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Not your daughter's Cinderella! No fairy godmother; no glass slipper; no pumpkin carriage; just  Rossini's exquisite music, as Boston Midsummer Opera will present its 2019 season opera, Rossini's LA CENERENTOLA ossia La bonta in trionfo (Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant performed in the intimate  Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown. Three performances only will be given, on July 24, 26 and 28.  Tickets are now on sale.

Carolyn Griffin has announced that MetroStage will be presenting the musical Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song, conceived and directed by Maurice Hines, with book by Lee Summers, Jan. 23-Mar. 16, 2014. Ella Fitzgerald, her cousin and traveling companion Georgiana, and her manager and jazz impresario Norman Granz tell her story both backstage and onstage. From a homeless street dancer to winning amateur night at the Apollo Theatre at the age of 15, from headlining with Chick Webb and his Orchestra at the Savoy Ballroom to performing Live at the Cote D'Azur, from discovering she could "scat" to mastering a new art form called "bebop," this musical tells the fascinating journey of this legendary artist. Maurice Hines is the director. Mel Johnson Jr. is the associate director, and William Knowles is the music director, arranger, and orchestrator.

New Repertory Theatre's revival of Lerner and Loewe's 1961 Tony Award-winning musical places the emphasis where it belongs, on the passions of the star-crossed lovers. It evokes an era of youth, hope, and possibility that was embodied in the administration of President John F. Kennedy, whose assassination fifty years ago provides a somber backdrop to the production at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown.

Patrons have one last chance to see Amelia Broome's masterful performance as opera diva Maria Callas in 'Master Class' this Sunday at 2:00 and 7:30 p.m. at New Repertory Theatre in Watertown, Mass.

Exquisite Corps Theatre's mission is to tell stories and draw the audience into the world of the play. The Plaza Black Box Theatre is the ideal venue for this intimate look at what is true and what isn't, what is real and what isn't, and who are you without wounds?