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Nile Hawver BACKSTAGE BEHIND THE SCENES IN LOCAL AND NATIONAL THEATRE BY OLIVIA J. KIERS Liza Voll CENTER STAGE: Elizabeth Stanley (pictured above, third from left, with the rest of the cast) was recently announced as the star of the world premiere of American Repertory Theater’s Jagged Little Pill.
Jagged Little Pill Cast and opening night of a murder mystery play. Crew Revealed You’ll want to get your “golden ticket” for American Repertory Theater’s (A.R.T.) world Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory premiere of the Alanis Morissette-inspired (January), which interweaves beloved songs Jagged Little Pill debuts in Cambridge this May. from the original film with a catchy new score. Featuring music by Morissette and Glen Ballard, Beautiful—The Carole King Musicaland School and a book by Academy Award-winning Diabo of Rock, based on the hit film and featuring 14 Cody (Juno), Jagged Little Pill is the story of a new songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber, rock your family that must confront some uncomfortable world in February. March is magical with The truths based on lyrics from Morissette’s Grammy Illusionists—Live from Broadway, the world’s Award-winning, alt-rock album from 1995. best-selling magic show. A Bronx Tale—a ’60s- Directed by A.R.T.’s Diane Paulus, the cast is set, family-versus-the-mob story co-directed headlined by Elizabeth Stanley, who appeared by Robert De Niro—and a new production on Broadway in On the Town and Million of Les Misérables both take the Boston Opera Dollar Quartet. Olivier Award-winner Sidi Larbi House stage in April. Two of the season’s per- Cherkaoui (Puz/zle) choreographs, with music formances are six-time Tony Award-winners: supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by the heartwarming Kinky Boots (May), and Dear Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner Tom Kitt Evan Hansen (July), the new hit whose origi- (Next to Normal). Go to amrep.org for tickets. nal Broadway cast recording debuted at #8 on the Billboard 200. Finally, you won’t want to A New Season of Shows for miss two spectacular revivals: the epic story of a Broadway In Boston young Vietnamese woman, Miss Saigon (June), Broadway In Boston recently announced and, last but not least in August, Hello, Dolly! some of musical theatre’s biggest hits, both starring Broadway legend Betty Buckley and old and new, for its 2018–2019 season. The featuring choreography that pays homage to season opens this November with The Play the original, iconic work of Gower Champion. That Goes Wrong, a comedic romp about the For details, go to boston.broadway.com. 4 FALL BACKSTAGE (continued) Local Theatre Comes Alive for 2018–2019 New season performances have also been announced from SpeakEasy Stage Company, Lyric Stage & Company, and the Longwood Players. Q A with ANAÏS CHALENDARD, SpeakEasy’s new season includes three New Principal Dancer at Boston Ballet England premieres—Between Riverside and Crazy, a dark urban comedy that won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama; School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play, a work tackling ever-relevant, teenage themes at an exclusive boarding school in Ghana; and the Broadway Alliance Award-nominated The View Upstairs, which spans two generations of queer his- tory and features a glam rock score. Visit speakeasystage.com for more information. Lyric Stage Company presents a mix of seven classic plays and musicals. The company’s multi- Liza Voll year Sondheim initiative concludes in May 2019 with Pacific Overtures, a musical about a friend- How long have you been with Boston ship between a samurai and a fisherman dur- Ballet? I have been with Boston Ballet for five years. I joined in 2013 as a second solo- ing the 19th-century Westernization of Japan. ist. I was promoted to soloist in 2014 and Kander and Ebb’s Kiss of the Spider Woman also principal in 2016. takes on a human relationship illuminated by an usual historical setting, as two cellmates endure a Where are you from? I am from a little vil- Latin American prison together. Other dramatic lage called Renaison in France, which is an hour and a half from Lyon. highlights include Sarah DeLappe’s The Wolves, a nuanced portrayal of a girls’ soccer team that was In La Sylphide, which character are you a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Priza for Drama. representing, and what is he/she like? Visit lyricstage.com for more information. I play the sylph—a fairylike creature who lives The Longwood Players presentGross Indecency: in the forest. She is a supernatural being that is very playful and sensitive. She has a beau- The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde in November, and tiful heart and falls in love with James, who’s the classic Gilbert and Sullivan operetta Pirates unfortunately about to get married to Effie. of Penzance in April. Gross Indecency, written by Moisés Kaufman, uses trial transcripts, Wilde’s What do you love most about dancing? own writings and other historical documents to tell It is not easy to answer that question…. Dance is my passion, not simply a hobby. this stunning true story. Visit longwoodplayers.org It is at the same time what I do, what I love for more information. and what I hope for—to paraphrase Kant. I’m happy to be part of something so much big- Jersey Boys Comes to the ger that contributes to elevating souls. North Shore in 2019 Who or what gives you inspiration as a Boy oh boy! Beverly’s North Shore Music dancer? Life inspires me. Theatre announced that Broadway’s Jersey Boys makes its Massachusetts regional premiere for When you are not dancing, what do you a limited engagement on August 6–18, 2019. like to do in Boston? I love being with my The award-winning biographical musical that boyfriend, spending time with my friends and going to music gigs. Also, just trying to was a smash hit on Broadway from 2005–2017 understand how this world functions! presents the true story of ’60s rock ’n’ roll group Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Refer to listing, page 41. Go to nsmt.org for details. Responses have been edited for clarity and length. HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 5 S RT TON TRE E A G TH TIN F THEAANYUE O N HUN VE MP A SOUTH END CO &
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HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 7 Draft rendering of the Huntington Avenue redevelopment project. ARCHITECTURE STANTEC HUNTINGTON AVENUE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT WINS APPROVAL On December 14, 2017 the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) voted to approve the proposed redevelopment of 254-264 Huntington Avenue, which includes the renovation of the Huntington Avenue Theatre and the theatre’s support wing, as well as a new apartment building next to the theatre.
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Arthur Miller...... Josh Stamberg Inge Morath...... Joanne Kelly Robert Whitehead...... John Hickok Dr. Wise...... Joanna Glushak Daniel Miller...... Nolan James Tierce
SETTING
The play takes place between 1964 and 2005, Connecticut & New York
There will be one 10-minute intermission.
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Yet, in 1966, the advice given to most new parents of a child with Down syndrome was scarcely different than the advice given to families the year before: institutionalize the child. The sluggish national progress on adopting a better, more humane set of principles and practices for individuals with Down syndrome is a cultural failure that has been seldom examined and little understood.
In part, the failure was driven by a medical field that centered on doctors over patients. In 1963, the US Department of Health published a study on the reaction of families to their child’s diagnosis. Many of the 100 parents interviewed for the study report never being given any medical information. Parents describe being told by doctors that their child was “better dead,” or even not being told for years because a doctor was either too frightened or too aggrieved by the diagnosis to share it. By the end of the 1960s, groups of concerned parents began banding together worldwide to share information amongst themselves, leading to the founding of critical advocacy groups such as the National Down Syndrome Society and later a self-advocacy group, People First, that began in Sweden before spreading to 43 countries.
In the absence of quality medical information from physicians, fear guided most decisions made by parents. Renowned psychologist Erik Erickson, creator of the psychosocial theory of human development, institutionalized his child at birth for fear that a child with intellectual disabilities would compromise his own reputation. Erickson and his wife Joan lied to their other children that the child named Neil had died, and though his wife visited, Erik rarely did, even though Neil Erickson lived to the age of 20.
10 FALL As the Global Down Syndrome Foundation writes, “In the United States, until the 1980s and in some cases as late as the 1990s, the way in which people with Down syndrome and other intellectual disabilities were treated represents a shameful chapter of inhumanity and discrimination in our country.” Due to the poor care that most individuals with Down syndrome received, the life expectancy of those born in 1940 was nine years; in 1980, 28 years; today the average life expectancy has risen to 60 years, and many people with Down syndrome live into their 80s. The perils of institutionalization with poor oversight and overcrowding was shortening the lives of those with Down syndrome, not the syndrome itself.
Today, the emphasis in research has shifted towards giving individuals with Down syndrome dignity and self determination in medical decisions. In 2011, a group of researchers for the National Institute of Health published the first widespread survey of individuals with Down syndrome on their self perception and their recommendations to new parents whose children have been diagnosed with the condition. Excerpts from their suggestions include, “Love them, and they will love you,” “I am very happy in my life,” and “everything is going to be okay,” in addition to parenting tips and specific health advice about a range of respiratory and cardiac conditions that individuals with Down syndrome are prone to experiencing. The cultural and medical landscape that a child with Down syndrome is born into today would be unrecognizable to people living in the 1960s. Children and adults with Down syndrome appear in advertisements and television programs; they write books and appear publicly as advocates for their community.
— CHARLES HAUGLAND NILE HAWVER
Joanne Kelly plays Inge Morath, Nolan James Tierce plays Daniel Miller, and Josh Stamberg plays Arthur Miller in Fall
HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 11 BEFORE THE PLAY 1915 1947 Arthur Miller is born in Manhattan All My Sons becomes an instant to Augusta & Isidore Miller, both hit, winning two Tony Awards Jewish immigrants from Poland. and the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award. 1923 Inge Morath is born in Graz, 1949 Austria. Both her parents Death of a Salesman opens to were scientists. huge acclaim on Broadway. The play wins the Pulitzer Prize and 1929 the Tony Award. Isidore Miller, who had invested Morath becomes assistant to extensively in stocks, takes a hard Austrian photographer Ernst Haas. hit in the stock market crash and ensuing Depression. 1951 Miller meets actress Marilyn 1940 Monroe and they have a Miller marries his college brief affair. sweetheart, Mary Grace Slattery. Morath moves to London Inge Morath is forced to work at and begins taking her own Templehof Airport for six months, photographs. She briefly marries due to her refusal to join the British writer Lionel Birch; they Hitler Youth organization. split after three weeks. 1944 1953 Miller’s play The Man Who Had The Crucible opens on Broadway. All the Luck opens on Broadway, but closes after only four 1954 performances. Morath publishes her first book, Morath graduates from Fiesta in Pamplona. Berlin University with a degree in romance languages. 1955 She becomes a European Morath is invited to join interpreter for the United States Magnum Photos. Information Services.
12 FALL 1956 Miller divorces his first wife and marries Marilyn Monroe. Shortly after the marriage, Miller is called before the House Un-American Activities Committee to testify.
Despite immense pressure, Miller BETTMANN refuses to name names. 1960 Morath and actor Yul Brynner collaborate on Bring Forth the Children, a book on refugee camps. 1961 The Misfits, a movie written by Miller and starring Monroe, premieres. Shortly afterward, the couple divorces. Monroe dies of a drug overdose 19 months later. ELLIOTT ERWITT ELLIOTT 1962 Miller marries photographer Inge Morath, whom he met on the set of The Misfits. Their daughter Rebecca is born.
Top: Playwright Arthur Miller testifies before a House Un-American Activities subcommittee (1956); MIddle: Miller and Marilyn Monroe on set with the cast and director of The Misfits (1960) Bottom: Arthur Miller and Inge Morath in 1962
HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 13 ABOUT THE COMPANY Joanna Glushak* (Dr. Wise) previously appeared in Sullivan and FALL Gilbert and The American Clock at the Huntington. Broadway credits include leading roles in War Paint, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Sunday in the Park with George, Les Misérables, Hairspray, The Sweet Smell of Success, Urinetown, Rags, Conversations with My Father, Welcome to the Club, and After the Night and the Music. New York City Opera credits include A Little Night Music and The Most Happy Fella. Ms. Glushak appeared in the tours of Young Frankenstein, Finding Neverland, Xanadu, and Evita. She can currently be seen in a recurring role in the new Amazon series “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and on TV Land’s “Younger.” She is a graduate of Yale School of Drama.
John Hickok* (Robert Whitehead) originated the Broadway roles of Governor Slaton in Parade, Professor Bhaer in Little Women, and Zoser in Elton John’s Aida. He was seen opposite Frank Langella in Man and Boy (Roundabout Theatre Company) and Our Country’s Good (Nederlander Theatre). Regional favorites include John Adams in Frank Galati’s 1776 (American Conservatory Theater), Polonius in Hamlet (New Jersey Shakespeare Festival), Beauregard opposite Michelle Lee in Mame (Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera), Kaffee in A Few Good Men (Westport Country Playhouse), and Foxfire with James Whitmore (George Street Playhouse). His directing credits include the acclaimed premiere of Burning Blue (Theatre Royal Haymarket in London’s West End), Private Lives (Boston Shakespeare Company), and Bus Stop (People’s Theater). He has taught at Bard College and Queens College, and is on faculty at Western Connecticut State University. johnhickok.net.
Joanne Kelly* (Inge Morath) has credits that include Jackie O in The House of Yes (The Storefront Theatre, Toronto), Catherine in Proof (Red One Theatre Collective), Carol in Oleanna (Castawayhorse Productions), Rachel in Seven Stories (Same Plan Co-op), First Witch in Macbeth (HurlyBurly Theatre Company), and Mariana in Measure for Measure (Shakespeare by the Sea). Film credits include Runoff, Closet Monster, and The Bay of Love and Sorrows. Television credits include “The Disappearance,” “Warehouse 13,” and “Slings and Arrows.”
Josh Stamberg* (Arthur Miller) has recent theatre credits that include The Power of Duff and The Female of the Species (Geffen Playhouse); Distracted (Roundabout Theatre Company); and the premiere of Steve Martin’s Meteor Shower (The Old Globe). He also co-developed and starred in Tape (productions in New York, Los Angeles, and London). He has performed in many LA Theatre Works productions, including the international tour of Top Secret: the Battle for the Pentagon Papers (as Ben Bradley). Mr. Stamberg also loves being involved with the Ojai Playwrights Conference. In film his work includes Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar, Jill Soloway’s Afternoon Delight, Scott Stewart’s Dark Skies and Legion, and Stephen Belber’s Drifting Elegant. On television he appeared on Showtime’s Golden Globe Award-winning series “The Affair,” as well as “Parenthood,” “Nashville,” “Drop Dead Diva,” and “Six Feet Under.”
* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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ON THE COVER: James Turrell, Once Around, Violet (Shallow Space), 1971. Collection of Tallulah Anderson. © James Turrell. Photo: Florian Holzherr. ABOUT THE COMPANY Nolan James Tierce (Daniel Miller) previously appeared in Harvey FALL (Newton Country Players). His numerous film appearances include Central Intelligence, Ghostbusters: Answer the Call, Brute Sanity, and Stronger. Commercial credits include PSA website work for LandEscape and MassBay Community College. He is a trained actor having done many workshops and personal coaching with Boston Casting, Bates Wilder, Linda Robinson, and the Casting Directors Workshop. He also has modeling experience having trained at John Casablancas International, Boston.
Bernard Weinraub (Playwright) grew up in New York, attended City College, served in the Army for two years, and began working at The New York Times as an office boy. He was soon promoted to the reporting staff, and went overseas as a foreign correspondent covering the Vietnam War, India, and London. In the 1980s, he moved to the Washington Bureau of The New York Times, covering such presidential campaigns as Walter F. Mondale and Jesse Jackson. He also covered the White House — the final years of the Reagan Administration and the first two years of George H. W. Bush. In the late 1980s, he moved to Los Angeles to cover the movie business. Theatre and playwrighting has been a fantasy since his teen years. His play The Accomplices was produced in 2007 at The New Group in New York and it was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. The play was also produced in Los Angeles at The Fountain Theatre and Odyssey Theatre, as well as in Coral Gables and Israel. His second play, Above the Fold, starring Taraji P. Henson, was produced in 2014 at the Pasadena Playhouse. A workshop of his play Fall starred Christine Lahti, and was staged by New York Stage and Film at Vassar College. Another workshop of the play was held at Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles with Hilary Swank.
Peter DuBois (Director) is in his 10th season as Artistic Director at the Huntington where his directing credits include Moliére’s Tartuffe, 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 Sex with Strangers and 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 Can You Forgive Her? (Vineyard Theatre); The Power of Duff with Greg Kinnear (New York Stage and Film/Powerhouse Theater); 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); and Jack Goes Boating with Philip Seymour Hoffman and The View From 151st Street (LAByrinth Theater Company/The Public Theater). 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. Mr. DuBois has directed multiple episodes of the podcast “Modern Love,” including its debut with Lauren
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ABOUT THE COMPANY FALL Molina. 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.
Brandon McNeel (Scenic Design) was the associate scenic designer of Sunday in the Park with George and A Little Night Music at the Huntington. His opera credits include Il Matrimonio Segreto and the world premiere of Ashes and Snow (Pittsburgh Opera); La Rondine, Manon, Gianni Schicchi, and La Scala di Seta (Curtis Opera Theatre); and La Bohème (Opera Columbus). His theatre credits include Under the Skin and Ruined (Everyman Theatre); The Miracle Worker national tour (Montana Repertory Theatre); Sawbones and The Diamond Eater (HERE Arts Center); Tartuffe (The New School); Sweeney Todd (Carnegie Mellon University); Blind Angels (Theater for the New City); and The Head Hunter (Producers’ Club Theaters). Mr. McNeel also works in the art department of the television series “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” He holds an MFA from Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama and BFA from the University of Montana. brandonmcneeldesign.com.
Ilona Somogyi (Costume Design) designed costumes for Disgraced and Good People for the Huntington. She designed Clybourne Park on Broadway. Recent New York credits include Sleep (Brooklyn Academy of Music), Nice Fish (St. Ann’s Warehouse, American Repertory Theater, and London), and Gloria (Vineyard Theatre and Goodman Theatre.) Recent regional credits include Will Rogers Follies and Anything Goes (Goodspeed Opera House); Oklahoma!, Carousel, Smokey Joe’s Café, and King Hedley II (Arena Stage); Assassins (Yale Repertory Theatre); Grey Gardens (Bay Street Theater and Los Angeles); Seder, Heartbreak House, Cloud Nine, and Romeo and Juliet (Hartford Stage); and productions with Guthrie Theater, Mark Taper Forum, Weston Playhouse Theatre Company, and Westport Country Playhouse, among many others. Ms. Somogyi is a graduate of Yale School of Drama and is a member of its faculty.
Philip Rosenberg (Lighting Design) has previous Huntington credits that include Merrily We Roll Along, Can You Forgive Her?, Betrayal, Private Lives, Bus Stop, and She Loves Me. His Broadway credits include Pretty Woman: The Musical, The Elephant Man, It’s Only a Play, and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder. In years past, Mr. Rosenberg has also served as associate lighting designer on over 35 Broadway plays and musicals. Off Broadway credits include Explorers Club and Cactus Flower. Regional credits include The Kennedy Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Ford’s Theatre, Guthrie Theater, The Old Globe, TheatreWorks, Hartford Stage, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Manhattan School of Music, Portland Stage Company, The Actors Company Theatre, Barrington Stage Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Dorset Theatre Festival, Bay Street Theater, Two River Theatre Company, George Street Playhouse, and Westport Country Playhouse.
John Gromada (Original Music & Sound Design) previously designed and composed original music for the Huntington’s productions of Bedroom Farce, 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,
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ABOUT THE COMPANY FALL 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 Amy and the Orphans, Shadowlands, 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! An Entertainment: The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told By Himself) (Lucille Lortel Award), The Skriker (Drama Desk Award), Machinal (Obie Award), and many more. Regional credits include Night of the Iguana, TransScripts, and Warhol/Capote (American Repertory Theatre); as well as many others. His television credits include a score for the Emmy Award-nominated film version of The Trip to Bountiful. johngromada.com.
Zachary Borovay (Projection Design) previously designed projections for Sunday in the Park with George and The Colored Museum (IRNE Award) at the Huntington. He has Broadway credits that include Rock of Ages, Waiting for Godot, Ann, Evita, Elf, Lombardi (Drama Desk Award nomination), A Catered Affair (Drama Desk Award nomination), and Xanadu. Recent regional credits include In the Heights (The Kennedy Center); Light Years and Jesus Christ Superstar (Helen Hayes Award nomination) (Signature Theatre); Smart People (Hewes Design Award nomination) (Second Stage Theater); and Chimerica (Studio Theatre). Additional credits include The Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular, Peepshow (Las Vegas); and Voyage de la Vie (Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore). Mr. Borovay is also an accomplished bassist (Berklee College of Music). borovaydesign.com.
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 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.
Kevin Schlagle* (Production Stage Manager) returns to the Huntington after previously working on Skeleton Crew; Tartuffe; Merrily We Roll Along; Ripcord; Topdog/Underdog; Bedroom Farce; 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, Boston University’s Opera Institute, and Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras. He holds a BFA in stage management from Boston University and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity.
* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 19 ABOUT THE COMPANY Jeremiah Mullane* (Stage Manager) returns to the Huntington having previously FALL stage managed Bad Dates, A Guide for the Homesick, The Who & the What, A Doll’s House, Tiger Style!, August Wilson’s How I Learned What I Learned, Disgraced, Choice, The Second Girl, Awake and Sing!, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, The Seagull, The Cocktail Hour, The Jungle Book, and Invisible Man. He has regional credits that include Blood on the Snow at Boston’s Old State House (The Bostonian Society); Love’s Labour’s Lost, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and King Lear (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); as well as shows at The Kennedy Center, Signature Theatre, and Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC. He is a graduate of Ithaca College with a BA in drama and computer science.
Michael Maso (Managing Director) has led the Huntington’s administrative and financial operations since 1982. He has produced more than 200 productions in partnership with three artistic directors and is one of the most well-regarded managing directors in the theatre industry. Under his tenure, the Huntington has received over 140 Elliot Norton and Independent Reviewers of New England Awards, as well as the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Mr. Maso received the 2016 Massachusetts Nonprofit Network’s Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as 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. In 2004 the Boston Herald honored him as Theatre Man of the Year. Mr. Maso led the Huntington’s 10-year drive to build the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, which opened in September 2004, and is currently leading the redevelopment and renovation of the Huntington Avenue Theatre. He currently serves on the Boston Cultural Planning Steering Committee and previously served as a member of the board for ArtsBoston, Theatre Communications Group (TCG), and StageSource, and as a site visitor, panelist, and panel chairman for the National Endowment for the Arts. 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. Prior to the Huntington, he 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.
Christopher Wigle (Producing Director) is in his 18th season at the Huntington where he has produced over 80 productions. 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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Sign up at Globe.com/Newsletters ABOUT THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 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 has received over 150 Elliot Norton and Independent Reviewers of New England Awards, as well as the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. In the past 35 years, the Huntington has played to an audience of 3.5 million, presented over 200 plays (18 of which went on to Broadway or Off Broadway), and served over 500,000 students, community members, and other cultural organizations.
Under the direction of Artistic Director Peter DuBois and Managing Director Michael Maso, 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.
Long an anchor cultural institution of the Avenue of the Arts, the Huntington’s primary home will remain on Huntington Avenue on a permanent basis. The Huntington plans to renovate and expand the current theatre into a first-rate, modern, state-of-the-art venue with enhanced services for audiences, artists, and the community.
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 serves 200,000 audience members each year at the Huntington Avenue Theatre and the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. Through a diverse and impactful range of nationally-renowned education and community programs, the Huntington engages 36,000 young people and adults in underserved neighborhoods each year. These programs include the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest, the August Wilson Monologue Competition, the Huntington Community Membership Initiative, a youth playwrighting program called EPIC, and the Student Matinee Series. The Huntington is a founding partner of Codman Academy Charter Public School and has collaborated with Codman for 17 years to create and teach its innovative, interdisciplinary Humanities curriculum and run the Codman Summer Theatre Institute.
A national leader in the development of new plays, the Huntington has produced more than 120 world, American, and New England premieres to date. Through the Huntington Playwriting Fellows program, the cornerstone of its new work activities, the Huntington supports local writers through two-year fellowships, and is also proud to serve as a home for Playwright-in-Residence Melinda Lopez.
The Huntington cultivates, celebrates, and champions theatre as an art form and is committed to mentoring local playwrights, educating young people in theatre, and serving as a catalyst for the growth of dozens of Boston’s emerging performing arts organizations.
HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 23 HARVARD SQUARE $6,750,000
Building Community One Home at a Time
[email protected] / gailroberts.com / 617 245-4044 HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY TRUSTEES & OVERSEERS
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
David R. Epstein John Cohen Sandra Moose Chairman Carol G. Deane Anne M. Morgan James J. Dillon Cokie Perry Sharon Malt Betsy Banks Epstein Bryan Rafanelli President William Finard Mitchell J. Roberts David Firestone Robert H. Scott Carol B. Langer John Frishkopf John D. Spooner Treasurer Ann T. Hall Linda H. Thomas Thomas Hamilton III Linda Waintrup Sherryl Cohen Arthur C. Hodges J. David Wimberly Clerk Frederick Jamieson Veronica Wiseman Nada Despotovich Kane Mary Wolfson Carole Alkins Shelly Karol Fancy Zilberfarb David Altshuler David Leathers Neal Balkowitsch Rumena Manolova- Warren R. Radtke Michael Brown Senchak Trustee Emeritus John Cini William P. McQuillan Gerard H. Cohen Ann Merrifield
COUNCIL OF OVERSEERS
Nancy S. Adams Paul Greenfield Gail Roberts Kitty Ames Janice Hunt Valerie Shey Steven M. Bauer Alan S. Johnson Ben Taylor Camilla Bennett Katherine Jones Kate Taylor Nancy Brickley Linda Kanner Stephen M. Trehu Jim Burns Loren Kovalcik Juliet Schnell Turner Suzanne Chapman Sherry Lang Tracey A. West J. William Codinha Joie Lemaitre John Taylor Williams Bette Cohen Tracie Longman Bertie Woeltz Elizabeth Cregger Nancy Lukitsh Christopher R. Yens Catherine Creighton Charles Marz Linda Zug Deborah First Noel McCoy Anne H. Fitzpatrick Thalia Meehan Maria Farley Gerrity Daniel A. Mullin Eilene Davidson Grayken Tania Phillips as of April 27, 2018
HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 25 BENEFACTORS CIRCLE
The Benefactors Circle recognizes our lead Annual Fund donors and offers its members a range of special benefits. We are deeply grateful to the members of the Benefactors Circle and to all donors whose generous Annual Fund gifts support our artistic programs and our award- winning youth, education, and community initiatives. Please visit huntingtontheatre.org/support to learn about making a gift or contact the Development Office at 617 273 1523.
$100,000+ Dr. John and Bette Cohen Carol B. Langer Sherryl and Gerard Cohen Susan and David Leathers Wayne Davis and Ann Merrifield Sharon and Brad Malt Carol G. Deane Bill and Linda McQuillan Betsy and David Epstein Jill and Mitchell Roberts Denise and William Finard Mr. J. David Wimberly Eilene Davidson Grayken 1 anonymous gift Jane and Fred Jamieson
$50,000–$99,999 Karen and David Firestone Jane and Neil Pappalardo Gardner C. Hendrie and Karen Johansen Nancy and Ed Roberts Ms. Anne M. Morgan 1 anonymous gift
$25,000–$49,999 Nancy Adams and John Burgess Sandra Moose and Eric Birch Dr. and Mrs. Reinier Beeuwkes Paula and Bill O’Keeffe Stephen Chapman Cokie and Lee Perry Amey A. Defriez‡ John D. Spooner Jim Dillon and Stone Wiske Faith and Joseph Tiberio Ann and John Hall Charitable Foundation Arthur C. and Eloise W. Hodges Linda and Daniel Waintrup Barbara and Amos Hostetter Howard and Veronica Wiseman Nancy Lukitsh Linda and Brooks Zug
$10,000–$24,999 M. Baldwin Family Fund Adrienne Kimball Neal Balkowitsch and Donald Nelson Loren B. Kovalcik/IntePros Consulting Fay Chandler‡ Joie Lemaitre John Cini and Star Lancaster Mr. and Mrs. David Long Mr. and Mrs. Lewis W. Counts Tracie L. Longman and Chaitanya Kanojia Jeffrey Dover and Tania Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Rawson Debbie and Bob First, in memory of Robert M. Rosenberg, in honor of Susan Spooner Mary Wolfson John Frishkopf Dr. Paul S. Russell Nicki Nichols Gamble Darin and Debbie Samaraweera Karen and Gary Gregg Marilyn and Jay Sarles Tom and Nancy Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Sullivan Cassandra Hyland Henderson Linda H. Thomas Joyce Huber and Randall Ellis John Travis Elizabeth and Woody Ives Mary Wolfson Nada Despotovich Kane Genevieve and Justin Wyner Marjie and Robert Kargman Christopher R. Yens and Temple Gill Shelly and Steve Karol 1 anonymous gift
26 FALL PATRONS PROGRAM $5,000–$9,999 Alice and Walter Abrams Mr. and Mrs. William Fink Daniel A. Mullin Steven M. Bauer Anne H. Fitzpatrick, Brant Cheikes and Charles and Kathleen Ames in honor of Dan Mullin Janine Papesh Coralie Berg and Donald Fulton Gail Roberts Steve Schwartz Maria and Daniel Gerrity Rumena and Alexander Amy and Joshua Boger Mary Beth and Senchak Susan and Michael Brown Chris Gordon Robert Sherblom♦ Jim Burns Donna and Jay Hanflig Valerie Shey Katie and Paul Ned Murphy and Bruce and Emily Stangle Buttenwieser Ann-Ellen Hornidge Ellie Svenson and Susan and Alfred Chandler Janice and Roger Hunt Mark Klempner Suzanne Chapman Paul and Tracy Klein Ben and Kate Taylor Nancy Ciaranello David A. Kronman Jean C. Tempel J. William Codinha and Sherry Lang Drs. Stephen and Beth Carolyn Thayer Ross Cecile and Fraser Lemley Trehu Betsy and David Cregger John and Jean Lippincott Juliet Schnell Turner Laura and Neil Cronin Gregory Maguire Norman Weeks Margaret Eagle and Jack Fabiano and Elizabeth and Caleb White Eliezer Rapaport Noel McCoy Ike Williams Steve Elman and Thalia Meehan and Bertie and Anthony Joanne D’Alcomo Rev. Gretchen Woeltz Robert Fine and Grimshaw Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Matthew Fine Sharon Miller Zilberfarb
$2,500–$4,999 Patricia Bellinger and Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Mr. and Mrs. J. Daniel Richard Balzer‡ Hibbard, in honor of Powell Michael Barza and David Wimberly Deborah and S. Caesar Judith Robinson Prof. and Mrs. Morton Z. Raboy Dr. Susan E. Bennet and Hoffman Sally C. Reid and Dr. Gerald Pier Emily Hughey John D. Sigel Carolyn Birmingham Terence Janericco Victoria and John Rizzi Edward Boesel Linda and Steven Kanner Mr. and Mrs. Owen W. Robbins Nancy and Richard Brickley Paul and Elizabeth Kastner Mona Roberts Kevin and Virginia Byrne Seth and Mary Kaufman Jan and Joe Roller Catherine and Peter Creighton Susie and David Kohen Richard Powers and Ellen and Kevin Donoghue Ted and Ann Kurland Stephen Schram Jonathan Dyer and Anthony Lucas Vivian and Lionel Spiro Thomas Foran Ann D. Macomber Noni and Bob Stearns Norman and Madeleine Gaut The Mancuso Family Helen and Jack Stewart Thomas and Joanne Gill Mary T. Marshall Lisbeth Tarlow and Mark E. Glasser and Charles Marz Stephen Kay Frank G. McWeeny Mike and Mary McConnell Mr. and Mrs. Steve Tritman Paul Greenfield and Amy Merrill, in honor of Pamela Tucker‡ and Sandy Steele Donna Glick George Pettee Betsy and David Harris Charles Merrill‡ Mary Verhage Mr. and Mrs. James L. Paul Odland Mindee Wasserman Hartmann Coleen and David Pantalone 2 anonymous gifts Jackie and Bob Pascucci
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$1,000–$2,499 Carole and Leonard Alkins Kenneth R. Traub and Garth and Lindsay Greimann Carol Baker Pamela K. Cohen Irene and Stephen Grolnic George and Katharine Baker Ken and Ginny Colburn Katherine Haltom Kate and Gordon Baty Dennis Condon and H. Patricia Hanna Mr. and Mrs. George Beal Robert Cummings Theodore and Sally Hansen Howard H. Bengele Beth and Linzee Coolidge Kathleen Henry and Susana and Clark Bernard Dean K. Denniston, Jr. Kim Marrkand Jerry M. Bernhard George Dhionis Mr. and Mrs. Thomas High Christina and Ky Bertoli♦ Linda and Tim Diering Barbara Hirshfield and Mr. and Mrs. Kenyon C. Bolton III Virginia Drachman and Cary Coen, in honor of Lori Bornstein and Douglas Jones Sherry and Gerry Cohen Alan Rithman Jerome and Vivien Facher Bob Hiss and Mary Riffe Hiss Joseph L. Bower and Barbara and Larry Farrer Richard and Priscilla Hunt Elizabeth Potter Newell Flather Susan M. Hunziker Jane Brock-Wilson, in honor Donna and Harley Frank Alan Johnson of Carol Deane Susan Gardner Leonard W. Johnson Pam and Lee Bromberg Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Holly and Bruce Johnstone Kenneth Brown Garrison Katherine and Hubie Jones Paul Buddenhagen Sharon and Irving Gates Rev. Dr. Katherine Kallis Betsy Cabot Lori and Michael Gilman John Keane A. William and Drs. Laura Green and Cathie and Clarke Keenan Carol Caporizzo David Golan Dorothy and Richard Koerner Ronald G. Casty Peter and Jacqueline Gordon Yuriko Kuwabara and Peggy and Anton Chernoff Phil Gormley and Walter Dzik George and Mary Chin Erica Bisguier Barrie Landry Dorothy Coffin Mr. K. Frank Gravitt Drs. Lynne and Sidney Levitsky
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28 FALL PATRONS PROGRAM (continued)
Jon A. Levy Dr. and Mrs. John William Jane E. Shattuck Ms. Susan Lincoln Poduska, Sr. Ellen Sheehy and Mr. and Mrs. Francis V. Lloyd III Suzanne Priebatsch Scott Aquilina Janet Mack Warren R. Radtke and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Sherbrooke Stuart and Yvonne Madnick Judith Lockhart-Radtke Rebecca Jean Smith Mahmood Malihi Katharine and William Beth and Michael Joan and John McArdle Reardon Stonebraker Louise and Sandy McGinnes Jessica and David Reed John H. Straus and Jack and Susan McNamara Lynn and John Reichenbach Liza Ketchum Mary Rivet and Sharon and Howard Rich Hope and Adam Suttin Christopher Meyer Jean and Richard Roberts Lise and Myles Striar Neal and Lynne Miller Donna Robinson and Jared Tausig, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. William Mitchell, Chris Zook David Wimberly in memory of Sarah Rothermel David Parker and Virginia Wimberly Susan and Geoffrey Rowley Janet Tiampo Bill and Ginny Mullin Allison K. Ryder and Robert C. Volante Bob and Alison Murchison David B. Jones Dr. Ronald Weinger Jonette Nagai and Rohini Sakhuja Scott and Jacqueline Wellman Stephen O’Brien Susan Pioli and Wendling Charitable Fund Fred and Julie Nagle Martin Samuels Tracey Allyson West Eric and Elizabeth Nordgren Mr. and Mrs. William R. Sapers Wilson Butler Architects Janet and David Offensend Diane and Richard Dr. Elaine Woo Mary Owens Schmalensee Jerold and Abbe Beth Young Joy Pak‡ and David Deutsch Tom Shapiro and Emily Kline 6 anonymous gifts SUPPORTERS PROGRAM $500–$999 Lindsay Miller and Peter Ambler Paul Curtis Toini and Carl Jaffe Elizabeth Aragao♦ Lloyd and Gene Dahmen Peter K. Jenkins John and Rose Ashby, Marguerite Davoren Peter Jenney in honor of Ann T. Hall Judy DeFilippo‡ Mr. and Mrs. Paul Karofsky Robin Barnes and David Bor Joan Dolamore Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Karon Molly and John Beard Mr. Glenn Edelson Nancy R. Karp Louis and Nancy Beckerman Gordon Edes Jane Katims and Kathleen Beckman Dr. Rachela Elias and Daniel Perlman Jonas Berman Gedalia Pasternak Amelia and Joshua Katzen Martin S. Berman and Martha A. Erickson Michael and Dona Kemp Mary Ann Jasienowski Maggi Farrell Mary S. and Duncan Kennedy Leonard and Jane Bernstein Pierre Fleurant John T. Kittredge Linda Cabot Black Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Richard Floyd Jill Kneerim Margaret and James Blackwell, Hilary and Chris Gabrieli Edgar Knudson in honor of David Wimberly Tony and Melissa Gallo John and Sharon Koch Jeffrey Borenstein William Gault Dale Koppel Stephen and Traudy Bradley Suzanne Greenberg Rhonda and Stewart Lassner Barry Brown and Ellen Shapiro Tracy Griffin and David Long Patricia Leighfield, Mrs. Barbara Buntrock-Schuerch Gail and Jan Hardenbergh in memory of Robert Crisp Thomas Burger and Andree Robert Terry Rockefeller and Jenny and Jay Leopold Eric Butler♦ William Harris Nancy Levy Carrig Kitchens LLC Dr. and Mrs. George Katherine Lewandowski and Cara and Anthony Casendino Hatsopoulos Adam Guren♦ Patricia Chadwick and John and Holliday Heine June K. Lewin, in memory of Norman Cantin Dr. Galen Henderson and Ted Kazanoff Lynda and John Christian Dr. Vanessa Britto Elizabeth Lintz John Clippinger Peggy and Ronald Hillegass, Mark H. Lippolt Herbert Stuart Cohen in honor of Nancy and Babette and Peter Loring Janet L. Comey Tom Hamilton Barbara A. Manzolillo Alison Conant and Richard Frank Rosalind and Herbert Hill Edward Marram
HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 29 SUPPORTERS PROGRAM (continued)
Amy and Bill Marshall Charles Reed and Ann Jacobs Nancy and Edward Stavis Bronwyn Martin, in memory of Gretchen Reilly Lee Steele Travis Martin Michelle and Aaron Rhodes♦ Gail Steketee and Kathy Martin and Audrey Rideout Brian McCorkle David Johnson Christina Rifkin Jennifer Stone and Kenneth Virgile and Michael and Jane Roberts Robert Waldinger Helene Mayer Sue Robinson Bob and Dorothy Stuart Geraldine McManus and Christine and David Root Darline Lewis and Richard Hand Diane Rosenberg Marshall Sugarman Frank B. Mead Sari Rosman Beth and Larry Sulak Dan Miller Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rotenberg Margaret M. Talcott and Nicole Moceri Pauline and Robert Rothenberg L. Scott Scharer Mary Ellen Moore Kathleen and William Rousseau Janet Testa Kevin Morris Phyllis and Sam Rubinovitz Todd Trehubenko The Munzer Family David and Anne Salant Rosamond B. Vaule Eileen Murray Susan and Bob Schechter, Sumer and Kiran Verma Tom Norris in honor of Donald Nelson Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Walther Ray O’Neill and Neal Balkowitsch Constance V.R. White William Pananos William Schutten Karolye and Fernando Cunha Marianne Pasts William and Elisabeth Shields Richard and Frances Winneg Ellen C. Perrin David W. Shuckra and P.T. Withington Mr. and Mrs. Murray Preisler Clifford S. Wunderlich Clark Wright and Margaret Ramsey Omar Siddiqi Lisa Goldthwait Wright Robert Raymond Mark Smith and John O’Keefe Robert E. Zaret Lisa and Tom Redburn Edward Sonn 5 anonymous gifts
$250–$499 Jonathan Aibel and Julie Rohwein Deborah B. Brown Zoltan and Cristina Csimma Rosanna Alfaro Ruth Budd and John Ehrenfeld Karen Davis and Randy Block Fidler Family Allan and Rhea Bufferd Charlotte Delaney and David and Holly Ambler Diane Buhl and Mark Polebaum Steve Pattyson Robert Allen Diane Burman Raymond De Rise Nancy T. and Jack W. Ammerman Daniel C. Burnes Joel Desilets Tammy Arcuri Renee Burns Jane and Stephen Deutsch Tom Austin Margaret Bush Mary L. Dill Carolyn and John Baird Pauline H. Bynum Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Downey Mr. and Mrs. James Banker Cathy Campbell and Jack Orrock Owen Doyle Emily Barclay and John Hawes Colleen Campion Raya Dreben Marilyn Barrett Charles R. Carr Grace Durrani Peter Barrett Frank Carrano Mr. and Mrs. James Feldman David Barry Ronna M. Casper and Roger Ferguson and Nancy Barry Isaac Greenberg Chris Gaucher Danielle Belanger and Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Mr. and Mrs. Barry Fireman Robert Sparkes Cheston, Jr. Kathleen McGrath Fitts Mr. and Mrs. Milton E. Berglund Mary Chin Thomas M. Formicola and James Berkman Maria Church Lenny Goldstein John Biderman Krista Clouse Ariane and Stefan Frank Robert Bienkowski Priscilla Cogan Mr. and Mrs. Peter Frumkin Clinton Blackburn and Phyllis Cohen Stephen Gaal Michelle Lessly♦ Steven Cohen Michael Gallerstein Donald and Ellen Bloch Stuart Cole Judith L. Ganz Drs. Brian and Rachel Bloom Steven Coleman and Clifford Garnett Scott Chisolm and Afshan Bokhari Christine Tunstall Jack and Maureen Ghublikian Anthony Boral and Leah Rugen Silvia Coulter Celia and Walter Gilbert Sandy Bornstein Robert Crone Silvia Glick Payne/Bouchier, Inc. Catherine Crow Amelia and William Graham Eric and Sandra Brenman Anne Crowley Thomas Greeley Ellen and Jeremiah Bresnahan Howard S. Crowley Paul and Martha Green S. Britt James F. Crowley Louis and Patti Grossman
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Steven and Barbara Grossman David and Christine Manns Nancy L. Russell and David Grossman Arthur Mattuck Jeremy Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Groves Stephen T. McAvinn Vinod and Gaile Sahney Susan Haller Terri-Lynn McCormick Kim and Eric Schultz Eunice Harps Hope and Shaw McDermott Mark Seliber Judith Harris Lindsay McNair Diana Seufert Mary Hayes Robert McOwen Sayre Sheldon Lizbeth Hedstrom Gabriella Meyer James Shields and Gayle Merling Margaret N. Henderson and Mr. and Mrs. Tremont Miao Mr. and Mrs. Edward Siegel Loretta Henderson Forrest and Sara Milder Drs. Margaret and Michael Simon Andrew Himmelblau Gale Minot, in memory of Ellen L. Simons Esther and Richard Hochman Alice L. Harford Peter L. Smith and David Hollowell Joseph Misdraji Donna J. Coletti Lyle Howland Adam and Denise Moehring Michele Steinberg Lindsey Humes Margaret Mone Bob and Susan Stevenson Andrea Humez Barbershop Deluxe Glenn and Katherine Strehle Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hunsicker Michael and Donna Moskow Debbie London and Ted Sturman Barbara Bradlee Eileen Murray Ellen Beth Suderow Amal Hussein Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Moynihan Dr. and Mrs. Herman D. Suit Mr. and Mrs. Howard Israel Bob Muti, in memory of Linda Sutter and Jill Jackson James Robinson Stephen Centore Maggie Jackson and Pat Mawn♦ Martha Narten Kenneth Sweder Peter and Adrienne Jaffe Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. Jacob Taylor and Jean Park Kerry James Newbury, Jr. Mary Anne Thadeu Richard Johnston Chukwuemeka Nwanze Karen Thompson The Jolly Family Nancy and Chris Oddleifson Judy Thomson Jess and Aran Kadar Linda Ordoukhanian Mark Thurber Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Kalowski James Packer Patricia Tibbetts Jane Kamer Suzanne and Bob Petrucci Mr. Robert Toomey Neal Kane Marian Pasquale Mr. and Mrs. Mario Umana Yetta Katz Mr. and Mrs. Harry Photopoulos Thomas and Barbara Van Dyke Rob and Mary Keane-Hazzard Josephine Pizzuto, in memory of Barbara Van Zoeren Glenn Kelly Pat Pizzuto Christopher Wade Paul Kelly James Poterba and Nancy Rose Lori and Christopher Wadsworth, Judy and Dan Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Proulx in appreciation of in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Quitt Dave Wimberly Stephen Sondheim Jennifer Rabold Mr. and Mrs. David Wahr Margie Kern Kerry Mulligan Railey Carolyn Walton David Kettner Peter and Suzanne Read Jerry Warshaw Remsen M. Kinne Suzanne Ricco Susan Weiler Jason Knutson Roger Riggs David White Nancy Korman and Ken Elgart Patricia Robinson Nancy White Drs. Carol and Ben Kripke Barbara Roby Elizabeth P. Wolf Joan Kuhn Anne Romney Mary and Gary Wolf Oldrich Kyn Etta and Mark Rosen Janis Woodman, in honor of Andreas Laddis Jean Rosenberg and Christopher Woodman Susan Lane and William Kane Peter Southwick David C. Wright Carol Lazarus Abby Rosenfeld Natalie Wright Dr. and Mrs. David Lhowe Leila Joy Rosenthal Mr. and Mrs. John Wyman Jim and Allie Loehlin Mathilde and Robert Ross Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Zafft Priscilla Krey Loring Debra Ruder Lorena and Robert Zeller Ms. Barbara Lurvey Ryan Ruopp Carolyn Zern Kim and Paul Mahoney George and Faye Russell 13 anonymous gifts
This list reflects gifts received during the 14 months prior to April 27, 2018. ♦ Member of The Hunt, the Huntington’s community of young donors. For more information or to join, visit huntingtontheatre.org/thehunt. ‡ Deceased Every effort has been made to assure accuracy of listings. Please bring errors or omissions to the attention of Elizabeth MacLachlan at 617 273 1523 or [email protected].
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].
Executive Season Producers Harold and Mimi Steinberg Theatre Communications ($100,000+) Charitable Foundation Group** The Andrew W. Mellon Kingsbury Road Charitable WilmerHale Foundation Foundation** The Barr Foundation Lucy R. Sprague Memorial Members Liberty Mutual Insurance** Fund** ($2,500–$4,999) Massachusetts Cultural Council MEDITECH Boston Cultural Council The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Schrafft Charitable Trust** Cambridge Savings Bank** Jackson and Irene Golden Season Co-Producer Patrons 1989 Charitable Trust** ($50,000-$99,999) ($10,000–$14,999) Roy A. Hunt Foundation** Hershey Family Foundation Eaton Vance Investment Surdna Foundation Counsel Production Sponsors The Tiny Tiger Foundation** Thank you to our in-kind ($25,000–$49,999) contributors Bank of America** Supporters Constangy, Brooks, Smith & The Boston Foundation** ($5,000–$9,999) Prophete LLP Eaton Vance Management Berkshire Partners High Output Edgerton Foundation Cue Ball Group MAX Ultimate Food National Endowment Goodwin Noble Ford Productions for the Arts Nutter Proskauer LLP Benefactors Ramsey McCluskey Family ($15,000–$24,999) Foundation** BPS Arts Expansion Fund Rodgers Family Foundation at EdVestors** Ropes & Gray LLP
** Education and community programs donor
32 FALL 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 Sharon and Brad Malt Howard H. Bengele Bill and Linda McQuillan Suzanne Chapman Mary C. O’Donnell Brant A. Cheikes Steve Stelovich Sherryl and Gerard Cohen Robert C. Volante Carol G. Deane Linda and Daniel Waintrup Susan Ellerin Margaret J. White Arthur C. and Eloise W. Hodges J. David Wimberly Jane and Fred Jamieson Veronica and Howard Wiseman Mary Ellen Kiddle Genevieve and Justin Wyner Carol B. Langer 1 anonymous Joie Lemaitre
THE HUNTINGTON LEGACY SOCIETY SUPPORT GREAT THEATRE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE
“We’re way into the Huntington! That’s why we made it a beneficiary of our individual retirement account (IRA). We are happy to help secure the future of the Huntington and its important work on stage and in our community.” — JANE AND FRED JAMIESON, TRUSTEE
To learn about ways to give now and for the future through your Individual Retirement Account, please visit huntingtontheatre.org/IRA
HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 33 CALDERWOOD PAVILION AT THE BCA • 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 the beautiful theatres in two dynamic Boston neighborhoods. main lobby. Food is not permitted inside the theatre. The 890-seat Huntington Avenue Theatre is on the Drinks purchased at concessions are permitted inside Avenue of the Arts (264 Huntington Avenue), diagonally the theatre. across from Symphony Hall. The 370-seat Virginia Wimberly Theatre and 250-seat Roberts Studio Theatre Babes in Arms are part of the Calderwood Pavilion in the historic South Children under the age of five are not permitted End, on the campus of the Boston Center for the Arts in the theatre. (527 Tremont Street). Cameras Website: huntingtontheatre.org The use of all cameras and recording devices, including Box Office: 617 266 0800 cell phone cameras, in the theatre is strictly prohibited. Box Office email: [email protected] Administrative office: 617 266 7900 Pagers and Cellular Phones Administrative office email: Please silence all watches, pagers, and cell phones during [email protected] the performance. Lost and Found: 617 933 8608 Wheelchair Accessibility Box Office Hours The Calderwood Pavilion is fully accessible, The Box Office is generally open Tuesday-Saturday, and can accommodate noon-curtain (or 6pm); Sunday, noon-curtain (or 4pm). both wheelchair and companion Hours change weekly. For the most up-to-date hours, seating in the orchestra and please visit huntingtontheatre.org or call the Box Office mezzanine sections. Please notify us when at 617 266 0800. you purchase your tickets if wheelchair accommodations will be required and confirm arrangements with the Huntington Group Discounts House Manager at 617 933 8672. Discounts available for groups of 10 or more, plus groups have access to backstage tours, talks with artists, and Hearing Enhancement space for receptions. Contact Victoria Swindle for more The Calderwood Pavilion is equipped with an information at 617 273 1657 or FM hearing enhancement system. Wireless [email protected]. headphones are available free of charge at the coat check in the main lobby for your use Public Transportation during a performance. We encourage patrons to use public transportation to the Calderwood Pavilion whenever possible. The Restrooms Pavilion is located near the MBTA Green Line Copley Located in the main lobby and mezzanine lobby. and Arlington Stations; Orange Line and Commuter Rail All restrooms are wheelchair-accessible. Back Bay Station; and the Tremont Street & Union Park stop on the #43 Bus which travels between Park Street Coat Check and Ruggles Station. For more information, please visit Located in the main lobby. huntingtontheatre.org or call the Box Office. If You Arrive Late Parking near the Calderwood Pavilion In consideration of our actors and other audience Parking is available at the Atelier 505 Parking Garage members, latecomers will be seated at the discretion of located next to the Calderwood Pavilion at 505 Tremont the management. Street (entrance on Warren Avenue), the Garage @ 100 Clarendon Street, and other nearby locations. For more If Your Plans Change information about parking, please visit huntingtontheatre. We hate to see empty seats when so many of our org or call the Box Office at 617 266 0800. performances sell out. Please consider donating any tickets you can’t use. For more information please call Please note that these parking options are independently the Box Office at 617 266 0800. owned and operated, and are not affiliated with the Huntington or the Calderwood Pavilion. Large Print Programs Large print programs are free of charge and are available at the coat check.
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Peter DuBois Michael Maso Norma Jean Calderwood Managing Director Artistic Director
ADMINISTRATION Ticketing Services General Manager...... Sondra R. Katz Assistant Manager — Patron Services...... Victoria Swindle Associate General Manager...... Conwell Worthington III Calderwood Pavilion Assistant General Manager...... Annie Walsh Ticketing Coordinator...... Noah Ingle Company Managers...... Jazzmin Bonner, Meagan Garcia Huntington Avenue Theatre Assistant to the Managing Director...... Gabrielle Jaques Ticketing Coordinator...... Brenton Thurston Subscriptions Coordinator...... Amy Klesert Finance Ticketing Associates...... Michaela Buccini, JB Douglas Director of Financial Management...... Glenda Fishman Full-Time Customer Service Reps...... Shana Jackson, Accounting Manager...... June Zaidan Robin Russell Accounting Coordinator...... Laura Casavant Customer Service Reps...... Nick Boonstra, Sue Dietlin, Accountants...... Alexander, Aronson, Finning, CPA Kaylah Dixon, Kristina Dugas, Patrick Mahoney, Samantha Myers, Katelyn Reinert, Human Resources Brittany Schmitke, Yurika Watanabe Director of Human Resources...... Nina E. Nicolosi Human Resources Coordinator...... Michael Comey ARTISTIC Payroll and Reporting Specialist...... April Swiniuch Producing Director...... Christopher Wigle Administrative Support Assistant...... Sarah Schnebly Associate Producer...... Rebecca Bradshaw Director of New Work...... Charles Haugland Information Technology Assistant to the Artistic Director...... Billy Cowles IT Director...... Scott Poole Playwright-in-Residence...... Melinda Lopez Network Administrator...... Dan Moloney Literary Apprentice...... J. Sebastian Alberdi Producing Apprentice...... Kat Klein Theatre Operations Huntington Playwriting Fellows...... MJ Halberstadt, Director of Theatre Operations...... Timothy H. OConnell Brenda Withers Calderwood Pavilion Manager...... Katie Most Security Coordinator...... Greg Haugh DEVELOPMENT Custodian...... Jose Andrade Chief Development Officer...... Elisabeth Saxe Director of Major Gifts...... Margaret J. White Calderwood Pavilion Major Gifts Officer...... Celina Valadao Calderwood Pavilion House Manager...... Julie Cameron Institutional Giving Manager...... Diana Jacobs-Komisar Calderwood Pavilion Individual Giving Manager...... Annalise Baird Management Associate...... Matt Feldman-Campbell Manager of Development Operations, Calderwood Pavilion Apprentice...... Micaela Slotin Research & Stewardship...... Elizabeth MacLachlan Development Calderwood Pavilion Assistant Database Coordinator...... Lisa McColgan House Managers...... Paul Fox, Gabe Hughes, Development Assistant...... Sam Buntich Ksenia Lanin, Maura Neff Calderwood Pavilion EDUCATION & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Front of House Staff...... Chabreah Alston, Ellie Brelis, Interim Co-Directors of Education...... Meg O’Brien, Cullen Burling, Robert Caplis, Mia Coffin, Alexandra Smith Barbara Crowther, Linnea Donnelly, Katie Flanagan, Education Associate...... Marisa Jones Casey Greenleaf, Ryan Impagliazzo, Josh Luckens, Education Apprentices...... Lauren Brooks, Ivy Ryan Kerry Lydon, Terry McCarthy, Tiniqua Patrick, Teaching Artists...... Kortney Adams, Naheem Garcia Nina Pelligra, Nick Perron, Sarah Schnebly, Lydia Graeff, Keith Mascoll, Katharine Silva, Ciera-Sadé Wade Allie Meek, Trinidad Ramkissoon
Huntington Avenue Theatre MARKETING Huntington Avenue Theatre House Manager...... Andrew Elk Director of Marketing...... Temple Gill Huntington Avenue Theatre Associate Director of Marketing...... Meredith Mastroianni Front of House Staff...... J. Sebastian Alberdi, Tessitura Analytics Manager...... Derrick Martin Terrence Dowdye, Kristina Dugas, Digital Content Manager...... Carolyn MacLeod Kendrick Terrell Evans, Robin Goldberg, Promotions & Community Coordinator...... James Boyd Kat Klein, Patrick Mahoney, Will Morrison, Graphic Design Coordinator...... Lauren Calder Samantha Myers, Sarah Patterson, Evan Pott, Community Membership Margot Spanu, Padraig Sullivan, Dan Victor Coordinator...... Candelaria Silva-Collins Communications Associate...... Leah Reber Marketing Associate...... Clare Lockhart Co-op Student, Northeastern University.....Carla Mirabal Rodríguez
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PRODUCTION Paints Director of Production...... Todd D. Williams Charge Scenic Artist...... Kristin Krause Associate Director of Production...... Bethany Ford Assistant Charge Scenic Artist...... Romina Diaz-Brarda Production Office Assistant...... Juli Merhaut Scenic Artist...... Chelsey Erskin Stage Management Apprentice...... Jamie Carty Scenic Painting Apprentice...... Molly Hall Co-op Student, Northeastern University...... Rose Mancuso Costumes Scenery Costume Director...... Nancy Hamann Technical Director...... Dan Ramirez Assistant Costume Director...... Virginia V. Emerson Associate Technical Director...... Adam Godbout Costume Design Assistant...... Mary Lauve Assistant Technical Director...... Dan Oleksy Head Draper...... Anita Canzian Scene Shop Foreman...... Mike Hamer Draper...... Sarah Pak Master Carpenter...... Larry Dersch Costume Crafts Artisan/Dyer...... Denise M. Wallace-Spriggs Scenery Mechanic...... Jesse Washburn First Hand...... Rebecca Hylton Carpenters...... Andrew Cancellieri, Wardrobe Supervisor...... Christine Marr Milosz Gassan, Christian Lambrecht, Nick Hernon Associate Wardrobe Supervisor...... Barbara Crowther Carpenter/Scene Shop Assistant...... Carolyn Daitch Wigmaster...... Troy Siegfreid Calderwood Pavilion Stage Supervisor...... Rachael Hasse Huntington Avenue Theatre Electrics Stage Carpenter...... Joseph Fanning Lighting & Projections Supervisor...... Katherine Herzig Assistant Lighting Supervisor...... Bridget Collins Properties Calderwood Pavilion House Electrician...... Taylor Ness Properties Master...... Kristine Holmes Huntington Avenue Theatre Assistant Properties Master...... Justin Seward House Electrician...... Sean Baird Properties Artisan...... Ian Thorsell Properties Run...... Andrew DeShazo Sound Properties Apprentice...... Margot Adolphe Sound Supervisor...... Ben Emerson Sound Engineer...... J. Jumbelic Calderwood Pavilion Sound Engineer...... Jesse McKenzie Sound Apprentice...... Valentin Frank
Additional Staff for Fall
Dialect Coach...... Amelia Broome Shopper/Dresser...... Becca Jewett Assistant to the Director...... Billy Cowles Electricians...... Carmen Alfaro, Gifford Williams, Assistant to the Lighting Designer...... Gifford Williams Michael Jarvis, Kirt Kaminski, Kyle Blanchette, Carpenters...... Andrew Adamopolous, Patrick Goodsell Katie Hoolsema, Michaela Bocchino, Gabe Goldman, First Hand...... Katie Kenna Daniel Johnson-Carter, Austin Boyle Stitchers...... Luisa Earle, Becca Jewett
Special thanks to Alan Evans at Leica Store Boston
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 and choreographer are members 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
DOWNTOWN/THEATRE DISTRICT BLUE MAN GROUP, Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton St., 800-BLUE-MAN. Ongoing. This giddily subversive off- Broadway hit serves up outrageous and inventive theatre where three muted, blue-painted performers spoof both contemporary art and modern technology. Wry commentary and bemusing antics are matched only by the ingenious ways in which music and sound are created. MELON BABY: Relive all your favorite scenes from BORN FOR THIS, Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Trem- the classic film when the stage musical version of ont St., 617-824-8400. Jun 15–Jul 15. This family-friendly Dirty Dancing returns to Boston, June 13–17 at the new musical celebrates the incredible true story of six-time Boch Center’s Shubert Theatre. Grammy Award-winning artist Bebe Winans, recounting his rise to fame, struggle with the temptations of stardom and ultimate discovery of the things he values more. Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. May 4–Jun 2. Inspired by the true childhood experience of TV/film actor and social media COLD BLOOD, Astragales, Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 icon George Takei (Mr. Sulu on “Star Trek”), this East Coast Tremont St., 617-824-8400. May 30–Jun 3. Is there life before premiere tells the story of the Kimura family, whose lives are death? That’s the big question posed by the surprisingly funny upended when they and 120,000 other Japanese-Americans are and whimsical new show from the troupe behind Kiss & Cry. forced to leave their homes following the events at Pearl Harbor.
DIRTY DANCING, Boch Center, The Shubert Theatre, 265 Trem- ANOTHER ROLL OF THE DICE, The Boston Conservatory ont St., 866-348-9738. Jun 13–17. In the summer of 1963, Theater, 31 Hemenway St., 617-912-9222. Jun 7–10. Libret- 17-year-old Frances “Baby” Houseman becomes mesmerized tist Mark Saltzman’s new work consisting of three one-act by Johnny Castle, the resort dance instructor, while on vacation musicals reunites the songs of Frank Loesser with the stories in New York’s Catskill Mountains with her family. Baby’s life is of author Damon Runyon, the brilliant comic minds who gave about to change forever as she is thrown in at the deep end as rise to the legendary Guys and Dolls. Johnny’s leading lady both on-stage and off in this adaptation of the smash hit film. BROKELAHOMO!, Gold Dust Orphans, Theater Machine, 1254 Boylston St., 800-838-3006. Through May 27. Brokelahomo MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL, Emerson Colonial Theatre, is a town in trouble. Overrun by dirty, outlaw gays, the few 106 Boylston St., 888-616-0272. Jun 27–Aug 5. Experience law-abiding citizens left must spend their days dodging bullets, the sweeping grandeur of Paris’ most spectacular dance hall putting out church fires and fearing for their pet’s lives—that with this stage musical featuring many of the iconic songs from is, until a heterosexual is sent for. Enter Dusty Rhodes, the Baz Luhrmann’s Academy Award-winning film and new hits unlikely hero of this far-out parody set in the groovy 1880s. released since its premiere. Escape to a place of unparalleled extravagance where the stories of an ambitious, lovesick writer CALENDAR GIRLS, Greater Boston Stage Company, 395 Main and an entrancing chanteuse intertwine. St., Stoneham, 781-279-2200. May 31–Jun 17. Based on the true story of 11 English Ladies Club members who posed nude SHEAR MADNESS, Charles Playhouse Stage II, 74 Warrenton for a calendar to raise money for the Leukemia Research Fund, St., 617-426-5225. Ongoing. It’s a day like any other at the this delightful, heartfelt comedy is adapted from the 2003 film. Shear Madness salon, when suddenly the lady upstairs gets knocked off. Whodunit? Join the fun as the audience A CHORUS LINE, Reagle Music Theatre, 617 Lexington St., matches wits with the suspects to catch the killer in this Waltham, 781-891-5600. Jun 7–17. As a group of dancers wildly popular comedy. audition for the chance at realizing their Broadway dreams, the events that have shaped their lives are revealed in this Tony LOCAL/REGIONAL THEATRE Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning classic. ALLEGIANCE, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Roberts Studio The- COOKING WITH THE CALAMARI SISTERS, Regent Theatre, atre, Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the 7 Medford St., Arlington, 781-646-4849. Through May 20.
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PAULETTE’S BALLET STUDIO
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Another Roll of the Dice
Another Roll of the Dice reunites songwriter Frank Loesser and author Damon Runyon, the brilliant comic minds who gave rise to the legendary “See It and Cheer!” —NY Observer Broadway musical Guys and Dolls. A Japanese-American family must choose between duty and defiance in the days following June 7–10, 2018 Pearl Harbor in this soaring new musical based on the life of actor George Takei. N.E. premiere through June 2! Tickets: 617-912-9222 or bostonconservatory.berklee.edu/events 617-933-8600 • SpeakEasyStage.com
LYRIC STAGE
A Piece of My Heart ComingBy Shirly January Lauro 2018: : DirectedTHE by Nora LIAR Hussey By David Ives The true story of six courageous women sent to Vietnam andwellesleyrepertorytheatre.org their struggle to make sense of a The beloved tale of Oz revived war that irrevocably changed them. with a blast of Creole magic! May 31–June 24, 2018 May 18–June 24, 2018 Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre Lyric Stage • Copley Square 781-283-2000 617-585-5678 • lyricstage.com wellesleyrepertorytheatre.org
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Hilarity, delicious dishes and two over-the-top, plus-size Italian THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA McBRIDE, Greater Boston Stage sisters from Brooklyn take you on a tour-de-force of Italian, Company, 395 Main St., Stoneham, 781-279-2200. May 3–20. pop and show tunes and cuisine as they sing, dance, joke and How can an Elvis impersonator become a winning drag queen laugh through a very special cooking lesson. in the Florida Panhandle? With an empty bank account and pregnant wife, Casey’s going to have to answer that question THE DONKEY SHOW, American Repertory Theater, Oberon, 2 fast in this raucous comedy filled with music, snappy zingers Arrow St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. Ongoing. Bringing the and a unique brand of glamour. ultimate disco experience to Boston, this crazy circus of mirror balls, feathered divas, roller skaters and hustle queens tells LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, The Nora Theatre Company, the story of A Midsummer Night’s Dream through great ’70s Central Square Theater, 450 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, anthems you know by heart. 866-811-4111. May 31–Jul 1. In pre-Revolution France, two decadent, aristocratic ex-lovers conspire in drawing rooms and FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS, Playwrights’ Platform, Boston Play- boudoirs, swooping down on the innocent and naïve, and play- wrights’ Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Ave., 866-811-4111. fully keeping score of their depravity with delicious ribald wit in May 31–Jun 2. This 46th annual showcase of new, original this all-male production of Christopher Hampton’s drama. works features short plays by local playwrights, performed by Boston-area actors, with audience awards presented after LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION!, Zeitgeist Stage Company, each performance. Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Through May 19. In Terrence McNally’s Tony GAY SHORTS PART 2: WE ARE FAMILY, Open Theatre Project, Award winner for Best Play, eight gay male friends hash out Club Cafe, 209 Columbus Ave., 617-536-0966. May 23–Jun their passions, resentments and fears over the course of three 2. This evening of original short plays by, for and with LGTBQ summer weekends at a beautiful Dutchess County farmhouse. artists from all walks of life explores the ins and outs of LGTBQ Flirtations, infidelity, AIDS, truth-telling and soul-searching mix family life. questions about life and death with skinny-dipping and a wild dress rehearsal of Swan Lake in drag. HERITAGE HILLS NATURALS, Fresh Ink Theatre Company, Deane Hall, Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center MAME, North Shore Music Theatre, 62 Dunham Road, Beverly, for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. May 11–26. In an 978-232-7200. Jun 5–17. Follow the madcap adventures effort to avoid confronting her declining mental health, recent of everyone’s favorite auntie, Mame Dennis, and her adoring college graduate Lucilia volunteers a month of free labor to an nephew. Surrounded by an eccentric cast of characters, she organic farm in rural Georgia. There, she encounters ignorance celebrates the Roaring ’20s, overcomes tragedy and perse- bordering on racism, religious fanaticism and too-healthy veres through life with humor and style, all without missing a eating habits that force her to question whether escaping into fad or a dance step. a world of green living was really an escape at all. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, Theatre@First, Nathan Tufts I M POSSIBLE, Hibernian Hall, 184 Dudley St., Roxbury, 617- Park, Powder House Square, 850 Broadway, Somerville, 888- 541-3900. May 11–20. Juanita Peters’ true-to-life drama tells 874-7554. Jun 14–Jul 1. Shakespeare’s “sex, drugs, and rock the story of three young African-Canadian men—two brothers ’n’ roll” play involves two young couples who run away into the and a cousin—who emigrate from Nova Scotia to Massachu- woods of Athens and encounter the fairy kingdom. Wacky, magi- setts and New York seeking economic opportunity, recounting cal, mischief and love triangles abound in this canonical work, their journey from the 1920s into the 1940s. presented in a site-specific, outdoor production.
JAGGED LITTLE PILL, American Repertory Theater, Loeb Drama THE NETHER, Flat Earth Theatre, Black Box Theater, The Center, 64 Brattle St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. May 5–Jul Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal 15. Based on the 1995 album that established Canadian singer- St., Watertown, 617-923-8487. Jun 8–23. In Jennifer Haley’s songwriter and Grammy Award winner Alanis Morissette as an science fiction crime drama tackling the impact of technology alternative rock icon, this world premiere musical directed by Di- on human relationships, identity and desire, The Nether is an ane Paulus (Waitress, Finding Neverland, Pippin) features a book immersive online wonderland controlled by the mysterious by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (Juno). “Papa.” When Detective Morris investigates Papa’s dealings, however, she uncovers a series of darkly unsettling acts which LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, Riverside Theatre Works, 45 Fairmount throw morality, the law and human nature itself into question. Ave., Hyde Park, 800-838-3006. May 11–20. In this Tony Award-winning, smash hit musical, Georges and Albin, two OUR TOWN, The Footlight Club, 7A Eliot St., Jamaica Plain, men partnered for better-or-worse, get a bit of both when 617-524-3200. Jun 1–16. Narrated by a stage manager and Georges son announces his impending marriage to the daugh- performed with minimal props and sets, audiences follow the ter of an ultra-conservative politician. Further complicating the Webb and Gibbs families of the small town of Grover’s Corners situation, Albin and Georges run a drag nightclub in St. Tropez, as their children fall in love, marry and eventually—in one of where Albin is the star performer Zaza. the most famous scenes in American theatre—die.
THE LAST ACT, Israeli Stage, Martin Hall, Stanford Calderwood A PIECE OF MY HEART, Wellesley Repertory Theatre, Ruth Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., Nagel Jones Theatre, 106 Central St., Wellesley, 781-283- 617-933-8600. May 18–Jun 1. “Theatre should be dangerous, 2000. May 31–Jun 24. Shirley Lauro’s drama presents the or else it should not be!” snarls Gilly in this fiery, sexy drama true stories of six courageous women sent to Vietnam and that examines the Palestinian-Israel conflict through the lens of their struggle to make sense of a war that irrevocably changed Strindberg’s Miss Julie. them and a nation that shunned them.
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THE PLAGUE, Praxis Stage, Dorchester Art Project, 1486 such hits as “Ease on Down the Road,” “A Brand New Day” Dorchester Ave., Dorchester, praxisstage.com, May 11–20; and “Home”—combines fairy-tale glamour with street smarts Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Ave., to make a classic fantasy relevant for today. 866-811-4111, May 23–27. This U.S. premiere presents Neil Bartlett’s adaptation of Albert Camus’ La Peste, a timely, haunt- THE WOMEN WHO MAPPED THE STARS, The Nora Theatre ing and ultimately uplifting allegorical piece that was a hit at Company and Catalyst Collaborative@MIT, Central Square London’s Arcola Theatre last year. Theater, 450 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 866-811- 4111. Through May 20. In the late 1800s at Harvard College POLKADOTS: THE COOL KIDS MUSICAL, Create. Inspire. Observatory, “computers”—women employed for half a man’s Change. Theater Company, Plaza Black Box Theatre, Boston salary to analyze astronomic data—discover that the universe Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Jun 7–9. is larger than we ever dreamed. This thrilling world premiere When 8-year-old Lily Polkadot moves to the “squares only” presents the story of five women who changed the way town of Rockaway, she faces discrimination and bullying astronomers saw the universe—from scientist to scientist and until she meets a shy square boy whose curious about Lily’s generation to generation. polkadot-covered skin blossoms into an unexpected friendship.
RAGTIME, Trinity Repertory Company, Chace Theater, Lederer DANCE Theater Center, 201 Washington St., Providence, R.I., 401-351- CLASSIC BALANCHINE, Boston Ballet, Boston Opera House, 4242. Through May 27. Based on E.L. Doctorow’s celebrated 539 Washington St., 617-695-6955. May 17–Jun 9. Experi- novel, the Tony Award-winning musical reflects America at the ence three of the master’s iconic works: Chaconne, Prodigal turn of the 20th century—where optimism and possibility are Son and Stravinsky Violin Concerto. as prevalent as burgeoning racial and social volatility. The lives of an upper-class white mother, a Jewish immigrant and a bold LA SYLPHIDE, Boston Ballet, Boston Opera House, 539 Washing- African American musician from Harlem intersect in ways that ton St., 617-695-6955. May 24–Jun 10. August Bournonville’s profoundly affect their families’ fates. romantic masterpiece—soft, light, ethereal and heartbreak- ing—tellis the tale of a young Scotsman who gives up every- ROCKABYE, Two Sharp Quills, Black Box Theater, The Dorothy thing for the love of a beautiful but unattainable wood sprite. and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown, 617-923-8487. May 18 & 19. In this new dramatic THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, Boston Ballet, Boston Opera House, comedy exploring the definition of family in the 21st century 539 Washington St., 617-695-6955. May 11–19. This quintes- and the longing of the LGBTQ community to build one, a young sential production of the coming-of-age fairy tale features woman agrees to become a gestational surrogate for two gay Tchaikovsky’s soaring music, sumptuous costumes, superla- men in Boston. Together they share the humor and challenges tive dancing, the triumph of good over evil and the power of a of the surrogacy process. single kiss.
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET, Theater UnCorked, First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden St., OPERA Cambridge, 978-549-7354. Jun 2. This special concert DIVAS, OperaHub and DIVA Museum, Plaza Theatre, Boston production of Stephen Sondheim’s musical thriller presents Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Jun the tale of a revenge-minded barber and his accomplice, 21–30. This world premiere play with opera music finds nine Mrs. Lovett, who dispose of their rivals in bloody fashion, great opera divas from across three centuries locked together then bake them into pies to sell to the unwitting denizens of in the afterlife, pitted against each other to fight for the soul Victorian London. of the artform. Packed with incredible true stories, sumptuous fashion and gorgeous music, this hilarious and poignant TOP GIRLS, Huntington Theatre Company, Huntington Avenue showcase asks: What is the power of opera, and can women Theatre, 264 Huntington Ave., 617-266-0800. Through harness it to new ends? May 20. In Caryl Churchill’s groundbreaking masterpiece, career-driven Marlene has just landed the top job at a London DON GIOVANNI, NEMPAC Opera Project, The Great Hall, Fa- employment agency over a male colleague. To celebrate, she neuil Hall, 1 Faneuil Hall Square, 617-227-2270. Jun 21 & 23. hosts a lavish dinner with a group of famous and adventurous Mozart’s tragi-comic masterpiece, based his on the legends historical women who cheer the successes and bemoan the of fictional libertine and serial seducer Don Juan, presents the sacrifices required to be a “top girl” in a man’s world. story of a predatory philanderer consumed entirely by his own desires that leaves havoc in his wake. TWO JEWS WALK INTO A WAR…, New Repertory Theatre, Charles Mosesian Theater, The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian TROUBLE IN TAHITI, Boston Lyric Opera, DCR Steriti Memo- Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown, 617-923-8487. rial Rink, 561 Commercial St., 617-542-6772. May 11–20. Through May 20. What do you do if you’re the last two Jews With a little white house in the suburbs, Sam and Dinah are in Afghanistan? You re-write the Torah, of course! Ishaq and the perfect picture of a young couple in the 1950s—and Zeblyan are on a mission to save Judaism in Kabul by rebuild- they are both desperately unhappy. Leonard Bernstein’s ing their synagogue and keeping the faith alive, but only if they clever and cutting libretto matched with his jazz-infused don’t kill each other first. score punctuates a candid and profound portrait of a couple longing for love and intimacy amidst the American dream, THE WIZ, Lyric Stage Company, 140 Clarendon St., 617- which is performed in conjunction with Bernstein’s Arias & 585-5678. May 18–Jun 24 . This soulful retelling of L. Frank Barcarolles, a poignant rumination on marriage, life and the Baum’s beloved The Wonderful Wizard of Oz—which features nature of love.
HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 41 CITYPLACE, On Stuart Street between Tremont and S. Charles BOSTON streets in the State Transportation Building. Enjoy handcrafted beers at Rock Bottom Brewery, delicious treats from Panera Bread and gourmet Chinese at P.F. Chang’s as well as specialty pizzas, custom burritos and coffee from Starbucks and Dunkin DINING Donuts. 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 GUIDE 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 L–Lunch • D–Dinner • B–Breakfast dwellers and hotel guests to an energetic and social nightlife C–Cocktails • VP–Valet Parking scene in the heart of Boston. B 6:30–11 a.m., L 11:30 a.m.–3 SB–Sunday Brunch • LS–Late Supper p.m., D 5–11 p.m., SB 10 a.m.–3 p.m. clinkrestaurant.com.
DAVIO’S NORTHERN ITALIAN STEAKHOUSE, 75 Arlington St., 49 SOCIAL, 49 Temple Pl., 617-338-9600. This eclectic bar 617-357-4810. This Boston institution is located in Park Square, and restaurant at Downtown Crossing serves refined modern within walking distance to all theatres. The Northern Italian American cuisine. The seasonal dinner menu draws inspiration steakhouse menu includes a selection of homemade pastas and from around the globe while also incorporating ingredients Brandt meats (aged New York sirloin, Niman Ranch pork chop, from local New England farms. D, C. 49social.com. Provini porterhouse veal chop), as well as Davio’s classics and selection of fresh seafood, before or after the theatre. Enjoy a ARAGOSTA BAR & BISTRO, Three Battery Wharf, 617-994- lighter fare menu in the spacious bar and parlor area. D Sun–Tue 9001. This addition to Boston’s vibrant waterfront restaurant 5–10 p.m., Wed–Sat ’til 11 p.m.; LS Sun–Tue ’til 11 p.m., Wed– community offers a new take on Italian cuisine by award-win- Sat ’til midnight; L Mon–Fri, SB 11 a.m.–3 p.m. VP. davios.com. ning chef David Daniels who shows his signature flair through hand-made pastas, prime meats and classic New England FAJITAS & ’RITAS, 25 West St., 617-426-1222. Established in seafood. Using quality, local farm-raised ingredients, Aragosta 1989, Fajitas & ’Ritas is an easygoing restaurant and bar that offers a warm, social atmosphere in a stunning waterfront features fresh, healthy Texan and barbecue cuisine at bargain setting. Also offering an open kitchen with Chef’s Counter and prices. An all-around fun place to eat, drink and hang out, the an outdoor terrace. B, L, D. Mon–Sun 6:30 a.m.–10 p.m.; Sat & walls are decorated with colorful murals and the bar boasts SB 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m. aragostabistro.com. 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 AVENUE ONE RESTAURANT, Hyatt Regency, One Avenue de p.m.; Sun ’til 8 p.m. C. fajitasandritas.com. Lafayette, 617-912-1234. Located in the heart of the Theatre District, Avenue One restaurant and lounge serves contemporary THE HUNGRY I, 71½ Charles St., 617-227-3524. In a two- New England cuisine in a relaxed atmosphere. Enjoy a refreshing story townhouse with three working fireplaces and an outdoor cocktail, three-course prix fixe dinner or a delectable dessert. patio, Chef Peter Ballarin celebrates 30 years of French coun- Discounted parking available. B 6:30–11:30 a.m., L noon–3 p.m., try cuisine and creative desserts. Signature dishes include D 5–10 p.m. C, VP regencyboston.hyatt.com. venison au poivre and braised rabbit a la moutard. Private dining rooms available. L, D, SB, C. hungryiboston.com. BACK DECK, 2 West St. (corner of Washington), 617-670- 0320. With three deck spaces and a menu of grill-focused JASPER WHITE’S SUMMER SHACK, 50 Dalton St., 617-867- favorites, Back Deck invites everyone to gather around patio 9955; 149 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge, 617-520-9500. tables and chairs for a charcoal-cooked meal and backyard- Enjoy top-notch seafood such as pan-roasted lobster, award- inspired cocktails. Its ambiance brings the outdoors inside with winning fried chicken and an impressive raw bar in a casual floor-to-ceiling open windows, carriage lighting, lush green setting. L, D. summershackrestaurant.com. planters, glazed brick and an open kitchen. Drawing inspiration from a roof deck, this restaurant is the ultimate urban retreat. LEGAL SEA FOODS, 558 Washington St., 617-692-8888; 26 L, D, Sat & SB, C. BackDeckBoston.com. Park Plaza, Park Square Motor Mart, 617-426-4444; 255 State St., Long Wharf, 617-227-3115; Copley Place, 100 Huntington BLU, 4 Avery St., 617-375-8550. Located in the heart of the Ave., 617-266-7775; 270 Northern Ave., Liberty Wharf, Theatre District next door to the Ritz Carlton on the fourth floor, 617-477-2900; other locations. Legal Sea Foods, a Boston blu Restaurant and Bar is celebrating its 15th anniversary tradition for more than 50 years, features more than 40 variet- with a feast for the senses. Its contemporary American menu ies of fresh fish and shellfish as well as an award-winning includes the all-time favorite lobster club. Featuring spec- wine list. Named “Boston’s Most Popular Restaurant” (Zagat tacular floor-to-ceiling windows, blu is perfect for a pre-show 2010/2011). L & D. legalseafoods.com. dinner, corporate events, weddings, cocktail receptions and private dining. L Mon–Fri 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m., D Mon–Sat MASSIMINO’S CUCINA ITALIANA, 207 Endicott St., 617-523- 5–10 p.m. blurestaurant.com. 5959. Owner/chef Massimino—former head chef of Naples’
42 FALL BOSTON DINING GUIDE (continued) “MAGIC 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 HAPPENS.” delights. L, D, C. Sun–Thu 11 a.m.–10 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 11 p.m. massiminosboston.com. - LE DEVOIR
MERITAGE RESTAURANT + WINE BAR, Boston Harbor Hotel, 70 Rowes Wharf, 617-439-3995. Known for its excellence in wine and food pairings, Meritage enters a new era with an TICKETS exciting transformation featuring a stylish, refined dining room, sophisticated wine bar and the addition of two new private START AT dining rooms overlooking Boston Harbor. To complement the bold and elegant interiors, Chef Daniel Bruce has introduced a $20! unique vineyard-to-table menu. D Tue–Sat 5–10 p.m., SB 10 a.m.–2 p.m. C, VP. meritagetherestaurant.com.
PARKER’S RESTAURANT, Omni Parker House, 60 School St. at Tremont Street, 617-725-1600. Executive chef Gerry Tice celebrates nostalgic cuisine with a contemporary flair at Parker’s Restaurant, the birthplace of Boston Cream Pie, the 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 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 Wharf, 617-856-7744. Rowes Wharf Sea Grille delivers the sea straight to your table. Enjoy power breakfasts and lunches followed by a vibrant after-work cocktail and dinner scene. The A delightful new enchantment of sunlight-filled dining room or seasonal outdoor terrace is an stagecraft and cinema from the ideal spot for a leisurely lunch or special date night. B 6:30–11 makers of Kiss & Cry. 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.
RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE, 45 School St., 617-742-8401. At Ruth’s Chris Steak House, each steak is hand-selected from the top 2% of the country’s beef, broiled to perfection at 1,800 degrees and served in the restaurant’s signature style—on a sizzling, 500-degree plate so every bite stays hot and deli- COLD cious. Located at Old City Hall, Ruth’s Chris also features fresh seafood, an award-winning wine list and a gracious environ- ment with warm hospitality. L, D, C. ruthschris.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 BLOOD Cafe: B, L, D, Sat & SB. The Lounge: L, D, C. The Bar: L, D, C. tajhotels.com/boston. Astragales
TOP OF THE HUB, 800 Boylston St., Prudential Center, 617-536-1775. Located 52 stories above the city, Top of MAY 30 - JUN 3 the Hub is Boston’s special occasion favorite. With upscale American cuisine, live entertainment nightly, a spectacular EMERSON CUTLER MAJESTIC THEATRE view and romantic atmosphere, Top of the Hub promises a unique experience for both visitors and native Bostonians alike. L, D, C, SB. topofthehub.net. ARTSEMERSON.ORG 617.824.8400 YE OLDE UNION OYSTER HOUSE, 41 Union St., 617-227- 2750. America’s oldest restaurant, now celebrating 191 years, serves Yankee-style seafood, beef and chicken, and is famed for the oyster bar where Daniel Webster dined daily. Specialties include clam chowder and fresh lobster. L & D Sun–Thu 11 a.m.–9:30 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 10 p.m. C ’til midnight. unionoysterhouse.com.
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Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse ometimes an evening out can get derailed by and tomato sauce and hand-rolled potato gnocchi; the simplest of debates—for example, Ital- modern Italian cuisine like lobster risotto or Sian food or steak? Luckily, Bostonians have grilled center cut veal rib chop with creamy the perfect answer to this particular dilemma— potatoes, asparagus and vintage port sauce; and Back Bay favorite Davio’s Northern hearty meat dishes like grilled Niman Italian Steakhouse, which combines Ranch pork chop or the seared Atlantic the bold flavors of a superior Italian DAVIO’S salmon. At lunchtime, Davio’s also 75 Arlington St. eatery with the class, sophistication 617-357-4810 boasts a selection of gourmet pizzas and unmistakable flair of a classic Refer to Dining Guide, and panini filled with everything from upscale steakhouse. page 42 wild mushrooms to prosciutto. Diners at Davio’s can begin their By night, Davio’s delivers every- meal with a selection from a superb thing you expect from a top-notch Davio’s delivers wine list that earned the eatery an “ steakhouse. Whether you opt for the Award of Excellence from Wine Spec- everything you center cut filet mignon or natural aged tator magazine in 2017, or dive right expect from a top- New York sirloin, these mighty, meaty into a wide array of antipasti. From cuts of beef come cooked to perfec- the bold taste of Davio’s Kobe beef notch steakhouse. tion. Enjoy them with a la carte meatballs to the restaurant’s trademark sides ranging from steakhouse faves Philly cheese steak spring rolls, from ”like creamy mashed potatoes, grilled salads like the arugula with shaved parmigiano and asparagus and crispy onion rings to Mediterranean- lemon olive oil to the baby iceberg with bacon, toma- influenced treats likebaked eggplant with fresh toes, onions, croutons and herbed buttermilk dressing, mozzarella or the special spinach alla Romana. guests will find something distinctive and delicious Located just blocks from both the fabulous to kick off their dining experience. shopping on Newbury and Boylston streets and From there, Davio’s diverse entrees take the first-rate entertainment of the Theatre Dis- center stage: diners can sample tempting pasta trict, Davio’s is a prime spot for either a night on dishes like tagliatelle with braised veal, beef, pork the town or simply lunch with friends.
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Top of the Hub ining in a room perched at one of Mays old fashioned. Given the encyclopedic the highest points in the city can be wine list, it would be a grievous oversight not Dthrilling, yet at Top of the Hub the to point out that Top of the Hub has won Wine spectacular view is merely an appetizer Spectator’s coveted Award of Excel- for an evening of fine food, drink and lence multiple times, offering wines entertainment. And while the vista TOP OF THE HUB by the bottle, half-bottle and in large may not change, the restaurant contin- 800 Boylston St. format—not to mention the dozens of ues to evolve, not only offering season- Prudential Center vintages available by the glass. 617-536-1775 ally and regionally inspired dishes, but Refer to Dining Guide, For those looking to make an also an exciting new lounge menu that page 43 entire evening out of their Top of the makes the expansive bar area an even Hub experience, the aforementioned more welcoming destination for a The lounge menu lounge victuals make for a perfect special night on the town. “ prelude to the eatery’s nightly live The kitchen at Top of the Hub offers a perfect music performances. Sandwiches, continues to turn out a wide array prelude to the soups, salads, flatbreads, oysters and of fresh seafood—from appetizers shareable platters (charcuterie and like the grilled baby octopus and nightly live music. cheese or pork belly banh mi sliders, exquisitely creamy lobster bisque to anyone?) are highlights for smaller hearty entrées like the North Atlantic ” appetites, while more substantial swordfish served with quinoa, red lentils, brocco- dishes including New England fish & chips, duck lini, baby clams and saffron-braised fennel—as confit crispy chicken breast, spaghettini with white well as Instagram-worthy indulgences like the clam sauce and seared Georges Bank scallops are perfectly cooked, nearly fork-tender grilled filet featured as well. mignon. Speaking of indulgences, the bar also Whether you need a pre-theater stopover, mixes it up with creative, refreshing cocktails a place to celebrate a special occasion or a such as the blueberry mojito crafted with wild memorable spot to spend time with that special Maine blueberries and classics like the Clyde someone, Top of the Hub has you covered.
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