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THIS IS A MUST SEE! It is a delightful musical romp.

Barbara

A Musical Within a Comedy

The Drowsy Chaperone

Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert
and Greg Morrison
Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar
Directed by Paul Daigneault
Featuring Will McGarrahan and Karen Macdonald

May 6 – June 4, 2011

Mayhem, mix-ups and a gay (in the old sense of the word) wedding mark the high-spirited hijinx of The Drowsy Chaperone, winner of five 2006 Tony Awards. The fun begins when a die-hard musical fan plays his favorite cast album, a 1928 smash hit called “The Drowsy Chaperone” and the show magically bursts to life. Suddenly the man finds himself immersed in the glamorous, hilarious tale of a celebrity bride and her uproarious wedding day, complete with thrills and surprises that take both the cast (literally) and the audience (metaphorically) soaring to the rafters.

Run time: 1 hour 40 minutes without an intermission

We also have made a video announcing the season:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMZarJLD3_M

Tickets and info  The Drowsy Chaperone

NEW REP ANNOUNCES ITS SUMMER SHOW
THE WORLD GOES ‘ROUND

A MUSICAL REVUE OF KANDER AND EBB

(WATERTOWN, MA, Monday, May 2, 2011) New Repertory Theatre, in residence at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, is pleased to announce The World Goes ‘Round, the award-winning musical revue of Kander and Ebb, as its 2011 Summer Show. The World Goes ‘Round begins performances on July 10 and runs through July 31, 2011. The press opening will be held on Monday, July 11, 2011 at 7:30pm.

“After concluding a terrific season, we are excited to be able to continue to provide the Greater Boston theatre community with an entertaining and stimulating summer production,” says Kate Warner, New Rep’s Artistic Director.

Warner continues, “The songs of Kander and Ebb are poignant and everlasting.   Whether it’s the catchy, jazzy tune ‘Mr. Cellophane,’ the powerful and moving song ‘Maybe This Time,’ or the witty upbeat  melody ‘The Grass is Always Greener,’ audience members will be amused by these familiar tunes, impressive choreography, and talented cast. The World Goes ‘Roundwill be the must-see musical this summer.”

The World Goes ‘Round will be directed by Kate Warner and musically directed by Todd C. Gordon.  The cast features New Rep favorites: Leigh Barrett (Indulgences, Dessa Rose, Side by Side, Ragtime, Into the Woods, and The Threepenny Opera) and Aimee Doherty (The Last Five Years, Darling Divas Deck the Holidays, Hot Mikado, Speed-the-Plow, Cabaret, tick, tick… BOOM!, The Wild Party, Ragtime, and Into the Woods).

The World Goes ‘Round is a winner of 3 Drama Desk Awards. Conceived by Scott Ellis, Susan Stroman, and David Thompson.Lyrics by Fred Ebb. Music by John Kander.

Enter the world of distinguished and celebrated writing team Kander and Ebb. In this outstanding retrospective of their work, your favorite songs such as “Mr. Cellophane,” “Maybe This Time,” “Cabaret,” and “New York, New York” are seamlessly interwoven into a passionate, harmonious, up-tempo evening of musical theatre.

New Repertory Theatre presents provocative and intelligent works of both established and emerging playwrights in an intimate setting that involves and engages the audience. New Rep has earned a reputation for dynamic productions that honor the writers and feature talented professional actors from the New England Theatre community as well as guest artists from around the U.S. New Rep has received Elliot Norton and IRNE Awards for outstanding acting, scenic design, directions, and production. Programming for New Repertory Theatre is supported in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

ARTISTS

Leigh Barrett (Woman #1) Other projects with New Rep: Indulgences (Advisor 1), Dessa Rose (Ruth), Ragtime (Mother),Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (Mrs. Cratchit), The Three Penny Opera (Jenny Diver), Side By Side By Sondheim,Sweeney Todd (Beggar Woman), Into the Woods (Baker’s Wife), and The Wild Party (Madeline True).  Leigh has also starred in the critically acclaimed role of Little Edie Beale in Grey Gardens at the Lyric Stage Company. Other favorite roles include the Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol and Mama Rose in Gypsy (Stoneham Theatre), Jacques Brel(Gloucester Stage Company), Fosca in Passion (SpeakEasy), Sally in Follies (Lyric/Overture), and Florence Foster Jenkins in Souvenir (Lyric). Leigh is the grateful recipient of the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Actress (2004/2007) and two IRNES.

Aimee Doherty (Woman #2)  is excited to be back at New Rep having previously appeared in: The Last Five Years (Cathy),Hot Mikado (Pitti-Sing), Speed the Plow (Karen), Cabaret (Sally Bowles), tick, tick…BOOM! (Susan), Wild Party(ensemble/Queenie u/s), Ragtime (Evelyn Nesbit), Into the Woods (Cinderella) and Darling Divas Deck the Holidays. Other Boston area credits include: Animal Crackers (Arabella/Mrs. Whitehead), Grey Gardens (Young Edie), Follies (Y oung Phyllis), See What I Wanna See (Kesa/the wife/an actress) and Adrift in Macao (Lureena) with the Lyric Stage Company of Boston; Annie (Grace) and Honk! (Ida) with Wheelock Theatre; The Dinosaur Musical (Mindy) with Stoneham Theatre; The Pain and the Itch (Kelly) with Company One; Nine (Luisa), The Women (Peggy), Bubbly Black Girl… (Scarlet) and Company(Kathy) with SpeakEasy Stage of Boston; On the 20th Century (Anita) staring Alice Ripley with Overture Productions. Aimee has received IRNE acting nominations for her work in Cabaret, Speed-the-Plow, The Pain and the Itch, and Grey Gardens. In addition to acting Aimee, is a freelance environmental consultant with Doherty Environmental Consulting.

Kate Warner (director, artistic director) is in the second year of her tenure with this 27 year old company.  Kate is continuing New Rep’s mission of producing plays that speak powerfully to the essential ideas of our time, fostering new work, expanding our commitment to education and outreach and promoting New Rep as a major voice in the national dialogue defining the role of theater in our culture.  Prior to coming to New Rep, Kate was Artistic Director of Dad’s Garage Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, where she developed innovations in season planning, business models, education programs and audience development. Kate has amassed an impressive history as both a director and producer as the previous Managing Director/Artistic Associate with Atlanta’s Theatrical Outfit, which in December of 2004 moved into its new $5.4 million home, a renovated downtown Atlanta landmark, thus completing an award-winning strategic plan. Her body of directorial work includes, for Dad’s Garage: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Skin, and Mojo; for Actor’s Express: The Last Five Years, Pulp, and Octopus; for Theatrical Outfit: Waiting for Godot and The Island; for American Stage: Proof; and for Magic Theatre:Octopus. She has championed new work from playwrights such as Lisa Kron, Alice Tuan, Peter Nachtrieb, Chris Craddock, Kyle Jarrow, Suzan-Lori Parks, Megan Gogerty, David J (Bauhaus), Caridad Svich, Lauren Gunderson, Roberto Aguirre Sacasa, Ross Maxwell, Rolin Jones, David Holstein, John Pierson, Steve Yockey, Heather Woodbury, Chay Yew, and Greg Kotis. Kate serves as a board member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national service organization for non-profit theatres and will chair the 2011 National Conference in Los Angeles. She is also a member and facilitator of the Lincoln Center Theatre Directors’ Lab in New York, a member and panelist of the Directors Lab West in Los Angeles, and a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. In summer 2004, Kate completed the Executive Program for Non-Profit Leaders in the Arts at Stanford Graduate School of Business and the New Artistic Leadership Institute with TCG/Dance USA at the McCarter Theatre. Recognition for Kate’s directing work includes a Suzi Bass Award Nomination for Best Musical 2008, Sunday Paper Top 10 Director 2007, Suzi Bass Award for Best Director and Best Play 2006, and Best Director Readers’ Pick in Creative Loafing’s Best of Atlanta 2007 and 2006. She is a graduate of Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI with degrees in Theatre and Anthropology.

Todd C. Gordon (musical direction) served as Music Director for Passing Strange, The Last Five Years, Darling Divas Deck the Holidays, Sophie Tucker: The Last of the Red Hot Mamas,  Hot Mikado, Cabaret (IRNE Nominee, Best Music Director), Gutenberg! The Musical, Dessa Rose, Side by Side by Sondheim, Lippa’s The Wild Party (IRNE Nominee, Best Music Director), Ragtime (IRNE Award, Best Music Director), Into the Woods (IRNE Award, Best Music Director), The Threepenny Opera (IRNE Nominee, Best Music Director), and musical supervision for According to Tip, Todd is thrilled to be working again at New Rep on Passing Strange. Todd has also worked in the New England area on productions for the Lyric Stage Company, Publick Theatre, Gloucester Stage, Charles Playhouse/Second Stage, Stoneham Theatre, Brandeis Theatre Company, and Emerson Stage.

FACTS AT A GLANCE

Company: New Repertory Theatre

Where: In residence at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, Charles Mosesian Theater, 321

Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA 02472

Production: The World Goes ‘Round

Lyrics: Fred Ebb

Music: John Kander

Conceived by: Scott Ellis, Susan Stroman, and David Thompson

Director: Kate Warner

Todd C. Gordon, Musical Director

Cast:                           Leigh Barrett Woman #1

Aimee Doherty Woman #2

De’Lon Grant Man #2

David Costa Man #1

Shannon Lee Jones Woman #3

Designers: Scenic Design Erik Diaz
Costume Design Deidre McCabe Gerrard

Performing: First performance: Sunday, July 10, 2011 at 2:00pm

Press Opening: Monday, July 11, 2011 at 7:30pm
Runs through: Sunday, July 31, 2011 at 4:00pm

Performances: Sunday, July 10, 2011 at 2:00pm

Sunday, July 11, 2011 at 7:30pm

Monday, July 12, 2011 at 7:30pm (Press Opening)

Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 2:00pm

Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 7:30pm

Friday, July 15, 2011 at 8:00pm

Saturday, July 16, 2011 at 8:00pm

Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 4:00pm

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 7:30pm

Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 7:30pm

Friday, July 22, 2011 at 8:00pm

Saturday, July 23, 2011 at 3:30pm

Saturday, July 23, 2011 at 8:00pm

Sunday, July 24, 2011 at 4:00pm

Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 7:30pm

Friday, July 29, 2011 at 8:00pm

Saturday, July 29, 2011 at 3:30pm

Saturday, July 29, 2011 at 8:00pm

Sunday, July 31, 2011 at 4:00pm

Tickets: Full Price $28-58. Seniors $7 off full price. Student rush $20.
Call: 617-923-8487 or buy online at www.newrep.org.

Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible
Assisted Listening System

Box office with TTY

For TTY only, dial 617.923.2067

Large-Print and Braille Programs available

Public

Transportation: #70 or #70A bus to the School Street stop

Parking: Free, six-level parking garage across from the Arsenal Center for the Arts

BOSTON BOOK FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR 3^RD ANNUAL EVENT

OCT. 15, 2011

(BOSTON—May 17, 2011) Organizers of the Boston Book Festival announced today that the keynote speaker for this year’s event will be celebrated novelist and poet Michael Ondaatje. The third annual festival will take place on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, in various locations around Copley Square.

Ondaatje’s artistry and aesthetic have influenced an entire generation of writers and readers. Although he is best known as a novelist, Ondaatje’s work also encompasses memoir, poetry, and film, and reveals a passion for defying conventional form. In his transcendent novel The English Patient—made into the Academy Award-winning film—he explores the stories of people history fails to reveal, intersecting four diverse lives at the end of World War II. Born in Sri Lanka, the former Ceylon, of Indian/Dutch ancestry, he went to school in England, and then moved to Canada. He is now a Canadian citizen. From the memoir of his childhood, Running in the Family, to his Governor-General’s Award-winning book of poetry, There’s a Trick With a Knife I’m Learning To Do, to The English Patient, Ondaatje casts a spell over his readers. And having won the British Commonwealth’s highest honor—the Booker Prize—he has taken his rightful place as a contemporary literary treasure. He is the author of four collections of poetry, and his works of fiction include Anil’s Ghost, In the Skin of a Lion, Coming Through Slaughter, and The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. In 2000, Michael Ondaatje was awarded the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, the Prix Medicis, the Governor General’s Award, and the Giller Prize for Anil’s Ghost. Ondaatje’s most recent nonfiction work is The Conversations: Walter Murch & the Art of Editing Film. His novel Divisadero (2007) won Canada’s Governor-General Award. In February 2011 his stage adaption of Divisadero was performed in Toronto. His forthcoming novel, The Cat’s Table, will be published in Fall 2011.

According to Executive Director Deborah Z Porter, “The Boston Book Festival is honored to be one of Michael Ondaatje’s first public forums in the U.S. where he will discuss his forthcoming and much anticipated novel, The Cat’s Table. It should be an extraordinary event.”

Previously announced authors appearing at the Boston Book Festival this year include Jennifer Egan, author of A Visit From the Goon Squad, and winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize, and the 2011 National Book Critics Circle Award, for Fiction; Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of all Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction; Sarah Bakewell, author ofHow to Live: Or, a Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography; Isabel Wilkerson, author of The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction. The complete line-up, which will include over 100 authors, scholars and presenters, will be announced over the summer. The featured authors will represent a wide array of programming, and include award winners, best-selling authors, renowned scholars, children’s writers, and writers of fiction, non-fiction and poetry.

In just two years, the Boston Book Festival has become one of the most anticipated events in the cultural life of the City. Boston Book Festival organizers estimate that about 25,000 people took part in indoor and outdoor 2010 festival activities through the 12-hour day. More than 130 authors and scholars participated in forty presentations, panels and participatory sessions in various Back Bay venues. The Festival takes advantage of the great architectural treasures in Copley Square, utilizing such venues as Trinity Church, Old South Church and the Boston Public Library, among others. A street fair in the square features exhibitors and live music throughout the day. All daytime events are FREE and open to the public.

In 2010, the Boston Book Festival initiated the One City One Story program, which saw the distribution of 30,000 copies of a Tom Perrotta short story throughout the Boston area, and culminated in a town hall meeting with the author and more than 200 readers eager to discuss the story. Boston Book Festival organizers will continue this well-received and innovative program, and will announce this year’s story in the coming weeks.

The Boston Book Festival is produced by the non-profit organization of the same name, and is made possible with the generous support of sponsors and individual donors. For more information about the Boston Book Festival, visit www.bostonbookfest.org.

Boston Book Festival Partners include Mayor Thomas M. Menino; The Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism and Special Events; The City of Boston Parks and Recreation Department; ReadBoston; Boston Public Library; the Boston Athenæum; PEN New England; Grub Street; Trinity Church; Old South Church; Boston Children’s Museum; Cambridge Public Library, New Center for Arts and Culture; 826 Boston; Brattle Theatre, Berklee College of Music; Emerson College; Harvard Book Store; Brookline Booksmith, Porter Square Books; Independent Film Festival Boston and Newtonville Books.

Boston Book Festival Board of Directors: President Deborah Z. Porter; Treasurer Steve Oristaglio; Secretary Susana B. Lopez; Hannah Gilligan Commoss, Paul La Camera, Callie Crossley, Robert Duboff, Rona Kiley, Glenda Manzi, Jeff Mayersohn, John Taylor “Ike” Williams. Honorary Advisory Board: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Ann Gund, Steve Grossman, Arthur Golden, Phil Balboni, Amy Ryan, Diane Patrick, Tom Perrotta, Lou Casagrande.

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Click here to listen to Michael Feinstein sing “The Song Is You”
from his CD The Sinatra Project.

The Boston Pops and Keith Lockhart usher two enormous talents to the Symphony Hall stage for an exploration of the American Songbook and the American Icons who have transformed its tunes into cultural cornerstones. First up is Michael Feinstein, a performer whose vocal acrobatics are matched with an archivist’s instinct for a century of great American music.  This two-part American Songbook program, first features a Boston Pops performance of light classical pieces, such as selections from Aaron Copland’s cowboy ballet Rodeo.  The spotlight then shifts to Mr. Feinstein, as he croons tunes from theFrank Sinatra Songbook, with his irresistible Rat Pack charm, on Tuesday, May 31, and Wednesday, June 1. The June 1 concert also features performances by the up-and-coming musicians who topped the 2011 Young Artists Competition at the Boston Pops presented by Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund®.

The Pops next welcome Ellis Hall, the former lead singer of Tower of Power, for an evening of Motown magic and the icons of soul.  As the first and only artist to sign to Ray Charles’s personal record label, Ellis Hall is arguably the best living artist to recall the Charles legacy and other legends of rhythm and blues on Friday, June 3, and Saturday, June 4. Boston Pops cellist Mihail Jojatu also takes center stage during these concerts to perform Gulda’s Concerto for Cello.

Tickets for The American Songbook and American Icons concerts range from $21 to $91, and may be purchased by visiting www.bostonpops.org, calling 888-266-1200, or visiting the Symphony Hall box office at 301 Massachusetts Avenue.

MORE ON MICHAEL FEINSTEIN – WWW.MICHAELFEINSTEIN.COM
Michael Feinstein, the multi-platinum-selling, five-time Grammy-nominated entertainer dubbed “The Ambassador of the Great American Songbook,” is considered one of the premier interpreters of American standards. More than simply a performer, Feinstein is nationally recognized for his commitment to celebrating America’s popular song and preserving its legacy for the next generation. Feinstein serves as artistic director of the Center for the Performing Arts, a $170 million, three-theatre venue in Carmel, Indiana, which opened in January 2011. Starting in 2010, he also took over as director of the Jazz and Popular Song Series at New York’s Lincoln Center; sits on the Library of Congress’s National Recording Preservation Board. His Manhattan nightclub, Feinstein’s at Loews Regency, has presented the top talents of pop and jazz, including Rosemary Clooney, Barbara Cook, Glen Campbell, and Jane Krakowski. Mr. Feinstein was once assistant to the great Ira Gershwin, a position that earned him access to numerous unpublished Gershwin songs, many of which he has since performed and recorded.
MORE ON ELLIS HALL WWW.ELLISHALL.COM
Ellis Hall is a multi-instrumentalist virtuoso and dynamic vocalist who has performed and recorded with a literal Who’s Who of musical elite including Stevie Wonder, Patti LaBelle, John Mayer, Herbie Hancock, James Taylor, and his musical mentor Ray Charles. In the early years of his career, Ellis was featured as the lead vocalist performing with Kenny G. on his debut hit single, “What Does it Take.” He then joined the soul-stirring group Tower Of Power as lead vocalist, keyboardist, songwriter, arranger, and producer and enjoyed tremendous success as a member of the multi-platinum group, The California Raisins. He has also been a featured vocalist on soundtracks ranging from the TV series The West Wing and NYPD Blue to films such as “Lion King II,” “Chicken Run,” “Bruce Almighty,” “A Day Without A Mexican” and “Polar Express”.  Ellis has the honor of being the only artist, other than Ray Charles, to be signed to Charles’s label Crossover Records. Click here to watch a video introduction to Ellis Hall.

Here’s a POPS extra that you will want to know about. Yip Harburg wrote the lyrics and Harold Arlen the music for the best song in the last 100 years, Over The Rainbow. Now the Boston Pops is asking you to be part of the sing-along collage. 
To pay respect to the shared cultural heritage of the American Songbook, the Boston Pops is asking for video submissions of fans singing “Over the Rainbow” for inclusion in a video collage to be shown at Boston Pops performances throughout the season. Voted number one on the RIAA and NEA’s “Songs of the Century” list, Harold Arlen’s “Over the Rainbow” is an American Songbook selection that unites generations and ties the 2011 Spring Pops Season together—from the Opening Night Judy Garland tribute to the finale “Triple Crown” performance celebrating America’s Heartland. The signature Boston Pops sing-along has long been an audience favorite, so this year the orchestra is opening the sing-along to a national choir. Participants of all ages can submit video of themselves singing “Over the Rainbow,” by adding a video to YouTube and emailing a link and contact info to overtherainbow@bso.org. Videos will be featured on the Boston Pops YouTube channel, on the Boston Pops website www.bostonpops.org, and at Boston Pops performances throughout the season. All video submissions are due by Saturday, April 26, 2011.

WHAT: BOSTON POPS
WHEN: MAY 11 – JUNE 26

WHERE: BOSTON SYMPHONY HALL
TICKETS: SYMPHONY CHARGE

BUZZ:Continuing a 125-year tradition of bringing the best American music to audiences in New England and across the country, the legendary Boston Pops and conductor Keith Lockhartpresent a spring season brimming with a rich variety of American popular music and favorite light classics. Some highlights include Linda Eder, Julia Murney, and New York Pops conductor Steven Reineke; Boston Pops Gospel Night conductor Charles Floyd; film music master and Boston Pops Laureate Conductor John Williams; jazz trumpeter and vocalist Byron Stripling; bluegrass king Ricky Skaggs and his band Kentucky Thunder; Ray Charles protégé Ellis Hall; pop music all-star Kenny Loggins; New Orleans jazz ambassadors Dukes of Dixieland; and the great interpreter of the American Songbook, Michael Feinstein.

WHAT: GREASE

WHERE: Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre

WHEN: April 27-May1

TICKETS: Box Office, online at www.citicenter.org or by calling (866) 348-9738

BUZZ: Grab that poodle skirt, slick back your hair and get ready to rock ‘n’ roll in 50’s style. Leading the 50’s fun-fest will be Eddie Mekka (Laverne & Shirley’s Carmine) as DJ Vince Fontaine.

After spending a hopelessly devoted summer with Sandy Dumbrowski, the new girl in town, Danny Zuko’s world is thrown upside down when Sandy appears at Rydell High on the first day of school. What follows is a rock n’ roll celebration of growin’ up, cruisin’ with friends and goin’ steady. Songs include the Academy Award nominated song “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” “Grease” and “You’re the One That I Want” – both of which were #1 hits on the Billboard Top 100 list (see April 17 above)

WHAT: EDUCATING RITA
WHERE: HUNTINGTON’S MAIN STAGE

WHEN: Through– April 10, 2011

WHERE: Huntington’s main stage, the Boston University Theatre – 264 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA

TICKETS:

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Huntington Theatre Company kicks off its spring of comedy with Educating Rita by Willy

Russell (Shirley Valentine, Blood Brothers), welcoming back celebrated British director Maria Aitken. For the

Huntington, Aitken last staged the pre-Broadway, Tony Award-winning American premiere of Alfred

Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps. In Educating Rita Andrew Long (The Misanthrope Off Broadway) plays Frank and

Jane Pfitsch (Company, John Doyle’s Broadway revival) plays Rita. Winner of the Olivier Award for Best New

Comedy, Educating Rita was commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, premiered in London in the

summer of 1980, and was adapted into a film in 1983, which starred Julie Walters and Sir Michael Caine.

In Educating Rita, Rita, a brash, young hairdresser with a free spirit, is hungry to improve her lot in life. When

she enrolls at the local university; she discovers a passion for literature and turns her boozy and burnt-out

Professor’s life upside down in this award-winning comedy.

“I am so happy to be returning to the Huntington with Educating Rita, a showcase for the actors and a quirky

homage to the Pygmalion story,” says Aitken. “If you think you saw it when you saw the film, think again.”  

WHAT: MFA CHIHULY: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
WHEN: APRIL 10-AUGUST 7

Check out the new and improved Museum of Fine Arts. It’s an experience worthy of you art lovers. On view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), from April 10 through August 7, 2011, Chihuly: Through the Looking Glass is an exhibition of universal appeal that presents works created over the last four decades by Dale Chihuly, one of the world’s foremost artists working in glass. The exhibition features three vibrant artworks in the MFA’s soaring Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Family Courtyard, including the 42-foot-tall Lime Green Icicle Tower, as well as nine dynamic, boldly hued glass installations in the MFA’s Ann and Graham Gund Gallery.

The exhibition is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in cooperation with Dale Chihuly. It is supported by Highland Street Foundation. The media sponsor is The Boston Phoenix.

WHAT: PATTI LUPONE, Celebrity Series

WHERE: SYMPHONY HALL
WHEN: APRIL 3, 2011 5 PM

TICKETS: Celebrity Series Box Office

CelebrityCharge: (617) 482-6661

Box Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 10am-4pm

Email: boxoffice@celebrityseries.org
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