Concert, Performance
Produced by Arktype
In Cooperation with the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation
Composed by Bryce Dessner
Libretto by Korde Arrington Tuttle
Featuring Words by Essex Hemphill and Patti Smith
Featuring Roomful of Teeth
With Alicia Hall Moran and Isaiah Robinson
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in association with Celebrity Series of Boston
Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre
October 30 – November 3, 2019
A performance by the amazing vocal octet Roomful of Teeth featuring photographs by the late Robert Mapplethorpe.
Trayf
Play (2018)
by Lindsay Joelle
Directed by Celine Rosenthal
A New England Premiere
New Repertory Theater
Mosesian Center for the Arts
Watertown, MA
October 12 – November 3, 2019
A comedy about two young Hasidic Jewish guys in New York.
Pagliacci
Opera (1892)
Music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Conductor: David Angus
Boston Lyric Opera
Steriti Memorial Rink
North End, Boston
September 27 – October 6, 2019
A circus-like festival production of the brief opera classic.
Passengers
Play, Dance, Performance, Circus
The 7 Fingers
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Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre
Theater district, Boston
September 25 – October 13, 2019
A wonderfully choreographed compendium of dance, acrobatics and other circus treats by the smallish (but growing) noted Montreal-based circus.
Nixon’s Nixon
Play (2006)
by Russell Lees
Directed by Elaine Vaan Hogue
New Repertory Theatre
Mosesian Center for the Arts
321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA
September 14 – October 6, 2019
A beautifully acted two-person play about Nixon and Kissinger on Nixon’s last night in office.