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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 ¡°Always Delightfully Cool¡± - Summer Vacations in Northern New England, 1825-1900 Location: Boston Athanaeum
Admission is FREE and open to the public. Gallery hours are Mondays 9 am ¡ª 8 pm, Tuesday through Friday 9 am ¡ª 5:30 pm and Saturday 9 am ¡ª 4 pm. For more information, call (617) 227-0270 or visit www.bostonathenaeum.org. Boston Pops EdgeFest 2008 
Boston Pops EdgeFest 2008 - Natalie MerchantTime: 8:00PM Location: Symphony Hall, 301 Mass Ave, Boston, MA 02115. Folk and pop music are reinvented on the Pops stage in this special performance by the unmistakable, original voice behind the band 10,000 Maniacs. Featuring her lyrical vocals, this Pops presentation showcases Natalie Merchant’s extraordinary solo career — the singing, songwriting, and producing expertise that has earned her the marks of a true musical innovator. After each EdgeFest concert, hear the best of today's emerging talent. EdgeFest Café After each EdgeFest concert, hear the best of today's emerging talent. The Everyday Visuals, a Boston-based indie-rock/folk band will perform after Natalie Merchant's Edgefest concerts on May 27 and 28 at Symphony Hall. Free to performance ticket holders. For more information about The Everyday Visuals, please visit their site at theeverydayvisuals.com. Single tickets are available by calling SymphonyCarge at (888) 266-1200, the Symphony Hall Box Office on the web at www.bostonpops.org. For further general information about our EdgeFest Series, please visit www.bostonpops.org/edgefest Menopause The Musical at the Stuart Street Playhouse Location: Stuart Street Playhouse, 200 Stuart St., Boston, MA 02116.
Performances at the Stuart Street Playhouse are Wednesday through Friday evenings at 8 PM, Saturdays at 2 PM and 5:30 PM, Sundays at 2 PM, with additional performances on the first and third Sunday of every month at 5:30 PM, and on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month at 2 PM. Tickets for all performances are priced at $45.00. Groups of 15 or more are priced at $38.50. Single tickets and dinner/theatre/parking packages are available by calling Telecharge.com at (800) 447-7400 and at the Stuart Street Playhouse Box Office, 200 Stuart St., Boston, MA 02116. The Stuart Street Playhouse is located in the Radisson Hotel Boston; for directions, visit www.stuartstreetplayhouse.com. For further general information about MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL, please visit www.menopausethemusical.com. Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps Children Art Showcase Location: John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse
There will be nearly 20 drawings and paintings on display from April 4 through June 27 in the Harbor Park Gallery of the Courthouse located at 1 Courthouse Way, in South Boston, Mass. Admission is free. The Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps is a leader in child welfare, juvenile justice, and advocacy Massachusetts. The agency’s statewide services include educational, residential treatment, and community outreach programs, which support, educate, and rehabilitate children, helping them to grow into healthy and productive adult members of their communities. For more information about the Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps, or the art show, visit www.rfkchildren.org or call (617) 227-4183. Swan Lake Location: The Wang Theater, 270 Tremont St, Boston
MUSIC: PI Tchaikovsky CHOREOGRAPHY: Mikko Nissinen after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov Performance Schedule: Approximate run time - 2:45 (includes intermission) Thursday, May 1 at 7pm Friday, May 2 at 8pm Saturday, May 3 at 2pm & 8pm Sunday, May 4at 2pm Thursday, May 8 at 7pm Friday, May 9 at 8pm Saturday, May 10 at 2pm & 8pm Sunday, May 11 at 2pm Back by popular demand, Boston Ballet presents the Company’s critically acclaimed production of Swan Lake. Last presented in 2004 and choreographed by Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen, after Petipa and Ivanov, Swan Lake is considered by many to be one of the greatest classical ballets of all time. Nissinen’s version of Swan Lake premiered in 2004 and was called “a must-see” by Christine Temin in The Boston Globe. Based upon the version performed in St. Petersburg in 1895, Nissinen staged the ballet with the goal of returning it to its original roots. Sorella Englund is the dramateur and guest repetitor and Allana Nikitina is the assistant for the third act character dances. “This production of Swan Lake offers a thorough depiction of my vision for the Company,” said Nissinen. “While our version is very traditional, it is consistent with my belief that we should build on the traditions of classical ballet to push the art form into the future. I am proud that audiences and critics enjoyed the production in 2004 and hope that even more people fall in love with the timeless classic this spring.” Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s first ballet, this full-length, four-act production is considered by many dancers, choreographers, and balletomanes to be one of the greatest classical ballets in existence. The beauty, romance, and music so rich in symbolic content have allowed this classic ballet to endure more than 100 years. Choreographer Lev Ivanov, longtime assistant to Marius Petipa, considered by many the master of Russian ballet, remounted the second act of Swan Lake in 1894. This performance honored the life and talent of Tchaikovsky. The triumph of Ivanov’s choreography prompted Petipa to plan a restaging of the ballet in it entirety. The Petipa/ Ivanov version premiered in 1895 at the Maryinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg to great critical acclaim. This rendition remains the model and standard for most major stagings of Swan Lake around the world today. Tickets: Tickets on sale now - visit http://www.Telecharge.com Subscribe now and get the best seats at great savings! Learn about Season Subscriptions. http://www.bostonballet.org/season/performances/SwanLake08.html Songs for the Queen: A Mother’s Day Bouquet of English Ayres Time: 2:00pm Location: Boston Conservatory Concert Room, 8 The Fenway, Boston, MA
Aaron Copland's The Tender Land Time: 3:00pm Location: The Memorial Church, Harvard Yard
THE TENDER LAND an opera in three acts, semi-staged by Aaron Copland libretto by Horace Everett May 10th, 8pm May 11th, 3pm Tickets $10, student $5 The Memorial Church, Harvard Yard Music Director: Aram Demirjian '08 Dramatic Adviser: Matt Corriel '05 Commissioned in 1953 by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, Aaron Copland's masterpiece, The Tender Land, is one of the finest and most underrated works in the American repertoire. Set to Copland's delicate and beautiful score, it is the a touching and poignant story of a Depression Era rural Midwestern family, the Mosses. Laurie Moss, the eldest daughter, is on the eve of her high school graduation when her path is unexpectedly altered with the arrival of two drifters seeking work in her isolated farm town. The revelation of her romance with one of them, Martin, forces her family and neighbors to confront their prejudices against outsiders and Laurie to face the loss of innocence that comes with growing up. Composed at the height of the McCarthy Era, this opera is both an allegory of the xenophobia that every American generation seems to face and a love story of romance and family. Faculty Recital Series— The Austro-Hungarian Influence Time: 5:00pm Location: Boston Conservatory Seully Hall, 8 The Fenway, Boston, MA
Ashmont Hill Chamber Music Mother's Day Celebration Concert Time: 7:00pm Location: All Saints Parish , 209 Ashmont St., Dorchester
www.ashmonthillchambermusic.org Barbiere di Siviglia Time: 7:30pm Location: BU Mainstage. 301 Mass Ave Boston, MA
Libretto by Cesare Sterbini Supertitles by Allison Voth William Lumpkin, conductor Sharon Daniels, stage director The ultimate tale of deception in the name of love, this humorous opera pits two men against each other in a race to the altar. Wit the help of the town barber, Figaro, the lovely Rosina manages to land herself the husband she desires. Turtle Lane Playhouse presents: Dames at Sea Time: 8:00pm - 10:30pm Eastern Location: Turtle Lane Playhouse, 283 Melrose St., Newton
May 2- June 1, 2008. Thurs-Sat at 8pm, Sun at 2pm $25-27.50, student, senior and group discounts available. 617-244-0169 http://www.turtlelane.org Brickbottom District Open Studios 2007 Time: 12:00am - 6:00pm est Location: Brickbottom District , Somerville, MA
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