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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 Boston Symphony Orchestra: Christoph von Dohnanyi, Conductor & Frank Peter Zimmermann, Violin (Thursday, April 27-Saturday, April 29 & Tuesday, May 2) Schubert: Symphony in B Minor, Unfinished Henze Adagio, Fugue, and Maenads’ Dance from The Bassarids (American premiere) Brahams: Violin Concerto Symphony Hall 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday, 8:00pm; Friday, 1:30pm Prices vary 617-266-1200 Christine Jorgensen Reveals (Thursday, April 6-Saturday, April 29) In 1952, America's first famous transsexual, Christine Jorgensen, was a scandal and banned in Boston. Now The Theater Offensive, New England's leading creator and presenter of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender theater, will present the Off-Broadway hit Christine Jorgensen Reveals Starring Bradford Louryk, whose exquisite, tour-de-force performance brings to life Jorgensen's only recorded interview. BCA’s Calderwood Pavilion 527 Tremont Street, Boston Thursday, 7:30pm; Friday-Saturday, 8:00pm; Sunday, 3pm $34-$39 617-621-6090 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 Illumination in Two Movements Discussion Discussion regarding the Naveed Nour photography exhibit. Armenian Library and Museum of America, Inc. 65 Main Street, Watertown 7:00pm-8:00pm Free 617-926-2562 Jeff Dunham The star of the Comedy Central special Arguing with Myself performs. The Kowloon Restaurant Route 1 North, Saugus 8:00pm $20-32 781-233-0077 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 Monkey Trial & Error, or You Say You Want an Evolution Satirical improve and sketch comedy is a combination of audience inspiration and original sketch comedy. Improv Asylum 216 Hanover Street, Boston Friday-Saturday, 8:00pm; Saturday, 10:00pm $15 617-263-6887 Unveiling of Cam Neely Portrait Stephen Holland, the #1 selling sports artist in the world, will unveil his portrait of Boston Bruins legend Cam Neely at Newbury Fine Arts in Boston this month. Anyone who purchases a work at the public art sale on April 27th (or before that date) will be invited to an exclusive gala event with Cam Neely in attendance. Complimentary wine and appetizers will be served. (Exhibit runs Monday, April 24 - Friday, May 19, 2006. Gallery Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10:00am-6:00pm & Sunday, 12:00pm-5:00pm.) Newbury Fine Arts 29 Newbury Street, Boston 6:30pm-8:30pm Admission is free with the purchase of artwork on or before April 27 617-536-0210 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 The Cambridge Arts Council Presents Of(f) the Table - everything must go Reception An exhibition related to Spurse’s provisional restaurant, The Public Table, transforms CAC Gallery into a free store stocked with food and supplies gleaned from the previous New Haven and Bellows Falls sites for The Public Table. Cambridge Arts Council Gallery 344 Broadway, Cambridge 5:30pm-7:30pm Free 617-349-4380 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 Boston Theatre Works presents: The Sweetest Swing in Baseball (Thursday, April 13-Saturday, May 6) Celebrated painter Dana Fielding is the toast of the art world. But after her latest exhibition tanks and her boyfriend dumps her, she winds up in a psychiatric hospital where she finds inspiration from the unlikeliest of sources - the legendary bad boy of baseball, Darryl Strawberry. This is a funny and caustic play about the pressures of success and the need to create a protective "other self" to survive life in the spotlight. BCA Plaza Theatre 539 Tremont Street, Boston Thursday-Friday, 8:00pm; Saturday, 4:00pm & 8:30pm; Sunday, 3:00pm $29 617-933-8600 The Bacchae (Thursday, April 27-Sunday, May 7) Brandeis Theater Company presents this production of Euripides’ classic confrontation between human and divine authority, featuring an original musical score by Professor Davod Rakowski. Adapted and directed by Eric Hill. Springold Theater Center, Outdoors/Laurie Theater 415 South Street, Waltham Thursday-Saturday, 8:00pm; 5/6 & 5/7, 2:00pm $16-$20 781-736-3400 After Show Series: The Madness Come see the fastest, funniest minds around improvising, shooting crazy video sequences based on on-the-spot audience suggestions and more. Improv Asylum 216 Hanover Street, Boston 10:00pm $10 617-263-6887 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 The Who’s Tommy (Friday, April 21-Sunday, April 23; Thursday, April 27-Saturday, April 29) With a cast of over 20 people, come take this amazing journey featuring some of The Who s most memorable songs including Pinball Wizard, Sensation, and Acid Queen! Regent Theatre 7 Medford St. Arlington Times vary $15-$25 781-646-4849 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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