Porgy and Bess Program [pdf] - American Repertory Theater
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guide to local theater (continued)<br />
book, music, <strong>and</strong> lyrics by Jonathan Larson<br />
directed by Benjamin Evett<br />
musical direction by Todd C. Gordon<br />
choreography by Kelli Edwards<br />
featuring New Rep Favorites<br />
Aimee Doherty, Eve Kagan<br />
<strong>and</strong> Maurice E. Parent<br />
IN RESIDENCE AT THE<br />
ARSENAL CENTER FOR THE ARTS<br />
newrep.org<br />
617-923-8487<br />
Sept. 4 - Sept. 25, 2011<br />
charles mosesian theater<br />
HUNTINGTON<br />
THEATRE<br />
COMPANY<br />
MUSIC BY<br />
321 ARSENAL ST. WATERTOWN MA<br />
Tickets start at $28<br />
Free Parking!<br />
PRESENTS<br />
LEONARD BERNSTEIN<br />
LYRICS BY<br />
RICHARD WILBUR<br />
DIRECTED BY<br />
MARY ZIMMERMAN<br />
THE GLORIOUS MUSICAL<br />
CANDIDE<br />
SEPT.10-OCT.16<br />
“Gorgeously<br />
imagined,<br />
C<strong>and</strong>ide is<br />
a garden<br />
of delights!”<br />
BU THEATRE / AVENUE OF THE ARTS<br />
— CHICAGO SUN-TIMES<br />
BUDDY COP 2, Stoneham Theatre, 395 Main St., Stoneham,<br />
781-279-2200. Oct 20–Nov 6. For the residents of Sh<strong>and</strong>on,<br />
Indiana, it’s Christmas in August as the town rallies to honor a<br />
girl’s dying wish <strong>and</strong> the local police fight crime from the community<br />
center after a flood. As the fruitcakes <strong>and</strong> Christmas<br />
watermelons collect, this quirky <strong>and</strong> touching play shows how<br />
a community unites to help one of its own, <strong>and</strong> how, even in<br />
the smallest of towns, secrets are waiting to be revealed.<br />
CANDIDE, Huntington Theatre Company, Boston University<br />
Theatre, 264 Huntington Ave., 617-266-0800. Sep 10–Oct 16.<br />
Featuring Leonard Bernstein’s soaring score <strong>and</strong> lyrics from<br />
some of the wittiest writers of all time, this outrageous<br />
musical satire tells the story of naïve C<strong>and</strong>ide. Banished for<br />
romancing the Baron’s daughter, C<strong>and</strong>ide is plagued by a<br />
series of absurd hardships that challenges his optimistic<br />
outlook on life <strong>and</strong> love.<br />
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, Riverside Theatre Works, 45<br />
Fairmount Ave., Hyde Park, 617-361-5269. Sep 16–Oct 2. Set<br />
in the 1950s in the Deep South, Tennessee Williams’ classic<br />
begins as a plantation owner celebrates what he thinks is his<br />
cure from cancer on his 65th birthday. This sultry drama explores<br />
a family’s internal battle to look truthfully at its own past<br />
as shocking secrets are revealed.<br />
CHICAGO, Metro Stage Company, Cambridge Family YMCA<br />
Theatre, 820 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 617-524-5013.<br />
Oct 21–29. In roaring ’20s Chicago, Roxie Hart murders a<br />
faithless lover <strong>and</strong> is sent to death row, where she <strong>and</strong> fellow<br />
“Merry Murderess” Velma Kelly vie for headlines <strong>and</strong> the spotlight,<br />
ultimately joining forces in search of the “<strong>American</strong><br />
Dream”: fame, fortune <strong>and</strong> acquittal.<br />
COLLECTED STORIES, New <strong>Repertory</strong> Theatre, Charles<br />
Mosesian <strong>Theater</strong>, Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St.,<br />
Watertown, 617-923-8487. Oct 9–30. Ruth Steiner, a critically<br />
acclaimed author, takes her student, Lisa, under her wing. When<br />
Lisa becomes a much-admired published writer <strong>and</strong> uses<br />
Ruth’s secretive life story for her own novel, the balance of<br />
power shifts <strong>and</strong> the boundaries of their relationship is called<br />
into question in this play by Pulitzer Prize winner Donald<br />
Margulies (Dinner With Friends).<br />
CURTAINS, The Boston Conservatory <strong>Theater</strong>, 31 Hemenway<br />
St., 617-912-9222. Oct 3–6. It’s the brassy, bright <strong>and</strong> promising<br />
year of 1959. Boston’s Colonial Theatre is host to the opening<br />
night performance of a new musical. When the leading lady<br />
mysteriously dies on stage, the entire cast <strong>and</strong> crew are suspects.<br />
Enter a local detective, who just happens to be a musical<br />
theater fan.<br />
DEARLY BELOVED, The CoLab Theatre Company, Unity Church<br />
of God, 6 William St., Somerville, 800-838-3006. Oct 21–Nov<br />
19. In this world premiere by by Brendan Doris-Pierce, Julius<br />
<strong>and</strong> his best friend Morrie live together comfortably, reliving<br />
their college days. But Julius’ girlfriend, June, is growing frustrated<br />
with Morrie’s quirks—specifically his phobia of all things<br />
related to love <strong>and</strong> sex. They find themselves awash in wedding<br />
invitations, prompting a crisis in Julius’ <strong>and</strong> June’s relationship.<br />
THE DIVINE SISTER, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Roberts<br />
Studio Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for<br />
the Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Oct 21–Nov 19. This<br />
gleefully twisted tale by Charles Busch (Die, Mommie, Die! <strong>and</strong><br />
Psycho Beach Party) tells the story of an indomitable Mother<br />
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