FASCINATING UNTOLD STORY OF ARTHUR MILLER BY BERNARD WEINRAUB DIRECTED BY PETER FALL DUBOIS MAY 18-JUNE 16 SOUTH END CALDERWOOD PAVILION AT THE BCA NEW ENGLAND’S BEST VIEW BOSTON’S MOST ROMANTIC FINE DINING EXPERIENCE BRUNCH LUNCH COCKTAILS DINNER ND FLOOR OF PRUDENTIAL TOWER TOPOFTHEHUB.NET CALL: CONTENTS MAY–JUNE2018 7 THE PROGRAM 10 DOWN SYNDROME, THEN AND NOW 12 BEFORE THE PLAY PLUS: 04 Backstage by Olivia J. Kiers 10 Nile Hawver 14 About the Company 34 Patron Services 35 Emergency Exits 38 Guide to Local Theatre 42 Boston Dining Guide 44 Dining Out: Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse 46 Dining Out: Top of the Hub 12 theatrebill STAFF Publishing services are provided by Theatrebill, a pub- lication of New Venture Media Group LLC, publisher of President/Publisher: Tim Montgomery Panorama: The Official Guide to Boston, 560 Harrison Ave., Suite 412, Boston, MA 02118, 857-366-8131. Art Director: Scott Roberto Associate Art Director: Laura Jarvis Assistant Editor: Olivia J. 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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 & Visit us where it all began more than 30 years ago in Boston. At Davio's, It's All About the Guest. For reservations please call 617.357.4810 HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY AVENUE OF THE ARTS & SOUTH END Scenic Design PETER DUBOIS Brandon McNeel NORMA JEAN CALDERWOOD ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FALL Directedby by Peter DuBois MICHAEL MASO Original Music & Sound Design Bernard Weinraub MANAGING DIRECTOR Alaine Alldaffer Casting John Gromada Costume Design Ilona Somogyi In association with Todd Black, Steve Tisch, and Escape Artists Productions Production Stage Manager Kevin Schlagle Projection Design Zachary Borovay Lighting Design Philip Rosenberg Developed with the support of New York Stage and Film and Vassar’s Powerhouse Season, Summer 2014 Stage Manager Jeremiah Mullane 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. This approval sets in motion a gathering spaces, an expansive donation by commercial developers second floor lobby that will double QMG Huntington LLC of the historic as an event space and intimate Huntington Avenue Theatre and performance venue, and more its support wing to the Huntington restrooms! The Huntington will Theatre Company for its ownership expand its programming to provide in perpetuity.