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Winter/Spring 2015 STAGEPAGE.WINTERIt’s a ay! •SPRING.15 Pl Speed The Plow The Shadow Box Oceanside Ron White The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley Strange Days It’s a Play! Shrek the Musical january Theatre One Productions,Inc Theatre III Merrimack Repertory Theatre The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts Boston Children’s Theatre Exiled Theatre april Wheelock Family Theatre January 15 - January 25 January 30 - February 8 February 12 - March 8 February 22 March 7 - March 15 March 20 - April 5 April 17 - May 24 It 508-947-7716 / www.facebook.com/theatreone M1 978-263-9070 / www.theatre3.org M16 978-654-4678 / www.mrt.org M11 877-571-7469 / www.thehanovertheatre.org M6 617-424-6634 x222 / www.bostonchildrenstheatre.org B5 www.exiledtheatre.com B15 617-879-2300 / www.WheelockFamilyTheatre.org B27 O.P.C. ’s a Play! X Dance American Repertory Theater It’s y! Emerson Stage It’s a Play! a Pla through January 4 Saint Joan Two Dance Stories It’s a Play! Channel/Dance StageSource Job Fair The Amish Project Lifers April 2 - April 5 Chuggington Live! The Great Rescue Adventure Bedlam Theatre Brandeis Theater Company Fort Point Theatre Channel February 21 New Repertory Theatre Argos Productions & Happy Medium Theatre The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts 617-547-8300 / www.americanrepertorytheater.org B18 617-824-8000 / www.emerson.edu B16 January 15 January 30 - February 1 February 2015 617-350-7611 / www.stagesource.org March 7 - March 22 March 20 - April 4 April 18 Midsummer: A Play with Songs 617-576-9278 / www.centralsquaretheater.org B9 781-736-3400 / www.brandeis.edu/arts/btc B26 617-750-8900 / www.fortpointtc.org B4 617-923-8487 / www.newrep.org B3 866-811-4111 / www.argosproductions.com B6 Beyond Therapy 877-571-7469 / www.thehanovertheatre.org M6 Apollinaire Theatre Company Restricted It’s a Play! Theatre III through January 11 The Second Girl It’s a Play! Stuart Little The Musical The Desk Set Boston University From the Deep It’s a Play! Reigning Cats and Dogs It’s a Play! April 3 - April 18 Little Heroes Series Huntington Theatre Company Boston Children’s Theatre The Concord Players February 25 - March 1 Boston Public Works Theater Company Watertown Children’s Theatre Puppet Showplace Theater 617-887-2336 / www.apollinairetheatre.com B11 978-263-9070 / www.theatre3.org M16 January 16 - February 21 January 31 - February 8 February 13 - February 28 617-353-5443 / www.bostonplaywrights.org B6 March 12 - March 28 March 20 - March 22 April 21 - April 30 It 617-266-0800 / www.huntingtontheatre.org B5 617-424-6634 / www.bostonchildrenstheatre.org B8 978-369-2990 / www.concordplayers.org M6 www.bostonpublicworks.org B5 617-926-ARTS / www.watertownchildrenstheatre.org B3 617-731-6400 ext 101 / www.puppetshowplace.org B24 Morality Play ’s a Play! The Edge of Peace Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre Peter and the Wolf along with Hansel and Gretel Central Square Theater It’s a Play! January 1 - February 1 Sesame Street Live: Make a New Friend Lollipops For Breakfast It’s a Play! Albatross Ballet Arts Worcester Ladies At The Alamo State Fair April 3 - April 12 Merrily We Roll Along The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts Puppet Showplace Theater The Poets’ Theatre February 25 - February 25 Theatre One Productions,Inc The Weston Friendly Society Emerson Stage 401-723-4266 / www.gammtheatre.org R1 617-576-9278 / www.centralsquaretheater.org B9 January 16 - January 18 January 31 - February 16 February 13 - March 1 877-571-7469 / www.thehanovertheatre.org M6 March 12 - March 22 March 21 - March 29 April 23 - April 25 Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike 877-571-7469 / www.thehanovertheatre.org M6 617-731-6400 ext 101 / www.puppetshowplace.org B24 617-824-8400 / www.poetstheatre.org B23 508-947-7716 / www.facebook.com/theatreone M1 617-795-2195 / www.westonfriendly.org M17 Virginia Woolf’s Orlando 617-824-8000 / www.emerson.edu B12 Mother Hicks Huntington Theatre Company It’s a Play! Bad Habit Productions January 2 - February 1 Winter Panto 2015: Flashdance The Musical Emerson Stage The Way of Water Puppet Showplace Slam: International Edition April 4 - April 19 The Outgoing Tide The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts February 26 - March 1 Brandeis Theater Company Puppet Showplace Theater Merrimack Repertory Theatre 617-266-0800 / www.huntingtontheatre.org B7 Kerplop! The Tale of the Frog Prince 617-266-0800 / www.badhabitproductions.org B5 imaginary beasts february February 13 - February 15 617-824-8000 / www.emerson.edu B23 March 12 - March 15 March 21 April 23 - May 17 The Joshua Show January 17 - February 7 877-571-7469 / www.thehanovertheatre.org M6 781-736-3400 / www.brandeis.edu/arts/btc B26 617-731-6400 ext 101 / www.puppetshowplace.org B24 God Box 978-654-4678 / www.mrt.org M11 Puppet Showplace Theater 617-933-8600 / www.imaginarybeasts.org B5 Australian Bee Gees Show: A Multimedia Tribute The Glass Menagerie New Repertory Theatre January 2 - January 4 The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts Intimate Apparel Trinity Repertory Company The Addams Family Jay Leno April 5 - April 19 Mr g It’s a Play! Lyric Stage February 26 - March 29 Cohasset Dramatic Club The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts Underground Railway Theater 617-731-6400 ext 101 / www.puppetshowplace.org B24 Puppet Showplace Slam featuring Puppet Pandemic February 4 617-923-8487 / www.newrep.org B3 Puppet Showplace Theater 877-571-7469 / www.thehanovertheatre.org M6 February 13 - March 14 401-351-4242 / www.trinityrep.com R2 March 13 - March 29 March 22 April 23 - May 24 Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins January 17 617-585-5678 / www.lyricstage.com B19 617-922-0280 / www.cohassetdramaticclub.org M4 877-571-7469 / www.thehanovertheatre.org M6 Stephen Dubner 617-576-9278 / www.centralsquaretheater.org B9 Lyric Stage 617-731-6400 ext 101 / www.puppetshowplace.org B24 50 Shades! The Musical Parody Simon Says The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts Little Seer Productions LLC January 2 - January 31 The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts Shirley Valentine Big Fish Stronger Than The Wind April 7 Rumors The Nextdoor Theater Company February 26 - March 14 SpeakEasy Stage Company New Repertory Theatre New England Repertory Company 617-585-5678 / www.lyricstage.com B19 Sweeney Todd in Concert February 5 877-571-7469 / www.thehanovertheatre.org M6 Woodland Theatre Company 877-571-7469 / www.thehanovertheatre.org M6 February 13 - February 28 (617) 933-8600 / www.simonsaystheplay.weebly.com B5 March 13 - April 11 March 22 - April 5 April 24 - May 10 The Donkey Show January 17 781-729-6398 / www.nextdoortheater.org M13 617-933-8600 / www.speakeasystage.com B5 617-923-8487 / www.newrep.org B3 Neville’s Island 508-339-2822 / www.mmas.org M12 American Repertory Theater 508-655-0687 / www.woodlandtheatre.com M9 Uncommon Women, And Others That Hopey Changey Thing Stoneham Theatre Stoneham Theatre January 3 - April 25 Emerson Stage Pinkalicious The Musical Songs for a New World NewFest New Readings April 9 - April 26 The Great American Trailer Park Musical Boston Children’s Theatre February 26 - March 15 Mansfield Music and Arts Society Emerson Stage The Nextdoor Theater Company 617-547-8300 / www.americanrepertorytheater.org B22 Middletown February 5 - February 8 781-279-2200 / www.stonehamtheatre.org M15 Trinity Repertory Company 617-824-8000 / www.emerson.edu B23 February 14 - February 22 781-279-2200 / www.stonehamtheatre.org M15 March 3 - March 29 March 24 - March 29 April 24 - May 16 Measure for Measure January 22 - February 22 617-424-6634 / www.bostonchildrenstheatre.org B8 508-339-2822 / www.mmas.org M12 617-824-8000 / www.emerson.edu B25 Nine 781-729-6398 / www.nextdoortheater.org M13 Actors’ Shakespeare Project 401-351-4242 / www.trinityrep.com R2 Briefs - A 10-Minute Play Festival V-Day Winthrop The Vagina Monologues 2015 Arlington Friends of the Drama January 7 - February 1 Cohasset Dramatic Club Sickle It’s a Play! Winthrop Playmakers Spy Matthias It’s a Play! The Enchanted Castle April 10 - April 26 Scenes from an Adultery It’s a Play! Boston University February 27 - February 28 Theatre on Fire Rosalita’s puppets New Repertory Theatre 866-811-4111 / www.actorsshakespeareproject.org B21 Father Come Home from the Wars February 6 - February 7 781-646-5922 / www.afdtheatre.org B1 American Repertory Theater 617-922-0280 / www.cohassetdramaticclub.org M4 February 18-February 22 617-539-1175 / www.winthropplaymakers.com March 13 - April 4 March 25 April 25 - May 17 617-353-5443 / www.bostonplaywrights.org B6 866-811-4111 / www.theatreonfire.org B10 617-633-2832 / www.rosalitaspuppets.com It’s ! 617-923-8487 / www.newrep.org B3 The Best Brothers January 23 - March 1 Clytemnestriad a Play Merrimack Repertory Theatre 617-547-8300 / www.americanrepertorytheater.org B18 Bill Cosby Wild Kratts Live! Fresh Ink Theatre January 8 - February 1 The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts The Big Meal The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts StageSource GoAudition! God’s Ear April 10 - April 18 The Cripple of Inishmaan Zeitgeist Stage Company February 28 March 14 Actors’ Shakespeare Project Boston University College of Fine Arts 978-654-4678 / www.mrt.org M11 Comic Potential February 6 www.freshinktheatre.org B14 Quannapowitt Players 877-571-7469 / www.thehanovertheatre.org M6 February 18 - March 7 877-571-7469 / www.thehanovertheatre.org M6 617-350-7611 / www.stagesource.org March 25 - April 12 April 29 - May 3 Good People January 23 - February 7 617-933-8600 / www.zeitgeiststage.com B5 866-811-4111 / www.actorsshakespeareproject.org B13 My Fair Lady 617-933-8600 / www.bu.edu/cfa B7 It’s ! Arlington Friends of the Drama 781-942-2212 / www.qptheater.com M14 The Draft a Play Sherlock Jr.
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