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Blue Man Group 
Charles Playhouse 74 Warrenton Street, Boston Regular Schedule: Wednesdays & Thursdays, 8:00pm; Fridays at 7:00pm; Saturdays at 4:00pm,7:00pm & 10:00pm; Sundays at 2:00pm & 5:00pm; visit http://www.blueman.com/boston for added show times For tickets, visit http://www.blueman.com/boston or call 617-931-2787 Shear Madness Ongoing Charles Playhouse 74 Warrenton Street, Boston Tuesdays-Fridays, 8:00pm; Saturdays, 6:30pm & 9:30pm; Sundays, 3:00pm & 7:00pm $38 (holiday prices may vary) 617-426-5225 Big Apple Circus: Grandma Goes to Hollywood (Saturday, April 1-Sunday, May 7) Grandma the Clown and her luminous cast of acrobats, jugglers, trapeze flyers, performing horses and dogs, humorists and superheroes of the Big Top make movie moments come to life. City Hall Plaza, Boston Show times vary $13-$54 617-931-2787/800-922-3772 Bill W. and Dr. Bob (Sunday, March 5-Sunday, March 26) The amazing and often humorous story of the founders of AA. New Repertory Theatre, Arsenal Center for the Arts 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown Show times vary $30-$48 617-923-8487 Degas to Picasso: Modern Masters "Degas to Picasso: Modern Masters" is an ambitious, kaleidoscopic survey of European art from 1900 to the 1960s. The Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston Times and prices vary 617-369-3189 Dreamcatchers: An Evening of Blissful Fantasies and Worst Nightmares (Thursday, March 30-Sunday, April 2) Rainbow Tribe presents works by Kelly Peters (KPD Crew) and Tiffany Prout (Impulse Dance), a hip, urban dance performance featuring eclectic music and innovative, bold choreography. Roxbury Community College, Mainstage Theater 124 Columbus Ave., Roxbury Crossing 8:00pm; April 2nd show is at 3:00pm $15 617-931-2787 Boston Lyric Opera Presents La Traviata (Friday, March 31-Tuesday, April 11) A visual feast, a vocal tour de force, lushly romantic, this is one of Verdi’s most beloved works. Violetta is a glittering Parisian courtesan, emphatically not looking for love, until, at the most vulnerable moment of her life, she meets Alfredo. Now she knows she has a heart, because it's breaking. The Shubert Theatre 272 Tremont Street, Boston Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday shows at 7:30pm; Sunday, 3:00pm $33-$166 800-447-7400 Menopause, the Musical Ongoing Four women with nothing in common meet at a lingerie sale. Fighting over a bra, they realize how much they actually share. The Stuart Street Playhouse 200 Stuart Street, Boston Wednesdays-Fridays, 8:00pm; Saturdays & Sundays, 2:00pm & 5:00pm $42.50 per person; group rates available 800-447-7400 American Repertory Theatre's Wold Premiere of Orpheus X (Saturday, March 25-Sunday, April 23) The poet Orpheus risked death to rescue Eurydice from the underworld. They had almost reached the surface when he looked back and lost her forever. Zero Arrow Theatre Intersection of Massachusetts Ave. & Arrow St., Cambridge Show times vary $35-$48 617-547-8300 Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographer Stan Grossfeld Lectures at the National Heritage Museum Stan Grossfeld, Pulitzer Prize winning photographer and Associate Editor at the Boston Globe, examines the elements that make a good picture. The Museum of National Heritage 33 Marrett Road, Lexington 2:00pm Free 781-861-6559 5th Annual Boston National Poetry Month Festival 56 major and emerging poets will each do a 20-minute reading. Boston Library Copley Square, Boston Saturday, 10:00am-5:00pm; Sunday, 1:00pm-5:00pm Free 617-723-3716 Quantum Grids: Sol LeWitt, Yayoi Kusama, and Cai Guo-Qiang Saturday, October 15-Sunday, April 16 Although the shapes these three artworks comprise differ considerably in form and content, each artist uses the grid as an ordering device. Sert Gallery Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge Mondays-Saturdays, 10am-5pm; Sundays, 1:00pm-5:00pm $7.50 per person 617-496-5331 Talking to Terrorists (Friday, March 17-Saturday, April 8) Until we understand how ordinary people can commit terrorist acts, we won’t stop them. This Robin Soans play recounts the experiences of peacemakers, journalists, hostages, and those who crossed the line. BCA Plaza Theatre 539 Tremont Street, Boston Show times vary $40 617-933-8600 Talley’s Folly (Friday, March 24-Saturday, April 22) At the height of World War II, Matt Friedman, a 42 year-old Jewish accountant living in St. Louis, wants to marry 31 year-old spinster Sally Talley and rescue her from rural Missouri and her family of eccentrics. Two unlikely lovers expose their innermost secrets and dreams, exploring the potential for connection in this tender and heartfelt Pulitzer Prize-winning classic. The Lyric Stage Company of Boston 140 Clarendon Street, Boston Show times vary $20-$45 617-585-5678 The Hopper Collection (Friday, March 3-Sunday, April 2) This story of two couples presents the themes of isolation and time slipping away. Boston University Theatre 264 Huntington Ave., Boston Show times vary $15-$70 617-266-0800 The Road Home: Re-Membering America (Friday, March 24-Sunday, April 30) The Huntington Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Marc Wolf’s one-man show based on the recording he made on his way home from the West coast after September 11, 2001. Virginia Wimberly Theatre, Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts 527 Tremont Street, Boston Tuesdays-Thursdays, 7:30pm (except 4/4); Fridays-Saturdays, 8:00pm; Sundays at 7:00pm (3/26, 4/2 & 4/23 only); Wednesdays at 2:00pm (4/5, 4/12 & 4/26 only); Saturdays-Sundays, 2:00pm (except 3/26 & 4/8) $15-$52 617-266-0800 For tickets, go to http://www.huntingtontheatre.org Stoneham Theatre Presents Unforgettable: The Nat King Cole Story (Thursday, March 30-Saturday, April 15) This one-man show follows Nat King Cole's career with anecdotes and performaces of a selection of his celebrated songs. Stoneham Theatre 395 Main Street, Stoneham Thursday, 7:30pm; Friday-Saturday, 8:00pm; Saturday, 4:00pm; Sunday, 2:00pm; April 2 & 9, 6:00pm $18-$36 781-279-2200
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