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ALADDIN IS ALL ABOUT THE GENIE

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted August 3, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Friend Like Me.Aladdin North American Tour. Photo by Deen van Meer.

 

★★★★☆

 

Aladdin may not boast the artistry of The Lion King or the heart of Beauty and the ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Aladdin, Boston Opera House, Broadway in Boston, Casey Nicholaw, Chad Beguelin, Disney, Michael James Scott

EH-PRIL THEATER ROUND-UP: HUB THEATRE’S TRUE WEST SHINES AMONG THE PAINFULLY DULL

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted April 26, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Christie Prades as Gloria Estefan and Company, ON YOUR FEET! Photo by Matthew Murphy

In The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot wrote that April is the cruellest month.

 

And while he most certainly wasn’t talking about Boston theater, the same sentiment could be applied to the unusually shallow offerings popping up around town.

 

Aside from Moonbox’s ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Alex Jacobs, Alisha Jansky, Anna Christie, Ashley DiFranza, Bob Mussett, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston Opera House, Charles Schoonmaker, christie Prades, Dan Whelton, Daniel Bourque, David Joseph Hansen, Dewey Dellay, Emilio Estefan, Eugene O’Neill, First Church, Gloria Estefan, Hub Theatre Company, James R. Milord, Janie Howard, Jerry Mitchell, Johnny Lee Davenport, Josh Glenn-Kayden, Karen Perlow, Lindsey McWhorter, Lyric Stage, Maureen Adduci, Mauricio Martinez, Miami Sound Machine, Nancy E. Carroll, Nicky Silver, On Your Feet, Phil Thompson, Robert Orzalli, Sam Shepard, Scott Edmiston, Sergio Trujillo, Shelley Brown, The Lyons, Titanic Theatre Company, True West, Victor Shopov

NEVER SAY GOODBYE: NEVERLAND RETURNS

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted August 10, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Peter Pan and actress Karen Murphy come home to Boston

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: american repertory theater, Boston Opera House, Finding Neverland, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Karen Murphy, The Fantasticks, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown

ANTHONY RAPP: ON TOUR WITH IF/THEN AND LOOKING BACK ON RENT

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted June 29, 2016 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

On tour with If/Then and looking back on Rent

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Anthony Rapp, Boston Opera House, David Stone, If/Then, Michael Greif, RENT

MERRY AND BRIGHT(ER): THE NUTCRACKER RETURNS

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted December 10, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

The Nutcracker returns to the Boston Ballet with a brand-new glow

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Boston Ballet, Boston Opera House, Mikki Kunttu, Mikko Nissinen, The Nutcracker

DIG THIS: CAROLE KING, ART GARFUNKEL, AND MARY LAMBERT

Written by DIG STAFF Posted November 11, 2015 Filed Under: DigThis

A week of pretty amazing music you guys

Filed Under: DigThis Tagged With: 6B Lounge, Art Garfunkel, Boston Opera House, brighton music hall, Carole King, laughing liberally, Mary Lambert, Modern Underground, The Riot Theater, wilbur theatre

LISTEN: BOSTON BALLET PRINCIPAL DANCER JEFFREY CIRIO SHARES HIS WARM UP PLAYLIST

Written by SUSANNA JACKSON Posted December 17, 2014 Filed Under: Performing Arts

He's all about that Drake.

Filed Under: Performing Arts Tagged With: 6 God, 9 Milli, Amir Obe, BB@home series, Body Party, Boston Ballet, Boston Opera House, Christmastime, Ciara, Detrooklyn, Dig Boston, DigBoston, Drake, Earplug, First Friday, hip hop, ICA, In Frame, Jeffrey Cirio, Jersey club music, Lead Russian, Mikko Nissinen, Miss Modular, Nutcracker, Pointe Magazine, Prince Siegfried, principal dancer, Robert Perdziola, Sam Gellaitry, Snakehips, Snow King, Stay Schemin’, Sugar Plum Cavalier, Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker, The Weeknd, Wanderlust

DIG THIS: HELLBOUND + THE DAILY SHOW + MONSTER MASH

Written by DIG STAFF Posted October 29, 2014 Filed Under: Calendar, DigThis

Let Walter Sickert and The Army of Broken Toys serenade you this day of the dead.

Filed Under: Calendar, DigThis Tagged With: 5Point Film Festival, Boston Opera House, Cambridge Historical Society, Cuisine En Locale, great scott, Hellbound, Hellbound Vanthology, Jon Stewart, Mikko Nissinen, Monster Mash: True Tales of Dating Horror, Oberon, Once Muertos, River Bird Comics, Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky, The Boston Comics Roundtable, The Daily Show Tour, The Daily Show Writers Standup Tour, Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys, Writer's Guild of America

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