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NATALIE COLE TO HEADLINE 23rd ANNUAL PRICE CENTER GALA IN BOSTON
Price Center is a regional leader serving those with developmental disabilities

NEWTON, Mass., September 10, 2013 – Grammy Award-winning singing legend Natalie Cole will headline the 23rd annual gala to benefit The Price Center, a regional leader in providing care to adults with developmental disabilities.
Building on the smashing success of the bigger, better 2012 Gala, this year’s The Price Center Gala will take place on Saturday, October 12 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place hotel. Backed by a quintet, Cole will sing some of her well-known hits and perform from her critically acclaimed new album “Natalie Cole En Español.”
Tickets start at $250 and can be purchased through The Price Center’s website at www.ThePriceCenter.org or by calling 617-244-0065. This year’s event offers an added bonus: Price Center supporters who donate $1,500 or more as sponsors will be invited to a special pre-show VIP reception to meet Natalie over drinks and hors d’oeuvres. The Gala is The Price Center’s major fundraiser of the year. Doors for Natalie Cole’s performance at the Price Center Gala will open at 7:00 p.m.
This year’s Gala will also recognize the charitable work and enduring support of the late Morris Gordon, his widow, Ellen, and their family. Mr. Gordon, who died earlier this year, and his family will be recognized at the Gala for their tireless work on behalf of The Price Center and their unwavering financial support of the agency.
The Gala will be emceed by WBZ-AM 1030 News radio host Jordan Rich. A Boston native and radio industry veteran, Rich is well known for his support of Boston area charities. His popular “The Jordan Rich Show” airs on WBZ-AM from midnight to 5 a.m. on Saturdays and from midnight to 3:30 a.m. on Sundays.
The Price Center is committed to providing services and accessible care to developmentally disabled adults and teens throughout the Boston area, The Price Center operates three day-centers, in Newton and Dedham, as well as four residential homes and a supported apartment program in Newton and Brookline. The mission of The Price Center is to encourage disabled individuals’ personal growth and full participation in their communities through social, living and work experiences that respect their preferences and accommodate diversity.
Cole will take the stage as part of a full evening of entertainment that also includes a buffet/cocktail reception, with creative cocktails and gourmet fare, after the show and live entertainment by Boston-based performer Tracy Clark, who will sing jazz standards, show tunes and more.
It was 23 years ago when Jerry Fineberg, founder and chairman of the Wellesley-based Fineberg Companies, and his colleague Dan Frank launched what has become a tradition: The Annual Price Center Gala. They were later joined by Fineberg’s daughter, Michelle, and have grown the Gala to an annual event that brings some 900 guests together to enjoy an evening of entertainment with extraordinary talent while raising funds and generating awareness of The Price Center’s work. Since its inception, the Gala has raised millions in support of the agency’s programs and services.

Tickets start at $250 and can be purchased through The Price Center’s website at www.ThePriceCenter.org or by calling 617-244-0065.

ABOUT NATALIE COLE
American singer, songwriter and actress Natalie Cole has become one of the most beloved female performers of her generation for hits like “Our Love.” The winner of nine Grammy Awards, Cole is the daughter of legendary crooner Nat King Cole and scored a huge hit in the 1990s with a re-recording of her late father’s classic “Unforgettable” as a duet. Cole rocketed to stardom in 1975 with her debut album, Inseparable, earning her a No. 1 single, “This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)” and her first two Grammy awards for Best New Artist and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. She has sold more than 30 million records over the years. The author of two books” Angel on My Shoulder” and “Love Brought Me Back”, Cole has also racked up more than 300 television appearances. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Cole was born in Los Angeles and lived in Massachusetts during her high school years. Cole now serves as spokesperson for the University Kidney Research Organization, a nonprofit organization supporting medical research related to the prevention, treatment, and eradication of all form of kidney disease. She is also a spokesperson for “Tune In to Hep C,” an awareness campaign to combat this silent and progressive disease. For more information see www.nataliecole.com

ABOUT THE PRICE CENTER
The Price Center has been serving and empowering individuals with developmental disabilities in the greater Boston Area for nearly four decades. Among the highest-rated providers of residential, clinical, day habilitation and employment services in the state of Massachusetts, The Price Center delivers an unrivaled quality of programming and care to the individuals currently served by our highly experienced and dedicated staff. A Newton-based human services agency, The Price Center provides clinical, therapeutic and support services to individuals and families managing a wide spectrum of physical and cognitive disabilities. The programs facilitate the full participation of disabled individuals in their local communities and promote the independence, personal growth and dignity of people living with disabilities. Services include residential programs in Brookline and Newton, day habilitation and intensive day habilitation programs in Newton and Dedham, and employment services that feature job-readiness training, vocational assessments and job placement opportunities in Boston and MetroWest area communities. For more information see www.thepricecenter.org

NATIONAL TOUR PREMIERES AT THE BOSTON OPERA HOUSE OCTOBER 8 – 20, 2013

TICKETS ON SALE THIS SUNDAY, JUNE 9TH AT 10:00AM!

BOSTON, MA – Inspired by the electrifying true story of the famed recording session that brought together rock n’ roll icons Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley, MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET comes to the Citi Performing Arts Center Emerson Colonial Theatre for a limited two week engagement October 8 – 20, 2013. MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET is part of the 2013-2014 Lexus Broadway In Boston Season.

Tickets will go on sale this Sunday, June 9th at 10:00AM and may be purchased through an authorized ticket seller found only at the Citi Center Box Office 1-866-348-9738, and by visiting www.BroadwayInBoston.com. Tickets will also be sold directly at the Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre Box Office, 270 Tremont St., Boston, MA Sunday, June 9th from 10:00am – 6:00pm, Monday, June 10th from 12:00pm – 6:00pm and during normal business hours (Tuesday through Saturday, 12pm to 6pm) starting June 11th. Season Series patrons interested in tickets should call Broadway In Boston directly at 1-866-523-7469 and for Member tickets please call 1-866-551-7469. For groups of 10 or more please call Broadway In Boston Group Sales directly at 617-482-8616 or email Groups@broadwayinboston.com.

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, the 2010 Tony® Award nominee for Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical, is set on December 4, 1956, when an auspicious twist of fate brought Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley together. Sam Phillips, the “Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll” who was responsible for launching the careers of each icon, brought the four legendary musicians together at the Sun Records storefront studio in Memphis for the first and only time. The resulting evening became known as one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll jam sessions in history.

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET brings that legendary night to life with an irresistible tale of broken promises, secrets, betrayal and celebrations featuring an eclectic score of rock, gospel, R&B and country hits including; “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Fever,” “Sixteen Tons,” “Who Do You Love?,” “Great Balls of Fire,” “Matchbox,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” “Hound Dog,” and more.

The show is directed by Eric Schaeffer and features a book by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux. The design team includes: Derek McLane (scenic design), Howell Binkley (lighting design), Jane Greenwood (costume design), Kai Harada (sound design) and Chuck Mead (musical arrangements and supervision).

When the Broadway production opened in April 2010, critics and audiences leapt to their feet in unanimous praise. The New York Times called the show, “a buoyant new musical that whips the crowd into a frenzy,” New York Magazine labeled it, “a dazzling raucous spectacle that sounds like a million bucks,” and NY1 called it, “90 minutes of platinum grade entertainment.” The musical continued its successful New York engagement at New World Stages through June 2012.

The Chicago production of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET opened in 2008 and is still playing to packed houses at the Apollo Theatre. The West End production played at the Noël Coward Theatre in London in 2011, and a Las Vegas production began performances at Harrah’s Showroom in Las Vegas in February.

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET won a Tony Award® for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical and received a Tony Award® nomination for Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical (Colin Escott & Floyd Mutrux). The show received an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Musical Revue and three Drama League nominations including Distinguished Production of a Musical and Distinguished Performance.

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET is produced by Relevant Theatricals, John Cossette Productions, American Pop Anthology and Broadway Across America.

For more information, please visit the official MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET website at www.MillionDollarQuartetLive.com or www.BroadwayInBoston.com. For the latest news, announcements and “backstage” access on all of our upcoming shows become a fan of Broadway In Boston at www.Facebook.com/BroadwayInBoston, follow us on Twitter @BroadwayBoston and on Instagram @BroadwayBoston.

PERFORMANCES ARE: Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursdays at 7:30pm
(Please note: Wednesday Oct. 9 will be at 7:00pm)
Fridays at 8:00pm
Saturdays at 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sundays at 1:00pm & 6:30pm

TICKET PRICES: Starting at $33

TICKET INFORMATION:

Tickets will also be sold directly at the Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre Box Office, 270 Tremont St., Boston, MA Sunday, June 9th from 10:00am – 6:00pm, Monday, June 10th from 12:00pm – 6:00pm and during normal business hours (Tuesday through Saturday, 12pm to 6pm) starting June 11th. Season Series patrons interested in tickets should call Broadway In Boston directly at 1-866-523-7469 and for Member tickets please call 1-866-551-7469. For groups of 10 or more please call Broadway In Boston Group Sales directly at 617-482-8616 or email Groups@broadwayinboston.com.

INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED SENSATION
LUIS BRAVO’S
FOREVER TANGO
IN SEVEN SIZZLING PERFORMANCES AT
BOSTON’S CUTLER MAJESTIC THEATRE
Playing October 29-November 2, 2013
— Tickets Now On Sale —

Luis Bravo’s FOREVER TANGO, the sizzling international sensation, returns to Boston for seven performances only, playing Tuesday, October 29 – Saturday, November 2 at the Cutler Majestic Theatre. FOREVER TANGO comes to Boston direct from an unprecedented fourth run on Broadway, following highly acclaimed tours in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, throughout the United States and he Americas. Press night is set for Tuesday, October 29 at 7:30 pm.

Sensuous and sophisticated, the tango inhabits a world where everything can be said with the flick of a leg, the tug of a hand, the tap of a foot and the arch of an eyebrow. Created and directed by Luis Bravo, FOREVER TANGO was voted Best Touring Musical by Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle in San Francisco where it played an unprecedented 92 weeks at the Theatre on the Square and has returned season after season. Truly an international event, FOREVER TANGO was also awarded the coveted Simpatia Prize at the 1996 Spoleto Festival in Italy.

FOREVER TANGO features fourteen world-class tango dancers, one vocalist and an on-stage eleven piece orchestra, including the instrument of the tango, the bandoneon, in an evening that celebrates the passionate music and dance of Argentina. The dances, performed to original and traditional music, are the result of collaboration between each couple and director/creator Bravo. “The tango is a feeling that you dance,” says Bravo, “a story you tell in three minutes. It’s passionate, it’s melancholic. It’s tender, violent. You dance it with somebody – but it is so internal, you dance it by yourself. More than just a dance, the tango is music, a drama, a culture, a way of life.”

FOREVER TANGO tells the story of the birth of the tango in 19th century Argentina where thousands of men, having abandoned a disintegrating Europe to emigrate to South America, found themselves in the crowded abattoirs (packing houses), the bars and street corners of the arrabales (outlying barrios) and in the enramadas (brothels). The tango was born of this lonely and violent existence. Originally shunned by Argentina society as indecent, the tango became an overnight craze in upper-class Paris when Argentine intellectuals taught it when traveling abroad. The tango quickly spread across Europe and to America, and was eventually re-imported home to Argentina society, though not unchanged. Born in the brothels and bordellos of Buenos Aires, the tango may be Argentina’s best known export.

Creator/director of FOREVER TANGO, Luis Bravo is a world-class cellist who has performed with major symphonies throughout the world. His distinguished credits include appearances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Colon Theatre Opera House, the Buenos Aires Philharmonic and other prestigious ensembles.

FOREVER TANGO’s design team includes Argemira Affonso (Costumes), Luis Bravo (Lighting), Mike Miller (Sound), and Jean-Luc Don Vito (Make-up) and Carlos Diaz (Production). Víctor Lavallén serves as Musical Director/Arranger and composed some of the music in the show.

FOREVER TANGO opened on Broadway June of 1997 for what was expected to be an eight-week engagement, ran for 14 months and has since been back to New York on Broadway on three separate occasions, the latest being the summer of 2013 at the Walter Kerr Theatre. The New York Times called FOREVER TANGO, “A must-see!” And USA Today said, “Forever Tango shows that the style is more than steamy – it’s smart, even funny … a sensuous, seductive, pleasure.” The New York Daily News raved that the show was, “an evening of sheer pleasure! Sensual, elegant, dazzling!” And the Associated Press declared it to be, “the most theatrical show on Broadway!” These sizzling reviews and huge demand for tickets forced the run to be extended again and again.

The Boston engagement is presented by Artbeat, Inc., David Shaw, President. For more information about FOREVER TANGO, visit www.ForeverTango.us

FOREVER TANGO plays at The Cutler Majestic Theatre October 29 through November 2. Performances are Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at 7:30 pm; Thursday at 2:00 pm; Friday at 8:00 pm; and Saturday at 4:00 pm and 8:00 pm. Tickets for the engagement are priced at $30.00 – $95.00, and are on are on sale at the Cutler Majestic Theatre box office (219 Tremont St.), online at CutlerMajestic.org or by calling 617.824.8000.

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(BOSTON) – From September 13 through October 12, 2013, SpeakEasy Stage Company will proudly present the New England premiere of TRIBES, the hit London and Off-Broadway drama by Nina Raine.

A 2011 Olivier nominee for Best Play and winner of the 2012 Drama Desk and Off-Broadway Alliance Awards for Best Play, TRIBES is a penetrating new work about belonging, family, and the limitations of communication. Born deaf into a fiercely intellectual and opinionated British family, Billy was pushed to assimilate into the hearing world as best he could by reading lips and staying out of the way. But when a young woman introduces him to the Deaf community, Billy decides it is time his family learns to communicate with him on his terms.

TRIBES was written by British playwright and director Nina Raine, daughter of poet Craig Raine, and grand niece of Russian novelist Boris Pasternak. Ms. Raine’s debut play, Rabbit, earned her the 2006 Charles Wintour Evening Standard Award as well as the 2006 (London) Critics Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright. She is also the author of Tiger Country, the premiere of which she also directed for London’s Hampstead Theatre in 2011.

Veteran Boston director M. Bevin O’Gara will helm the area premiere of TRIBES, which will be her third directing project featuring deaf characters, the other two being Clybourne Park for SpeakEasy Stage and Love Person for Company One.

James “Joey” Caverly, a graduate of Gallaudet University and a veteran actor with the National Theatre of the Deaf, will play Billy. Also in the cast are Boston-area actors Adrianne Krstansky, Kathryn Myles, Nael Nacer, Patrick Shea, and Erica Spyres.

The design team for the SpeakEasy production of TRIBES includes Cristina Todesco (scenic); Mary Lauve (costumes); Annie Wiegand (lighting); Garrett Herzig (projections); and Arshan Gailus (sound). Adele Nadine Traub is the Production Stage Manager.

TRIBES will run for five weeks, from September 13 through October 12, in the Roberts Studio Theatre in the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street in Boston’s South End. The show will be performed in the round.

There will be two ASL-interpreted performances: Sunday, October 6 at 7PM and Friday, October 11 at 8PM.

Ticket prices range from $25-$60 with discounts for students, seniors, and persons age 25 and under. For tickets or more information, the public is invited to call 617.933.8600 or visit www.SpeakEasyStage.com.

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Production History

TRIBES had its world premiere at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 2010 where it was nominated for an Oliver Award for Best Play. The show then premiered Off-Broadway in 2012 at New York’s Barrow Street Theatre in a production directed by David Cromer, who also directed the New York and Boston productions of Our Town. TRIBES’ New York production enjoyed an acclaimed 10-month run that earned it numerous awards, including the 2012 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Play, and the 2012 Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best Play.

Artist Information

NINA RAINE (Playwright) began her career as a trainee director at the Royal Court Theatre after graduating from Oxford. She both directed and served as dramaturg for Unprotected at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre (TMA Best Director Award, Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award). Her debut play, Rabbit, premiered at the Old Red Lion Theatre in 2006 and transferred to the West End before going to New York. Rabbit won the Charles Wintour Evening Standard and Critics Circle Award for most Promising Playwright. Ms. Raine also directed her second play, Tiger Country, at Hampstead Theatre. She directed Jumpy at the Royal Court Theatre, later transferring to the West End, and Shades (Critics Circle and Evening Standard Awards for Most Promising Newcomer). TRIBES, her commission for the Royal Court Theatre, won an Offie award, and was also nominated for both Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for best new play. Ms. Raine recently directed Longing at Hampstead Theatre.

M. BEVIN O’GARA (Director) returns to SpeakEasy Stage after directing Clybourne Park last season. Other local directing credits include You for Me For You, Love Person, and The Pain and the Itch (Company One); Matt and Ben (Central Square Theater); Two Wives in India and Gary (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre); 2.5 Minute Ride (Downstage @ New Rep); Othello and The Crucible (New Rep On Tour); Melancholy Play (Holland Productions); Bat Boy: The Musical (Metro Stage); Tattoo Girl, Painting You, and Artifacts (Williamstown Theatre Festival Workshop); and ANTI-KISS (3 Monkeys Theatrical Productions). She has also worked with New Repertory Theatre, the Gaiety Theatre of Dublin, and the Actors Centre of Australia. Ms. O’Gara is an Associate Producer at the Huntington Theatre Company. She has a BFA from Boston University in Theatre Studies.

JAMES CAVERLY (Billy) SpeakEasy: debut. James has been involved with the National Theatre of the Deaf for two years appearing in Journey of Identity, Stories In My Pocket Too, The W-5s: Stories Behind, and A Child’s Christmas in Wales. In Washington DC, he appeared in Faction of Fools’ Tales of Courage and Poultry as well as Tales of Honor and Anchovies. At Gallaudet University, James performed in L’Abbe de L’Eppe, UnContented Love, Spoon River Anthology, Urinetown, and Agamemnon. His proudest accomplishment thus far, however, was directing Noises Off, a production which was recognized by the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival at Region II in 2011.

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ADRIANNE KRSTANSKY* (Beth) returns to SpeakEasy after having appeared in Body Awareness and Snakebit. New York and regional credits include appearances with The Public Theater, Atlantic Theater Company, Steppenwolf Theatre, and LaJolla Playhouse. Locally, she has performed with the American Repertory Theater, Commonwealth Shakespeare, New Repertory Theatre, Lyric Stage Company, Boston Playwrights Theatre, and Gloucester Stage Company among others. Film credits include Carol in The Company Men.

KATHRYN MYLES* (Ruth) SpeakEasy: debut. Recent Boston-area credits include: Our Town (Huntington Theatre Company – 2013 Elliot Norton & IRNE Awards, Outstanding Production); These Shining Lives (Stoneham Theatre); Pericles (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); Trout Stanley (Exquisite Corps); A Feeble Mind (Brown Box Theatre Project); Enron (Zeitgeist Stage); Melancholy Play (Holland Productions); and Macbeth, King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing (Hampshire Shakespeare Company). Upcoming: Henry VIII (Actors’ Shakespeare Project). Ms. Myles holds a degree in theater from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. www.kathrynmyles.com

NAEL NACER* (Daniel) is delighted to make his SpeakEasy debut. Area credits include: Our Town (Huntington Theatre Company, IRNE award); Shear Madness (Charles Playhouse); Distracted (Underground Railway Theater); The Kite Runner, Lungs (New Repertory Theatre); The Temperamentals, Animal Crackers (Lyric Stage); Love Person, 1001, The Aliens, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Company One); The Farm, Gary (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre); The Flu Season (Whistler in the Dark); Waters Rising, Shouting Theatre in a Crowded Fire (National Theatre of Allston); A Number (Payomet PAC); and Polaroid Stories (Tinderbox Stage). Off-Broadway credits: The Hiding Place (59E59) and Lemonade (NYC Fringe Festival).

PATRICK SHEA* (Christopher) is very happy to mark his first appearance with SpeakEasy Stage. Mr. Shea began his career in the Acting Ensemble of the New York Shakespeare Festival and in the Broadway production of Child’s Play. A veteran cast member of Shear Madness here in Boston, he has also performed at New Rep, Merrimack Rep, Gloucester Stage, The Wilbur Theatre, The Nickerson Theatres and Worcester Foothills. He’s also made several appearances as an actor and narrator with the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, and Boston Lyric Opera. His film credits include Infinitely Polar Bear, Ted, The Invention of Lying, Gone Baby Gone, Mystic River, Killer Flood, and By the Sea.

ERICA SPYRES* (Sylvia) returns to SpeakEasy after having appeared in The Light in the Piazza (IRNE Award). Recent credits include Master Class and Marry Me a Little (New Rep); Of Mice & Men (Moonbox); Avenue Q (IRNE Award, Elliot Norton nomination), Time Stands Still (Elliot Norton nomination), The Mikado (Lyric Stage); and Pirates! (Huntington Theatre). Erica is a busy corporate spokesperson, radio/TV announcer, and can be seen and heard on commercials throughout the US. She coaches for My College Audition and is a member of Actors’ Equity Association. www.ericaspyres.com

For tickets or more info on TRIBES, the public can call the BostonTheatreScene Box Office at 617.933.8600 or visit www.BostonTheatreScene.com.

MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, ANNOUNCES FALL 2013 LECTURES, COURSES AND CONCERTS
BOSTON, MA (August 22, 2013)—Tickets are now on sale for a wide range of lectures, courses and concerts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) this fall. From watercolor workshops to evenings spent with leading global artists, the complete schedule of events is available at mfa.org/programs.
The Museum’s upcoming slate of activities is headlined by the Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Celebrity Lecture series. Now in its 11th year, the acclaimed program welcomes photographer Shirin Neshat, musician Arlo Guthrie, author Dennis Lehane, performance artist Marina Abramović, poet Richard Blanco and fashion designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte.
A variety of events related to the exhibition John Singer Sargent Watercolors are available in the coming months. In October, Erica Hirshler (the MFA’s Croll Senior Curator of Paintings, Art of the Americas) and Richard Ormand, Sargent’s grandnephew, explore the people and places depicted in the watercolors on view, while MFA Director Malcolm Rogers discusses the fascinating story behind the American master’s ambitious portraits of young women in November. The Museum also offers multi-week Studio Art Classes on Watercolors in addition to one-night evening workshops, “Watercolor with Friends,” providing a relaxed environment to learn painting techniques while sipping wine or coffee.
The Museum offers lectures and forums on topics as diverse as New England furnishings, the Hindu god Shiva, Andy Warhol, Marcel Proust and the Monuments Men of WWII this fall. Also featured are academic courses corresponding to John Singer Sargent Watercolors and other current exhibitions, including Hippie Chic, She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World and Sacred Pages: Conversations about the Qur’an. Additional programs include a free lecture on Latin American art with acclaimed curator and scholar Mari Carmen Ramírez, a daylong discussion with photographers from the exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World and the music of the Boston Lyric Opera Signature Series. The MFA’s 2013 Fall Concert Series features performances from a diverse selection of artists, including Califone, Angel Olsen, The Blow and the NEC Millennium Gospel Choir.
For full details on the MFA’s upcoming lectures, courses, concerts and special events, see below or visit mfa.org/programs. LECTURES
Evenings with Creative Minds: The Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Celebrity Lecture series
6:30 pm, Remis Auditorium
Tickets: Individual lectures: $32 (members), $39 (nonmembers), except for Arlo Gurthrie and family, $42 (members), $50
(nonmembers). For more information, visit mfa.org/programs/series/ruth-and-carl-j-shapiro-celebrity-lectures
 Shirin Neshat: Through the Lens: The Life and Work of an Iranian Artist
Wednesday, October 16 and Thursday, October 17−Book Signing Follows
Shirin Neshat, Iran’s best known photographer, filmmaker and video artist, discusses her artistic journey.

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 Arlo Guthrie: Stories as Told by Arlo and Family
Wednesday, November 6
Arlo Guthrie and his daughter, Annie Hays Guthrie, tell their stories and sing their music in this discussion.
 Richard Blanco: The Poetry of the American Dream
Wednesday, December 11 and Thursday, December 12−Book Signing Follows World-renowned poet Richard Blanco reads his poetry and talks about his fascinating life.
 Dennis Lehane: Lehane’s Boston on the Page and Big Screen
Wednesday, February 5
Dennis Lehane shares the story of going from waiting tables, parking cars and loading tractor-trailers in Dorchester to becoming a novelist and screenwriter.
 Rodarte: Rodarte: A California Art and Design Language
Thursday, March 13
Kate and Laura Mulleavy, the sisters behind the major fashion label Rodarte, tell their story of success accompanied by scenes from their runway shows.
 Marina Abramović: MAI: Marina Abramović Institute
Wednesday, April 2
Marina Abramović, the “Mother of Performance Art,” discusses the history and goals of her new institute, opening in 2014.
Experimental Crossroads in Latin America
Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 6:30 pm, Remis Auditorium
Free
Featuring: Mari Carmen Ramírez, Wortham Curator of Latin American Art, Director of International Center for the Arts of the Americas, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
For more information, visit mfa.org/programs/lecture/experimental-crossroads-latin-america
Acclaimed curator and scholar Mari Carmen Ramírez delivers the inaugural lecture of a new series of conversations on Latin American art. Ramírez, who redefined the field through her pioneering exhibitions and publications, focuses on a group of 20th-century avant- garde artists who contributed in significant ways to the history of Modernism. In discussing examples such as David Alfaro Siqueiros’ concept of the “cinematographic mural” or Carlos Cruz-Diez’s “color in space and time,” Ramírez underlines how their theoretical and artistic originality questioned prevailing canons and opened up exciting new artistic horizons. Reception will follow.
New Thoughts on Old Things: Four Centuries of Furnishing the Northeast
Friday, October 4, 10 am–5:30 pm, Alfond Auditorium
Free
Featuring: Glenn Adamson, Head of Research, V&A Museum; author, Furniture History: The View from Old England; Tania Batley, E. W. Vaill Patent Chair Manufacturer, Worcester, Massachusetts; Nicole Belolan, Aunt Patty’s Furniture: Adult Cradles and the History of Physical Mobility Impairment in Early America; Louisa Brouwer, “Vanishable Antiques”: The Story of Israel Sack, Inc., and the Building of an American Industry; Ben Colman, Between Memory and Antiquity: The Circulation of Seventeenth-Century Furniture in Eighteenth-Century Plymouth; Philippe Halbert, Noblessein New France: Furnishing the Hôtel de Vaudreuil and the Chateau Saint- Louis 1725-1760; Marissa S. Hershon, The Egyptian Revival in the 1870’s: The Reception Room at Cedar Hill, Warwick, Rhode Island and Jennifer N. Johnson, Patterns of Gentility: Pictorial Needlework Upholstery of Eighteenth-Century Newport
For more information, visit mfa.org/programs/lecture/new-thoughts-old-things-four-centuries-furnishing-northeast
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Colonial Society of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Historical Society will co-sponsor a day-long symposium devoted to new scholarly research on the design, production, and circulation of furnishings in New England. Keynote speaker Glenn Adamson, Head of Research at the V&A in London, will be joined by a select group of emerging scholars. This day-long symposium will coincide with the Four Centuries of Massachusetts Furniture—a collaborative of eleven institutions celebrating furniture and furniture-making in Massachusetts.

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Voices of the Qur’an
Wednesday, October 9, 7 pm, Remis Auditorium
Tickets: $15 (members); $18 (nonmembers)
Featuring: Kecia Ali, associate professor, Religion, Boston University; Hiam Alsawalhi, Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, Roxbury; Mohiuddin Khan, Islamic Center of Boston, Wayland; Kamal Youcef-Toumi, professor, Mechanical Engineering, MIT; and Laura Weinstein, Ananda Coomaraswamy Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
For more information, visit mfa.org/programs/lecture/voices-quran
Many perceive the Qur’an as a written text, but in fact it has always been primarily a recited oral scripture. After a brief look at the religious and historical background of Qur’anic recitation with professor Kecia Ali of Boston University, three accomplished reciters from the Boston area will give voice to selected passages from the sacred text of Islam.
In Sargent’s Footsteps
Wednesday, October 23, 6:30 pm, Remis Auditorium
Tickets: $15 (members); $18 (nonmembers)
Featuring: Erica Hirshler, Croll Senior Curator of American Paintings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Richard Ormond, deputy director, National Portrait Gallery, London—director, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich; author, John Singer Sargent
For more information, visit mfa.org/programs/lecture/sargents-footsteps-conversation
This lecture offers a personal look at John Singer Sargent’s life and art. Richard Ormond, Sargent’s grandnephew and one of the
foremost authorities on the painter and the man, joins the MFA’s Erica Hirshler, co-curator of John Singer Sargent a conversation about Sargent’s watercolors and the people and places they depict.
Shiva, Lord of the Dance: An Ancient Image Born and Re-Born
Wednesday, October 30, 6:30 pm, Remis Auditorium
Tickets: $15 (members); $18 (nonmembers)
Featuring: Richard Blurton, curator, Department of Asia, British Museum
For more information, visit mfa.org/programs/lecture/shiva-lord-dance-ancient-image-born-and-re-born
Watercolors, for
The image of the Hindu god Shvia dancing in a ring of flames is one of the most widely recognized symbols of India. This lecture explains its origins in ancient sculpture and its religious, political and cultural meanings. Today, dancing Shiva has come to stand for India, appearing everywhere from the walls of Hindu temples to the stage of India’s version of Dancing with the Stars.
Sargent’s Sibling Rivalry
Wednesday, November 13, 7 pm, Remis Auditorium
Tickets: $10 (members); $13 (nonmembers)
Featuring: Malcolm Rogers, Ann and Graham Gund Director, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston For more information, visit mfa.org/programs/lecture/sargents-sibling-rivalry
From murals to watercolors, Boston boasts some of Sargent’s greatest masterpieces. Malcolm Rogers tells the story behind the artist’s most ambitious portraits of young women: the Boits, innocent, sheltered and psychologically ambiguous; and the Wyndhams, sophisticated, socially prominent and sexually emancipated. Rogers explores Sargent’s career, his ambitions and frustrations and poses the question: Is Boston’s beloved Boit daughters the greater portrait?
The Monuments Men
two of
Wednesday, November 20, 6:30 pm, Remis Auditorium
Tickets: $15 (members); $18 (nonmembers)
Featuring: Robert Edsel, president and founder, Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art; author, The Monuments Men and Saving Italy, and Victoria Reed, Monica S. Sadler Curator for Provenance, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
For more information, visit mfa.org/programs/lecture/monuments-men
Monuments men and women, such as James Plaut and Ardelia Hall, began their careers at the Museum of Fine Arts, now a leading institution in World War II-era provenance research. This lecture will feature Robert Edsel, author of The Monuments Men, which is currently being adapted for film by George Clooney and scheduled to release in December 2013.

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Who Is Andy Warhol and Why Is He So Important?
Wednesday, December 4, 7 pm, Remis Auditorium
Tickets: $15 (members); $18 (nonmembers)
Featuring: Joseph D. Ketner, Henry and Lois Foster Chari in Contemporary Art, distinguished curator-in-residence, Emerson College; author
For more information, visit mfa.org/programs/gallery-activities-and-tours/who-andy-warhol-and-why-he-so-important
Joseph D. Ketner, author of three books on Warhol and creator of several Warhol exhibitions, addresses the paradoxical personality of the artist and the essence of his contribution to American art.
Looking Together lectures
Tickets: Four sessions: $100 (members), $125 (nonmembers)
Tickets may be purchased online.
Classes convene at Sharf Visitor Center.
More information available at mfa.org/programs/series/looking-together-0
Visitors see, hear and breathe in new artistic experiences while engaging with the MFA’s galleries and experts. Each seminar-like section is led by a knowledgeable, enthusiastic instructor who guides participants in dialogues about the Museum’s collections and exhibitions.
COURSES
The Middle East: A Mosaic of History, Art and Culture – Afternoon Semester Course
This 10-week journey focuses on the urban centers of the Islamic world and explores the recent cultural history of Cairo, Alexandria, Damascus and more.
 Wednesday, October 3–December 12, except November 27, 1–2:30 pm, Remis Auditorium Tickets: Ten-session course: $200 (members), $250 (nonmembers)
Individual sessions: $25 (members), $30 (nonmembers)
More information available at mfa.org/programs/series/middle-east-mosaic-history-art-and-culture
Remember Flower Power? – Morning or Evening Course
Celebrate the exhibition Hippie Chic by traveling back fifty years to the time when people were feeling groovy and chanting, “Power to the people.” This course covers the politics, art, science and fashion of the time when things were changing—fast.
 Tuesday, October 1–October 22, 10:30 am–Noon, Remis Auditorium or Thursday, October 3–October 24, 7–8:30 pm, Alfond Auditorium Tickets: Four-session course: $100 (members), $120 (nonmembers) Individual sessions: $25 (members), $30 (nonmembers)
More information available at mfa.org/programs/series/remember-flower-power
John Singer Sargent: A Fresh Look – Morning or Evening Course
This three-session course with experts introduces new revelations and ways of looking at the artist’s broad talents, travels and techniques.
 Tuesday, November 5–November 19, 10:30 am–Noon, Remis Auditorium or Thursday, November 7–November 21, 7–8:30 pm, Alfond Auditorium Tickets: Four-session course: $60 (members), $75 (nonmembers) Individual sessions: $25 (members), $30 (nonmembers)
More information available at mfa.org/programs/series/john-singer-sargent-fresh-look CONCERTS
7:30 pm, Remis Auditorium
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Califone
Friday, September 20
Tickets: $16 (members), $20 (nonmembers)
Visit mfa.org/programs/music/califone for more information
Califone visits the MFA with a thick spectrum of sound and great songs. With special guest Richard Buckner.
Angel Olsen
Friday, October 4
Tickets: $13 (members), $16 (nonmembers)
Visit mfa.org/programs/music/angel-olsen for more information
Angel Olsen visits the MFA for an evening with her unforgettable voice. “Her palette is a mixture of the great, lost singer Connie Converse…Bill Callahan’s terrific and unsettling ability to shift between dourness and comfort and Nina Nastasia’s graceful lope”— Pitchfork.
The Blow
Thursday, October 10
Tickets: $16 (members), $20 (nonmembers)
Visit mfa.org/programs/music/blow for more information
This spectacular electronic pop duo returns to the MFA after a long-awaited return to recording and performing.
NEC Millennium Gospel Choir
Friday, December 21
Saturday, December 22, 2 pm
Tickets: $20 (members), $25 (nonmembers)
Visit mfa.org/programs/music/nec-millennium-gospel-choir or mfa.org/programs/music/nec-millennium-gospel-choir-0 for more information
200 voices embody the holiday spirit with their “ability to sound reverent, even tender…riveting”—The Boston Globe.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Museum of Fine Arts—Boston Lyric Opera Signature Series
The Magic Flute Variations
Sunday, September 22, 2 pm, Remis Auditorium
Tickets: BLO subscribers, MFA members, seniors and students $18; nonmembers $22. Bravo reception with BLO presenters: add $50 per person. Attendees save 15 percent on tickets to BLO’s shows.
For more information, visit mfa.org/programs/music/magic-flute-variations
Mozart’s The Magic Flute has been popular since its raucous premier in 1791, inspiring numerous plays, novels, poems, films, and parodies over the years. The popular tale has been set in Alaska, outer space and the trenches of WWI. Sample excerpts from the original opera and its variations, and renew your pleasure in Mozart’s most truly magical work. Featuring performances by Jennifer Ellis, Patrick Shea and BLO artists.
Lizzie Borden Took an Axe
Sunday, November 3, 2 pm, Remis Auditorium
Tickets: BLO subscribers, MFA members, seniors, and students $18; nonmembers $22. Bravo reception with BLO presenters: add $50 per person. Attendees save 15 percent on tickets to BLO’s shows.
For more information, visit mfa.org/programs/music/lizzie-borden-took-axe

MFA Boston, 2013 Lectures, Courses, and Concerts p. 6
On a stifling, hot August day in 1892, Fall River became the site of the most sensational and controversial crime scene in U.S. history. Viewers experience a dramatic re-creation and re-telling drawn from trial testimony, newspaper accounts, personal recollections and music excerpted from Jack Beeson’s charged and theatrically vivid operatic evocation of the murderous Lizzie. Featuring performances by Will Lebow and BLO artists.
She Who Tells a Story
A Discussion with Artists
Sunday, September 29, 10:30 am–4 pm, Remis Auditorium
Tickets: $35 (members), $44 (nonmembers)
For more information, visit mfa.org/programs/lecture/she-who-tells-story
This daylong discussion explores contemporary photography in Iran and the Arab world. Estrellita Karsh introduces distinguished speaker Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, followed by a day of conversations with some of the region’s outstanding women photographers. Their work, on view in the exhibition She Who Tells a Story, continues to gain recognition internationally and ranges from engaging contemporary portraiture to new documentary.
Hear from the artists themselves, who come from Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Morocco, East Jerusalem, and Yemen. These photographers share insights into their powerful, provocative works and speak about their backgrounds, experiences and their approach to photography in the dynamic, fast-changing worlds they have documented.
This remarkable day ends by exploring the exhibition and speaking with the artists about their work. Participants include: Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, Kristen Gresh, Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh Assistant Curator of Photographs, Jananne Al-Ani, Boushra Almutawakel, Gohar Dashti, Rana El Nemr, Shadi Ghadirian, Rula Halawani, Nermine Hammam, Rania Matar and Newsha Tavakolian.
An Afternoon with Proust
Sunday, November 10, 1:30–4 pm, Remis Auditorium
Tickets for both programs: $31 (members), $38 (nonmembers)
For more information, visit mfa.org/programs/series/afternoon-proust
This day is spent immersed in the world of Marcel Proust. Lecture—The Art in Proust, 1:30 pm
Tickets: $15 (members), $18 (nonmembers)
Performance—The Music in Proust: The Search for Vinteuil, 3 pm
Tickets: $18 (members), $22 (nonmembers)
Madeleines available for purchase at Taste Cafe and Wine Bar, 11 am-4:30 pm.
Made in the Shade: Sargent’s Watercolors of Italian Villa Gardens
Sunday, December 8, 2 pm, Remis Auditorium
Tickets: $10 (members), $13 (nonmembers)
For more information, visit mfa.org/programs/lecture/made-shade-sargents-watercolors-italian-villa-gardens
Teresa Carbone, co-curator of John Singer Sargent Watercolors, follows Sargent’s footsteps through some of Italy’s most beautiful and renowned Renaissance and Baroque gardens. She explains how the artist selected his subjects, where he stood when painting them and what he chose to edit out.
Watercolor Beginner, Adult Studio Art Classes
Wednesday, September 25–December 4 (excluding November 27), 10:15 am–12:45 pm, 3rd floor studios More information available at mfa.org/programs/studio-art-class/w2-f-watercolor-beginner-adult-1
Tickets: $240 (members), $285 (nonmembers)

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This adult studio art class explores the expressive potential of the medium: study color, composition, form and transparency, and techniques such as washes, wet-in-wet, dry brush and color mixing. The class includes gallery visits, group discussions and guidance in developing personal imagery.
Watercolor All Levels, Adult Studio Art Classes
Wednesday, September 25–December 4 (excluding November 27), 6:30–9 pm, 3rd floor studios More information available at mfa.org/programs/studio-art-class/w3-f-watercolor-all-levels-adult-1 Tickets: $240 (members), $285 (nonmembers)
This adult studio art class allows students to discover the potential of the medium while exploring color, composition, form and light. Advanced students work from still life, landscape and personal imagery.
Five-Week Intro to Watercolor, Adult Studio Art Classes
Thursday, September 26–October 24, 6:30–9 pm, 3rd floor studios
More information available at mfa.org/programs/studio-art-class/w4-f-new-five-week-intro-watercolor-adult Thursday, October 31–December 5 (excluding November 28), 6:30–9 pm, 3rd floor studios
More information available at mfa.org/programs/studio-art-class/w5-f-new-five-week-intro-watercolor-adult Tickets: $140 (members), $175 (nonmembers)
The course teaches the fundamental skills for painting in watercolor, starting with beginner’s techniques and developing essential skills in this beginner class. Participants explore the expressive potential of the medium: study color, composition, form and transparency, and learn techniques such as washes, wet-in-wet, dry brush and color mixing.
Watercolor with Friends: One-night Workshop, Adult Studio Art Classes
Thursday, October 17, 2013, 6:30–9 pm, Druker Family Pavilion
More information available at mfa.org/programs/studio-art-class/wk1-f-watercolor-friends-one-night-workshop-adult Thursday, October 31, 2013, 6:30–9 pm, Druker Family Pavilion
More information available at mfa.org/programs/studio-art-class/wk2-f-watercolor-friends-one-night-workshop-adult Thursday, November 14, 2013, 6:30–9 pm, Druker Family Pavilion
More information available at mfa.org/programs/studio-art-class/wk3-fwatercolor-friends-one-night-workshop-adult Tickets: $35 (members), $50 (nonmembers)
This evening workshop begins with a visit to the exhibition John Singer Sargent Watercolors then offers visitors the chance to try this artistic medium. The instructor discusses Sargent’s unconventional approach to watercolor, focusing on how he combined delicate washes of color and bold, dense strokes of the brush to create his dazzling effects. The second hour features a watercolor demonstration.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), is recognized for the quality and scope of its encyclopedic collection, which includes an estimated 450,000 objects. The Museum’s collection is made up of: Art of the Americas; Art of Europe; Contemporary Art; Art of Asia, Oceania, and Africa; Art of the Ancient World; Prints, Drawings, and Photographs; Textile and Fashion Arts; and Musical Instruments. Open seven days a week, the MFA’s hours are Saturday through Tuesday, 10 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.; and Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. – 9:45 p.m. Admission (which includes one repeat visit within 10 days) is $25 for adults and $23 for seniors and students age 18 and older, and includes entry to all galleries and special exhibitions. Admission is free for University Members and youths age 17 and younger on weekdays after 3 p.m., weekends, and Boston Public Schools holidays; otherwise $10. Wednesday nights after 4 p.m. admission is by voluntary contribution (suggested donation $25). MFA Members are always admitted for free. The Museum is closed on New Year’s Day, Patriots’ Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. For more information, visit www.mfa.org or call 617.267.9300. The MFA is located on the Avenue of the Arts at 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115.

BROWN BOX THEATRE RECEIVES CITY GRANT TO EXPAND TOUR OF

FREE SHAKESPEARE: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

(BOSTON) – Brown Box Theatre Project continues its 2013 season with Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in six locations throughout South Boston, Dorchester, Hyde Park, and Fort Point. The nine outdoor performances will be open to the public and entirely free of charge.

Brown Box Theatre Project has also been awarded a grant from the City of Boston’s Fort Point Channel Watersheet Activation program to stage three free performances at Children Wharf’s Park, outside the Boston Children’s Museum, the weekend of August 23.

Kyler Taustin, a graduate of Emerson College in Boston, founded Brown Box Theatre Project in 2010 with the goal of bringing the performing arts to communities and audiences that usually lack access to live theatre. This year’s performances at the Children’s Museum are just one stop in Brown Box’s Shakespeare at the Beach tour, a program that brings free Shakespeare productions directly into communities and schools. Other locations on the tour include Martini Shell Park, Marine Park, Carson Beach, and Still Harbor in Dorchester.

“Boston can be considered a great city for culture, but there are still communities that are underserved by the local theatre scene,” said Taustin. “South Boston, Hyde Park, Dorchester, and Fort Point—these are the places we want to go.” Following their Boston performances, the Brown Box cast and crew will pack up their set and continue their tour on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Delaware.

For more information about Shakespeare at the Beach and Brown Box Theatre Project, please visit www.brownboxtheatre.org.

BOSTON PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

8/23 @ 6:30pm Children’s Wharf Park (Boston Children’s Museum)

8/24 @ 1:00pm Children’s Wharf Park (Boston Children’s Museum)

8/24 @ 7:00pm Martini Shell Park, 1015 Truman Parkway, Hyde Park

8/25 @ 1:00pm Children’s Wharf Park (Boston Children’s Museum)

8/30 @ 7:00pm Still Harbor, 666 Dorchester Ave., South Boston

8/31 @ 2:00pm Carson Beach, South Boston

8/31 @ 7:00pm Still Harbor, 666 Dorchester Ave., South Boston

9/1 @ 2:00pm Marine Park, 150 Farragut Road, South Boston

9/1 @ 7:00pm Still Harbor, 666 Dorchester Ave., South Boston

(Boston) In celebration of the 75th season, the Celebrity Series of Boston will partner with British artist Luke Jerram to bring his public piano installation, Play Me I’m Yours to Boston from Friday, September 27 to Monday, October 14, 2013. Celebrity Series will install 75 pianos throughout the Boston and Cambridge area to commemorate the anniversary season, bearing the simple instruction, “Play Me, I’m Yours.” Located in public spaces throughout Boston and Cambridge, the pianos are available for any member of the public to play and enjoy.

Dozens of local partner organizations such as the City of Boston, the Rose Kennedy Greenway, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Arts Academy, Harvard Office of the Arts and the Prudential Center will host pianos for the public to enjoy. A wide range of local artists and community-based organizations will decorate the pianos, and the Celebrity Series will schedule several solo or ensemble performances.

Reaching over two million people worldwide, more than 700 pianos have now been installed in cities across the globe, from New York to Sydney.
“I’m thrilled to work with the City of Boston and our partner organizations to bring this public event to life,” said Gary Dunning, Celebrity Series President and Executive Director. “Bringing music to Boston is the core mission of the Celebrity Series, and we thank the Mayor and his offices for their support of Play Me, I’m Yours.”

“I want to congratulate Celebrity Series of Boston on 75 years of bringing the world’s greatest performing artists to our city,” Mayor Thomas M. Menino said. “The public piano festival, Play Me I’m Yours, will give residents and visitors a chance to make music in the streets of Boston through this exciting public art installation.”

There are still opportunities to donate, host, play or keep a festival piano. To learn more about Play Me I’m Yours, visit celebrityseries.org or streetpianosboston.com. Exact locations and a map of the pianos will be announced by mid-September and the public is encouraged to upload and share video clips, photos and comments.

Sponsored by Jann E. Leeming & Arthur D. Little and Eleanor & Frank Pao.

COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS (as of August 12, 2013)
The City of Boston – Mayor’s Office, Berklee College of Music, Biederman Redevelopment Ventures, Boston Arts Academy, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston Children’s Museum, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, Boston Harbor Association, Boston Housing Authority Choice Neighborhood Initiative, Boston National Park Service, Boston Public Schools, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston University, Boys and Girls Club, Burke High School, Cambridge Arts Council, Downtown Boston Business Improvement District, East Boston High School, Emerald Necklace Conservancy, The Esplanade Association, FastFrame, The Fallon Company at the Fan Pier, Fenway Garden Society, Franklin Park Zoo, The Freedom Trail Foundation, Friends of Copley Square, Friends of Post Office Square, From the Top, Harvard Law School, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Office of the Arts, The Hawthorne, Huntington Theatre, Hurley K-8 School, Isabelle Stewart Gardner Museum, Josiah Elementary Quincy School, Longy School of Music, Mary Baker Eddy Library, Mass College of Art and Design, Mass General Hospital, Moreland Street Neighbors, More Than Words Youth, Murphy K-8 School, Museum of Fine Arts, National Development, Nave Gallery, New England Conservatory, New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk, North Bennet Street School, North End Music & Performing Arts Center, Old North Church, Opus Affair, Paul Revere House, Prudential Center, Rose Kennedy Greenway, Roslindale Village Main Street, Roslindale Public Library, Somerville Arts Council, Spaulding Rehabilitation Network, The Strand Theatre, Sumner Elementary School, Friends of Titus Sparrow Park, USS Constitution Museum, Villa Victoria Center for the Arts and Young Audiences of Massachusetts.

SPECIAL PLAY ME I’M YOURS EVENTS:

Boston Arts Festival: August 31 and Sept. 1, 12-6pm
A decorated piano will be featured at the City of Boston Arts Festival.
Event webpage: http://www.cityofboston.gov/arts/arts_festival.asp

Kickoff Party

The 75th Season Kickoff Party to celebrate Street Pianos Boston takes place on Saturday, October 5, 2013 at the Galleria at 10 St. James Avenue with an evening of food, drinks, and celebration, in partnership with Opus Affair and sponsored by Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse.

ABOUT CELEBRITY SERIES OF BOSTON

Celebrity Series of Boston was founded in 1938 by pianist and impresario Aaron Richmond. Over the course of its 75-year history, Celebrity Series has presented an array of the world’s greatest performing artists, including Sergei Rachmaninoff, Arturo Toscanini, Ignace Paderewski, Artur Rubenstein, Vladimir Horowitz, Glenn Gould, Fritz Kreisler, Jascha Heifetz, Isaac Stern, Andrés Segovia, Kirsten Flagstad, Marian Anderson, Luciano Pavarotti, Béla Bartók, Igor Stravinsky, Martha Graham, Ballet Russe De Monte Carlo, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Mstislav Rostropovich, and the New York City Opera Company.

The Celebrity Series has been bringing the very best performers–from orchestras and chamber ensembles, vocal and piano music, to dance companies, jazz, and more–to Boston’s major concert halls for 75 years. The Celebrity Series of Boston believes in the power of excellence and innovation in the performing arts to enrich life experiences, transform lives and build better communities. Through its education initiatives, the Celebrity Series seeks to build a community of Greater Boston where the performing arts are a valued, lifelong, shared experience–on stages, in schools, at home– everywhere. For more information on Celebrity Series of Boston, call (617) 482-2595 or visit us online at www.celebrityseries.org.

The Celebrity Series of Boston, Inc. receives generous support from Amy and Joshua Boger; Eleanor and Frank Pao; Donna and Mike Egan; Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation; The Little Family Foundation; Tufts Health Plan; Foley & Lardner LLP; The John S. and Cynthia Reed Foundation; First Republic Bank; The Peabody Foundation; Charlesbank Capital Partners; PTC, The D.L. Saunders Real Estate Corp; Massachusetts Cultural Council; New England Foundation for the Arts.

40th Anniversary Season
The Lyric Stage Company of Boston
announces complete 7-play 2013-14 season.

Becky’s New Car & Rich Girl round out the line-up.
Single tickets go on sale Wednesday, August 14.

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ONE DAY SALE – AUGUST 14!
$25 tickets for
One Man, Two Guvnors ● Water by the Spoonful ● Becky’s New Car
All handling fees waived!
(For performances in the first 10 days of each production, side section seating. Box Office open from 10am to 5pm)

Two Acclaimed American Musicals
WORKING — a new, updated version of the Stephen Schwartz musical based on Studs Terkel’s magnificent oral history
INTO THE WOODS — Spiro Veloudos, an award-winning Sondheim specialist, takes on this delightful fractured fairytale.

One of the Greatest Classics of the American Theatre
DEATH OF A SALESMAN — humor and anguish, promise and loss, all set between the four walls of an American living room.

Four Boston Premieres
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS — the British comedy that took Broadway by storm, based on Goldoni’s hilarious The Servant of Two Masters.
WATER BY THE SPOONFUL — the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about hope and human connection in a harsh and destabilizing world.
BECKY’S NEW CAR — a clever and witty new comedy about a woman trying to escape the midlife doldrums.
RICH GIRL — a modern take on the classic play and film The Heiress.

7-play and 4-play subscriptions are now on sale for the 2013-14 season which runs from September, 2013 through June, 2014. Prices start at $152 and offer savings of up to 35% off regular ticket prices (that’s like getting 2 plays for free.)

2013-14 SEASON PLAY DESCRIPTIONS

ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS
by Richard Bean
Directed by Spiro Veloudos
September 6 – October 5, 2013

Richard Bean’s award-winning play is a glorious celebration of British comedy: a unique, LAUGH OUT-LOUD MIX OF SATIRE, SONGS, SLAPSTICK, and glittering one-liners. Based on The Servant of Two Masters, Carlo Goldoni’s 18th-century Italian comedy, it gives you a funhouse parade of fools, lovers, clowns, parents, and pompous asses.

“On a laughs-per-minute basis, One Man, Two Guvnors gives The Book of Mormon a run for its funny!” — Hollywood Reporter

WATER BY THE SPOONFUL
by Quiara Alegría Hudes
Directed by Scott Edmiston
October 18 – November 16, 2013

This PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PLAY is a moving collage of lives in crisis. A group of seemingly unrelated characters search for human connection in a harsh and destabilizing world, looking for hope among their new-found “family.” One by one, the troubled souls find acceptance, connection, even redemption, in this lyrical and lucid new play.

“A beautiful, heartbreaking knockout of a play, as startling and innovative and human on the page as on the stage.”
— Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Drown

BECKY’S NEW CAR
by Steven Dietz
Directed by Larry Coen
November 29 – December 22, 2013

Becky’s life isn’t exactly unhappy — but from her desk at a car dealership she can’t help but wonder what else is out there. And then she finds out. When a wealthy suitor presumes she is a widow, she finds herself leading a double life that quickly accelerates out of her control. This CLEVER AND WITTY NEW COMEDY takes us on one woman’s unexpected, hilarious, and ultimately moving escape from the midlife doldrums.

“A satisfying comedy of modern manners . . . one that derives as much power from its humanity as its fine-tuned craftsmanship.”
— Seattle Times

WORKING
Book by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso. With additional contributions by Gordon Greenberg. Songs by Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Rodgers, Susan Birkenhead, Stephen Schwartz, and James Taylor. From the book by Studs Terkel.
Directed and choreographed by Ilyse Robbins
January 3 – February 1, 2014

From the everyday lives of “ordinary” working people comes a musical that is anything BUT ordinary! Adapted by Stephen Schwartz (Pippin, Godspell, Wicked) from Studs Terkel’s magnificent oral history, Working reveals the hopes, dreams, joys, and concerns of average Americans by following them through one 24-hour workday. Newly updated for the 21st century, Schwartz wrote the songs along with James Taylor and others, with three new additions by Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights), creating an INSPIRED, ECLECTIC, TUNEFUL, MOVING, AND UPLIFTING score.

“Working’s celebration of even the most seemingly marginal contributions as intrinsic elements of nation-building gives it stirring resonance.” — New York Times

DEATH OF A SALESMAN
by Arthur Miller
Directed by Spiro Veloudos
February 14 – March 15, 2014

Ever since it was first performed in 1949, Death of a Salesman has been recognized as a MILESTONE OF THE AMERICAN THEATER. In the person of Willy Loman — the aging, failing salesman who makes his living riding on a smile and a shoeshine — Arthur Miller redefined the tragic hero as a man whose dreams are at once insupportably vast and dangerously insubstantial. This magnificent work compresses epic extremes of humor and anguish, promise and loss, between the four walls of an American living room.

“One of the finest dramas in the whole range of the American theater!” — Brooks Atkinson, New York Times

RICH GIRL
by Victoria Stewart
Directed by Courtney O’Connor
March 28 – April 26, 2014

When sheltered Claudine meets starving artist Henry, she falls head over heels. But her mother, a tough-talking celebrity financial guru, has her doubts: Is Henry everything her daughter deserves or is he only after her money? Rich Girl, a modern day take on the classic play and film The Heiress, is a CLEVER NEW COMEDY ABOUT WOMEN and their relationships with MEN, MOTHERS, AND MONEY – and not necessarily in that order.

”Intriguing . . . highly appealing!” — New York Times

INTO THE WOODS
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by James Lapine
Directed by Spiro Veloudos
May 9 – June 7, 2014

When a Baker and his Wife learn they’ve been cursed by the Witch next door, they embark into the woods on a quest to reverse that spell. Along the way they encounter an ambivalent Cinderella, an aggressive Red Riding Hood, a rebellious Rapunzel, a too-trusting Jack, and a couple of not-so-princely Princes. But when everyone’s wishes are granted, the consequences of their self-centered actions come to haunt them. Eventually they learn a MOVING LIFE LESSON about working together, the stories we tell our children, and the real meaning of “happily ever after.”

“A wonderful muddle of Grimm fairy tales . . . extraordinary lyrics and subtle yet enormously complex music.” — L.A. Times

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The Lyric Stage Company of Boston
140 Clarendon Street, 2nd floor
Boston, MA 02116

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40th Anniversary Season ● 2013-14
One Man, Two Guvnors ● Water by the Spoonful ● Becky’s New Car
Working ● Death of a Salesman ● Rich Girl ● Into the Woods

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY LAUNCHES
COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM
TO REMOVE THE COST BARRIER OF ATTENDING THEATRE

(BOSTON) – Huntington Theatre Company announces today the Community Membership program, a new initiative designed to reduce the cost barrier of attending live theatre for those with limited income. The program allows members to purchase tickets to any performance without restriction for just $15. Membership is free and available through partnerships with agencies and organizations that serve limited-income populations.

Sovereign Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Santander Holdings USA, is the program’s lead supporter with a gift of $25,000 to help underwrite ticket subsidies.

Piloted over the last 18 months, the program has already leveraged partnerships with over 100 non-profit agencies that focus on socioeconomic issues including housing and poverty such as Urban Edge, Parker Hill Head Start, and Friends of Grove Hall Library. A complete list of participating organizations appears at the end of this release. More than 1,200 members are currently enrolled in the program and have purchased over 2,800 tickets to Huntington productions since January 2012’s God of Carnage. The Community Membership program serves residents from many urban Boston communities including Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, and the South End.

“One of our fundamental priorities is to make the Huntington a reflection of the city of Boston both onstage and in our audience,” says Artistic Director Peter DuBois. “The Community Membership program enables those who think theatre tickets are otherwise too expensive to come to the plays they are interested in seeing.”

“The Community Membership program is designed so its members can develop the same sort of deep, sustained relationship with the Huntington as our subscribers,” says Managing Director Michael Maso. “By offering a $15 ticket to any available seat, our goal is to transform regular theatre attendance for our Community members from a rarity to a regular practice.”

“I don’t go out much due to financial constraints. I hadn’t been to the theatre outside my son’s high school in years, and it has been a huge treat to go to two plays last fall,” says a Community Member. “It’s not all the time you have a lot of money to go to the theatre, so to have something affordable means that I can enjoy theatre and come often,” says another. Hear from more Community Members about their experience with the program at huntingtontheatre.org/community-membership.

“Sovereign│Santander is proud to support Huntington Theatre Company and its Community Membership program,” said Sonia Alleyne, Sovereign Bank vice president of Community Relations and Foundation Manager, New England. “Live theatre and the arts are important to an individual’s cultural development and help bring communities together. We are happy to join with Huntington to offer members of our community affordable access to the joy and enrichment of high quality theatre.”

Organizations serving low- or moderate-income communities that might be interested in enrolling its members or individuals interested in learning more about the program are invited to contact Community Coordinator Candelaria Silva-Collins at 617 273 1626 or csilva@huntingtontheatre.bu.edu.

Congratulations to the Huntington Theatre for winning the Tony as best 2013 Regional Theatre Tony Award. Remember I told you that Stephen Schwartz’s musical revival Pippin at the ART was an award waiting to happen? Well ( brag brag) I was right. They walked away with numerous Tony’s. Andrea Martin rightfully has another well deserved award. Congrats to all.
BTW, I think that this years award show was one of the best.