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May 2006, Saturday
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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


Boston Baroque: Beethoven's Eroica & Cherubini's Requiem
Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) Cherubini, Requiem in C minor. Boston Premiere!

Jordan Hall at NEC
30 Gainsborough St., Boston
8:00pm
$23-$58
617-484-9200


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


Caroline, or Change
(Friday, May 5-Saturday, June 3)
Set at the time of President Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, this is the powerful story of Caroline, a black maid working for a Sothern Jewish family while struggling to raise her own children amidst the swirling social changes sweeping the country.

SpeakEasy Stage Company
539 Tremont Street, Boston
Show times and prices vary
617-933-8600


Boston Gay Men's Chorus Annual Gala: Crescendo!
Join the celebration which includes entertainment by special guest Brini Maxwell, live and silent auctions with one-of-a-kind items up for bid, a sumptuous array of gourmet desserts, and cocktails and socializing. The event will support the BGMC’s concerts and groundbreaking community-outreach programs

The Roxy Ballroom
279 Tremont Street, Boston
6:30pm-10:00pm
$50
617-542-SING


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


Kong’s Night Out
(Friday, May 5-Saturday, June 3)
It’s opening night of Broadway producer Myron Siegel’s hot new hit, Foxy Felicia, but for some reason, the advance has dwindled to just 16 ticket holders! Is it because of the special new attraction nature-filmmaker Carl Denham has to unveil? From local favorite Jack Neary (Beyond Belief) and in the tradition of 1930s screwball comedy, this brand new farce is set in the hotel suite from which Fay Wray is plucked that fateful night.

The Lyric Stage Company of Boston
140 Clarendon Street, Boston
Wednesday-Thursday, 7:30pm; Friday-Saturday, 8:00pm; Saturday, 4:00pm; Sunday, 3:00pm; May 10 & 31, 2:00pm
$20-$45
617-585-5678


Master Class: Rennie Harris Puremovement
Learn about the movement and the history behind it with artists from Rennie Harris Puremovement. Dance, learn, and appreciate hip-hop movement the RHPM way. For intermediate/advanced-level dancers.

Green Street Studios
185 Green Street, Cambridge
1:30pm-2:50pm
$15
627-876-4275


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


Michael Verhoeven: Three Films
(Friday, May 5-Tuesday, May 9)
Films explore the political history of Germany, especially the Holocaust and World War II. All three films screening at the Harvard Film Archive challenge that history by bringing to the forefront previously hidden or denied realities.

Harvard Film Archive
24 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Nasty Girl
Friday, 7:00pm; Saturday, 9:00pm
The White Rose
Friday, 9:00pm; Monday, 9:00pm
My Mother’s Courage
Saturday, 7:00pm; Tuesday, 9:15pm
$8; $6, students & seniors
617-495-4700


Peter Max to Showcase “Colors of a Better World” Exhibit
(Friday, May 5-Saturday, May 6)
“Colors of a Better World” features over 300 pieces of Max¹s art. The subject matter of the work ranges from the well known “Cosmic” images, to his famous iconic paintings, such as the “Statue of Liberty,” and “Flag with Heart.” All artwork is available for acquisition.

Saturday: Wentworth Galleries, Burlington Mall
75 Middlesex Turnpike, Burlington
6:00pm-9:00pm
Free
781-272-5010


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


Bank of America Celebrity Series Presents Rebecca Rice Dance: A Boston Marquee Performance
Rice has a solid foundation in traditional ballet technique combine in a style that is powerful, expressive, earthy and yet, ethereal. Her original choreography merges strong, assertive physicality with a sense of majesty, theatricality and a pure understanding of form.

Tsai Performance Center, Boston University
685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
8:00pm
$20-$30
617-482-6661


Rennie Harris Puremovement
(Friday, May 5-Sunday, May 7)
Brilliant Pioneer of hip-hop choreography, Rennie Harris and his company Puremovement harness raw street energy into electrifying stage performances.

Cutler Majestic Theatre, Emerson College
219 Tremont Street, Boston
$30-$45
Friday, 7:00pm; Saturday, 8:00pm; Sunday, 3:00pm
617-876-4275


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


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


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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