Now Playing Onstage in Boston - Week of 11/25/2012
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LOVE, FAITH, AND OTHER DIRTY WORDS
The Modern Theatre at Suffolk University
11/28-11/29/2012
The New Center for Arts and Culture presents a funny and moving story of interfaith couples negotiating (and sometimes battling) to maintain the balance between devotion to each other and to their separate faiths. This original play was developed collaboratively by members of Prism, the young adult division of the New Center for Arts and Culture, and theatre artist Kent Stephens. Facilitated discussions led by Lev Baesh will follow each performance. The discussion following the Wednesday, November 28 production will be geared to a young-adult audience.
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AVENUE Q
BOSTON UNIVERSITY - STUDENT ACTIVITIES
11/29-12/1/2012
AVENUE Q is a gut-bustingly hilarious modern musical focusing on a group of unique 20-somethings making their way in the big city, seeking their purpose in life. Although the show addresses humorous adult issues, it is similar to a beloved children's show; a place where puppets are friends, Monsters are good and life lessons are learned.Winner of the Tony "Triple Crown" for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book, AVENUE Q is part flesh, part felt, and packed with heart. AVENUE Q is a laugh-out-loud musical that tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. He soon discovers that although the residents seem nice, it's clear that this is not your ordinary neighborhood. Together, Princeton and his new-found friends struggle to find jobs, dates, and their ever-elusive purpose in life.Puppet RentalBe sure to visit MTI's Prop Shop to see our AVENUE Q puppets to rent!AVENUE Q NEW YORKVisit the official "Avenue Q New York" for NYC ticketing and more information.
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DISNEY'S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL JR
NEXT GENERATION THEATRE COMPANY
11/29-12/1/2012
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SEUSSICAL
LEOMINSTER HIGH SCHOOL
11/30-12/1/2012
Now one of the most performed shows in America, SEUSSICAL is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza! Tony winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (LUCKY STIFF, MY FAVORITE YEAR, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, and RAGTIME) have lovingly brought to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie, and a little boy with a big imagination--Jojo. The colorful characters transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos.The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust containing Whos, including Jojo, a Who child sent off to military school for thinking too many "thinks." Horton faces a double challenge--not only must he protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left to his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping, and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family, and community are challenged and emerge triumphant.SEUSSICAL is fun for the whole family! Performers of all ages will be excited to portray the characters from the familiar Dr. Seuss fables. This musical provides wonderful creative opportunities for set, lighting, and costume design.More Ahrens and FlahertyFor complet
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ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
SILVER LAKE REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
11/29-12/1/2012
This highly
original and theatrical Caribbean adaptation
of the popular fairy tale The Little Mermaid garnered eight Tony nominations
for its Broadway run, including Best Musical, Book and Score. In almost
non-stop song and dance, the show tells the story of Ti Moune, a peasant
girl who rescues and falls in love with Daniel, a wealthy boy from the other
side of her island. When Daniel is returned to his people, the fantastical gods
who rule the island guide Ti Moune on a quest to test the strength of her love
against the powerful forces of prejudice, hatred and death.
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND is a director/choreographer's dream, an intimate show presented in
a dance/movement-driven style reminiscent of story theatre, with a small band
and minimal - though colorful - sets and costumes that capture the imagination
of the audience. Its catchy, contemporary, and Caribbean-flavored score by the
Tony® Award-winning songwriting team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (RAGTIME
and the animated film Anastasia) includes tender ballads and rousing
celebratory numbers for an ensemble cast of strong singers.
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THE GLASS MENAGERIE
Brandeis Theater Company, Merick Theater, Spingold Theater Center
11/29-12/2/2012
In "The Glass Menagerie," Tennessee Williams' characters drown in denial and illusion as an antidote to the pain of truth. In the character of Amanda Wingfield, Williams draws a portrait of a desperate woman refusing to accept the reality of her daughter's crippling introversion and her son's impotent artistic yearnings. It is a "memory play," in which the characters are haunted by broken dreams yet still cling to the dreams of happiness, success, status and, ultimately, salvation.
This is an opportunity to allow the next generation of theater artists to take hold of a masterpiece of theater, mold it and present it in their own voice.
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STANDARDIZED TESTING – THE MUSICAL!!!!
Greene Theater
11/29-12/2/2012
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Sam Wilmott
Directed by Stephen Terrell
Eight students wield their sharpened No. 2s and sit down to fill in the bubbles of the standardized test that will define their academic lives. The students expose their most personal concerns and aspirations, work through their teenage angst, and build and destroy friendships, all while singing and dancing their way through the test.
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ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (STONE)
Weston Friendly Society
11/23-12/2/2012
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN scored a bulls eye when it returned to Broadway in 1999, starring Bernadette Peters and sporting a revised libretto by Tony, Oscar and Emmy winner Peter Stone. As Newsday reported, Stone's revisions 'are sweetly ingenious, and the show is a dream.' Stone reshaped the 1946 book to create a Wild West show-within-a-show that frames the ageless 'Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better' love story of sharpshooters Annie Oakley and Frank Butler. Stone has added a secondary romance between the younger sister of Frank's bothersome assistant Dolly, and a boy who is (to Dolly's horror) part Native American. 'The book has been updated in ways that pass p.c. muster,' reported Time Magazine, 'without losing all the fun.' Joined to the new book, of course, is that amazing Irving Berlin score, featuring hit after hit after hit. 'Irving Berlin's greatest achievement in the theater,' wrote the New York Post, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN 'will always be a musical for the ages, one of the Broadway theater's enduring triumphs.'Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin; Original Book by Herbert Fields & Dorothy Fields; As Revised by Peter StoneFor more information on Weston Friendly Society, click hereFor more information on Annie Get Your Gun (Stone), click here
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BETRAYAL
Huntington Theatre Company
11/9-12/9/2012
For seven years, Emma and Jerry engage in a passionate love affair, deceiving their spouses, each other, and at times, even themselves. One of the 20th century’s most influential dramatists, Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter innovatively explores the complexities of love, guilt, and duplicity in this Olivier Award-winning classic.
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RAGS
The Nashoba Players
11/30-12/9/2012
With great passion and humor, the story is told of Rebecca, a naive Russian immigrant arriving at Ellis Island with her young son, and their struggle to make a life for themselves in the New World. She goes to work in a sweatshop while searching for her husband who has preceded them to America. When they are finally reunited she discovers that his assimilation is not entirely for the best. His desire to change their name and strip away their ethnic culture so as to fit in with his cronies distresses Rebecca, whose gradual enlightenment leads her into union activities against the very men her husband so hopes to impress. Subplots concern an elderly immigrant, his daughter, and their respective romances, one of which ends tragically. This sweeping saga of awakenings and disappointments, of greed and power, of strength and love is as deeply moving and inspirational a musical as you could hope to present.Book by Joseph Stein; Music by Charles Strouse; Lyrics by Stephen SchwartzFor more information on The Nashoba Players, click hereFor more information on Rags, click here
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THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE
Paramount Center: The Jackie Liebergott Black Box Theatre
11/23-12/16/2012
ArtsEmerson: The World on Stage presents The Pianist of Willesden Lane. Set in Vienna in 1938 and London during the Blitzkrieg, The Pianist of Willesden Lane tells the true story of Mona Golabek’s mother, noted pianist and author Lisa Jura. A young Jewish pianist, Lisa dreams of a concert debut at the storied Musikverein concert hall. When Lisa is swept up in the kindertransport, to protect her from the Nazi regime, everything about her life is upended except her love of music and her pursuit of that dream. Golabek performs some of the world’s most beloved piano music in this poignant tribute to her remarkable mother. Directed by Hershey Felder (who brought Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin to life at ArtsEmerson last season), The Pianist of Willesden Lane is about hope, survival and how, through our darkest times, music has the power to help us survive.
Showtimes:
11/23 at 8pm
11/24 at 2pm and 8pm
11/25 at 1pm and 5pm
11/27 at 7pm
11/28 at 7:30pm
11/29 at 7:30pm
11/30 at 8pm
12/1 at 2pm and 8pm
12/2 at 1pm and 5pm
12/4 at 7:30pm
12/5 at 7:30pm
12/6 at 7:30pm
12/7 at 8pm
12/8 at 2pm and 8pm
12/9 at 1pm and 5pm
12/11 at 7:30pm
12/12 at 7:30pm
12/13 at 7:30pm
12/14 at 8pm
12/15 at 2pm and 8pm
12/16 at 1pm and 5pm
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