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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 52 AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER
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