Porgy and Bess Program [pdf] - American Repertory Theater

guide to local theater (continued)
stead unleashes her malingering mother’s thwarted feminist
rage. Mom is prepared to do anything to stop filming—even if
it kills her.
STEEL MAGNOLIAS, Stoneham Theatre, 395 Main St.,
Stoneham, 781-279-2200. Sep 15–Oct 2. On the morning of
her wedding day, Shelby Eatenton, her mother and her
mother’s outrageous friends—the lovable curmudgeon Ouiser
and small-town grande dame Clairee—gather in Truvy’s smalltown
Louisiana beauty parlor. Filled with humor and heartbreak,
these women make us laugh and cry as they face life’s
uncertainties with courage and humor.
TWELFTH NIGHT, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Plaza Theatre,
Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., 617-933-8600.
Sep 27–Oct 23. A shipwreck on the shores of Illyria provides
the collision that sends Shakespeare’s sublime characters
on a course toward self-discovery. Through foibles and
mistaken identities, we learn that neither love nor knowledge
is ever uncomplicated, and that laughter at others comes at
one’s own peril.
WOMEN OF WILL, The Nora Theatre Company, Central Square
Theater, 450 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 866-811-4111.
Oct 13–Nov 6. Shakespearean impresario Tina Packer takes
audiences on a journey, illuminating the evolution of the feminine
in the Bard’s plays and revealing the ways in which
Shakespeare believed we could build a better world.
DANCE
KINGS OF SALSA, Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College,
219 Tremont St., 800-233-3123. Oct 13–15. This sizzling,
high-energy dance and music performance captures the
hottest salsa moves direct from Havana.
OPERA
BÉATRICE ET BÉNÉDICT, Opera Boston, Cutler Majestic Theatre
at Emerson College, 219 Tremont St., 800-233-3123. Oct 21–25.
Based on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, Hector Berlioz’
lovely, luminous opear stars tenor Sean Panikkar and mezzo-soprano
Kelley O’Connor as Shakespeare’s battling couple who realize
their love for each other through their friends’ plotting.
ROCKET’S RED BLARE, Intermezzo New England Chamber
Opera Series, Aggasiz Theater, Harvard University, 14 Mason
St., Cambridge, 617-899-4261. Sep 23 & 24. A king and
queen of a mythical kingdom forbid their son to marry a girl
from the village or risk banishment by being sent in a rocket to
the other side of the world in this two-act work by James
Yannatos fashioned after the traditional “opera buffa.”
Audra
McDonald
in concert
Sunday | October 2 | 5pm | Symphony Hall
Join Celebrity Series of Boston for the opening night performance of the
2011-12 season, an unforgettable evening of songs with Audra McDonald!
Tickets start at $40. To purchase call:
SymphonyCharge | 888-266-1200
www.celebrityseries.org
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