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Merrimack Repertory Theatre's I AND YOU Begins Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2015
Merrimack Repertory Theatre is following up on the overwhelming success of the season opener, 'The Lion,' with a regional premiere directed by the company's new artistic director Sean Daniels. 'I and You' by Lauren Gunderson tells the story of two very different teenagers, Caroline and Anthony, who struggle to connect as they work on a school project about Walt Whitman's poetry. Over the course of the play and through a stunning surprise ending, they find that there is more that unites them than divides them. This production marks the New England premiere of the play that won the 2014 Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award, which recognizes new work produced outside of New York.
Photo Flash: First Look at Michael F. Toomey in AN ILIAD at Shakespeare & Company
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2015
The OBIE Award winning play AN ILIAD comes to Shakespeare & Company with Michael F. Toomey starring as The Poet in this one-man tour-de-force. Award winning actor and director Jonathan Epstein takes the reins on this fresh take of a timeless classic that also features musician Gregory Boover. Written by Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare, this carefully crafted and expansive tale based on Homer's epic poem explores the topic of whether anything has really changed since the Trojan War. Previews began October 3 and performances run through November 1 in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Wang Theatre to Hold Open House Celebrating 90th Anniversary, 10/16
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2015
The Citi Wang Theatre is celebrating its birthday, and the public is invited!
Celebrity Series of Boston to Present 'What Makes It Great?' with Rob Kapilow, 11/6
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2015
Celebrity Series of Boston will present What Makes It Great? with Rob Kapilow and soprano Emily Albrink in All the Things You Are, American song from Kern to Copland and beyond on Friday, November 6, 2015 at 8pm at NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA. Sponsored by Amy and Joshua Boger, and the D.L. Saunders Real Estate & Hotel Investors Group, AMO.
North Shore Music Theatre to Present SISTER ACT, 11/3-15
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2015
Get ready to rejoice! SISTER ACT, the gloriously funny five-time Tony-nominated musical, is taking the stage at Bill Hanney's award winning North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT). SISTER ACT will begin Tuesday, November 3, and plays thru Sunday, November 15. Press/Opening Night is scheduled for Wednesday, November 4 at 7:30 pm.
BWW Preview: SWEENEY TODD to Thrill Audiences on Cape Cod this Fall
by Kristen Morale - October 06, 2015
The Academy Playhouse, a group that has been bringing quality theater to the Cape Cod community for over forty years, is proud to present its next exciting production of Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. With quite a beautiful yet challenging score and one of the most deliciously evil yet profound plots in the history of music theater, the Academy rises to the challenge to stage this killer of a musical for the start of its fall season, and with this ambitious endeavor comes the dedicated and talented cast that will make it all happen - familiar faces that have called the Academy their home for quite some time. Knowing this, Sweeney is undoubtedly bound to both delight and frighten audiences this fall.
WAM Theatre Wraps Up Second Successful 'Fresh Takes' Season
by BWW News Desk - October 05, 2015
As rehearsals begin for WAM Theatre's fall MainStage production of HOLY LAUGHTER the company is basking in the glow of a successful season of 'Fresh Takes' Play Readings. Curated by WAM's Artistic Associate Molly Clancy, all five of this year's plays were penned by living female playwrights,  directed by women and featured many local professional theatre artists.
STAGE TUBE: First Look at Highlights of NSMT's BILLY ELLIOT
by Christina Mancuso - October 05, 2015
Get ready to be amazed, be inspired, and be moved when BILLY ELLIOT The Musical, the joyous smash hit musical, takes the stage at Bill Hanney's award winning North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) in an all new production created just for NSMT audiences. BILLY ELLIOT The Musical is playing thru Sunday, October 11. Check out a first look at highlights below!
Berkshire Theatre Group to Present THE HOMECOMING, 10/3-25
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2015
Berkshire Theatre Group presents the Tony Award-Winning Classic The Homecoming at the Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge. Opening Night is October 3 at 7pm. Preview performances begin on October 1 at 7pm and the production closes October 25 at 2pm. 
Reagle Music Theatre to Host REMEMBERING THE 40S This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2015
Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston will present Remembering the 40's October 3-4, 2015 at the Robinson Theatre, 617 Lexington St, Waltham, MA, 02452. This nostalgic musical tribute will run for three performances only on Saturday, October 3rd at 2:00 and 7:00 pm; Sunday, October 4th at 2 pm. Stroll down memory lane revisiting America's greatest generation during the war years. Delight once again in the sights of the 1940's - and oh, those incredible, unforgettable songs! Reagle's loving tribute features The War Front, Home Front, Big Band beat, Swing, Rexall Radio Hour, Alumnae of the World Famous Precision Dancers, and a salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein. Veterans of all wars are admitted free - as our honored guests! To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.reaglemusictheatre.com, call 781-891-5600, or visit the theater box office at 617 Lexington St, Waltham, MA, 02452.
Photo Flash: First Look at Cape Rep Theatre's 'MR. BURNS'
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2015
Cape Rep presents the Cape Cod Premiere of Anne Washburn's Mr. Burns, a post electric play through October 18. The BroadwayWorld.com review called it 'Riveting, thought-provoking and just completely different.' Check out a first look below!
Gloucester Stage Names New Artistic Director
by BWW News Desk - October 01, 2015
Gloucester Stage is pleased to announce that Robert Walsh has been named Artistic Director of the 36-year old non-profit professional theatre, effective immediately. Walsh's appointment as Artistic Director continues a 20-year relationship with Gloucester Stage as both an actor and director as well as serving as Interim Artistic Director since December, 2014. During Gloucester Stage's 2015 season Walsh directed Enda Walsh's The New Electric Ballroom and currently appears in the New England premiere of Israel Horovitz's Gloucester Blue, which has extended it run through October 11.
Anita Gillette, Julie Halston & More to Join Nick Offerman in A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES in Boston
by BWW News Desk - October 01, 2015
The Huntington Theatre Company presents the world premiere production of A Confederacy of Dunces, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by John Kennedy Toole, directed by David Esbjornson (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and All My Sons) and featuring Nick Offerman of NBC's 'Parks and Recreation.'  Performances begin November 11, 2015 and will run through December 13, 2015 at the BU Theatre / Avenue of the Arts. 
KANSAS CITY CHOIR BOY with Courtney Love Begins Tonight at A.R.T's Oberon
by BWW News Desk - October 01, 2015
The American Repertory Theater expands its 2015/16 Season programming with the OBERON Presents series, featuring a range of artists, companies, and programs. Up next is KANSAS CITY CHOIR BOY, with music and lyrics by Todd Almond, and featuring Courtney Love and Almond. The production runs tonight, October 1, through October 10, 2015.
Barrington Stage Presents Tom Coash's VEILS, Beginning Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 01, 2015
Barrington Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Managing Director Tristan Wilson, will present the new play VEILS by Tom Coash, from tonight, October 1, through October 18, with a press opening Sunday, October 4 at 3pm..
Huntington Screens MY SO-CALLED LIFE Pilot with Creator Winnie Holzman Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 01, 2015
The Huntington Theatre Company presents a special free screening of the pilot episode of MY SO-CALLED LIFE in the Wimberly Theatre at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA tonight, October 1 at 7:30pm. The evening will include a post-screening discussion with MY SO-CALLED LIFE creator and CHOICE playwright Winnie Holzman and WBUR's Robin Young, co-host of the nationally-broadcast HERE AND NOW.
Photo Flash: First Look at BILLY ELLIOT, Opening Tonight at North Shore Music Theatre
by BWW News Desk - September 30, 2015
Get ready to be amazed, be inspired, and be moved when BILLY ELLIOT The Musical, the joyous smash hit musical, takes the stage at Bill Hanney's award winning North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) in an all new production created just for NSMT audiences. BILLY ELLIOT The Musical opens tonight, September 30, and plays through Sunday, October 11. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
MRT Names New Artistic Producer
by BWW News Desk - September 30, 2015
Merrimack Repertory Theatre is proud to announce the hiring of Emily Ruddock as the company's Artistic Producer. In this newly-created position, Ruddock will serve as a senior member of the theatre working to shepherd work from its initial impulse through development to its world premiere. She will play a central role in MRT's continued goal to place artists and audience at the center of the organization as it becomes a national leader in new play production.
BWW Review: ERNEST SHACKLETON LOVES ME: High Tech Musical Adventure
by Nancy Grossman - September 30, 2015
ArtsEmerson: The World on Stage opens its sixth season with ERNEST SHACKLETON LOVES ME, a time-traveling musical adventure that takes a modern-day woman out of her Brooklyn apartment and way out of her comfort zone to join the polar explorer on his harrowing expedition a century ago. Director Lisa Peterson and the engaging duo of Valerie Vigoda and Wade McCollum bring out the humanity of the characters through the magic of music and design.
Lyric Stage's SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY MORNING Cast, Creative Team Announced
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2015
In the tradition of the moving Intimate Apparel and hilarious By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, Saturday Night/Sunday Morning is a 'fresh, spontaneous, and highly watchable'* play that brings together seven African-American women in a Memphis beauty parlor/boarding house during the waning days of World War II. As they wrestle with the uncertainty of what the future will hold when, and if, their men return, they fight dirty - with each other and with their own fears and desires, uncovering newfound friendship and love. Katori Hall is an exciting new theatrical voice best known for her play The Mountaintop, about Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final night before his assassination.
North Shore Music Theatre Presents BILLY ELLIOT This Fall
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2015
Get ready to be amazed, be inspired, and be moved when BILLY ELLIOT The Musical, the joyous smash hit musical, takes the stage at Bill Hanney's award winning North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) in an all new production created just for NSMT audiences. BILLY ELLIOT The Musical begins tonight, September 29, and plays thru Sunday, October 11. Press/Opening Night is scheduled for Wednesday, September 30 at 7:30 pm.
FPAC to Stage THE ADDAMS FAMILY
by BWW News Desk - September 28, 2015
Franklin Performing Arts Company (FPAC) presents the hit musical comedy, The Addams Family, on October 24 at 7:30 p.m., October 25 at 2:00 p.m., and October 30 at 7:30 p.m., with two shows on October 31 at 2:00 and 8:30. Celebrate a bewitching holiday with a performance before or after Trick or Treating on Halloween; audiences are invited to come dressed in costume, and prizes will be awarded. Part of FPAC's 25th anniversary season, The Addams Family will be staged at THE BLACK BOX, the company's new home and performance venue, located at 15 West Central Street in downtown Franklin. 
BWW Review: THE 'GREAT' AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL Returns to CCTC
by Kristen Morale - September 28, 2015
After an exciting summer season, Harwich Junior Theater, now a part of the Cape Cod Theatre Company, continues its sixty-forth season with a revival of its start-of-summer hit, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, bringing back a majority of its original cast that once made (and hereby continues to make) this show quite the adventure to embark on. To call it a revival, though, really does not do what is currently happening on that stage justice, as the cast and creative team has thus come together again to create a show that is even more powerful and more hilarious than what I remember; it is essentially a new show. The success and beauty of the first production, though, made me more than happy to provide a second review of the show, but the prospect of sitting through it again (even though I am now pretty familiar with the show) made me quite willing to make my way to CCTC once again.
Tickets to WAM Theatre's Fall Show Now On Sale
by BWW News Desk - September 28, 2015
Tickets are now on sale for WAM Theatre's fall MainStage production of Holy Laughter, scheduled for for October 29-November 22 at the St. Germain Stage in the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center in Pittsfield. This poignant comedy follows Abigail, an Episcopal priest who finds that the reality of leading a church is radically and hilariously different than what she learned in seminary. Hymns, liturgical dance and a wicked tongue lift playwright Catherine Trieschmann's antic portrait of a small, struggling congregation to comic heights. This will be the first workshop production of this new play, which is still in development.
Boston Public Works Unveils Second Season
by BWW News Desk - September 28, 2015
For its second season, Boston Public Works Theater Company will present three original plays by member playwrights of the playwright-centric company.  All three productions will be produced at the Boston Center for the Arts in the heart of Boston's cultural and arts-centric South End.

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