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WHAT: THE GLORIOUS ONES


WHERE:
 THE ARSENAL CENTRE

WHEN: APRIL 29

TICKETS: FRIENDS UNITED DEVELOPING GENUINE ENTERTAINMENT
aka
The F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company, Inc.
 


BUZZ: What a bargain. 90 minutes of laughter for 420.Stephen Flaherty’s (Music) and Lynn Ahrens’ (Lyrics)
celebration of the impossible complications of love and lust
in a 16th Century travelling troupe of self-obsessed actors who are completely 
infatuated with their own talents and any standing ovations they can marshal. These masked comedic geniuses are the creators of a lineage of icons 
that include Lucille Ball, Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. 
 
They are overly dramatic megalomaniacs and emotional gymnasts. 
 
They fall madly in love. 
They elope. 
They purchase impotent love elixirs. 
They navigate the choppy waters of backstage. 
They infuriate the French King.

They go without money.
They go without food.
They go without connubial bliss.
They go without conjugal euphoria.

What they won’t go without is applause.

 
This one-act musical opened to rave reviews on Broadway at 
Lincoln Center’s Mitzi Newhouse Theatre on October 11, 2007.


Nadine Sierra* 
Soprano 


WHAT: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Boston Lyric Opera will immerse opera and art lovers in a magical world of sleep, night and extravagant dream at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Rising opera sensation Nadine Sierra, who makes her BLO debut as Tytania in Midsummer, performs alongside actress Jennifer Ellis to breathe life into the theme, presenting an evocative collage of selections – ranging from Handel to Cole Porter, Ovid to Ogden Nash – against a backdrop of stunning images from the MFA’s collection.

WHEN: SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2011 from 2 to 3 PM.

WHERE: Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave., Boston

TICKETS: On sale through the MFA Box Office; $18 for BLO subscribers, MFA members, students and seniors. $22 for non-members, general admission. A Signature Reception will be held following the discussion, during which guests can mingle with performers and BLO’s creative team. Reception tickets are $50 and can be purchased by calling 617.542.4912 x229 or emailing Events@blo.org.

BUZZ: This presentation is part of BLO’s ongoing collaboration with the MFA to employ different art forms, including film, visual arts, theater and music, to highlight a theme in each of BLO’s 2010-2011 Season operas. The partnership began last season, and attendance has increased steadily. The presentation is paired with a casual reception for guests and artists.

ABOUT THE OPERA:William Shakespeare’s magical play and Benjamin Britten’s luminous and witty score combine to question love, loyalty and reality in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The comedic, surreal work – conducted by BLO’s new Music Director David Angus – closes BLO’s critically acclaimed 2010-2011 Season. It is also a featured performance of OPERA America’s 2011 conference, which BLO is co-hosting. The opera follows the challenges and misadventures of a group of hormonally charged young lovers and a band of amateur actors, as they weave in and out of each other’s dreams and consciousness’s in a magical night forest filled with fairies. Together, the imaginative visual world and luminous, witty score will immerse the characters and audience in a continually shifting dreamscape, in which all are infected with Britten’s mysterious spell…a dream? Or a seductive nightmare?

Performances are April 29, May 1m, 4, 6, 8m, and 10 at The Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream – www.BLO.org – at Boston Lyric Opera April 29 – May 10, 2011

WHAT:      MARC PLATT, Broadway Producer

WHERE:    GANN ACADEMY
WHEN:      APRIL 6, 2011

TICKETS: Jewish Film Festival $100 Fund Raiser

BUZZ:

This is something that you won’t find often in Boston. It’s AN EVENING WITH MARC PLATT. He hails from here and went on to be the producer of Wicked, Legally Blonde on Broadway and the hit movies Jerry Maguire, Silence of the Lambs, Sleepless in Seattle and Philadelphia to mention a few.

Marc Platt will speak on his experiences and how his Jewish values have informed his career, followed by a question-and-answer session and a dessert reception.

APRIL 2011

BRILLIANT ARTS and ENTERTAINMENT

It’s April! The sights and sounds of spring are finally upon us. I, for one, could not be happier. It was a brutal winter. Coming from Canada, this winter was a reminder of all frigid things past. I guess that is why I have a special affinity for lilacs, daffodils and spring.

For the one or two people in the world whom that I did not tell, I was a musical theatre actress in Montreal many moons ago where I had the lead in “Plain and Fancy.” My musical director…the fabulous Galt McDermott. I wonder whether that time was as memorable for the composer of Hair, Galt McDermott as it was for me. Check out this iconic musical coming to Boston this April as well as the other hot suggestions.