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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 Bank of America Celebrity Series Presents Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (Tuesday, April 25-Sunday, April 30) Seven-performance dance engagement includes three Boston premieres: Judith Jamison's Reminiscin', Ronald K. Brown's Ife/My Heart, and Hope Boykin, Abdur-Rahim Jackson, and Matthew Rushing's Acceptance in Surrender. The Wang Theatre 270 Tremont Street, Boston Show times and prices vary 800-447-7400 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 Damn Yankees (Tuesday, April 25-Sunday, May 14) An all new production of this classic musical presented in association with The Boston Red Sox. NSMT puts a new spin on a hilarious and heart-warming musical which now tells the story of a die-hard Red Sox fan who makes a deal with the devil to help the Sox take the pennant from the dreaded Yankees. North Shore Music Theatre 62 Dunham Road, Beverly Wednesday, 1:30pm; Tuesday-Thursday, 7:30pm; Friday-Saturday, 8:00pm; Saturday-Sunday, 2:00pm $40-$75 978-232-7200 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 The Leonard Bernstein Festival of Creative Arts (Wednesday, April 26-Sunday, April 30) The five-day festival features more than 50 exhibitions and performances by international, national, and regional artists, actors, and musicians, as well as by Brandeis students and faculty. Several locations at Brandeis University, Waltham Times vary Some events are free, prices vary for others 781-736-5008 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 The Civilians Perform the Boston Premiere of Nobody’s Lunch (Tuesday, April 25-Sunday, April 30) The NYC Obie Award-winning company delves into the politics of information with this performance, an insightful, musical, darkly comedic look at our national identity. Zero Arrow Theatre Intersection of Arrow St. and Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge Tuesday-Thursday & Sunday, 7:30pm; Friday & Saturday, 8:00pm; Saturday-Sunday, 2:00pm $30 617-846-4275 Stoneham Theatre Presents Nunsensations! The Nunsense Vegas Revue (Thursday, April 20-Sunday, April 30) Sisters are offered a $10,000 donation for their school if they will perform in a Las Vegas showroom, leading to adventure complete with song and dance. Stoneham Theatre 395 Main Street, Stoneham Thursday, 7:30pm; Friday-Saturday, 8:00pm; Saturday, 4:00pm; Sunday, 2:00pm; 4/26, 2:00pm $36, adults; $32, seniors; $18 students 781-279-2200 Bank of America Celebrity Series: Itzhak Perlman, Violin, and Pinchas Zukerman, Violin and Viola Perlman, known and loved throughout the world for his charisma, skill, and dedication to his art, joins fellow Israeli violinist Zukerman, lauded by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for his “unsurpassed natural talents.” Symphony Hall 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston 8:00pm $38-$78 617-482-2595 Real Hush-Hush (Thursday, April 20-Sunday, May 14) MRT’s second world premiere of the season, Shaw, Larry and Wilson share an office, but what is it they really do? A workplace comedy full of bureaucratic bumbling, backstabbing and intrigue. Fast, funny and frightening, this theatrical ride shouldn’t be missed. Merrimack Repertory Theatre 50 East Merrimack Street, Lowell Wednesday-Friday, 8:00pm; Saturday, 4:30pm & 8:30pm; Sunday 2:00pm & 7:00pm (call for any variations) $32-$55 978-454-3926 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 Vanity Project Two extended sets of anything-goes, hilarious long-form improvisation. Improv Asylum 216 Hanover Street, Boston 8:00pm $15 617-263-6887 Wicked Wednesday, April 12-Sunday, May 14 This musical tells the story of how two girls grew to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch. The Opera House 539 Washington Street, Boston Tuesdays-Thursdays & Sundays, 7:30pm; Fridays-Saturdays, 8:00pm; Saturdays-Sundays, 2:00pm Prices vary 1-866-523-7469
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