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Boston Playwrights' Theatre 2015-16 Season to Feature Works by Robert Brustein & More
by BWW News Desk - September 02, 2015
Boston Playwrights' Theatre (BPT) today announces the three new plays that will comprise its 34th season. The line-up includes Exposed by Robert Brustein, Back the Night by Melinda Lopez and Rhinoceros adapted by Wesley Savick.
Bridge Rep to Launch Third Season with Shura Baryshnikov & Oscar Wilde's SALOME
by BWW News Desk - September 02, 2015
Bridge Repertory Theater kicks off its third season with Oscar Wilde's fast-paced one-act, inspired by the iconic Bible story, and featuring dancer Shura Baryshnikov in the titular role.
BWW Review: MURDER BY MISADVENTURE - Wow, What a Whodunit!
by Kristen Morale - September 02, 2015
Written by Edward Taylor (whom I would love to have the privilege of chatting with, the inner workings of his brain must be so profound) and directed by James Brennan (this show rocked, if you haven't already caught that), Murder by Misadventure is the title that mystery-series writing duo Kent and Riggs has bestowed upon its next potential project, but one which proves itself to not be limited to the confines of a television screen. Harold Kent is at odds with his careless and belligerent partner Riggs, who is also a fan of excessive alcohol consumption; simply put, he is a drunk, but a drunk with all the successful ideas the team has to offer the public. So, when Kent becomes determined to rid himself of his alcoholic partner whom he considers a burden (especially when an unexpected secret is at last disclosed), he decides that an "accidental" murder is the best course of action, using his partner's brilliant idea of a plotline against its creator. What ensues afterwards involves Kent, his wife and the couple's adamant yet somewhat laissez-faire follow-up of a murder they think will be a cinch, but what actually goes dreadfully wrong.
Betty Buckley Comes to Provincetown's Peregrine Theatre This Week
by BWW News Desk - September 02, 2015
Tony Award winner, star of film, television, movies and an inductee to the Theatre Hall of Fame, Betty Buckley returns to Provincetown for a two-night concert event, this week, September 3 & 4, 2015 at 8 PM.
GHOST QUARTET, KANSAS CITY CHOIR BOY and More Set for OBERON This Fall
by BWW News Desk - September 01, 2015
OBERON, the American Repertory Theater's (A.R.T.) second stage and club theater venue on the fringe of Harvard Square, announces all the offerings to be presented at OBERON during September and October, in addition to the previously announced productions, including Visiting Artists, Artists in Residence, and Usual Suspects.
THE BOOK OF MORMON Sets Lottery Policy for Citi Emerson Colonial Theatre Run
by BWW News Desk - September 01, 2015
THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, is pleased to announce a lottery ticket policy for the National Tour, which begins September 1 at the Citi Emerson Colonial Theatre and plays a limited 6 week engagement through October 11.  In Boston, the production will conduct a pre-show lottery at the box office, making a limited number of tickets available at $25 apiece.
Photo Coverage: David Lutken & Friends Play Mr. Finn's Cabaret at Barrington Stage Co.
by Stephen Sorokoff - September 01, 2015
David Lutken and Friends gave the Mr. Finn's Cabaret audience some great Folk/Country music last night and BroadwayWorld was there.
STAGE TUBE: Take a Ride Through Provincetown With Cabaret and Recording Legend Marilyn Maye
by Michael Dale - September 01, 2015
Looking elegant as a always, the remarkable vocal artist talks of her recording that was honored by The Smithsonian Institution.
SIDE SHOW's Alice Ripley & Emily Skinner Reunite in Provincetown This Week
by BWW News Desk - September 01, 2015
In 1998, Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner became the first actresses ever nominated together for a Best Actress Tony Award, for their performance as the conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton in the original Broadway production of 'Side Show.' This week, September 1 & 2 at 7:00 PM, Mark Cortale will reunite the two heralded stars of that musical for his ground-breaking Broadway @ The Art House series in Provincetown, featuring SiriusXM Star Seth Rudetsky as pianist and host.
THE BOOK OF MORMON Begins Tonight in Boston
by BWW News Desk - September 01, 2015
Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, which played two record breaking engagements in Boston (2013 and 2014), returns for a limited engagement tonight, September 1, through October 11, 2015 at the Citi Emerson Colonial Theatre.
New Rep and Arsenal Center to Open 'THE DISGUISE OF ILLUSION' Designers Show, 9/9
by BWW News Desk - August 31, 2015
New Repertory Theatre and the Arsenal Center for the Arts present THE DISGUISE OF ILLUSION: NEW REP DESIGNERS' SHOW, September 9-October 23, 2015 at the Arsenal Center for the Arts' Watertown Savings Bank Gallery, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA.
BWW Review: From One Sandy Shore to Another, Neil Simon's Journey Triumphs at APA
by Kristen Morale - August 31, 2015
Imagine that you are a fifteen year old living in the midst of the Great Depression, living in tight quarters with both your immediate family and a few relatives, with every dollar earned considered precious and vital to getting through each passing day. If this were the case for any of us, it would be difficult to think of anything else except the awful plight that fate seems to have bestowed upon a rather undeserving group of people - a plight that involves all those who are merely trying to survive. Having this as a reality for anyone would be disheartening enough, but watching such a story unfold on stage in the Academy of Performing Arts' production of Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs is fascinating, as Simon's fairly autobiographical story does not only revolve around the immediate difficulties of the escalating war in Europe and America's current financial situation, but the narrative does a wonderfully heart-wrenching job of making the story of one Brooklyn family so personal. Each member of the family faces his or her own issues, some immediate and some brewing for years, but with each problem is the family ultimately brought together; the journey it collectively takes to get there is what makes this first installment of Simon's trilogy so riveting to watch.
Joe Iconis Returning to Barrington Stage's Mr. Finn's Cabaret, 9/4-6
by BWW News Desk - August 31, 2015
Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership of Julianne Boyd Artistic Director and Tristan Wilson Managing Director, is proud to announce the return of award-winning songwriter Joe Iconis with his popular cabaret, Joe Iconis & Family: Outcast Superstars, for three performances September 4, 5 and 6 at 8pm, at Mr. Finn's Cabaret, at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center, 36 Linden Street, Pittsfield. 
BWW Review: Dickinson's Words Ring Forevermore in Harwich
by Kristen Morale - August 31, 2015
Dickenson believed in the power and majesty of the written word, and so, too, can a Cape Cod audience now embrace her passion in a new production which portrays not only the life of Massachusetts' own world-renown poet, but more specifically those emotions which made her one of the most memorable and fascinating people an audience can ever become acquainted with on stage. The Belle of Amherst is hereby brought to the Cape with an ecstatic bang in the form of subtle Emily Dickinson, who's basic essence on stage makes this a truly remarkable production that any director would be proud of.
Photo Flash: First Look- SWAN LAKE at the Russian Grand Ballet
by BWW News Desk - August 30, 2015
The Russian Grand Ballet is pleased to announce the performance of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 'Swan Lake' in Dorchester, on Saturday, Sept. 19 at The Strand Theatre. Doors for the performance will open at 6.30 p.m., with the show beginning at 7.30 p.m. The Russian Grand Ballet brings the classic ballet to life with Russia's brightest ballet stars to perform the full-length production. BroadwayWorld brings you photos of the production below!
BWW Review: A 'Midsummer' to End All Summers
by Kristen Morale - August 30, 2015
Watching Shakespeare's play come to life on the sandy shores of Chatham, Massachusetts is a rather interest thing to behold. Hippolyta lounges on a beach chair near the ocean while the mischievous Puck jovially dances onto the stage wearing an Anglers jersey. Cape Cod is to be found everywhere, yet Monomoy has still managed to keep the Shakespearean spirit alive and well in its production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. The characters have remained the same: Theseus and Hippolyta still plan on being wed, Helena entreats after the love and affection of the unwilling Demetrius, who instead views the fair Hermia as his darling one - a love interest shared with the doting Lysander, whom Hermia finds dear. The fairy King and Queen, in addition to those that serve them, still wreak havoc on the lives of each other as well as on the unsuspecting humans below, stealing from them their gift of free will and forcing them to see what they would not have otherwise seen. A group of men anticipating their performance before Theseus and his new bride at their wedding run into trouble when their lead is given an animal's head. Confusion and inexplicable events still run rampant, and this story remains as entertaining and riveting as ever - this is without a doubt true.
The Russian Grand Ballet Brings SWAN LAKE to Boston's Strand Theatre
by BWW News Desk - August 29, 2015
The Russian Grand Ballet is pleased to announce the performance of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" in Dorchester, on Saturday, Sept. 19 at The Strand Theatre.
Berkshire Theatre Group Announces Additions to the Fall and Winter Seasons
by BWW News Desk - August 29, 2015
Berkshire Theatre Group and Artistic Director/CEO Kate Maguire are excited to announce music, comedy and community additions to the fall and winter seasons and the 10th Annual Community Production of A Christmas Carol.
MIT Musical Theatre Guild to Stage THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE This Sept
by BWW News Desk - August 28, 2015
The MIT Musical Theatre Guild presents THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE with Music & Lyrics by William Finn, Book by Rachel Sheinkin, Conceived by Rebecca Feldman. The show runs September 4-5, 10-12, 17-19 at 8 PM and September 6 at 2 PM in the Kresge Little Theater.
A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING and More Set for Reagle Music Theatre's Fall 2015 Season
by BWW News Desk - August 28, 2015
Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston will present four musical favorites from September-December 2015 designed to delight theater-goers of all ages: From Tony-nominated musicals to celebrity concerts and Reagle's popular revues, this season at Reagle will get your toes tapping and your fingers snapping. 
STAGE TUBE: Behind-the-Scenes with the Costume Designer of Huntington Theatre's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
by Christina Mancuso - August 28, 2015
The Huntington Theatre Company will open its 2015-2016 season with the Tony Award-winning musical A Little Night Music, Stephen Sondheim's most romantic and popular work, led by Tony and Olivier nominee Haydn Gwynne, as well as Broadway's Stephen Bogardus and Lauren Molina. Huntington Artistic Director Peter DuBois (after all the terrible things I do; Smart People; Rapture, Blister, Burn; and Becky Shaw) will direct. Performances will run September 11 - October 11, 2015 at the Avenue of the Arts / BU Theatre. Check out the video below on outfitting the cast in the show!
Megan Hilty to Headline Boston Gay Men's Chorus Benefit, 9/18
by BWW News Desk - August 27, 2015
 The Boston Gay Men's Chorus (BGMC) welcomes Megan Hilty and Seth Rudetsky as Mark Cortale's Broadway @ series comes to the Citi Shubert for the first time ever on Friday, Sept. 18. Hilty, star of stage and television, joins Grammy- and Emmy-nominated Sirius XM Radio star Seth Rudetsky as they shoot the breeze, dish the dirt, and raise the roof with a host of classic Broadway songs.
Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of RADIUM GIRLS at Flat Earth Theatre
by BWW News Desk - August 26, 2015
Helmed by award-winning director Lindsay Eagle (Rocket Man, What Once We Felt), Flat Earth Theatre presents the first all-female professional production of D.W. Gregory's moving play inspired by the true story of the factory workers of the U.S. Radium Corporation. RADIUM GIRLS concludes Flat Earth's 2015 season 'Progress and Peril,' stories of scientific progress and the lives it has ruined, which also featured critically acclaimed productions of Ted Tally's TERRA NOVA in February and Aaron Sorkin's THE FARNSWORTH INVENTION in June. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the cast!
WAM Theatre Sets Cast for Final 2015 Fresh Takes Reading
by BWW News Desk - August 26, 2015
WAM Theatre has announced the cast for the final offering in the 2015 Fresh Takes Play Reading Series, The Effect by Lucy Prebble, directed by Kristen van Ginhoven, co-founder and Artistic Director of WAM Theatre. This second year of Fresh Takes - contemporary plays written by women and focusing on the unique stories of women and girls - has proven as popular as the sold-out 2014 inaugural season with the first four readings selling out. This final reading is also expected to sell out so all ticket buyers are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance.
THE LION Begins Tonight at Merrimack Repertory Theatre
by BWW News Desk - August 26, 2015
Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT)'s new Artistic Director Sean Daniels opens his first season at the helm of the company with 'The Lion,' a solo-musical written and performed by Benjamin Scheuer and directed by Daniels. After highly-praised runs in Edinburgh and London, two Off-Broadway productions, and several awards, 'The Lion' is beginning a two-year national tour that launches from MRT. The gripping musical takes the audience on one man's musical journey from boyhood to manhood, through pain and healing, to discover the redemptive power of music.

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