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Porgy and Bess Program [pdf] - American Repertory Theater
Porgy and Bess Program [pdf] - American Repertory Theater Porgy and Bess Program [pdf] - American Repertory Theater
GUIDE to LOCAL THEATER September/ October 2011 DOWNTOWN/THEATRE DISTRICT BLUE MAN GROUP, Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton St., 617- 931-2787 or 617-426-6912. Ongoing. This giddily subversive off-Broadway hit serves up outrageous and inventive theater where three muted, blue-painted performers spoof both contemporary art and modern technology. Wry commentary and bemusing antics are matched only by the ingenious ways in which music and sound are created. The show has recently been updated with new performance pieces and music. DELUSION, Paramount Theatre, 559 Washington St., 617-824- 8000. Sep 27–Oct 2. This evening of performance art legend Laurie Anderson’s personal meditations on life, language, mem- ory and identity is centered around the belief that words and stories can create the world, as well as make it disappear. HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?: OUR VALUES IN QUESTION, The Foundry Theatre, The Jackie Liebergott Black Box at the Paramount Center, 559 Washington St., 617-824-8000. Sep 13–25. This interactive theater piece, a world premiere, is a series of questions posed to audience members, creating a lively talk show environment that discusses how participants have lived their lives, what plans they’ve made for the future and what advice they can offer to us and one another as we all attempt to create lives of value. THE INFERNAL COMEDY, Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College, 219 Tremont St., 800-233-3123. Sep 29 & 30. Featuring stage and screen star John Malkovich, this cross between a chilling crime drama and Baroque opera (featuring a live orchestra playing period instruments) is based on the life story of serial killer Jack Unterweger. Mysteriously back from the grave for an autobiographical book tour, Unterweger oozes disconcerting charm as he narrates his sordid and shocking history. MORTAL TERROR, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and Suffolk University, Modern Theatre at Suffolk University, 525 Washington St., 866-811-4111. Sep 15–Oct 2. National Medal of Arts winner Robert Brustein brings the spirit of William Shakespeare back to the stage in his imaginative story of political upheaval set during the ignition of the Gunpowder Plot. SHEAR MADNESS, Charles Playhouse Stage II, 74 Warrenton St., 617-426-5225. Ongoing. This hilarious Boston-set whodunit, where the clues change every night and the laughs THE FESSENDEN SCHOOL Honesty, Compassion and Respect ADMISSIONS OPEN HOUSES Sunday, October 23, 1:00-3:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 15, 6:30-8:00 p.m. for prospective Kindergarten parents Sunday, December 4, 1:00-3:00 p.m. ADMISSIONS RECEPTION Monday, January 9, 2012, 7:00-9:00 p.m. BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN BOYS K-GRADE 9 DAY, GRADES 5–9 BOARDING 250 Waltham Street, West Newton, MA www.fessenden.org 617-630-2300 46 AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER
guide to local theater (continued) come fast and furious, is a worldwide phenomenon filled with up-to-the-minute spontaneous humor and quicksilver improvisation where the audience becomes part of the action and gets to solve the crime. SOUTH PACIFIC, Boston Opera House, 539 Washington St., 617-931-2787. Sep 27–Oct 2. Based on James Michener’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book Tales of the South Pacific, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s classic musical set on a tropical island during World War II tells the story of two couples and how their happiness is threatened by the realities of war. The beloved show’s songs include “Some Enchanted Evening,” “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair,” “This Nearly Was Mine” and “There is Nothin’ Like a Dame.” THE SPEAKER’S PROGRESS, Sulayman Al-Bassam Theatre, Paramount Theatre, 559 Washington St., 617-824-8000. Oct 12–16. Using Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night as a starting point to explore events in the Middle East, this play set in a totalitarian Arab state where all forms of theater have been banned is a satire on the decades of political inertia that have fed recent revolts across the Arab region and a daring theatrical metaphor for the mechanisms of dissent. YOU BETTER SIT DOWN: TALES FROM MY PARENTS’ DIVORCE, The Civilians, Paramount Theatre, 559 Washington St., 617-824-8000. Oct 12–16. This hysterical account of marriage and divorce, based on the troupe members’ interviews with their own parents, presents four actors—each playing his or her own parents—who serve as conduits for stories of family division. LOCAL/REGIONAL THEATER AS YOU LIKE IT, Theatre@First, Seven Hills Park (behind the Davis Square T station), Holland Street, Somerville, 888-874- 7554. Sep 8–11. This free outdoor production presents one of Shakespeare’s most enduring comedies, in which city and country collide as Rosalind, a Duke’s daughter fleeing the wrath of her uncle, heads into the woods to find her father— and herself. THE BACCHAE, Whistler in the Dark, Charlestown Working Theater, 442 Bunker Hill St., 866-811-4111. Sep 15–23. In Euripides’ ancient tragedy, the citizens of Thebes deny the divinity of Dionysos, who punishes them by inciting the women into a frenzy—driving them from their homes into the mountains where they enact the wild rituals of worship to Bacchus. The young king Pentheus wrestles the god for control of his city, but will his lack of understanding lead to his ruination? BEFORE I LEAVE YOU, Huntington Theatre Company, Wimberly Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Oct 14–Nov 13. In a blink, Emily’s Harvard Square world falls apart. Her husband Koji suddenly embraces his Asian roots. Her friend Jeremy’s work on his novel gets interrupted by a health scare and his sister Trish moving in. Four longtime friends face too much past and too little future in this moving new comedy. BIG RIVER, Lyric Stage Company, 140 Clarendon St., 617-585- 5678. Sep 2–Oct 8. Join Huck and Jim on the Mississippi River in the 1840s, where Huck, escaping from his drunken father, meets up with Jim, a runaway slave. The story of their journey downstream is an American classic that captures the idyllic pleasures and unacknowledged injustices of life on the big river with humor, song and spirit. Stage Spotlight YOUR GUIDE TO NEW ENGLAND THEATRE PRESENTS THE MUSICAL ADAPTATION OF NORTON JUSTER’S ACCLAIMED STORY The Phantom Tollbooth OCTOBER 21–NOVEMBER 20, 2011 617-879-2300 • tickets@wheelock.edu www.WheelockFamilyTheatre.org Boston’s Professional, Affordable Theatre for Every Generation THE BOSTON CONSERVATORY Curtains THE MUSICAL COMEDY WHODUNIT FROM THE CREATORS OF CABARET AND CHICAGO DIRECTED BY DAVID GRAM MUSICAL DIRECTION BY BILL CASEY OCTOBER 3–6, 2011 The Balcony BY JEAN GENET • DIRECTED BY JOHN KUNTZ FOR MATURE AUDIENCES NOVEMBER 17–20, 2011 The Boston Conservatory Theater 31 Hemenway Street Box Office opens Sept. 6, 2011: 617-912-9222 http://bostonconservatory.ticketforce.com Advertise in Theatrebill’s Not-for-Profit Theater section. Call 617-423-3400 for more information. SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION
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GUIDE to<br />
LOCAL<br />
THEATER<br />
September/<br />
October 2011<br />
DOWNTOWN/THEATRE DISTRICT<br />
BLUE MAN GROUP, Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton St., 617-<br />
931-2787 or 617-426-6912. Ongoing. This giddily subversive<br />
off-Broadway hit serves up outrageous <strong>and</strong> inventive theater<br />
where three muted, blue-painted performers spoof both contemporary<br />
art <strong>and</strong> modern technology. Wry commentary <strong>and</strong> bemusing<br />
antics are matched only by the ingenious ways in which<br />
music <strong>and</strong> sound are created. The show has recently been updated<br />
with new performance pieces <strong>and</strong> music.<br />
DELUSION, Paramount Theatre, 559 Washington St., 617-824-<br />
8000. Sep 27–Oct 2. This evening of performance art legend<br />
Laurie Anderson’s personal meditations on life, language, mem-<br />
ory <strong>and</strong> identity is centered around the belief that words <strong>and</strong><br />
stories can create the world, as well as make it disappear.<br />
HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?: OUR VALUES IN QUESTION, The<br />
Foundry Theatre, The Jackie Liebergott Black Box at the<br />
Paramount Center, 559 Washington St., 617-824-8000. Sep<br />
13–25. This interactive theater piece, a world premiere, is a<br />
series of questions posed to audience members, creating a<br />
lively talk show environment that discusses how participants<br />
have lived their lives, what plans they’ve made for the future<br />
<strong>and</strong> what advice they can offer to us <strong>and</strong> one another as we all<br />
attempt to create lives of value.<br />
THE INFERNAL COMEDY, Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson<br />
College, 219 Tremont St., 800-233-3123. Sep 29 & 30.<br />
Featuring stage <strong>and</strong> screen star John Malkovich, this cross<br />
between a chilling crime drama <strong>and</strong> Baroque opera (featuring<br />
a live orchestra playing period instruments) is based on the<br />
life story of serial killer Jack Unterweger. Mysteriously back<br />
from the grave for an autobiographical book tour, Unterweger<br />
oozes disconcerting charm as he narrates his sordid <strong>and</strong><br />
shocking history.<br />
MORTAL TERROR, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre <strong>and</strong> Suffolk<br />
University, Modern Theatre at Suffolk University, 525 Washington<br />
St., 866-811-4111. Sep 15–Oct 2. National Medal of Arts winner<br />
Robert Brustein brings the spirit of William Shakespeare back to<br />
the stage in his imaginative story of political upheaval set during<br />
the ignition of the Gunpowder Plot.<br />
SHEAR MADNESS, Charles Playhouse Stage II, 74 Warrenton<br />
St., 617-426-5225. Ongoing. This hilarious Boston-set whodunit,<br />
where the clues change every night <strong>and</strong> the laughs<br />
THE FESSENDEN SCHOOL<br />
Honesty, Compassion <strong>and</strong> Respect<br />
ADMISSIONS OPEN HOUSES<br />
Sunday, October 23, 1:00-3:00 p.m.<br />
Tuesday, November 15, 6:30-8:00 p.m.<br />
for prospective<br />
Kindergarten<br />
parents<br />
Sunday, December 4, 1:00-3:00 p.m.<br />
ADMISSIONS RECEPTION<br />
Monday, January 9, 2012, 7:00-9:00 p.m.<br />
BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN BOYS<br />
K-GRADE 9 DAY, GRADES 5–9 BOARDING<br />
250 Waltham Street, West Newton, MA www.fessenden.org 617-630-2300<br />
46 AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER
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