Over her forty-year career Natalie Merchant has attained a place among America’s most respected recording artists. She has earned a reputation for being a songwriter of quality and a captivating stage performer and has distinguished herself as a social justice and environmental activist. Merchant began her musical career as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the pop music band 10,000 Maniacs and released one platinum, two double-platinum and one triple-platinum records with the group: The Wishing Chair (1985), In My Tribe (1987), Blind Man's Zoo (1989), Hope Chest (1990), Our Time in Eden (1992) and 10,000 Maniacs MTV Unplugged (1993). Merchant left the group in 1994 and has subsequently released multiple albums as a solo artist with combined sales of seven million copies: Tigerlily (1995), Ophelia (1998), Natalie Merchant Live (1999), Motherland (2001), The House Carpenter’s Daughter (2003), Leave Your Sleep (2010), Natalie Merchant (2014), Paradise Is There (2015) and Butterfly (2017). Nonesuch Records will release Natalie Merchant’s Keep Your Courage, her ninth solo studio album and first of new material since 2014’s self-titled record, on April 14, 2023. SECOND SHOW ADDED ON THURSDAY, MAY 11 BY POPULAR DEMAND!
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Jonathan Larson's RENT
The Historic Highfield Theater (12/12 - 12/21)
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The Cat in the Hat
Emerson Colonial Theatre (3/8 - 3/8) | |
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The Sound of Music
The Company Theatre (11/28 - 12/21) | |
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Wonder
American Repertory Theater (12/9 - 2/8) | |
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A Downton Experience™: Endicott Abbey
MIT Endicott House (1/31 - 1/31) | |
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A Seraphim Christmas, Newton Centre, 21 December 2025
Trinity Parish of Newton Centre (12/21 - 12/21) | |
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Emerson Colonial Theatre (11/9 - 12/20) | |
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Eureka Day
Huntington Theatre (5/29 - 6/28) | |
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