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Anthony Rapp and Tommy Bracco to Headline PAYING THE RENT! at Stoneham Theatre, 3/16
by BWW News Desk - February 24, 2015
The Stoneham Theatre in Stoneham, MA will host 'Paying the RENT!' with Uncompromising Artistry Productions, a new theatre company based in NYC.
BWW Reviews: Feast On THE BIG MEAL At Zeitgeist Stage Company
by Nancy Grossman - February 24, 2015
THE BIG MEAL, the Boston area premiere of Dan LeFranc's play about the interactions of five generations of an extended family, is the kind of show that Zeitgeist Stage Company and Artistic Director David J. Miller feast upon - a character-driven ensemble piece that showcases the range of the actors, as well as Miller's ability to transfer the playwright's vision from page to stage.
WAM Theatre Reveals 2015 Season Highlights: EMILIE, Fresh Takes & More!
by BWW News Desk - February 24, 2015
WAM Theatre's Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven announced highlights of the 2015 season today. The Berkshire-based professional theatre company will celebrate its sixth year with an inspiring and thought-provoking series of play readings, special events, productions and educational programs that continue its mission to use theatre to benefit women and girls.
Watertown Children's Theatre to Present 'THE MAIN STREET KIDS CLUB'
by BWW News Desk - February 24, 2015
The Main Street Kids Club: A MathStart Musical, based on the award-winning MathStart books by Stuart J. Murphy, published by HarperCollins Children's Books,
Stoneham Theatre to Host BID WITH STYLE Fundraiser, 3/27
by BWW News Desk - February 24, 2015
Stoneham Theatre will host Bid with Style on Friday, March 27, 2015 at 6:00pm at Montvale Plaza in Stoneham. This annual auction event, with a new fashion show twist for 2015, will bring together over 300 people to support Stoneham Theatre and celebrate 15 seasons of live, professional theatre and dramatic arts education in Stoneham Square. Venue sponsor Montvale Plaza will provide a delicious cocktail hour with complimentary passed champagne, as well as a full dinner and dessert buffet. Attire is black tie optional, and Stoneham Theatre hopes attendees go all out; after all, it is a fashion show!
Suzan Lori Parks' 'FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS' Wins 2015 Edward M. Kennedy Prize
by BWW News Desk - February 23, 2015
Columbia University and Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith announced Monday that Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan Lori Parks' epic Father Comes Home From The Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) is the 2015 winner of the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History.
MRT to Host Theatre Industry Night with New Artistic Director Sean Daniels, 3/9
by BWW News Desk - February 23, 2015
Merrimack Repertory Theatre will be introducing its new Artistic Director Sean Daniels to the Boston theatre community at a reception on Monday, March 9. The reception will be held in lobby of Lyric Stage at 140 Clarendon St in Boston from 5:30 - 7:30 pm. The event is free and RSVP's can be submitted at https://www.facebook.com/events/415656115260049, but are not required.
BWW REVIEW: Every Day's a Long Day for THE SECOND GIRL at the Huntington
by Jan Nargi - February 21, 2015
Downton Abbey meets Eugene O'Neill in Ronan Noone's new play THE SECOND GIRL, the story of what goes on in the servants' kitchen while O'Neill's fictional Tyrone family suffer through their very long day's journey into night upstairs.
New Rep Extends THE KING OF SECOND AVENUE Through March 8
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2015
New Repertory Theatre announces THE KING OF SECOND AVENUE, now playing through March 8, 2015 in the Charles Mosesian Theater at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA. Tickets are $30-$60 and may be purchased by calling the New Rep Box Office at 617-923-8487 or visiting newrep.org. Student, senior, and group discounts are available. Added performances include: Friday, March 6, 8pm; Saturday, March 7, 3pm; Saturday, March 7, 8pm; and Sunday, March 8, 2pm.
Liars & Believers Bring TALK TO STRANGERS to Club Oberon Tonight
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2015
Liars & Believers is thrilled to announce Talk to Strangers, a collaborative performance piece featuring live music, installation art, mask, video, aerial performance, dance, poetry and more. Liars & Believers, a resident artist of a.r.t.'s Club Oberon, will partner with fellow Club Oberon resident The Boston Circus Guild and over 20 local performers to execute this coLAB production. Talk to Strangers is directed by Jason Slavick with music direction by Chuck Lechien and will be on stage at Oberon for one night only: tonight, February 19, 2015.
STAGE TUBE: Eve Ensler Talks O.P.C., Feminism, and the Future at A.R.T.
by Stage Tube - February 18, 2015
Click below to watch Timothy Patrick McCarthy in conversation with Eve Ensler, Tony Award-winning playwright of The Vagina Monologues and O.P.C. in 'Politically Incorrect: Feminism and the Future of the Planet,' presented by American Repertory Theater this fall!
STAGE TUBE: Audiences React to A.R.T.'s 'FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS'
by Stage Tube - February 18, 2015
The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, under the leadership of Artistic Director Diane Paulus, presents Suzan-Lori Parks' epic Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3), directed by Jo Bonney, in a co-production with The Public Theater in New York. Performances run now through March 1 at the Loeb Drama Center. Click below to see what audiences think of the show!
Franklin Performing Arts Company Receives Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund Grant
by BWW News Desk - February 18, 2015
Franklin Performing Arts Company (FPAC) is pleased to announce that it has received a $220,000 capital grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund.
SpeakEasy to Collaborate with BIG FISH Writers for Alternate Version
by BWW News Desk - February 18, 2015
From March 13 to April 11, 2015, SpeakEasy Stage Company will proudly present the New England Premiere of BIG FISH, a new musical based on the celebrated novel by Daniel Wallace and the beloved film directed by Tim Burton.
Hub Theatre Company of Boston to Present LOOT, 3/27-4/12
by BWW News Desk - February 18, 2015
Hub Theatre Company of Boston will kick off its third season this spring with Joe Orton's irreverent and amoral dark farce, Loot, at the First Church in Boston Friday, March 27-Sunday, April 12.
Berkshire Theatre Group Presents GOING TO THE FARM WITH SPOT and '10 ILLUSIONS' This Week
by BWW News Desk - February 18, 2015
Berkshire Theatre Group presents two family-friendly events for school vacation week: Going to the Farm with Spot and Bill Blagg's 10 Illusions to the winter season at the Colonial Theatre and added as a part of the 10X10 Upstreet Arts Festival.
Tina Packer in MOTHER OF THE MAID Premiere, Three Plays by the Bard & More Set for Shakespeare & Company's 2015 Summer Season
by BWW News Desk - February 16, 2015
Shakespeare & Company has announced its lineup for the 2015 summer season, which includes three Shakespeare plays, Henry V, The Comedy of Errors and Hamlet, plus the Regional Premiere of Red Velvet by Lolita Chakrabarti, and the World Premiere of Jane Anderson's Mother of the Maid, starring Tina Packer. In addition, the summer season includes The Unexpected Man by Yasmina Reza, and opens with the provocative new play by Sarah Treem, The How and the Why.
New Repertory Theatre to Present THE AMISH PROJECT, 3/7-22
by BWW News Desk - February 16, 2015
New Repertory Theatre announces THE AMISH PROJECT by Jessica Dickey, March 7-22, 2015 in the Black Box Theater at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA. Tickets are $36 and may be purchased by calling the New Rep Box Office at 617-923-8487 or visiting newrep.org. Student, senior, and group discounts are available.
FPAC Presents Free Family Concert MY VIOLIN JOURNEY
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2015
Franklin Performing Arts Company's annual, free Family Concert Series continues this season with "My Violin Journey" on Sunday, February 22 at 1 p.m., featuring violinist Irina Fainkichen, with piano accompaniment by Kitty Cheung Evans.
Valentine's Day FEAST OF LOVE Fundraiser Supports It's A Fiasco Tonight
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2015
The acting collaborative It's A Fiasco celebrates Valentine's Day with a Shakespearean fund-raiser. The party features company members performing Shakespearean scenes and sonnets as well as music, a silent auction, hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar. All funds raised will support It's a Fiasco's third season of presenting free Shakespeare in Cambridge public parks.
Kate Baldwin & Graham Rowat Set for Berkshire Theatre Group's BELLS ARE RINGING; Full 2015 Season Announced!
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2015
Berkshire Theatre Group and Artistic Director/CEO, Kate Maguire, have announced its 2015's Summer Season Musical, the 10th Annual Community Theatre Production, The Fitzpatrick Main Stage productions and a medley of lively acts scheduled to perform at The Colonial Theatre and The Unicorn Theatre. BTG will be announcing a second round of programming, including The Unicorn Theatre's Summer Season, in the next several weeks.
'CHANNEL/DANCE: AN EVENING OF MOVEMENT, ART AND THEATER' Comes to Atlantic Wharf This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2015
CHANNEL/DANCE : an evening of movement, art and theater; co-presented by Fort Point Theatre Channel and Contrapose Dance. Performances run today, February 13, & Saturday, February 14, at 8 pm. Free and open to all.
Fiddlehead Theatre Presents THE WIZ, Now thru 2/22
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2015
Fiddlehead Theatre Company, the Resident Theatre Company of the historic Strand Theatre (543 Columbia Road, Dorchester, MA), will ease on down the road with the beloved rock musical The Wiz, directed and costumed by Fiddlehead's Associate Producing Artistic Director Stacey Stephens, from tonight, February 13-22, 2015.
The Poets' Theatre Presents ALBATROSS, Now thru 3/1
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2015
The Poets' Theatre has announced Albatross, a solo performance piece adapted from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's captivating classic, 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.' The adaptation, written by Matthew Spangler and Benjamin Evett, is directed by Boston theater alum Rick Lombardo and features Benjamin Evett. Albatross will be on stage at the Liebergott Black Box at Emerson University, running tonight, February 13th through March 1st 2015.
Merrimack Repertory Theatre to Open 2015-16 Season with Benjamin Scheuer's THE LION
by BWW News Desk - February 12, 2015
Merrimack Repertory Theatre's (MRT) 2015-16 Season will open with "The Lion", a highly-acclaimed one-man musical written and performed by Benjamin Scheuer and directed by Sean Daniels, MRT's Incoming Artistic Director. The MRT production will run August 26 - September 20, 2015. "The Lion" is currently running in New York and receiving rave reviews.

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