repertory Theater's second destination stage for nightlife on the fringe of Harvard Square, 2 Arrow Street, Cambridge. The production is conceived and directed by Jason Slavick, written by the LAB ensemble, with music and lyrics by Jay Mobley. Each performance is made accessible for the hearing impaired through super-title captioning. A pilot audio description program also provides accessibility to vision impaired and blind audiences at one select performance.
Nominations Open for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Boston Awards
by BWW Special Coverage - October 09, 2015
Nominations have now opened for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 2014 and September 2015. Nominations are reader-submitted and will be open through October 31.
Petition Posted Urging Emerson College To Preserve Historic Colonial Theatre
by Michael Dale - October 08, 2015
The College is considering plans that would convert the 115 year old theatre into a dining hall/performance space as part of a larger Colonial Student Center.
Plans For Tryout Home of PORGY AND BESS, OKLAHOMA!, FOLLIES To Convert Into Emerson College Student Center
by Michael Dale - October 08, 2015
A radical plan would transform Boston's Colonial Theatre into a dining hall/performance space, as part of a larger Colonial Student Center.
Stoneham Theatre to Present LUNA GALE
by BWW News Desk - October 08, 2015
Stoneham Theatre continues Season 16 with the Boston area premiere of Rebecca Gilman's gripping new drama Luna Gale. Performances run from October 22 - November 8, 2015. Press Opening is Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 3:00pm.
Boston University and Huntington Theater Part Ways After 33 Years
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2015
After 33 years, Boston University and Huntington Theater Company have decided to end their partnership in order to achieve 'different goals.'
SpeakEasy Stage to Host Fall Benefit THE SWELLTIME VARIETY HOUR, 11/9
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2015
On Monday November 9, SpeakEasy Stage will proudly present THE SWELLTIME VARIETY HOUR, an evening of "songs, sketches, soaps, stars, surprises, and serviceable banter," written in the style of an old-time radio show by the company's own in-house playwright Walt McGough.
Actors' Shakespeare Project Sets New Venues, Casts for 2015-16 Season
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2015
Actors' Shakespeare Project (ASP) today revealed new venues and  casting for the next two productions for the 2015/16 Season, Affairs of the Heart. The company's 12th season opened with the  tragedy in Othello, now playing until October 25 at The Modern Theatre at Suffolk University. Next ASP explores romance in The Winter's Tale, war and strife in Richard II, and comedy in The School for Scandal.  "ASP strives to present bold themes-the kind audiences not only expect, they demand of us," says Artistic Director Allyn Burrows. "Our upcoming productions will deliver on that expectation, offering up a bounty of theater at the extremes of human emotion."  For more information, visit our new and improved website at actorsshakespeareproject.org or call 617-776-2200 x 235.
BabsonARTS to Present ETHEL's DOCUMERICA, 10/23
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2015
A meditation on America's relationship to our land, our resources, and ourselves, BabsonARTS will present ETHEL's Documerica, a multimedia concert that melds multiple screen video projections with original music by some of today's top composers and performed with electrifying virtuosity by the indie-classical quartet ETHEL,  Friday, October 23, 8 p.m. at Carling-Sorenson Theater 213 Forest Street at Babson College. Tickets are $25 general admission, Babson Faculty/Staff: $10, and college students: $5. For more information visit babsonarts.org or call OvationTix at 866-811-4111. 
Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater's 'THRILL ME' to Open 10/24
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2015
Closing their 2015 theater season, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater (WHAT) presents Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story, with book, music and lyrics by Stephen Doginoff. Thrill Me is a musical theatrical event that recounts the chilling, true story of the legendary duo who committed one of the most infamous and heinous crimes of the twentieth century. Focusing on their obsessive relationship and utilizing Leopold's 1958 parole hearing as a framework, Thrill Me reveals the series of events in 1924 Chicago that led about-to-be law students Leopold and Loeb to be forever remembered as 'the thrill killers.' Thrill Me runs October 24 through November 8 at WHAT.
Spirit Medium Maureen Hancock Raises Funds for The Friends of the State Theatre Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2015
Internationally renowned spirit medium Maureen Hancock presents a fundraiser to benefit The Friends of the State Theatre (FOST), a non-profit volunteer organization committed to preserving and revitalizing Stoughton's historic State Theatre.

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