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7 THE PROGRAM

10 BEDROOM FARCE IN CONTEXT

12 ON THE WRITING OF BEDROOM FARCE

PLUS: 4 Backstage by Olivia J. Kiers 35 Emergency Exits 12

38 Guide to Local Theatre Playwright Alan Ayckbourn 44 Boston Dining Guide

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HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 3 BACKSTAGE BEHIND THE SCENES IN LOCAL AND NATIONAL THEATRE BY OLIVIA J. KIERS Paul Marotta, Perfect Bokeh Photography Paul Marotta, CENTER OF ATTENTION: The Wang Theatre (pictured) and the Shubert Theatre, formerly known collec- tively as the Citi Performing Arts Center, officially begin their new life as part of the newly christened Boch Center beginning November 1, 2016.

Citi Performing Arts Center Boston” and is “thrilled to be a part of such Renamed for Boch Family an important legacy.” For more information, The non-profit operator of the Wang and visit citicenter.org or bochcenter.org. Shubert theatres, formerly known as the Citi Performing Arts Center, entered a multi-year End of an Era in Winthrop? naming sponsorship with Ernie Boch, Jr. and The Winthrop Playmakers—the award-win- the Boch family and is now the Boch Center. ning theatre troupe based in Winthrop, Mass., The center continues its mission as the guard- that was founded in 1938—went on “indefi- ian of its historic venues while hosting world- nite hiatus” at the conclusion of its production class entertainment in Boston, providing arts of Reefer Madness: The Musical this October, education programming and strengthening a show which was mounted at Watertown’s the local economy. President and CEO Josiah Arsenal Center for the Arts. According to A. Spaulding said that the center “thank[s] an open letter from the Board of Directors, Citibank for its support over the last 10 years, circumstances following the 2014 sale of and look[s] forward to continuing…as the the Playhouse on Hermon Street, including region’s leading performing arts organiza- difficulties accessing new venues and dwin- tion for many years to come…as the Boch dling member support, made it impossible Center.” Ernie Boch, Jr., who is president and to continue with regular operations. Rather CEO of Boch Enterprises and whose foun- than shut down completely, the organization dation Music Drives Us supports music in maintains its non-profit status and a trust in schools, stated that the Boch family is “deeply its name will be overseen by selected officers, vested in the cultural and artistic vibrancy of with the hope that productions may return to 4 BEDROOM FARCE BACKSTAGE (continued) a stage somewhere at a future date. For details, nity with a dedi- visit winthropplaymakers.com. cated home for young artists to Apollinaire Debuts New Venue play, learn and Apollinaire Theatre Company dedicated experiment.… a new youth theatre at its Chelsea Theatre We look for- Works performing arts center in Chelsea, ward to part- Mass., at a celebration on October 20, fol- nering with the lowed by a community open house the next Riseman Family day. Named the Riseman Family Theatre, Foundation for the new venue honors the Riseman Family many years Foundation, which generously supported to come.” NATIVE SON GIVES BACK: its creation. Chairman of the foundation, And the good Chelsea native Benson “Alex” founder of BENSEA Enterprises and Chelsea news isn’t over: Riseman, benefactor of the native Benson “Alex” Riseman, participated Chelsea Theatre Chelsea-based Apollinaire Theatre Company’s new in the theatre’s opening ceremony. “I am Works plans to Riseman Family Theatre, proud of my Chelsea roots,” he declared. open yet another recently appeared at its “The Riseman Family Theatre presented new theatre dedication. the perfect opportunity to give back to in its space the community by providing cultural and on November 19 to complement the educational opportunities to area youth.” Riseman and its efforts to provide more Apollinaire artistic director Danielle Jacques opportunities for area youth to inter- praised the foundation’s generosity, saying act with professional theatre companies. that “Apollinaire is now able to fully realize Refer to apollinairetheatrecompany.com for our commitment to providing the commu- more information.

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MURDER FOR TWO WEST SIDE STORY LYRIC STAGE COMPANY NORTH SHORE MUSIC THEATRE November 25–December 24 November 1–20 One actor plays the detective and the other plays all the With music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephan suspects in this homage to the classic, closed-room mur- Sondheim, it’s no wonder this modern, musical adaption der mystery directed by A. Nora Long. Refer to listing, of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a classic in its own page 40. right. Refer to listing, page 42.

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TS ON TRE AR GT HE F T TIN UBOIS THEAANYUE O N HUN VE PETER D MICHAEL MASO MP A SOUTH END NORMA JEAN CALDERWOOD MANAGING DIRECTOR CO & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

BEDROOM FARCE

by Alan Ayckbourn Directed by Maria Aitken Sound Design & Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Original Music Alexander Dodge Robert Morgan Matthew Richards John Gromada

Dialect Coach Fight Director Casting Stephen Gabis Ted Hewlett Alaine Alldaffer

Production Stage Manager Stage Manager Emily F. McMullen Kevin Schlagle

We gratefully acknowledge the Huntington’s 2016–2017 Season Sponsors Sherryl & Gerard Cohen Carol G. Deane J. David Wimberly

and the Production Co-Sponsor of Bedroom Farce Faith Tiberio

Bedroom Farce was first produced at the Library Theatre, Scarborough, on June 16, 1975 and subsequently, under the direction of Peter Hall, at the National Theatre, London, on March 14, 1977.

Bedroom Farce is presented by special arrangment with Samuel French, Inc.

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A DOLL’S AVENUE OF THE ARTS HOUSE BU THEATRE JAN.6-FEB.5HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 9 AYCKBOURN & BEDROOM FARCE IN CONTEXT

Playwright and director Alan Ayckbourn’s distinctive perspective as a dramatist combines an ambitious eye for structure, a sly ear for humor, and a desire to challenge himself. Born in 1939, Ayckbourn was the child of a novelist and a violinist. He began his theatrical career as an actor, and was hired by director Stephen Joseph to become a member of his company at the Scarborough Theatre. (Ayckbourn ultimately became artistic director of the company in 1972 after Joseph’s death). Joseph was a pivotal mentor; Ayckbourn only began writing after complaining to Joseph about his parts in the company. Ayckbourn recalls, “He said to me, ‘If you want a better part, you’d better write one for yourself. Write a play. […] Write yourself a main part’ — which was actually a very shrewd remark, because presumably, if the play had not worked at all, there was no way I as an actor was going to risk my neck in it.”

Ayckbourn’s creations for the acting company in Scarborough were uniformly successful and nearly annual — including well known plays such as How the Other Half Loves and Absurd Person Singular, each produced both in the West End and on Broadway. In 1974, a trio of plays called The Norman Conquests vaulted Ayckbourn into the sphere of world dramatists, as critics began comparing him favorably to playwrights such as Molière and Feydeau. The Norman Conquests has the hallmarks that characterize Ayckbourn’s work. Set at a country estate, with a cast of three interlocking couples, the trilogy is a series of plays, each set in a different room of the same house: one in the garden, one in the dining room, and the third in the living room. In a feat of plotting, the plays are designed to be viewed in any order and to complement each other.

Critics note that Ayckbourn creates laughs with uncommon psychological skill. “‘Oh’ is not widely acknowledged as one of the funniest words in English,” wrote Ben Brantley in The New York Times of the most recent revival of the trilogy. “Nor does the simple ‘aah’ generally induce convulsive giggles. Yet these unassuming monosyllables acquire brute force in […] Alan Ayckbourn’s The Norman Conquests, crippling you with laughter that shakes the body and, more subversively, fractures the soul.” As Brantley suggests, the best of Ayckbourn uses a crisp surface to suggest the emotional churn beneath a character’s outward persona.

Though Ayckbourn does not consider Bedroom Farce to be a farce per se — he generally writes the titles of his plays before the scripts themselves, and they often have little to do with the actual content — he views the elements of farce and comedy as being in a conversation in the play. “Comedy, I read somewhere, consists of larger than life characters in real situations. Farce, on the other hand, portrays real characters projected into incredible situations,” says Ayckbourn. “Bedroom Farce is a comedy about real characters who, 10 BEDROOM FARCE projected into incredible situations, start behaving in a larger than life manner as the situations appear to them too horribly real. I’m with Chekhov on this, as a matter of fact. He called his plays comedies or farces whenever he felt like it, probably to confuse Stanislavsky.”

Like The Norman Conquests before it, Bedroom Farce has a trio of settings: three rooms, four couples, an unstable mixture that sets the play in motion. While it is considered to perhaps be Ayckbourn’s “sunniest” play, it was written in a period where Ayckbourn was delving into themes of misery, inconsideration, and loneliness elsewhere in his work, a secondary layer that some critics see echoes of in this play. “Bedroom Farce is a wickedly funny play about the blithe inconsiderateness of the suffering,” wrote Michael Billington in The Guardian. “Cocooned in selfishness, they reduce the lives around them to ruins. And while Ayckbourn has touched on this theme before, I don’t think he has handled it with quite such precision as he does in the second act of this beautifully rhythmed play.”

Bedroom Farce was Ayckbourn’s first play at the National Theatre in London, which has become one of the primary homes of his work. Now the author of more than 70 plays, at least half of which have played in the West End or at the National, Ayckbourn also remained the artistic director of the Scarborough Theatre through 2008. His plays continue to marvel structurally — one play can be performed nightly in 16 possible variations, another duo of plays is designed to be staged simultaneously in adjacent theatres with a shared cast. Throughout his career, Ayckbourn has challenged himself and audiences to find humor beyond the obvious. “[In the films of] my great idol, Buster Keaton — everything followed logically; he behaved completely within his own mad world as a normal human being would behave,” Ayckbourn says. “The mistake that’s made is that people imagine that somehow farce has to be played louder, faster, broader – and suddenly they throw all credibility away. I have a campaign for slow, quiet farce.”

— CHARLES HAUGLAND

Maria Aitken (director of the Huntington's production of Bedroom Farce) as Susannah and Joan Hickson as Delia in the 1977 London premiere production of Bedroom Farce at the National Theatre. Photo: Anthony Crickmay/Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Image courtesy of National Theatre, London.

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 11 Playwright Alan Ayckbourn ALAN AYCKBOURN ON THE WRITING OF BEDROOM FARCE Early in 1975, I collaborated with Andrew Lloyd Webber on one of the great musical disasters of the decade, the earlier Mark 1 version of Jeeves. Recoiling from the scathing, occasional downright gleeful criticism we justly deserved, I consoled myself by setting about writing my obligatory yearly Scarborough summer play [where Ayckbourn served as artistic director in Scarborough, England]. In the time honored tradition, I announced the title long before a word was written. The play was thrust into the actors’ hands at the first read through, having been finished the night before and unread ‘til then by any of them.

Slightly less traditionally though, on this occasion the title actually bore some resemblance to the play I was to write. I’d decided to call it Bedroom Farce.

I am often asked where I get my ideas from, as if somewhere I have this large box secretly buried to which I cautiously return every year under cover of darkness. I sometimes wish I had. In fact, play ideas usually come from various sources and numerous quite random directions. Some arrive mere fragments but then hopefully combine with other fragments to create some sort of whole. These are a few of them…

Someone jokingly remarked after The Norman Conquests that there were very few rooms left in the house for me to visit — except the bedroom and

12 BEDROOM FARCE “To all this you should add my firm belief in the power of number three, the source of much good comedy (do it once, they‘ll look up, do it twice, you‘ll have their attention, do it a third time and they‘re ready to laugh)…” the bathroom. (The bathroom came later in A Small Family Business). I stored the idea of a bedroom away for later. Though even at that juncture, it crossed my mind that if I did write a bedroom play it might be more interesting and unusual to avoid those more predictable elements of bedroom behavior, namely sexual activity and sleeping.

A year or so earlier, Sheila Hancock had invited Peter Hall to see Absurd Person Singular in which she was appearing at the Criterion Theatre. Peter subsequently wrote to me suggesting I do something for the new National Theatre which was shortly to open. I took a trip round its South Bank site, in particular to view the shell of the incomplete Lyttelton Theatre. My first impression was that it was less a theatre, more a football stadium. I had never written for such a vast stage. Overall the acting area was probably some ten times the size of the in-the-round arena I was used to. I decided the only way to tackle such a space would be to divide it. A multiple location set was called for; not one bedroom, then, but several.

During one long Scarborough season, in the days when the company all tended to live together in one rented boarding house, I had got into one of those post-show, late night conversations with a troubled actor busily recounting the recent failure of some personal relationship. His wife? His lover? His mother? I forget. At around 2am, when everyone else had retired, I also made my excuses but the unfortunate man was too far gone — a mixture of tiredness, emotional trauma, and alcohol — to take the hint. Eventually, abandoning politeness, I left and went upstairs to my bedroom where my wife was already in bed. Oblivious, the actor followed me and, uninvited, sat on my bed still in full flow. As he droned on, I undressed and joined my wife in bed. Finally lights were switched off and she and I eventually fell asleep, lulled by the reassuring drone of his voice. In the morning we discovered him curled up at the foot of our bed like some large dog. One that I was later to name Trevor.

To all this you should add my firm belief in the power of number three, the source of much good comedy (do it once, they‘ll look up, do it twice, you‘ll have their attention, do it a third time and they‘re ready to laugh) and Bedroom Farce was all but written. Three beds, three bedrooms, three couples, and a fourth couple straight from their wildest nightmares.

This article was originally written for the playbill of the 2000 revival of Bedroom Farce at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough.

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 13 ABOUT THE COMPANY Patricia Hodges* (Delia) previously appeared at the Huntington in Les Blancs. Broadway credits include Born Yesterday, A Man for All Seasons, Dancing at Lughnasa, and Six Degrees of Separation. Her Off Broadway credits include Communicating Doors, Rose’s Dilemma (Manhattan Theatre Club), On the Verge (dir. Garland Wright), The Normal Heart (The Public Theater/NYSF), A Loss of Roses, and Surviving Grace. She BEDROOM FARCE appeared in the national tour of Nicholas Hytner’s Lincoln Center Theater production of Carousel and toured two years with John Houseman’s The Acting Company. Regional credits include Woman in Mind, Blithe Spirit, Hay Fever, The Cherry Orchard, The Seagull, and The Night of the Iguana (Guthrie Theater); and Pride and Prejudice and Three Tall Women (Baltimore Center Stage). Her television appearances include “Royal Pains,” “Law & Order” (repeat offender), “Another World,” and “Heaven’s Gate.”

Richard Hollis* (Malcolm) was previously seen on Broadway in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. His regional credits include Twelfth Night (Baltimore Center Stage); Stones in his Pockets (Hudson Stage Company); Hit- Lit (Queens Theatre in the Park); Present Laughter (Two River Theater); The Illusion (Triad Stage); The Sisters Rosensweig (Capital Repertory Theatre); and Romeo and Juliet, The Real Thing, and Amadeus (Northern Stage). His London credits include The Coast of Utopia, His Girl Friday, Tartuffe, The Wonders of Sex, and The Country Doctor (National Theatre); Diana of Dobsons, The Skin Game, The Years Between, and Factors Unforseen (Orange Tree Theatre); Torn (Arcola Theatre); and State of Innocence (Theatre 503). His film and television credits include Dark Shadows, the original BBC series “The Office,” “Believe,” “Waking the Dead,” “EastEnders,” “Shakespeare’s Happy Endings,” and “Silent Witness.”

Malcolm Ingram* (Ernest) has performed on Broadway in The Rivals (Lincoln Center Theater) and Match (u/s Frank Langella, Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre). He has previously performed in London’s West End in Half Life (National Theatre, Duke of York’s Theatre), Dirty Linen and Newfoundland (Arts Theatre), and Popkiss (The Globe Theatre). His US regional credits include Richard II (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); Hamlet (North Shore Music Theatre); Third (Hangar Theatre); All My Sons (Actors Theatre of Louisville); Hay Fever and Rat in the Skull (Berkshire Theatre Group); Someone to Watch Over Me (Stage West Theatre); A Christmas Carol, The Crucible, Little Women, The Miracle Worker, My Fair Lady, and As You Like It (Syracuse Stage); Red Velvet, Romeo and Juliet, Henry IV: Parts 1 and 2, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Heroes, Enchanted April, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, King Lear, The Taming of the Shrew, Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Hamlet, and The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare & Company); and Romeo and Juliet (Virginia Arts Festival). His film and television credits include The Story of Ruth (BBC), Fraulein Doktor (Paramount), “Chappelle’s Show” (Comedy Central), “The Camerons,” “Beloved Enemy,” “Clapperclaw,” and “Dr. Finlay’s Casebook” (BBC).

Mahira Kakkar* (Jan) has New York credits that include The Trial of an American President (Theatre Row), Romeo and Juliet (Public Mobile Unit), Clive (The New Group), Harper Regan (Atlantic Theater Company), Opus (Primary Stages), Miss Witherspoon (Playwrights Horizons), and When January Feels

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ABOUT THE COMPANY BEDROOM FARCE BEDROOM Like Summer (Ensemble Studio Theatre). Regional credits include work at McCarter Theatre, Cleveland Play House, The Old Globe, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Magic Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Boston University and the Bucks County Playhouse, Hartford Huntington Theatre Company Stage, Contemporary American have partnered to train the Theater Festival, Virginia Stage next generation of artists. Company, Florida Studio Theatre, Bedroom Farce features the following and Arden Theatre Company. Her BU alumni and students: film credits include Oil and Vinegar, Hechki, Hank and Asha, and A NICK CHEN (Assistant to the Sound Designer) Night in the Hills. Television credits BFA, Sound Design, 2017 include “Blue Bloods,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Odd Mom Out,” KEVIN SCHLAGLE “The Big C,” and “Blacklist.” She is a (Stage Manager) proud member of Ensemble Studio BFA, Stage Management, 2012 Theatre and Hero Theatre. GIFFORD WILLIAMS (Assistant to the Lighting Designer) Emma Kaye* (Kate) MFA, Lighting Design, 2018 is overjoyed to be making her US theatre debut at the Huntington. Ms. Kaye was born and raised in London, England and is happy to now call the great city of New York home. Ms. Kaye first appeared as a featured leading lady with the UK’s award-winning theatre company, the National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT). She attended both the Atlantic Acting School and The Stella Adler Studio of Acting in NYC and received her BA with honors from the renowned performing arts graduate program (BAPA) at London’s Middlesex University.

Karl Miller* (Trevor) has previously performed Off Broadway in The Liquid Plain (Signature Theatre), Marie Antoinette (Soho Rep), Completeness (Playwrights Horizons), and columbinus (New York Theatre Workshop). His regional theatre credits include productions at Arena Stage, Hartford Stage, South Coast Repertory, Pioneer Theatre Company, Perseverance Theatre, Studio Theatre, Rep Stage, Theater J, Round House Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Arden Theatre Company, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Signature Theatre, and Rorschach Theatre, where he remains a company member emeritus. He won the Helen Hayes Award as Prior in Forum Theatre’s production of Angels in America. Television credits include second act red herrings in “Unforgettable” and “Elementary,” as well as ravaged souls in “Law & Order: SVU,” “666 Park Avenue,” and “The Good Wife.”

Nael Nacer* (Nick) returns to the Huntington having previously appeared in Come Back, Little Sheba; Awake and Sing!; The Seagull; and Our Town (IRNE Award, Best Supporting Actor). His New York credits include The Hiding Place (59E59 Theaters) and Lemonade (New York International Fringe * Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 15 ABOUT THE COMPANY Festival). His regional credits include 45 Plays for 45 Presidents and It’s a Wonderful Life: a Live Radio Play (Merrimack Repertory Theatre); Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play and Intimate Apparel (Elliot Norton Award, Best Actor); The Temperamentals and Animal Crackers (Lyric Stage Company); A Number, Pattern of Life, Lungs, and The Kite Runner (New Repertory Theatre); The Flick (Gloucester Stage Company, IRNE Award, Best Actor); A Future Perfect and Tribes (SpeakEasy Stage Company); Rhinoceros, Windowmen, The Farm, and BEDROOM FARCE Gary (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre); and Shear Madness (Charles Playhouse).

Katie Paxton* (Susannah) has previous theatre credits that include The Way of the World by Theresa Rebeck (Dorset Theatre Festival and Eugene O’Neill Theater Center); and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, In the Next Room, The Imaginary Invalid, and Noises Off (PlayMakers Repertory Company). Her film and television credits include How He Fell in Love (dir. By Marc Meyers), “The Good Wife,” “The Blacklist,” “Forever,” and “Billy & Billie.” She holds a BA and an MFA from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alan Ayckbourn (Playwright) has written 80 plays and his work has been translated into over 35 languages. His work is performed on stage and television throughout the world and he has won countless awards. His plays include Relatively Speaking, How the Other Half Loves, Absurd Person Singular, Bedroom Farce, A Chorus of Disapproval, and The Norman Conquests. In the past four years, there have been revivals of Season’s Greetings and A Small Family Business at the National Theatre and in the West End productions of Absent Friends, A Chorus of Disapproval, and Relatively Speaking. In 2009 he retired as artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre, where almost all his plays have been and continue to be first staged. In June of 2014, an extremely successful visit of the SJT Ayckbourn Ensemble company to the Brits-off- Broadway Festival at 59E59 Theaters in New York City attracted uniformly excellent reviews of his two new plays Arrivals & Departures and Farcicals and a revival of his play Time Of My Life; Arrivals & Departures being included in Time Magazine’s Top Ten Productions of the Year whilst also receiving an enthusiastic salute from The New York Times. In May of 2016 he returned to the festival with Hero’s Welcome and a revival of Confusions. In recent years, he has been inducted into American Theatre’s Hall of Fame, received the 2010 Critics’ Circle Award for Services to the Arts, and became the first British playwright to receive both Olivier and Tony Special Lifetime Achievement awards. He was knighted in 1997 for services to the theatre.

Maria Aitken (Director) has credits that include the Olivier and Tony Award- winning production of Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps which she directed at the Huntington Theatre Company as its American premiere before its Broadway and Off Broadway runs. Ms. Aitken also directed The Seagull, The Cocktail Hour, Betrayal, Private Lives, and Educating Rita at the Huntington. Her other credits include Heartbreak House (Delaware Resident Ensemble Players), The Cocktail Hour (Guthrie Theater), Sherlock’s Last Case (UK), The Gift (Geffen Playhouse and Melbourne Theatre, Australia), the Tony Award-nominated Man and Boy (West End and Broadway), As You Like It (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Quartermaine’s Terms (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Japes (Bay Street Theater), Noël Coward’s Easy Virtue (Chichester Festival Theatre), Lady Bracknell’s Confinement (Vineyard Theatre NYC), School for Scandal (Clwyd Theatr Cymru), As You Like It (Regent’s Park), and many others. As an actress in London at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, and in

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ABOUT THE COMPANY BEDROOM FARCE BEDROOM the West End, her leading roles included Hay Fever, Blithe Spirit, Bedroom Farce, Travesties, Waste, Private Lives, and The Vortex, among others. Her film credits include A Fish Called Wanda for which she was nominated for a BAFTA. Ms. Aitken is a visiting teacher at the British American Drama Academy, The Juilliard School, Yale School of Drama, New York University, The Actors Center in New York, and the Academy for Classical Acting. She is the author of two books, A Girdle Round the Earth and Style: Acting in High Comedy. In 2012 she became a trustee of the Noël Coward Foundation.

Alexander Dodge (Scenic Design) returns to the Huntington having previously designed Smart People; Rapture, Blister, Burn; Good People; The Miracle at Naples; Boleros for the Disenchanted; Brendan; and more. His Broadway credits include A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critic’s Circle Award nominations), Present Laughter (Tony Award nomination), Old Acquaintance, Butley, and Hedda Gabler. His recent Off Broadway credits include Ripcord (Manhattan Theatre Club); Rapture, Blister, Burn (Playwrights Horizons); All New People and Trust (Second Stage Theatre); The Understudy (Roundabout Theatre Company); and Measure for Pleasure (The Public Theater/NYSF). London West End credits include All New People. Mr. Dodge’s opera credits include Ghosts of Versailles (LA Opera), Dinner at Eight (Minnesota Opera), Il Trittico (Deutsche Oper Berlin), and Lohengrin (Hungarian State Opera). His upcoming projects include Anastasia (Broadway) and Disney’s

* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 17 ABOUT THE COMPANY Hunchback of Notre Dame (Tokyo, Berlin, and Vienna). His television credits include Netflix’s “Julie’s Greenroom.” He is the recipient of a Lucille Lortel FARCE Award, two Elliot Norton Awards, three IRNE Awards, and three Connecticut Critic’s Circle Awards. Mr. Dodge holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama.

Robert Morgan (Costume Design) has designed costumes for the Huntington since 1986. His credits include Sunday in the Park with George, A Little Night BEDROOM FARCE Music, The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard, The Corn is Green, Third, The Sisters Rosensweig, She Loves Me, Heartbreak House, Saint Joan, and Don Juan. His Broadway credits include The Full Monty, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, 101 Dalmatians, Imaginary Friends, and Sherlock’s Last Case. His Off Broadway credits include Pride’s Crossing and The Loves of Anatol. From 1987 until 1993, he was the director of the theatre arts division of Boston University’s School for the Arts and has been an associate artist at San Diego’s The Old Globe since 1978.

Matthew Richards (Lighting Design) returns to the Huntington having previously designed Tiger Style!, Good People, Third, and What the Butler Saw. His Broadway credits include Holland Taylor’s Ann. Off Broadway, he has designed A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (MCC Theater), Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey (Westside Theatre), Informed Consent (Primary Stages), and Tamburlaine and The Killer (Theatre for a New Audience). He has also designed productions for Brooklyn Academy of Music, Lincoln Center Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage Theatre, and Theatreworks USA. His regional theatre credits include Actors Theatre of Louisville, Arena Stage, Center Stage, Ford’s Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Hartford Stage, La Jolla Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, The Old Globe, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Westport Country Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Yale Repertory Theatre. MatthewRichardsDesign.com.

John Gromada (Sound Design & Original Music) previously designed and composed original music for the Huntington’s productions of The Cocktail Hour, Betrayal, Educating Rita, All My Sons, Well, Rabbit Hole, and Carol Mulroney. He has composed music and designed sound for more than 35 Broadway productions including The Elephant Man, The Trip to Bountiful (Tony Award nomination), The Best Man (Drama Desk Award), Clybourne Park, Seminar, Man and Boy, Road to Mecca, The Columnist, Next Fall, A Bronx Tale, Prelude to a Kiss, Proof, Sight Unseen, Rabbit Hole, Twelve Angry Men, and A Few Good Men. Other New York credits include Domesticated, Old Hats, Incident at Vichy, Dada Woof Papa Hot, Ripcord, My Name Is Asher Lev, Measure for Measure (Delacorte Theater), The Orphans’ Home Cycle (Drama Desk and Henry Hewes awards), The Screwtape Letters (also national tour), Shipwrecked!... (Lucille Lortel Award), The Skriker (Drama Desk Award), Machinal (Obie Award), and many more. His regional theatre credits number more than 300 productions at major regional theatres. His television credits include a score for the Emmy Award-nominated film version of The Trip to Bountiful. johngromada.com.

Stephen Gabis (Dialect Coach) has previous Huntington credits that include Betrayal, Private Lives, Educating Rita, The Corn is Green, The 39 Steps, and Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Toward the Somme. His selected Broadway credits include Heisenberg, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Outside Mullingar, An American in Paris, Beautiful, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Winslow Boy, Macbeth, Of Mice and Men (for Chris O’Dowd and Jim Norton), Once, The Book of Mormon national tours, Man and Boy, Heartbreak House, Lombardi, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Memphis, A View from the Bridge, Coram Boy, Doubt, Jersey

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ABOUT THE COMPANY BEDROOM FARCE BEDROOM Boys, and “Master Harold”...and the boys. Off Broadway, he has worked on shows that include Love, Love, Love; Shining City; Incognito; Hold on to Me Darling; Indian Summer; These Paper Bullets; Indecent; Punk Rock; Da; The Invisible Hand; Tribes; Look Back in Anger; Intimate Apparel; Stuff Happens; Port Authority; Abigail’s Party; The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; and Juno and the Paycock. His selected film and television credits include Spotlight, Salt, Across the Universe, Bernard and Doris (for Ralph Fiennes), “Bull,” “Sneaky Pete,” “Masters of Sex” (for Michael O’Keefe), “The Americans,” and “Boardwalk Empire.”

Ted Hewlett (Fight Director) has created fights for the Huntington’s productions of I Was Most Alive with You, A Confederacy of Dunces, Private Lives, Fences, The Colored Museum, Now or Later, Venus in Fur, and Brendan, among others. In New York, he choreographed the Off Broadway production of Bill W. and Dr. Bob. Boston area credits include SITI Company/ArtsEmerson, American Repertory Theater, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, New Repertory Theatre, Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Ballet, and SpeakEasy Stage Company. Regionally, he has fight directed at Shakespeare & Company, Shakespeare Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Elm Shakespeare, and Berkshire Theatre Festival. Mr. Hewlett holds an MFA in acting from Brandeis University, and is on the acting faculty of Emerson College.

Alaine Alldaffer (Casting) is also the casting director for Playwrights Horizons, where her credits include Grey Gardens (also for Broadway), Clybourne Park (also for Broadway), Circle Mirror Transformation (Drama Desk and Obie awards for Best Ensemble and an Artios Award for casting), and The Flick (Playwright Horizons and The Barrow Street Theatre). Television credits

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HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 19 ABOUT THE COMPANY include “The Knights of Prosperity” (aka “Let’s Rob Mick Jagger”) for ABC. Associate credits include “Ed” for NBC and “Monk” for USA. Ms. Alldaffer has also cast productions for Arena Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and the Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville, among others. She credits Lisa Donadio as her associate casting director.

Emily F. McMullen* (Production Stage Manager) has previously worked on BEDROOM FARCE Sunday in the Park with George, I Was Most Alive with You, Can You Forgive Her?, Disgraced, A Confederacy of Dunces, A Little Night Music, after all the terrible things I do, The Colored Museum, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Awake and Sing!, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Smart People, The Seagull, Venus in Fur, and The Cocktail Hour for the Huntington. Ms. McMullen was recently the production stage manager for the Lexington Theatre Company’s production of Disney’s Mary Poppins. She spent nine seasons as production stage manager at Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Lowell and 15 summers as production stage manager of Music Theatre of Wichita. Other credits include work with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, South Coast Repertory, North Shore Music Theatre, and Capital Repertory Theatre, among others. She holds a BA from Emory University.

Kevin Schlagle* (Stage Manager) returns to the Huntington after previously working on Sunday in the Park with George; Can You Forgive Her?; Milk Like Sugar; A Confederacy of Dunces; A Little Night Music; after all the terrible things I do; Come Back, Little Sheba; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; Smart People; Venus in Fur; Our Town; God of Carnage; Ruined; and Prelude to a Kiss. Other theatre credits include American Repertory Theater, New Repertory Theatre, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, and Williamstown Theatre Festival. His opera credits include Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Baroque, Boston Opera Collaborative, Guerilla Opera, New England Conservatory, and Boston University’s Opera Institute. He holds a BFA in stage management from Boston University.

Peter DuBois (Artistic Director) is in his ninth season as Artistic Director at the Huntington where his directing credits include Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George and A Little Night Music; the world premieres of Gina Gionfriddo’s Can You Forgive Her?, Lydia R. Diamond’s Smart People, Evan M. Wiener’s Captors, Stephen Karam’s Sons of the Prophet (2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist), Bob Glaudini’s Vengeance is the Lord’s, and David Grimm’s The Miracle at Naples; the regional premieres of A. Rey Pamatmat’s after all the terrible the things I do, Stephen Belber’s The Power of Duff, and Gina Gionfriddo’s Becky Shaw and Rapture, Blister, Burn; and Craig Lucas’ Prelude to a Kiss. His West End/London credits include Rapture, Blister, Burn (Hampstead Theatre), All New People with Zach Braff (Duke of York’s Theatre), and Becky Shaw (Almeida Theatre). His New York credits include The Power of Duff with Greg Kinnear (New York Stage and Film/Powerhouse Theater); the premiere of Rapture, Blister, Burn (Playwrights Horizons, 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist); Sons of the Prophet (Roundabout Theatre Company, 2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist); Modern Terrorism, Becky Shaw, Trust with Sutton Foster, All New People, and Lips Together, Teeth Apart (Second Stage Theatre); Measure for Pleasure, Richard III with Peter Dinklage, Mom, How Did You Meet the Beatles?, and Biro (The Public Theater/NYSF); Jack Goes Boating with Philip Seymour Hoffman and The View From 151st Street (LAByrinth Theater Company/The Public Theater), and the upcoming production of Can You Forgive Her? at the Vineyard Theatre. Regional US and UK credits include productions at American Conservatory Theater,

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ABOUT THE COMPANY BEDROOM FARCE BEDROOM Trinity Repertory Company, Humana Festival of New Plays, Manchester Opera House, and King’s Theatre Glasgow. Before arriving at the Huntington, he served for five years as associate producer and resident director at The Public Theater, preceded by five years as artistic director of the Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska. Prior to his work at Perseverance, Mr. DuBois lived and worked in the Czech Republic where he co-founded Asylum, a multi-national squat theatre in Prague. His productions have been on the annual top ten lists of The New York Times, Time Out, New York Magazine, The New Yorker, Newsday, Variety, Entertainment Weekly, The Evening Standard, The Boston Globe, and Improper Bostonian, and he received an Honorable Mention for 2013 Bostonian of the Year by The Boston Globe Magazine.

Michael Maso (Managing Director) has led the Huntington’s administrative and financial operations since 1982, producing more than 200 plays in partnership with three artistic directors and leading the Huntington’s ten-year drive to build the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, which opened in September 2004. In recognition of these efforts, Boston Herald honored him as 2004’s Theatre Man of the Year. From 1997 to 2005 Mr. Maso served as the president of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), an association of 70 of the country’s major not-for-profit professional theatres. In 2005, he was named as one of a dozen members of the inaugural class of the Barr Fellows Program. He currently serves on the Boston Cultural Planning Steering Committee and previously served as a member of the board of directors of ArtsBoston; as a board member for Theatre Communications Group (TCG); as a site visitor, panelist, and panel chairman for the National Endowment for the Arts; as a member of Mayor Menino’s Advisory Task Force for Cultural Planning; as a trustee of the Massachusetts Advocates for the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities (MAASH); as a board member of StageSource; and as a member of the Boston Foundation’s Cultural Task Force. He is the recipient of TCG’s 2012 Theatre Practitioner Award, the Huntington’s 2012 Wimberly Award, StageSource’s 2010 Theatre Hero Award, the 2005 Commonwealth Award (the state’s highest arts honor) in the category of Catalyst, and the 2000 Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence from the Boston Theatre Critics Association. He has also served as the managing director of Alabama Shakespeare Festival, general manager of New York’s Roundabout Theatre Company, business manager for PAF Playhouse on Long Island, and as an independent arts management consultant based in Taos, New Mexico. Mr. Maso is an associate professor of theatre at Boston University.

Christopher Wigle (Producing Director) is in his 16th season at the Huntington. He has worked on Broadway, Off Broadway, and regionally for Lincoln Center Theater, Playwrights Horizons, the Bay Street Theater, and the Royal National Theatre. Working primarily as a stage manager, his credits include the original productions or New York premieres of Six Degrees of Separation (John Guare), subUrbia (Eric Bogosian), The Designated Mourner (Wallace Shawn), Some Americans Abroad (Richard Nelson), Desdemona (Paula Vogel), Racing Demon (David Hare), Sex and Longing (Christopher Durang), The Last Night of Ballyhoo (Alfred Urhy), and Sophistry (Jonathan Marc Sherman). Additional credits include the award- winning Broadway revivals of The Heiress and The Most Happy Fella, as well as two seasons as workshop director for the Williamstown Theatre Festival. * Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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Globe.com ABOUT THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY Celebrating its 35th season, the Huntington Theatre Company is Boston’s leading professional theatre and one of the region’s premier cultural assets since its founding in 1982. The Huntington is the recipient of the 2013 Regional Theatre Tony Award and was named Best of Boston 2013 and 2014 by Boston magazine. Under the direction of Artistic Director Peter DuBois and Managing Director Michael Maso and in residence at Boston University, the Huntington brings world-class theatre artists from Boston, Broadway, and beyond together with the most promising new talent to create eclectic seasons of exciting new works and classics made current. By also mentoring local playwrights in the Huntington Playwriting Fellows program, educating young people in theatre, and serving as a catalyst for the growth of dozens of Boston’s emerging performing arts organizations by providing discounted access to facilities and audience services, the Huntington cultivates, celebrates, and champions theatre as an art form.

A national leader in the development of new plays, the Huntington has produced more than 120 world, American, and New England premieres to date. It supports local writers through a playwright residency and the Huntington Playwriting Fellows program, the cornerstone of its new work activities.

Through a diverse and impactful range of nationally renowned education and community programs, the Huntington serves 33,000 young people and underserved audience members each year.

The Huntington built the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts in 2004 as a home for its new works activities and to provide a much-needed resource for the local theatre community. At the Calderwood Pavilion, the Huntington provides first-class facilities and audience services at significantly subsidized rates to dozens of organizations each year, including some of Boston’s most exciting small and mid-sized theatre companies.

The Huntington was founded in 1982 by Boston University due to the vision and leadership of President John Silber and Vice President Gerald Gross and was separately incorporated as an independent non-profit in 1986. Its two prior artistic leaders were Peter Altman (1982 – 2000) and Nicholas Martin (2000 – 2008). In the past 34 years, the Huntington has played to an audience of 3.5 million, presented over 200 plays (16 of which went on to Broadway or Off Broadway), and served over 450,000 students, community members, and organizations.

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John Cohen Ann T. Hall Gail Roberts Tania Phillips Ann-Ellen Hornidge Juliet Schnell Turner Co-Chairs Janice Hunt Tracey A. West Alan S. Johnson Caleb White Nancy S. Adams Katherine Jones John Taylor Williams Kitty Ames Nada Despotovich Kane Bertie Woeltz Nancy Brickley Linda Kanner Christopher R. Yens Jim Burns Christopher Kimball Linda Zug Suzanne Chapman Victoria Knox J. William Codinha Loren Kovalcik Bette Cohen Sherry Lang Tenney Cover Joie Lemaitre Elizabeth Cregger Debbie Lewis Catherine Creighton Tracie Longman JoAnne W. Dickinson Nancy Lukitsh Susan Ellerin Rumena Manolova-Senchak Deborah First Charles Marz Anne H. Fitzpatrick Noel McCoy Maria Farley Gerrity Thalia Meehan Paul Greenfield Daniel A. Mullin as of October 24, 2016

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 25 THE HUNTINGTON CIRCLE

The Huntington Circle recognizes our leadership donors to the Huntington Annual Fund and offers members a range of special benefits. We are grateful to the members of the Huntington Circle and the other donors listed below whose generous Annual Fund gifts support our artistic programs, as well as our award-winning youth, education, and community initiatives. For information or to become a Huntington Circle member, please call Meg White, Director of Major Gifts, at 617 273 1596.

Lead Producers Circle Howard and Veronica J. William Codinha and ($100,000+) Wiseman Carolyn Thayer Ross Sherryl and Gerard Cohen 1 anonymous gift Mr. and Mrs. Lewis W. Counts Carol G. Deane Betsy and David Cregger Albert W. Merck Directors Circle Laura and Neil Cronin 1997 Family Trust ($10,000-$14,999) Amey A. Defriez Nancy and Edward Roberts Neal Balkowitsch Jim Dillon and Stone Wiske Mr. J. David Wimberly and Donald Nelson Margaret Eagle and Dr. and Mrs. Reinier Beeuwkes Eliezer Rapaport Executive Producers Circle Fay Chandler‡ Jennifer Eckert and ($50,000-$99,999) Linda L. D’Onofrio Richard D’Amore Dr. John and Bette Cohen Karen and David Firestone Mr. Robert Fine and Betsy and David Epstein John Frishkopf Mr. Matthew Fine Gardner C. Hendrie and Karen and Gary Gregg Debbie and Bob First, Karen Johansen Julie and Jordan Hitch in memory of Susan Spooner Carol B. Langer Nada Despotovich Kane Donald Fulton Sharon and Brad Malt Marjie and Robert Kargman Ann and John Hall Jane and Neil Pappalardo Loren B. Kovalcik/ Tom and Nancy Hamilton Mitchell and Jill Roberts IntePros Consulting Scottie Held Linda and Daniel Waintrup Joie Lemaitre Ned Murphy and 2 anonymous gifts Alan and Harriet Lewis Ann-Ellen Hornidge Mr. and Mrs. David Long Alan Johnson Artistic Producers Circle Tracie L. Longman and Seth and Mary Kaufman ($25,000-$49,999) Chaitanya Kanojia Vicki and Northrup Knox Arthur C. and Paula and Bill O’Keeffe Christine Kondoleon and Eloise W. Hodges Jeffrey Dover and Frederic Wittmann Barbara and Amos Hostetter Tania Phillips David A. Kronman Jane and Fred Jamieson Robert M. Rosenberg, Cecile and Fraser Lemley Susan and David Leathers in honor of Mary Wolfson John and Jean Lippincott William and Helen Pounds Jan and Joe Roller The Mancuso Family John D. Spooner Marie Rotti Marion Martin, in memory of Faith and Joseph Tiberio Dr. Paul S. Russell Travis John Martin Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Sullivan Sharon Miller Linda and Brooks Zug Linda H. Thomas Daniel A. Mullin Anonymous, celebrating 1 anonymous gift Dr. and Mrs. John the Huntington’s President William Poduska, Sr. Sharon Malt and Chairman Playwrights Circle Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Rawson David Epstein ($5,000-$9,999) Sally C. Reid and John D. Sigel Nancy Adams and Gail Roberts Associate Producers Circle John Burgress Darin S. Samaraweera ($15,000-$24,999) Charles and Kathleen Ames Marilyn and Jay Sarles Stephen Chapman Camilla Bennett M. H. Sirvetz Denise and William Finard Coralie Berg and Wendell Taylor Cassandra Hyland Henderson Steve Schwartz Jean C. Tempel Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Carolyn Birmingham John Travis Family Foundation, Inc./ Amy and Joshua Boger Juliet Schnell Turner Susan B. Kaplan and Susan and Michael Brown Roberta and Nancy and Mark Belsky Jim Burns Stephen R. Weiner Adrienne Kimball Katie and Paul Buttenwieser Mary Wolfson Bill and Linda McQuillan Suzanne Chapman Justin and Genevieve Wyner Wayne Davis and Brant Cheikes and Christopher R. Yens and Ann Merrifield Janine Papesh Temple Gill Ms. Anne M. Morgan John Cini and Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Zilberfarb Cokie and Lee Perry Star Lancaster 1 anonymous gift

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Designers Circle Helen and Jack Stewart Holly and Bruce Johnstone, ($2,500-$4,999) Beth and Michael Stonebraker in honor of Bruce and Denise Bauman Joanna and Nigel Travis John D. Spooner Nancy and Richard Brickley Drs. Stephen and Beth Trehu Kathy and Hubie Jones Kevin and Virginia Byrne Mr. and Mrs. Steve Tritman Jill and Stephen Karp Betsy Cabot Pamela Tucker and Paul and Elizabeth Kastner Suzanne and Bert Capone George Pettee Susan Kirk Julian and Barbara Cherubini Elizabeth and Caleb White Paul and Tracy Klein Nancy Ciaranello Ike Williams Louise Kwan McLane and Tenney Cover Bertie and Anthony Woeltz Jon Levy Catherine and Peter Creighton Sally and Richard Zeckhauser Ann D. Macomber Charles and JoAnne Dickinson Stuart and Yvonne Madnick Ellen and Kevin Donoghue Actors Circle Shelley and Brad Marcus Virginia Drachman and ($1,500-$2,499) Mike and Mary McConnell Douglas Jones Alice and Walter Abrams Louise and Sandy McGinnes Susan Ellerin Carole and Leonard Alkins Sarah M. McGinty Winifred Ewing Liliana and Hillel Bachrach Anik and Sita Mercheas Mr. and Mrs. William Fink Kate and Gordon Baty Neal and Lynne Miller Anne H. Fitzpatrick Deborah L. Benson Mr. and Mrs. William Mitchell, Newell Flather and Frederic J. Marx in memory of Maria and Daniel Gerrity Jeff and Jody Black Virginia Wimberly Paul Greenfield and Joseph L. Bower Mr. and Mrs. William Mullin Sandy Steele and Elizabeth Potter Bob and Alison Murchison Betsy and David Harris Kenneth Brown Joy Pak and David Deutsch Estate of Carmella M. Hilbert‡ Rosalie Florence Cohen Dr. Susan E. Bennett and Prof. and Mrs. Ken and Ginny Colburn Dr. Gerald Pier Morton Z. Hoffman David Dalena and Meredith and Bob Pitts Linda and Steven Kanner Brian Patton Steven J. Ralston and Mary S. and Duncan Kennedy Lynn and Bruce Dayton William Robert Hair Richard and Dorothy Koerner Dean K. Denniston, Jr. Christine and David Root Susan and David Kohen Tim and Linda Diering Diane Rosenberg Alvin and Barbara Krakow Richard Donoho Susan and Geoffrey Rowley Ted and Ann Kurland Jonathan Dyer and Irvine and Louise Rusk Sherry Lang Thomas Foran Mr. and Mrs. William R. Sapers Drs. Lynne and Sidney Stephen Elman and Jane E. Shattuck Levitsky Joanne D’Alcomo Gilda Slifka Deborah Lewis and Jerome and Vivien Facher The Spector Family Robert Grinberg Barbara and Larry Farrer John H. Straus and Nancy Lukitsh Norman and Madeleine Gaut Liza Ketchum Joseph Machera Eric P. Geller and Cathy Thorn Lise and Myles Striar Charles Marz Mark E. Glasser and Ben and Kate Taylor Jack Fabiano and Noel McCoy Frank G. McWeeny Kenneth R. Traub and Thalia Meehan and Drs. Laura Green and Pamela K. Cohen Rev. Gretchen Grimshaw David Golan Mindee Wasserman Amy Merrill Mary Beth and Chris Gordon Jerold and Abbe Beth Young Charles Merrill and Peter and Jacqueline Gordon 3 anonymous gifts Julie Boudreaux Phil Gormley and Jonette Nagai and Erica Bisguier Stephen O’Brien Katherine Haltom Jerry Nelson Jay and Donna Hanflig Coleen and David Pantalone H. Patricia Hanna Jackie and Bob Pascucci Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. J. Daniel Powell James L. Hartmann Deborah and S. Caesar Raboy Barbara Hirshfield and Victoria and John Rizzi Cary Coen, in honor of s Member of The Hunt, the Mr. and Mrs. Owen W. Robbins Gerry and Sherry Cohen Huntington’s young donor program Darin S. Samaraweera Janice and Roger Hunt Rumena and Alexander Margaret Jackson and ‡ Deceased Senchak Peter Harrington Vivian and Lionel Spiro Mr. and Mrs. Stephen This list reflects gifts received Bruce and Emily Stangle T. Hibbard, in honor of during the 14 months prior to Estate of Demetre J. Steffon‡ David Wimberly October 24, 2016.

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Coletti • Rachel Smith • Paula and Joseph Spound • Martha Stanton • Naomi Stearns, in honor of Bill and Dee Finard • Lee Steele • Gail Steketee and Brian McCorkle • Bob Stevenson • Laurin Stoler • Jennifer Stone and Robert Waldinger • Glenn and Katherine Strehle • Darline Lewis and Marshall Sugarman • Dr. and Mrs. Herman D. Suit • David Swartz and Lisa Fitzgerald • Jane Talcott • Patrick Tally • Jacob Taylor and Jean Park • Nancy Temple • Janet Testa • Patricia Tibbetts • Edwin and Joan Tiffany • Dawn Tucker • Judith Tucker • Mr. and Mrs. Mario Umana • Rosamond B. Vaule • Daniel Wakabayashi • Rabbi and Mrs. Frank Waldorf • Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Walther • Harvey and Joelle Wartosky • Susan Weiler • Scott Weiss • Richard and Frances Winneg • Elizabeth P. Wolf • Pamela Wood and Bruce Kirch • Amy and Robert Worth • David C. Wright • Mr. and Mrs. John Wyman • Richard Yule, in memory of Helen Yule • Robert E. Zaret • Lorena and Robert Zeller • 10 anonymous gifts

This list reflects gifts received during the 14 months prior to October 24, 2016.

s Member of The Hunt, the Huntington’s young donor program ‡ Deceased

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 31 CORPORATE, FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT DONORS

The Huntington Theatre Company is grateful to receive support from a wide range of corporations, foundations, and government agencies that support the Huntington’s annual operations, as well as our award-winning productions and education and community programs. For more information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Diana Jacobs-Komisar, Institutional Giving Manager, at 617 273 1514 or [email protected].

Grand Patron Associate Producers Circle Designers Circle Boston University ($15,000-$24,999) ($2,500-$4,999) BPS Arts Expansion Fund at Boston Cultural Council Lead Producers Circle EdVestors Cambridge Savings Bank ($100,000+) Harold and Mimi Steinberg Jackson and Irene Golden The Andrew W. Mellon Charitable Trust 1989 Charitable Trust Foundation MEDITECH Nixon Peabody The Barr Foundation Danversbank Charitable Klarman Family Foundation Directors Circle Foundation and with the Barr-Klarman ($10,000-$14,999) People’s United Bank Arts Capacity Alfred E. Chase Roy A. Hunt Foundation Building Initiative Charitable Foundation Wilson Butler Architects The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Lucy R. Sprague Memorial Fund Actors Circle Executive Producers Circle Santander ($1,500-$2,499) ($50,000-$99,999) TDC Bank of America* AAFCPAs The Tiny Tiger Foundation Mabel Louise Riley Foundation Staples Foundation Massachusetts Cultural Council* Playwrights Circle ($5,000- Surdna Foundation Theatre Communications $9,999) Group Cue Ball Group * Education and community Goodwin Procter LLP programs donor Artistic Producers Circle Nutter McLennen & Fish ** Includes in-kind support ($25,000-$49,999) Proskauer Rose LLP The Boston Foundation Ropes & Gray LLP Edgerton Foundation Vertex Pharmaceuticals Hershey Family Foundation Worldwide Kingsbury Road Schrafft Charitable Trust Charitable Foundation WilmerHale Liberty Mutual Insurance National Endowment for the Arts

32 BEDROOM FARCE THE HUNTINGTON LEGACY SOCIETY BUILDING A LEGACY OF GREAT THEATRE — The Huntington Legacy Society recognizes those who play a lasting role in securing the Huntington’s strong, successful future beyond their lifetime by making a bequest or other planned gift.

We are grateful to these members of the Huntington Legacy Society:

Neal Balkowitsch and Donald Nelson Joie Lemaitre Howard H. Bengele Sharon and Brad Malt Suzanne Chapman Bill and Linda McQuillan Brant A. Cheikes Mary C. O’Donnell Sherryl and Gerard Cohen Linda and Daniel Waintrup Carol G. Deane Margaret J. White Susan Ellerin J. David Wimberly Arthur C. and Eloise W. Hodges Veronica and Howard Wiseman Jane and Fred Jamieson Justin and Genevieve Wyner Carol B. Langer 1 anonymous

If you have already included the Huntington as part of your will or estate plans, or if you wish to discuss how you can participate, please contact Celina Valadao, Major Gifts Officer, at 617 273 1536 or [email protected].

YOU BRING WORLD-CLASS THEATRE TO LIFE! Your Annual Fund gift provides critical funding that helps the Huntington create the world-class theatre you love. Please consider becoming a Sustaining Donor through easy, secure, automatic monthly giving that provides steady, year-round support! PAUL MAROTTA PAUL

The cast of Sunday in the Park with George huntingtontheatre.org/donate HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 33 BU THEATRE • GENERAL INFORMATION

Contact Information Refreshments for the Huntington Theatre Company Snacks, wine, beer, soft drinks, and coffee are available The Huntington Theatre Company performs in three before opening curtain and during intermission in beautiful theatres in two dynamic Boston neighborhoods. the main lobby. Drinks purchased at concessions are The 890-seat Boston University Theatre is on the Avenue permitted inside the theatre, but food is not. of the Arts (264 Huntington Avenue), diagonally across from Symphony Hall. The 370-seat Virginia Wimberly Babes in Arms Theatre and the flexible 250-seat Nancy & Edward Children must have their own seats. Babes in arms are Roberts Studio Theatre are part of the Calderwood not permitted in the theatre. Children under 6 are not Pavilion in the historic South End, on the campus of the permitted. Boston Center for the Arts (527 Tremont Street). Cameras Website: huntingtontheatre.org The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this Box Office: 617 266 0800 production is strictly prohibited. Box Office fax: 617 421 9674 Administrative office: 617 266 7900 Pagers and Cellular Phones Administrative office fax: 617 353 8300 Please silence all watches, pagers, and cell phones during B.U. Theatre Lost and Found: 617 266 7900, ext. 1666 the performance.

Box Office Hours Wheelchair Accessibility The Box Office is generally open Tuesday-Saturday, The BU Theatre is accessible by ramp and noon-curtain (or 6pm); Sunday, noon-curtain (or 4pm). can accommodate both wheelchair and Hours change weekly. For the most up-to-date hours, companion seating in the orchestra section. please visit huntingtontheatre.org or call the Box Office Please notify us when you purchase your at 617 266 0800. tickets if wheelchair accommodations will be required and confirm arrangements with the House Huntington Group Discounts Manager at 617 266 7900, ext. 1666. Groups of 10 or more may receive a discount of up to 20% off full ticket prices and a free ticket for every 20 Hearing Enhancement purchased. Space is available at the theatre for pre- or The BU Theatre is equipped with an FM post-performance receptions. Contact Jon Slater for hearing enhancement system. Wireless more information at 617 273 1657 or headphones are available free of charge at [email protected]. the concessions stand in the main lobby for your use during a performance. Public Transportation We encourage patrons to use public transportation Restrooms to the BU Theatre whenever possible. The Theatre is Located in the lower-level and balcony lobbies. A conveniently located near the MBTA Green Line Hynes wheelchair-accessible restroom is located in the main or Symphony Stations; Orange Line/Commuter Rail Mass lobby on the first floor. Ave. Station; the No. 1 Harvard-Dudley bus via Mass Ave. to Huntington Ave.; and the No. 39 Arborway-Copley bus Coat Check to Gainsborough Street. Located in the lower lobby.

BU Theatre Parking If You Arrive Late Parking is available at many nearby locations. For details, In consideration of our actors and other audience please visit huntingtontheatre.org or call the Box Office members, latecomers will be seated at the discretion at 617 266 0800. of the management.

Please note that these parking garages are Large Print Programs independently owned and operated and are not Large print programs are free of charge and are available affiliated with the Huntington Theatre Company or the in the main lobby. BU Theatre.

If Your Plans Change We hate to see empty seats. Please consider donating any tickets you can’t use. For more information please call the Box Office at 617 266 0800.

34 BEDROOM FARCE BOSTON UNIVERSITY THEATRE • EMERGENCY EVACUATION MAP

In addition to the lobby exits through which you entered, there are six illuminated emergency exits at the sides of the balcony and mezzanine, and four in the orchestra. 3rd ﬂoor (balcony)

= EXIT SIGN = EGRESS

2nd ﬂoor (mezzanine, opera boxes, lobby)

1st ﬂoor (orchestra, main lobby)

WED THU FRI SAT SUN DEC 14 15 16 17 18 Wimberly Theatre 2016 7:30p 7:30p 8:00p 2:00p 2:00p Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts 527 Tremont Street, Boston BostonTheatreScene.com

By Marc Blitzstein

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 35 STAFF

Peter DuBois Michael Maso Norma Jean Calderwood Managing Director Artistic Director

ADMINISTRATION Box Office Associates...... Brittany Rae Bonnell, General Manager...... Sondra R. Katz Brenton Thurston Associate General Manager...... Conwell Worthington III Full-Time Customer Service Reps...... Christine Lefter, Company Manager...... Jazzmin Bonner Tasha Matthews, Ellie Solomon, Nicole Williams Assistant Company Manager...... Meagan Garcia Customer Service Reps...... Victoria Barry, Nick Boonstra, Assistant to the Managing Director...... Gabrielle Jaques Lizzie Benway, Katelyn Burkhart, Victoria Cunha, Management Assistant...... Annie Walsh Sue Dietlin, Taylor Granger, Mary Olsen, Katelyn Reinert, Katie Sumi, Regine Vital, Yurika Watanabe BU Theatre BU Theatre House Manager...... Daniel Morris ARTISTIC Assistant House Managers...... Meg Ciabotti, Brian Dudley Producing Director...... Christopher Wigle Front of House Staff...... Julie Cameron, Director of New Work...... Lisa Timmel Michael Choueiri, Jailyn Duong, Associate Producer...... M. Bevin O’Gara Kendrick Terrell Evans, Ariana Goldsworthy, Artistic Programs & Dramaturgy...... Charles Haugland Robin Goldberg, Dalton Gordon, Sierra Grabowska, Assistant to the Artistic Director...... Stephanie LeBolt Zachary McPheeters, Neil Novello, Brianna Randolph, Playwright-In-Residence...... Melinda Lopez Ivy Ryan, Kathleen Sansone, Literary Apprentice...... Sarah Schnebly Geri Spanek, Madeline Wigon Producing Apprentice...... Justin Samoy Maintenance...... Ronald Belmonte, Huntington Playwriting Fellows...... Mia Chung, Kenneth Carter, Gary Santos Thom Dunn, John J King, Sam Marks, Nina Louise Morrison, Deborah Salem Smith Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA BU Graduate Directors...... Zohar Fuller, Kelly Galvin, Calderwood Pavilion Manager...... Joey Riddle Calderwood Pavilion Rentals Coordinator...... Katie Most Adam Kassim, Jeremy Ohringer, Calderwood Pavilion House Manager...... Katrina Alix Stephen Pick, Jillian Robertson Calderwood Pavilion Management Assistant...... Gabe Hughes DEVELOPMENT House Electrician...... Mercedes Roman-Manson Director of Annual Giving & House Sound Operator...... Jesse McKenzie Development Operations...... Joy Pak House Carpenter...... Mike Hamer Director of Major Gifts...... Margaret J. White Wardrobe Run...... Barbara Crowther Major Gifts Officer...... Celina Valadao Calderwood Pavilion Apprentice...... Dalton Zogleman Special Events Manager...... Kirsten Doyle Assistant House Managers...... Paul Fox, Ksenia Lanin, Institutional Giving Manager...... Diana Jacobs-Komisar Matt Feldman, Maura Neff Annual Fund & Research Coordinator...... Annalise Baird Front of House Staff...... Natasha Bonfield, Development Database Coordinator...... Lisa McColgan Mia Buchsbaum, Robert Caplis, Development Associate...... Elizabeth MacLachlan Barbara Crowther, Talia Curtin, Linnea Donnelly, Development Apprentice...... Sam Buntich Katie Flanagan, Madeleine Gibbons, Development Intern...... Vicky Huang Ryan Impagliazzo, Terry McCarthy, Laura Meilman, Maura Neff, Nick Perron, Leah Reber, Sarah Schnebly, EDUCATION & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Ciera-Sadé Wade, Dalton Zogleman Director of Education...... Donna J. Glick Custodians...... Jose Andrade Manager of Education Operations...... Meg O’Brien Security Coordinator...... Greg Haugh Manager of Curriculum & Instruction...... Alexandra Smith Education Associate...... Marisa Jones Finance Education Interns...... Elizabeth Botelho, Director of Financial Management...... Glenda Fishman Daniella Forero, Liam McParland Accounting Manager...... June Zaidan Teaching Artists...... Kortney Adams, Pascale Florestal, Accounting Coordinator...... Laura Casavant Naheem Garcia, Lydia Graeff, Accountants...... Alexander, Aronson, Finning, CPA Keith Mascoll, Allie Meek, Anneke Reich Human Resources MARKETING Director of Human Resources...... Peggy J. Novello Director of Marketing...... Temple Gill Human Resources Coordinator...... Michael Comey Associate Director of Marketing...... Meredith Mastroianni Payroll and Reporting Specialist...... April Swiniuch Communications Manager...... Desiree Barry Administrative Support Assistant...... Kendrick Terrell Evans Tessitura Analytics Manager...... Derrick Martin Information Technology Digital Content Manager...... Carolyn MacLeod IT Director...... Scott Poole Promotions & Community Coordinator...... James Boyd Helpdesk Specialist...... Jevon Foster Community Membership Coordinator...... Candelaria Silva-Collins Subscription and Box Office Audience Services Manager...... Jon Slater Creative Services Coordinator...... Dan Pecci Assistant Audience Services Manager...... Katie Catano Marketing Associate...... Katie Iafolla BU Theatre Box Office Coordinator...... Victoria Swindle Marketing Apprentice...... Leah Reber Pavilion Box Office Coordinator...... Noah Ingle Marketing Interns...... Sabrina Katz, Subscriptions Coordinator...... Amy Klesert Phoebe North, Kaya Williams

36 BEDROOM FARCE STAFF (continued)

PRODUCTION Costumes Production Manager ...... Todd D. Williams Costume Director...... Nancy Hamann Associate Production Manager...... Bethany Ford Assistant Costume Director...... Virginia V. Emerson Stage Management Apprentice...... Billy Cowles Costume Design Assistant...... Mary Lauve Graduate Assistant...... Emily Vaughn Head Draper...... Anita Canzian Costume Crafts Artisan/Dyer...... Denise M. Wallace-Spriggs Scenery First Hand...... Rebecca Hylton Technical Director...... Dan Ramirez Wardrobe Coordinator...... Christine Marr Associate Technical Director...... Adam Godbout Costume Apprentice...... Becky Thorogood Assistant Technical Director...... Dan Oleksy Costume Intern...... Lauren Reuter Master Carpenter...... Larry Dersch Scenery Mechanic...... Jesse Washburn Electrics Carpenters...... Andrew Cancellieri, Master Electrician...... Katherine Herzig Milosz Gassan, Christian Lambrecht, Nick Hernon Assistant Master Electrician...... Alisa Hartle Carpenter/Scene Shop Assistant...... Carolyn Daitch Electrics Apprentice...... Paige Johnson Stage Carpenter...... Chris Largent Sound Scenery Apprentice...... Grayson Basina Sound Supervisor...... Ben Emerson Properties Sound Engineer...... J. Jumbelic Properties Master...... Kristine Holmes Sound Apprentice...... Terrence Dowdye Assistant Properties Master...... Justin Seward Graduate Assistants...... Collin Barnum, Aubrey Dube Properties Artisan...... Ian Thorsell BU SCHOOL OF THEATRE PRODUCTION STAFF Properties Run...... Andrew DeShazo Theatre Complex Paints Production Manager...... Johnny Kontogiannis Charge Scenic Artist...... Kristin Krause Senior Staff Assistant Lead Scenic Artist...... Romina Diaz-Brarda Design & Production...... Renee Yancey Scenic Artist...... Chelsey Erskin Costume Shop Supervisor...... Karen Martakos BU Certificate Interns...... Katherine Keaton, Jaqueline Kempe, Lauren White

Additional Staff for Bedroom Farce

Fight Captain...... Emily F. McMullen Wig Design...... Jason Allen Assistant to the Director...... Phaedra Scott Assistant to the Lighting Designer...... Gifford Williams Production Assistant...... Jessica Kemp Electricians...... Carmen Alfaro, Kevin Barnett, Carpenters...... Bill Balmer, Ben Frechette, Austin Boyle, Kyle Brown, Harrison Burke, Rachael Hasse, Ana Weiss, Sid Wolf Evey Connerty-Marin, Emily Crochetiere, Scenic Artist...... Amanda Gimbel Kevin Fulton, Aaron Henry, Becky Marsh, Draper...... Harper Della-Piana Taylor Ness, David Orlando, Brandi Pick, First Hand...... Katie Kenna Lukas Theodossiou, Gifford Williams, Stitchers...... Sarah Pak, Jill Costello Ali Witten, Kevin Zabrecky Dresser...... Kathryn Schondek Assistant to the Sound Designer...... Nick Chen

The Huntington Theatre Company is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), an association of the nation’s leading resident professional theatres; Theatre Communications Group, a national service organization for the nonprofit professional theatre; StageSource, a regional alliance of theatre artists and producers; and ArtsBoston, the voice and resource for the arts in Greater Boston. This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

The director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

The scenic, costume, lighting, and sound designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 37 GUIDE to LOCAL THEATRE NOVEMBER– DECEMBER 2016

DOWNTOWN/THEATRE DISTRICT BLACK NATIVITY, Emerson/Paramount Center Mainstage, 559 HOLIDAYS ARE HERE AGAIN: Celebrate the Washington St., 617-824-8000. Dec 2–18. This legendary yuletide spirit with the beloved A Christmas Celtic Christmas celebration tells the story of the Nativity in scripture, Sojourn at the Emerson/Cutler Majestic Theatre verse, music and dance. Based on the Gospel of St. Luke and December 9–21 and in Rockport December 12. the poetry of Langston Hughes, this song-play features a joyous company of singers, actors, dancers and musicians delivering a powerful message of joy, hope, victory and liberation. off. Whodunit? Join the fun as the audience matches wits with the suspects to catch the killer in this wildly popular comedy. BLUE MAN GROUP, Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton St., 800-BLUE-MAN. Ongoing. This giddily subversive off-Broad- way hit serves up outrageous and inventive theatre where LOCAL/REGIONAL THEATRE three muted, blue-painted performers spoof both contemporary AKEELAH AND THE BEE, Wheelock Family Theatre, 200 The art and modern technology. Wry commentary and bemusing Riverway, 617-879-2300. Through Nov 20. Akeelah is an antics are matched only by the ingenious ways in which music independent, 11-year-old girl with a razor-sharp mind and and sound are created. an aptitude for spelling. Her courage and tenacity inspire the people of her neighborhood and might just take her all the way A CHRISTMAS CELTIC SOJOURN, Emerson/Cutler Majestic from a Chicago housing development to the national spelling Theatre, 219 Tremont St., 617-824-8000. Dec 9–21; bee in this stage adaptation of the 2006 film. Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main St., Rockport, 978-546-7391. Dec 12. Top talents from around AMADEUS, Moonbox Productions, Plaza Theatre, Boston the Celtic world recreate the magic of an old-world Christmas Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Nov in the 14th annual live version of Brian O’Donovan’s beloved 25–Dec 17. In 1781 Vienna, Joseph II is Emperor of Austria WGBH Christmas special. and Vienna’s world of music is ruled by the precise and pedantic composer Antonio Salieri. When Wolfgang Amadeus CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE, Boch Center, The Shubert Mozart arrives, throwing Salieri’s predictable court life into Theatre, 265 Tremont St., 866-348-9738. Dec 9–11. A holi- chaos, Salieri is filled with awe, but that awe quickly turns to day spectacle with over 300 costumes, 20 acts and 30 artists a poisonous jealousy. Salieri must decide how far he will go to from every corner of the globe. this new cirque show is a protect the world he has created and destroy the man who is a Broadway musical and family Christmas spectacular all in one. constant reminder of the artist he will never be.

MALA, Emerson/Jackie Liebergott Black Box at the Paramount BIG THE MUSICAL, The Footlight Club, 7A Eliot St., Jamaica Center, 559 Washington St., 617-824-8400. Through Nov 20. Plain, 617-524-3200. Nov 5–19. Meet Josh Baskin, a For her mother, Melinda is the bad daughter, “la mala.” But as 12-year-old who grows up overnight after making a wish to life would have it, she’s the most available daughter to accom- the Zoltar machine. Find out how he copes with his new world pany her mother through her last days. Funny, brutally honest in this adaptation of the hit 1988 film. and ultimately cathartic, Boston playwright Melinda Lopez’s new work puts a sharp focus on what it means to put our loved ones A CHRISTMAS CAROL, North Shore Music Theatre, 62 first right to the very end. Dunham Road, Beverly, 978-232-7200. Dec 9–23. Based on the Charles Dickens classic, this musical tells the tale of SHEAR MADNESS, Charles Playhouse Stage II, 74 Warrenton St., curmudgeonly miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is visited by the 617-426-5225. Ongoing. It’s a day like any other at the Shear ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Future hoping to Madness salon, when suddenly the lady upstairs gets knocked change his destiny and save his soul. .

38 BEDROOM FARCE Stage Building Audiences for Spotlight Greater Boston’s Outstanding Not-For-Profit Performing Arts Organizations

Orchestra • November 6, 2016 Bruce Hangen, conductor. Works by Muhly, Shostakovich and Stravinsky. Featuring the conducting debut of Gian Francesco Falbo (M.M. ’17). Sanders Theatre at Harvard University Tickets: 617-496-2222 Alcina • November 17–20, 2016 Sung in Italian with English supertitles. December 25–29, 2016 Music by George Frideric Handel. Libretto by Multiple Screenings Mon 12/25-Thu 12/29 Riccardo Broschi. Conducted by Andrew And don’t miss Singalong Mary Poppins Altenbach. Directed by Nathan Troup. 781-646-4849Thanksgiving M WWW.REGENTTHEATRE Weekend .COM 7 MEDFORD STREET, ARLINGTON, MA Tickets: 617-912-9222 or 7 Medford St., Arlington bostonconservatory.berklee.edu/events And781-646-4849 don’t miss Singalong Mary • Poppins regenttheatre.com Thanksgiving Weekend 11/25-27

LYRIC STAGE

A Madcap Musical Murder Mystery. Fun for the Holidays!

“A Masterwork!” —NY Post November 25– Broadway legends Kander & Ebb bring to light December 24, 2016 one of the most important cases in civil rights history in this captivating and powerful musical. Now Playing! Lyric Stage • Copley Square Tickets from $25 617-585-5678 • lyricstage.com 617-933-8600 • SpeakEasyStage.com

A true Boston story, local dance legend Tony Williams reimagined the classic holiday tale to become a Boston inner-city story with a neon- buzz, blending the rhythms of Duke Ellington with the classical music of Tchaikovsky. “A Nutcracker with real soul” —Boston Metro December 16–31, 2016 November 25–December 17, 2016 Plaza Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts John Hancock Hall, 180 Berkeley St. 617-933-8600 • bostontheatrescene.com 617-524-3066 • urbannutcracker.com

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION GUIDE TO LOCAL THEATRE (continued)

A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Trinity Repertory Company, The Chace 31. Mary Zimmerman’s adaptation of the the beloved comic Theater, 201 Washington St., Providence, R.I., 401-351-4242. Chinese novel in which a monk travels from China to India Nov 5–Dec 31. Ebenezer Scrooge—a greedy, sour business- in search of spiritual enlightenment and Buddhist scriptures man, infamous for his lack of Christmas cheer—is visited delivers whimsy, delight and a combination of comedy, adven- by three ghosts that give him the chance to examine his life. ture and satire mixed with a mystical dreamscape filled with Inspired to change his ways, Scrooge is wholly transformed by puppetry and lyrical beauty. the spirit of Christmas in Dickens’ holiday classic. LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST (IN SPACE), Theatre@First, Unity CHRISTMAS REVELS, Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., Somerville, 6 William St., Somerville, 888-874-7554. Nov Cambridge, 617-496-2222. Dec 9–27. The 46th annual 11–19. Ferdinand of Space Station Navarre and his friends production of the beloved yuletide event is filled with toe- vow to avoid all terrestrial pleasures to pursue a life of study tapping fiddle tunes, lilting Cajun two steps, gorgeous for the next three years, but when the Princess of Aquitaine anthems and familiar touchstones like the Sussex Mummers and her ladies arrive at Space Station Navarre, the previously Carol and Lord of the Dance as it follows the French made oaths prove to be impossible to hold. immigrants who originally settled on the Canadian border but were later forced by the British to a new home along the MAME, Stoneham Theatre, 395 Main St., Stoneham, 781-279- bayous of Louisiana. 2200. Nov 25–Dec 23. This unforgettable Tony Award-winning classic Broadway musical centers on the irrepressibly eccentric THE DONKEY SHOW, American Repertory Theater, Oberon, Mame Dennis, who lives a carefree life in 1920s New York 2 Arrow St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. Ongoing. Bringing until she unexpectedly becomes the guardian to her 10-year- the ultimate disco experience to Boston, this crazy circus of old nephew, Patrick. Rather than change her ways, Mame mirror balls, feathered divas, roller skaters and hustle queens introduces Patrick to all the wonder of her wild bohemian world tells the story of A Midsummer Night’s Dream through great while discovering the joy of having a family of her own. ’70s anthems you know by heart. MATCHLESS and THE HAPPY PRINCE, Underground Railway FAITHLESS, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Theater, Central Square Theater, 450 Massachusetts Ave., Ave., 866-811-4111. Dec 8–18. Two generations of an Cambridge, 866-811-4111. Nov 25–Dec 31. In 2008, National Irish-American family gather in a hospital waiting room while Public Radio asked Gregory Maguire (Wicked) to compose awaiting the passing of their family matriarch. But when black an original story with a Christmas theme. Thus was born his sheep Skip unexpectedly returns, decades of baggage surface rekindling of Andersen’s classic tale The Little Match Girl in this funny and moving look at family, faith and forgiveness. from a surprising point of view. Written by Oscar Wilde for his children, the second feature of this double bill celebrates an FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, New Repertory Theatre, Charles unlikely friendship with his signature wit, humor and heart. Mosesian Theater, Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown, 617-923-8487. Dec 2–24. This spirited MURDER FOR TWO, Lyric Stage Company, 140 Clarendon St., revival of the beloved musical features a cast of Boston-area 617-585-5678. Nov 25–Dec 24. In this witty, winking and favorites in this Tony Award-winning play. Rendered with musical homage to old-fashioned closed-room murder myster- striking intimacy and simplicity by Tony-nominated director ies, everyone is a suspect. One actor plays the detective, while Austin Pendleton, this energetic production puts the classic another plays all the suspects—and they both play the piano! story’s fierce heart at the center of the audience experience with its timeless warmth, humor and honesty. MURDER ON THE POLAR EXPRESS, Gold Dust Orphans, Theater Machine, 1254 Boylston St., 800-838-3006. Dec FINGERSMITH, American Repertory Theater, Loeb Drama 1–21. Stealing plot lines from every Agatha Christie mystery Center, 64 Brattle St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. Dec 4–Jan ever written, the latest show from Boston’s acclaimed drag 8. The job seems simple at first: all that pickpocket Sue Trinder parody troupe features “The World’s Foremost Drag Detective” has to do is help a con man cheat a gullible young heiress out Shirley Holmes (Ryan Landry) as she boards the world’s most of her fortune. But nothing is quite what it seems in this mys- elegant train along with her sidekick Dr. Jody Watley and 10 tery set in the shadows of Victorian England. Spiraling through other unsavory characters, all en route to the North Pole for a London streets, madhouses and a stifling mansion with a much needed Christmas vacation. But not so fast! There’s a shocking secret, Sue finds herself in the most dangerous land- psycho killer onboard! scape of all: awakening sexuality, love and betrayal. OUR CARNAL HEARTS, American Repertory Theater, Oberon, HOW SOFT THE LINING, Bad Habit Productions, Wimberly 2 Arrow St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. Nov 9–12. Written Theatre, Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for and starring performance artist Rachel Mars and featuring the Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Nov 5–20. Inspired original music composed and arranged by Louise Mothersole, by the lives of Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Keckly, Mrs. this is a gleeful, musical celebration of our competitive spirits, Lincoln’s freed black seamstress, the story is set in the White a joyous call for everyone we’ve ever wanted to be and every- House after the assassination of the 16th president. This play thing we’ve ever wanted to own. by local writer Kirsten Greenidge explores both women’s lives and the primary events that brought them together during a RETURN OF THE WINEMAKER, Tir Na Productions, The critical moment in our nation’s history. Rockwell, 255 Elm St., Somerville, 617-684-5335. Dec 1–23. The story of Jesus is transported to Ballygoura, County JOURNEY TO THE WEST, The Nora Theatre Company and Galway in Ireland, where the locals—upon learning Christ Underground Railway Theater, Central Square Theater, 450 can turn water into wine—persuade him to quit his job as a Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 866-811-4111. Nov 25–Dec carpenter and supply every pub in the area with free alcohol

40 BEDROOM FARCE GUIDE TO LOCAL THEATRE (continued) GIVE THE GIFT OF to sell. But when God asks his son to return to heaven, the THEATRE village attempts to hold on to their most valuable asset. Can THIS HOLIDAY SEASON Ballygoura persuade the almighty to let Jesus stay?

REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN., Company One, Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., 617-933- OUR SECRETS 8600. Through Nov 19. Through vignettes that move at rapid- BÉLA PINTÉR & COMPANY fire pace, this New England premiere by Alice Birch morphs language and explodes boundaries to explore the myriad ways women are styled, shaped and confined to fit society’s expecta- tions, asking the question: What happens when we rebel? 4-SHOW THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS, SpeakEasy Stage Company, PACKAGES Roberts Studio Theatre, Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the FROM $96 Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. THE BEAUTY QUEEN Through Nov 26. In Kander and Ebb’s final collaboration, they OF LEENANE bring to light one of the most infamous events in American DRUID THEATRE COMPANY history: the shocking true story of nine African American boys jailed in Alabama in 1931 for a crime they did not commit. Featuring a period-specific mix of gospel, jazz and vaudeville, this audacious musical uses the construct of a minstrel show to tell the harrowing true story that provoked a national out- rage and helped launch the American civil rights movement. OCTAVIA E. BUTLER’S

SH*T-FACED SHAKESPEARE, The Rockwell, 255 Elm St., THE PARABLE Somerville, 617-684-5335. Through Dec 31. A fusion of an OF THE SOWER TOSHI REAGON entirely serious Shakespeare play with an entirely sh*t-faced cast member, this side-splitting, raucous and interactive show presents Romeo and Juliet with a genuinely drunken professional actor selected at random every night. No two shows are ever the same and audiences can even dictate when the actor gets to drink more to prevent unwanted sobriety. 17 BORDER CROSSINGS THADDEUS PHILLIPS SLAM BOSTON, Open Theatre Project, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Ave., 866-811-4111. Dec 13 & 14. Combining the excitement of poetry slams with live theatre, this unique 10-minute play festival presents 16 short plays that compete for a cash prize in two nights of raucous audience par- ticipation and celebration of diversity in American theatre.

TIGER STYLE!, Huntington Theatre Company, Wimberly HOW TOAPR BE 19 –A 29 ROCK CRITIC Theatre, Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center BASED ON THE WRITING OF LESTER BANGS for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-266-0800. Through Nov JESSICA BLANK AND ERIK JENSEN 13. Squabbling siblings Albert and Jennifer Chen reached the pinnacle of academic achievement, but as adults, they’re epic failures: he’s just been passed up for promotion and she’s been dumped by her loser boyfriend. So, naturally, they con- front their parents and launch an Asian Freedom Tour! From California to China, this hilarious new comedy examines race, parenting and success with wit and sharp humor.

TOP EYE OPEN: THE ESCAPE OF SHADRACH, Hibernian Hall, 184 Dudley St., Roxbury, 617-541-3900. Nov 10–19. This INTENTIONALLY DIFFERENT. play with music tells the story of the first person arrested in Boston under the Fugitive Slave Law in 1851, his forc- ENTIRELY ARTSEMERSON. ible abduction from the federal courthouse by the League of Freedom and his flight toward Canada. ARTSEMERSON.ORG WARRIOR CLASS, Lyric Stage Company, 140 Clarendon St., 617.824.8400 617-585-5678. Through Nov 13. In this taut political drama by Kenneth Lin, Julius Lee, the son of Chinese immigrants and a decorated war veteran, has a seemingly limitless political career ahead of him. When someone from his past, however, threatens to reveal a college transgression, it may destroy everything he has built.

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WEST SIDE STORY, North Shore Music Theatre, 62 Dunham characters and themselves to contemplate questions of love, Road, Beverly, 978-232-7200. Nov 1–20. The Montagues authenticity, self-deception and illusion. and the Capulets become the Jets and the Sharks in this New York City-set classic inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo and WIT, The Hub Theatre Company of Boston, First Church in Juliet. Potential lovers Maria and Tony try to connect against a Boston, 66 Marlborough St., 877-849-5327. Nov 4–19. Margaret backdrop of gang violence and bitter rivalry, all set to a classic Edson’s powerfully imagined Pulitzer Prize-winning play exam- Leonard Bernstein score with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. ines what makes life worth living through her exploration of one of existence’s unifying experiences—mortality—while she also WHEN JANUARY FEELS LIKE SUMMER, Underground probes the vital importance of human relationships. Railway Theater, Central Square Theater, 450 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 866-811-4111. Through Nov 13. In YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU, The Longwood Players, Central Harlem during a mysteriously warm winter, the Cambridge Family YMCA Theatre, 820 Massachusetts Ave., Hindu God Ganesh presides over the destinies of five people Cambridge, 866-811-4111. Nov 11–19. When Tony Kirby on paths of self-discovery and transformation as their dispa- falls in love with Alice Sycamore, he brings his parents to rate lives intersect. dine at the Sycamore’s home—on exactly the wrong evening. Familial conflict ensues as the Kirbys balk at the seemingly WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT, Aforementioned Productions, crazy antics of the Sycamores and their circle in this classic 2 Arrow St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. Nov 14–16. In this musical by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. experimental work by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour with no set, no director and no rehearsals, a rotating cast of actors encounter the play’s script in a sealed envelope. They’ve DANCE never seen it performed. They’ll never perform it again. They THE NUTCRACKER, Boston Ballet, Boston Opera House, 539 read it for the first—and last—time aloud for the audience. Washington St., 617-695-6955. Nov 25–Dec 31. Boston’s favorite holiday tradition returns. Join Clara on her magical WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, Psych Drama journey through an enchanted winter wonderland to a palace Company, United Parish Brookline, 210 Harvard St., Brookline, of sugary confections, featuring choreography by Boston Ballet 800-838-3006. Dec 2–18. Edward Albee’s classic drama artistic director Mikko Nissinen and Tchaikovsky’s classic score. about the breakdown of a marriage is accompanied by post- show discussions lead by psychologists, social workers and THE NUTCRACKER, José Mateo Ballet Theatre; Emerson/Cutler psychiatrists who ask the audience to reflect upon Albee’s Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont St., 617-824-8400; The Strand

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Theatre, 543 Columbia Road, Dorchester, 617-354-7467. Nov 25–Dec 18. This inspiring, timeless and affordable holiday event is back on tour for its 31st anniversary. Choreographed by Artistic Director José Mateo and inspired by Tchaikovsky’s glorious score, Mateo’s version brings Clara’s dream world to life with festive sets, sumptuous costumes and spectacular dancing.

URBAN NUTCRACKER, Tony Williams Dance Center, John Hancock Hall, 180 Berkeley St., 617-524-3066. Dec 16–31. “A confluence of superb Hailed as “A joyous, daring fusion of the old and new” by The conducting, splendid Boston Globe, this production fuses ballet, swing, hip hop and singing and orchestral urban tap with the classical score of Tchaikovsky and the pul- sating beat of Ellington. Experience the classical ballet of the distinction made it the Snow Queen juxtaposed with the raw energy of urban dance. finest performance of Messiah in years.”

OPERA – NewBostonPost ALCINA, The Boston Conservatory Theater, 31 Hemenway St., 617-912-9222. Nov 17–20. Magic spells, mistaken identities, romantic obsessions, missing loved ones and illusions shat- HANDEL MESSIAH tered by truth comprise the landscape of the enchanted island belonging to the sister sorceresses Alcina and Morgana in this Handel and Haydn Society beloved opera seria sung in Italian and featuring music by Orchestra and Chorus George Frideric Handel. Handel: Messiah GREEK, Boston Lyric Opera, Emerson/Paramount Center Mainstage, 559 Washington St., 617-542-6772. Nov 16–20. Fri Nov 25 at 7:30pm Set in London’s East End during the tumultuous 1980s, this Sat Nov 26 at 3:00pm retelling of Sophocles’ Oedipus the King follows Eddy as he Sun Nov 27 at 3:00pm explores London, murder and sex before discovering the fam- Symphony Hall ily ties that seal his fate. With music influences that range from jazz to daring percussion to sounds of the streets, this tragedy based on Steven Berkoff’s stage play is a defiant, NOMINATED FOR profane detonation of a story millennia old. 5 TONY AWARDS BE OUTRAGEOUS. KING ARTHUR, The Poets’ Theatre, Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St., 800-838-3006. Nov 19. The Henry Purcell Society of Boston and Arcadia Players period orchestra team with The Poets’ Theatre to present Henry Purcell’s sumptuous Baroque musical masque accompanying John Dryden’s fantasy tale of enchantment, war and liberation in which the legendary King Arthur saves Britain from invading Saxons, battling for the soul and integrity of the nation.

OPERA BITES, Boston Opera Collaborative, Edward M. Pickman Hall at Longy School of Music of Bard College, 27 Garden St., Cambridge, 617-517-5883. Nov 11–13. Eight short works by Jonathan Bailey Holland, Tom Cipullo, Daniela DeMatos, John Greer, Eva Kendrick, Rhiannon Randle, Tony Solitro and Jeremy Van Buskirk are presented in this feast of 10-minute operas.

THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, Odyssey Opera and Boston by RObERT ASKINS Modern Orchestra Project, New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., 617-585-1260. Nov 18. A semi- dIREcTEd by dAVId R. GAMMONS staged opera by Lowell Liebermann, this production is based on Oscar Wilde’s tale of an ageless man with a dark secret.

VERSAILLES, Boston Early Music Festival, New England JAN 9 - FEB 4 Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., 617-585-1260. Nov 26 & 27. In this all-new production, King Louis XIV has transformed his father’s pastoral hunting lodge at Versailles into a lavish palace that serves as the seat of government and culture in France. Enjoy two chamber operas—Charpentier’s BE A PART OF Les Plaisirs de Versailles and Lalande’s Les Fontaines de Versailles—exalting the splendor and majesty of the palace and its gardens, along with excerpts from Lully’s Atys. SPEAKEASYSTAGE.COM HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 43 AVENUE ONE RESTAURANT, Hyatt Regency, One Avenue de Lafayette, 617-912-1234. Newly renovated and located in the heart of the Theatre District, Avenue One restaurant and lounge serves contemporary New England cuisine in a relaxed BOSTON atmosphere. Enjoy a refreshing cocktail, three-course prix fixe dinner or a delectable dessert. Discounted parking available. B 6:30–11:30 a.m., L noon–3 p.m., D 5–10 p.m. C, VP regencyboston.hyatt.com.

BACK DECK, 2 West St. (corner of Washington), 617-670- DINING 0320. With three deck spaces and a menu of grill-focused favorites, Back Deck invites everyone to gather around patio tables and chairs for a charcoal-cooked meal and backyard- inspired cocktails. Its ambiance brings the outdoors inside with floor-to-ceiling open windows, carriage lighting, lush green GUIDE planters, glazed brick and an open kitchen. Drawing inspiration from a roof deck, this restaurant is the ultimate urban retreat. L, D, Sat & SB, C. BackDeckBoston.com. L–Lunch • D–Dinner • B–Breakfast C–Cocktails • VP–Valet Parking BLU, 4 Avery St., 617-375-8550. Located in the heart of the SB–Sunday Brunch • LS–Late Supper Theatre District next door to the Ritz Carlton on the fourth floor, blu Restaurant and Bar is celebrating its 15th anniversary ARAGOSTA BAR & BISTRO, Three Battery Wharf, 617-994- with a feast for the senses. Its contemporary American menu 9001. This latest addition to Boston’s vibrant waterfront includes the all-time favorite lobster club. Featuring spec- restaurant community offers a new take on Italian cuisine by tacular floor-to-ceiling windows, blu is perfect for a pre-show award-winning chef David Daniels who shows his signature dinner, corporate events, weddings, cocktail receptions and flair through hand-made pastas, prime meats and classic New private dining. L Mon–Fri 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m., D Mon–Sat England seafood. Using quality, local farm-raised ingredients, 5–10 p.m. blurestaurant.com. Aragosta offers a warm, social atmosphere in a stunning waterfront setting. Also offering an open kitchen with Chef’s CITYPLACE, On Stuart Street between Tremont and S. Charles Counter and an outdoor terrace. B, L, D. Mon–Sun 6:30 a.m.– streets in the State Transportation Building. Enjoy handcrafted 10 p.m.; Sat & SB 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m. aragostabistro.com. beers at Rock Bottom Brewery, delicious treats from Panera

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Bread and gourmet Chinese at P.F. Chang’s as well as flatbread sandwiches, specialty pizzas, custom burritos and more in the Food Court. B, L, D, C. cityplaceboston.com.

CLINK, The Liberty Hotel, 215 Charles St., 617-224-4004. Clink serves the freshest North Atlantic seafood, seasonal New England fare and delicious artisanal meats, highlights of a menu that artfully marries European culinary tradition with contemporary American innovation. The dining room features vestiges of original jail cells and an open kitchen, while gold leather seats, butcher block tables and granite accents add to the contemporary style. Nightly, Clink’s lobby bar draws urban dwellers and hotel guests to an energetic and social nightlife scene in the heart of Boston. B 6:30–11 a.m., L 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m., D 5–11 p.m., SB 10 a.m.–3 p.m. clinkrestaurant.com.

DARRYL’S CORNER BAR & KITCHEN, 604 Columbus Ave., 617-536-1100. Home to some of the best Southern-style comfort food in the city, Darryl’s also features a lively assortment of live jazz, soul and R&B music and the “Best of Boston”- awarded, all-you-can-eat Sunday Jazz Brunch. D Tue–Thu 5 p.m.–midnight, Fri 4 p.m.–2 a.m.; L & D Sat noon–2 a.m.; SB & D Sun 10 a.m.–10 p.m. C. dcbkboston.com.

DAVIO’S NORTHERN ITALIAN STEAKHOUSE, 75 Arlington St., 617-357-4810. This Boston institution is located in Park Square, within walking distance to all theatres. The Northern Italian steakhouse menu includes a selection of homemade pastas and Brandt meats (aged New York sirloin, Niman Ranch pork chop, Provini porterhouse veal chop), as well as Davio’s classics and selection of fresh seafood, before or after the theatre. Enjoy a lighter fare menu in the spacious bar and parlor area. D Sun–Tue 5–10 p.m., Wed–Sat ’til 11 p.m., L Mon–Fri. VP. davios.com.

FAJITAS & ’RITAS, 25 West St., 617-426-1222. Established in 1989, Fajitas & ’Ritas is an easygoing restaurant and bar that features fresh, healthy Texan and barbecue cuisine at bargain prices. An all-around fun place to eat, drink and hang out, the walls are decorated with colorful murals and the bar boasts some of Boston’s best—and sturdiest—margaritas. L, D Mon & Tue 11:30 a.m.–9 p.m.; Wed, Thu & Sat ’til 10 p.m.; Fri ’til 11 p.m.; Sun ’til 8 p.m. C. fajitasandritas.com.

THE HUNGRY I, 71½ Charles St., 617-227-3524. In a two- story townhouse with three working fireplaces and an outdoor patio, Chef Peter Ballarin celebrates 30 years of French country cuisine and creative desserts. Signature dishes include venison au poivre and braised rabbit a la moutard. Private dining rooms available. L, D, SB, C. hungryiboston.com. NEW ENGLAND’S JASPER WHITE’S SUMMER SHACK, 50 Dalton St., 617-867- 9955; 149 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge, 617-520-9500. BEST VIEW Enjoy top-notch seafood such as pan-roasted lobster, award- BOSTON’S MOST ROMANTIC winning fried chicken and an impressive raw bar in a casual setting. L, D. summershackrestaurant.com. FINE DINING EXPERIENCE

LEGAL SEA FOODS, 558 Washington St., 617-692-8888; 26 Park Plaza, Park Square Motor Mart, 617-426-4444; 255 BRUNCH / LUNCH State St., Long Wharf, 617-227-3115; Prudential Center, 800 COCKTAILS / DINNER Boylston St., 617-266-6800; 270 Northern Ave., Liberty Wharf, 617-477-2900; other locations. Legal Sea Foods, a Boston tradition for more than 50 years, features more than 40 variet- 52ND FLOOR OF PRUDENTIAL TOWER ies of fresh fish and shellfish as well as an award-winning TOPOFTHEHUB.NET wine list. Named “Boston’s Most Popular Restaurant” (Zagat CALL: (617) 536-1775 2010/2011). L & D. legalseafoods.com. HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 45 BOSTON DINING GUIDE (continued)

MASSIMINO’S CUCINA ITALIANA, 207 Endicott St., 617-523- 5959. Owner/chef Massimino—former head chef of Naples’ Hotel Astoria and Switzerland’s Metropolitan Hotel—offers specialties like the veal chop stuffed with arugula, prosciutto, smoked mozzarella and black olives, amongst numerous other delights. L, D, C. Sun–Thu 11 a.m.–10 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 11 SUPPORTING p.m. massiminosboston.com. PAPAGAYO, 15 West St., 617-423-3600; 283 Summer St., HEALTHY OUTCOMES 617-423-1000; other locations. This Mexican restaurant and tequila bar boasts a fun menu of south-of-the-border favorites—from tacos, enchiladas and fajitas to quesadillas, empanadas and burritos—as well as a selection of more than 180 tequilas. L & D Mon–Sat noon–10 p.m., Sun ’til 9 p.m.; C. FREE 3-DAY PASS papagayorestaurants.com. COME IN FOR A TOUR TODAY! PARKER’S RESTAURANT, Omni Parker House, 60 School This pass entitles an individual or family to St. at Tremont Street, 617-725-1600. Executive chef Gerry experience the YMCA for one week before Tice celebrates nostalgic cuisine with a contemporary flair at 12/31/2016. Valid for new free trial participants Parker’s Restaurant, the birthplace of Boston Cream Pie, the over the age of 18. Government issued Parker House Roll and Boston Scrod. B Mon–Fri 6:30–11 a.m., Sat–Sun 7–11:30 a.m., offering an elaborate buffet in addition identification is required to enter the YMCA. to a la carte selections. L Mon–Fri 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m.; D Mon– Thu 5:30–10 p.m., Fri & Sat 5–10 p.m.

ROWES WHARF SEA GRILLE, Boston Harbor Hotel, 70 Rowes HUNTINGTON AVENUE YMCA Wharf, 617-856-7744. Rowes Wharf Sea Grille delivers the 316 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02110 sea straight to your table. Enjoy power breakfasts and lunches followed by a vibrant after-work cocktail and dinner scene. The sunlight-filled dining room or seasonal outdoor terrace is an ideal spot for a leisurely lunch or special date night. B 6:30–11 a.m., L 11:30 a.m.–4 p.m., Afternoon Tea 2:30–4 p.m., D 4:30–10 p.m. roweswharfseagrille.com. The Best View RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE, 45 School St., 617-742- 8401. At Ruth’s Chris Steak House, each steak is hand- of Boston— selected from the top 2% of the country’s beef, broiled to perfection at 1,800 degrees and served in the restaurant’s at Home or on the Go! signature style—on a sizzling, 500-degree plate so every bite stays hot and delicious. Located at Old City Hall, Ruth’s Chris also features fresh seafood, an award-winning wine list and a gracious environment with warm hospitality. L, D, C. ruthschris.com.

SIP WINE BAR AND KITCHEN and THE TASTING ROOM AT SIP, 581 Washington St., 617-956-0888. With a menu featuring tapas-style plates—from sushi to grilled oysters to steak skewers—and an emphasis on wine, Sip allows diners to try different flavors and wines from around the world, and is perfect for gathering with friends before a show, after work or for brunch. Mon–Fri 11:30 a.m.–1 a.m., Sat & Sun 10 a.m.–1 a.m. SB available. sipwinebarandkitchen.com.

THE TAJ BOSTON, 15 Arlington St., 617-536-5700. This 1927 landmark offers dishes reflecting the seasonal flavors of New England as well as authentic Indian dishes for dinner. The Cafe: B, L, D, Sat & SB. The Lounge: L, D, C. The Bar: L, D, C. tajhotels.com/boston.

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