BOSTON THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 598

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Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to Boston for a limited one week engagement.

A new production of the world's longest-running musical, The Fantasticks, closes at the Boston area's Fiddlehead Theatre Company in Dedham, Mass.

Berkshire Theatre Group has announced that Bob Weir Solo Acoustic will open April 29, 2012 at 8pm.

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Steps off Broadway Productions, Inc.

Playwright Michael Hollinger pulls the audience into the drama and challenges us to decide for ourselves whether or not we believe in ghosts in Merrimack Repertory Theatre's haunting production.

Central Square Theater and its resident companies, The Nora Theatre Company and Underground Railway Theater, have announced their 2012-2013, and 5th anniversary, season.

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The Nora Theatre Company (Cambridge, MA) will present the World Premiere production of the new play Operation Epsilon by Alan Brody (The Housewives of Mannheim) at Central Square Theater in Cambridge, MA.

The Weston Friendly Society's spring production of SINGIN' IN THE RAIN has its final performances this weekend.

Chris Isaak will take the stage at Indian Ranch, the popular Webster, MA venue on Saturday, June 30, 2012.

THE LARAMIE PROJECT, written by Moises Kaufman and directed by Nathan Fogg will be presented at the Withrop Playhouse on April 27 & 28, May 4 & 5 at 8pm with matinees on April 29 & May 6 at 3pm.

The MIT Musical Theatre Guild presents its IAP production: Urinetown, The Musical, with music and lyrics by Mark Hollman, book and lyrics by Greg Kotis, directed by Kaitlin Burroughs, with vocal direction by Ashley Caval.

Soprano Teresa Wakim makes her Handel and Haydn Society (H&H) Symphony Hall debut as a featured soloist with Mozart Coronation, H&H's final program of the 2011-2012 Season.

The Bronx Wanderers will transport you back to the malt shop as they perform hits by Dion & The Belmonts, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge, The Bee Gees, The Beatles and more at The Colonial Theatre tonight, April 27 at 8pm.

The Winthrop Playmakers Present The Laramie Project.

Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the smash hit Broadway musical, is coming to Boston, May 29-June 3.

Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to Boston for a limited one week engagement.

ImprovBoston presents Camp, an improvised summer comedy that follows a cast of "campers," played by ImprovBoston's comedians, through their adventures at an eight-week summer camp set in the year 1994.

In the spirit of composer/balladeer Woody Guthrie, as the nation celebrates the 100th anniversary of his birth, the American Repertory Theater (A.

Guerilla Opera closes their season with a new dark comedy, Bovinus Rex, music & libretto by Rudolf Rojahn, directed by Copeland Woodruff, scenic design by Julia Noulin-Mérat, featuring the debuts of Kimberly Soby (soprano), Amy Advocat (bass-clarinet) and Ethan Wood (violin), and returning artists

'You're An NDN???' is an interactive performance piece with music by Mwalim: the tales and adventures of a Black Indian experience from the perspective of a Black Indian who grew up in a Jewish neighborhood.

The Boston College Theatre Department, in partnership with the University's 2012 Arts Festival, presents tonight - April 26 - a free, public symposium on artistic leadership in the American theater.

The Boston College Theatre Department concludes its year-long celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Robsham Theater Arts Center with an exciting new production of William Shakespeare's classic comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream.