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April 2006, Wednesday
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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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