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The wonderful trick of the Gare St Lazare Players of Ireland's mesmerizing production of Samuel Beckett's classic WAITING FOR GODOT (at ArtsEmerson in Boston through this weekend only) is that it inspires hope even as it suggests life is hopeless.

Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston (RMT) presents Las Vegas' number one star for over four decades with Martin Preston as Liberace! today, November 10, at 2 pm, at Reagle Music Theatre, 617 Lexington Street, Waltham.

In Stephen Belber's new play 'The Power of Duff' a lonely newsman seeks redemption by inadvertently turning his anchor desk into a pulpit, working miracles for strangers while still failing to communicate at home.

The Laurie Beechman theatre was filled to capacity on Monday, November 4th for the Emerson College BFA Showcase featuring the BFA Acting and BFA Musical Theatre Class of 2013.

Mary Verdi and special guests Bobby Sweet & Ron Ramsey will ring in the Holiday Season on Thanksgiving Weekend at The Colonial Theatre on November 30 at 7pm and December 1 at 2pm.

From tonight, November 8 through November 23, 2013, Simple Machine proudly presents Henry James' The Turn of the Screw, adapted for the stage by Jeffrey Hatcher and directed by M.

On With Living and Learning in collaboration with Fort Point Theatre Channel presents HIDDEN FACES OF COURAGE, conceived by Mary Driscoll and written with Members of On With Living and Learning.

The American Repertory Theater (A.

Cape Rep Theatre presents RUBY TUESDAY, written and directed by Gip Hoppe tonight, November 7 through December 8, 2013; Wednesdays at 7 pm, Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 pm, Saturday November 30 at 2 and 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm (There are no performances November 10, 27 or 28).

Whistler in the Dark Theatre presents.

WAM Theatre announces its Northeast regional premiere of 'Emilie: La Marquise Du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight', written by Lauren Gunderson and directed by Kristen van Ginhoven.

Juventas New Music Ensemble announces the premiere of HackPolitik: a unique contemporary ballet that combines new music, dance and video projection technology to examine the internet's effect on 21st century discourse.

Berklee's Musical Theater Club presents Footloose: The Musical, based on the hit 1984 movie that made Kevin Bacon a star and featured chart-topping songs including "Let's Hear it for the Boy," "Almost Paradise," "Holding Out for a Hero," and the title track.

Quiara Alegria Hudes' Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'Water by the Spoonful' leaves us thirsty for more substance in the Lyric Stage's competent but ultimately listless production about lost souls seeking redemption and human connection.

Boston Playwrights' Theatre continues its season of new works with award-winning Boston playwright Steven Barkhimer's WINDOWMEN, a coming-of-age comedy set in Lower Manhattan's Fulton Fish Market.

Following previous seasons sold-out holiday hits, The Snow Queen and Hansel and Gretel, the A.

North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) announced today that Arianna Knapp will be officially leaving her position as Artistic Director effective December 31, 2013.

The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde's a comedy of good manners, bad manners, and all manner of things in between, kicks off Moonbox Production's 2013-14 season, November 22 - December 14 (Press Performance Sunday, November 24 at 2pm) at the Boston Center for the Arts Plaza Theatre, 539 Trem

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A host of characters are desperately seeking human connection in 'Splendor,' 'Water by the Spoonful,' and 'The Power of Duff,' three new plays currently making their Boston premieres.

Nutshell Playhouse presents.

The Weston Friendly Society is celebrating the holdiday season with Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS! Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS tells the story of two showbiz buddies putting on a show in a picturesque Vermont inn, and finding their perfect mates in the bargain.

The second productionof the 2013-14 season presented by American Repertory of WNY is a story of the legendary bluesman Robert Johnson entitled LITTLE ROBERT, written by prolific and award winning local playwright Mark Humphrey (author of the acclaimed MR.

Boston Theater Company, a newly established production company, just closed their season opener of Romeo and Juliet, which took a modern approach that incorporated political parties, drug abuse, and the harsh eye of the media.

The MIT Musical Theatre Guild is looking to fill the following positions for its Fall 2013 production of YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.