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Boston Ballet presents 'Coppélia'

Thursday, May 23 7:30p

Boston Opera House, Boston

The light-hearted comedy of George Balanchine’s classic Coppélia returns by popular demand...

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Thursday, May 1 7:30p

Wang Theatre, Boston

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has been thrilling Boston audiences since the Celebrity Series presented their Boston debut in 1968. “…the Rolls-Royce of American dance...

Punk Rock

Thursday, May 23 7:30p

BCA Plaza Black Box, Boston

Playwright Simon Stephen's portrait of teen angst takes a disturbing and violent turn, but the power of this production comes from the easy way the ensemble members inhabit their characters with gr...

To Hell with This Village

Friday, Jul 12 7:30p

Hibernian Hall, Boston

When three generations come under one roof to plan a family reunion sparks fly! Written by Sean Travis Taylor, To Hell with This Village! examines the dynamics that occur when a buppy African-Ameri...

Rapture, Blister, Burn

Friday, May 24 8:00p

Stanford Calderwood Pavilion, Boston

Playwright Gina Gionfriddo and director Peter DuBois, longtime collaborators who worked together on "Becky Shaw," team up again for Gionfriddo's comedy of ambivalence about life choices, built on t...

Circus Oz, From the Ground Up

Wednesday, Feb 19 7:00p

Shubert Theatre, Boston

These acrobatic daredevils from down-under bring sass to their wildly entertaining, irreverent, and family-friendly performances; that’s why they are the National Circus of Australia...

Selected Shorts: Springtime, Sex, and Baseball

Saturday, Jun 8 4:00p

BU Theater, Boston

by Dorothy Parker, WP Kinsella, Aimee Bender, and NM Kelby Featuring Kate Burton, Denis O'Hare, and Amy Ryan Presented by Huntington Theatre Company 6/8/2013 Tony and Emmy Award nominee Kate Burt...

Berklee's Musical Theater Summer Intensive

Monday, Aug 12 9:00a

Berklee College of Music, Boston

The Berklee Musical Theater Summer Intensive is a five-day course that provides professional-level musical performance training...

Navarasa Dance Theater

Friday, May 31 8:00p

Stanford Calderwood Pavilion, Boston

Founded in Mysore, India, in 1991, and reconstituted in Boston in 1996, Navarasa Dance Theater combines song, dance, original music, and kalarippayattu (an Indian martial-art form) to create its mu...

"On the Town"

Thursday, May 23 7:30p

Lyric Stage, Boston

A production longer on wistful charm than effervescence, reflecting the innocence we associate with the 1940s but also flecked with traces of our contemporary ambivalence and our mistrust of happy ...

Shear Madness

Thursday, May 23 8:00p

Stage II at Charles Playhouse, Boston

If you have one night to see a play in Boston, see Shear Madness. If you have two nights, see Shear Madness twice...

The Phantom of the Opera

Wednesday, Jun 11 7:30p

Boston Opera House, Boston

Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s phenomenal musical success, The Phantom of the Opera, will make its premiere in Boston...

TAO Dance Theater

Thursday, Feb 27 7:30p

Shubert Theatre, Boston

"It is easy to see why the choreographer and co-founder Tao Ye has captured attention as a radical new presence on the country’s burgeoning contemporary dance scene...

Blue Man Group

Thursday, May 23 8:00p

Charles Playhouse, Boston

There are lots of traditions to celebrate this time of year including the long-running Blue Man Group. Old and new routines include Paint Drumming, Gum Balls/Marshmallows (our favorite), and GiPads...