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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 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 BSO: Mozart Symphony No. 41, Jupiter; Stravinsky, Oedipus Rex (Thursday, May 4-Saturday, May 6) Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor; Anna Larsson, mezzo-soprano (Jocasta); Stuart Skelton, tenor (Oedipus); Peter Bronder, tenor (Shepherd); Sir Willard White, baritone (Creon); Matthew Best, bass-baritone (Messenger); Franz-Josef Selig, bass (Tiresias); Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver (conductor). Symphony Hall 301 Massachusetts Ave., Boston 8:00pm $28-$108 617-266-1200 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 Zeitgeist Stage Company presents: Hiding Behind Comets (Friday, April 28-Saturday, May 20) Although twin brother and sister Troy and Honey share an unusually strong bond, they seem as different as night and day. One late summer evening, a stranger wanders into their family-owned bar. When he starts asking personal questions, it soon becomes clear that his visit to this small-town dive has not been purely coincidental. The extent of his journey, its underlying motivation and the past horrors that have directed it provide a roller coaster of surprises that keep audiences on the edge of their seats until the play's final moments. BCA Plaza Black Box 539 Tremont Street, Boston Thursday-Saturday, 8:00pm; Saturday, 4:00pm; Sunday, 5:00pm $15 617-933-8600 Marcus Kenney Opening Reception @ Pepper Gallery (Thursday, May 4-Saturday, June 10) Marcus Kenney, collage artist, photographer, and sculptor from Savannah, Georgia, uses an assortment of materials: old paint by number sets, publication clippings, book illustrations, old receipts, stamps, etc., to create images that often-times have political or social significance. Wine and water will be served at the opening. Pepper Gallery 38 Newbury Street, Boston 6:00pm-8:00pm Free 617-236-4497 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 Profiles in Aspiration MIT alumnus Dr. Andrew Silver will show his award-winning documentary, Profiles in Aspiration. In addition to discussing this specific movie, he will discuss any aspects of the filmmaking process and the film industry in which the audience is interested. MIT Room 4-270, Building 4 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge 7:30pm-9:30pm Free 508-481-7401 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 Evening of Russian Ballet (Thursday, May 4-Sunday, May 7) Boston Ballet pays tribute to the great tradition of Russian ballet that began in the nineteenth century with French-born Marius Petipa, whose work defined --and defines -- Russian classicism. For the first half of the twentieth century, ballet continued to be dominated by Russian artists, including Bronislava Nijinska, Vaslav Nijinsky, Leonid Massine, Michel Fokine, Alexander Gorsky, Leonid Jacobson, and of course, George Balanchine. Petipa's Raymonda, Act III and Nijinska's Les Noces anchor this program, which also includes a series of virtuosic solos and pas de deux. The Wang Theatre 270 Tremont Street, Boston Thursday & Sunday, 7:00pm; Friday-Saturday, 8:00pm; Saturday-Sunday, 2:00pm $18-$105 800-447-7400 Socially Awkward Composers in Their Annual Anywhere But a Concert Stage Performance McIntyre & Moore Booksellers hosts SAC's evening of new compositions and improvised music performed by some of Boston's hottest young musicians. Known for their commitment to innovation and their attempts to flee from the formal boundaries of the traditional concert hall, SAC breaks out of the genre box, presenting concert music informed by the likes of R&B, Metal, and World folk music traditions. Reception follows. McIntyre & Moore Booksellers 255 Elm Street, Davis Square, Somerville 7:30pm Free 617-629-4840 Opening Reception for Spurse A six-week provisional restaurant that designates food as a site for public art. Spurse will lead public gleaning walks, costless cuisine servings, and educational demonstrations as part of an exploration of the culture, practices, and role of food within the Cambridge community. (May 4-May 26, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 1:00pm, are gleaning walks. Thursdays and Fridays at 6:00pm are Public Servings.) The Public Table 290 Main Street, Kendall Square, Cambridge 5:00pm-8:00pm Free 617-349-4380 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 The Long Street: A Visual Journey An ongoing series of photographs taken by Women’s Studies Research Center (Brandeis University) scholar Emily Corbato throughout her travels. WSRC, Epstein Building, Brandeis University 515 South Street, Waltham 12:30pm Free 781-736-8100 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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