The Pirates of Penzance

May 22, 2013
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Operetta (1879)
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
New adaptation by Sean Graney, Kevin O’Donnell
A production by The Hypocrites
American Repertory Theatre
Harvard Square
Cambridge, MA
May 10 – June 2, 2013
A infectiously rambunctious version of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic, abbreviated, but still seeming full, and done with musicality and stageworthiness by a troupe wielding guitars, banjos, ukeleles, spoons, washboards, and lots of beach balls.

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On The Town

May 18, 2013
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Musical (1944)
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Copley Square, Boston, MA
May 10 – June 8, 2013
The classic early Bernstein-Robbins-Comden-Green World War II musical about three sailors on a 24 hour leave in New York City, done with energy and style.

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Amadeus

May 17, 2013
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Play (1979)
by Peter Shaffer
Directed by Jim Petosa
New Repertory Theatre
Arsenal Center for the Arts
Watertown, MA
April 28 – May 26, 2013
An engaging account of the drama about Mozart and his fellow composer and jealous nemesis, Antonio Salieri, depicted with sardonic abandon by noted Boston actor, director and impresario Benjamin Evett.

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In The Heights

May 16, 2013
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Musical (2005)
Music and lyrics by
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Book by Quiara Alegría Hudes
Speakeasy Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
Boston, MA
May 10 – June 16, 2013
A lively and engaging rendition of the Tony winning Broadway musical about Washington Heights, a dominantly Hispanic neighborhood in northern Manhattan.

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Tappin’ Thru Life: An Evening With Maurice Hines

May 15, 2013
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Jazz, Vocals, Dance
ArtsEmerson
Emerson Majestic Theater
Boston, MA
May 14 – 19, 2013
A fabulous evening of popular song, big band sound, and tap dancing – some of it wild and crazy – led by Maurice Hines, the now 70ish Broadway star and elder brother of the late tap dancing phenom Gregory Hines.

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The Great Gatsby

May 10, 2013
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Film (2013)
Directed by Baz Luhrmann
Screenplay by Baz Luhrmann and
Craig Pearce
Based on the novel by
F. Scott Fitzgerald
With Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire
A lot of visual effects in 3D supersede the psychological ones in this lollapalooza production that is more likely to interest CGI fans than literary ones.

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Pericles

May 4, 2013
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Play (1608)
by William Shakespeare
(and George Wilkins?)
Directed by Allyn Burrows
Actors’ Shakespeare Project
The Modern Theatre
at Suffolk University
Boston, MA
April 17 – May 12, 2013
An energetic account of the little performed Shakespearean et al collaboration, the subject of which is a different Pericles than the famous 5th century Athenian one.

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Kon Tiki

May 3, 2013
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Film (2012)
Directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg
Screenplay by Petter Skavlan
A sweepingly epic treatment of the pioneering journey from Peru to the South Seas by Thor Heyerdahl and crew in 1947.

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