Performing ArtsLive Theater Returns With A Bang And A Big Heart In Gloucester Stage's 'Tiny Beautiful Things'Celeste Oliva leads an excellent quartet of actors in an adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's book.The ARTeryJun 17, 2021'They Are Blaming Us': Contract Fight Threatens Springfield Symphony Orchestra SeasonThe SSO, touted as Massachusetts' largest symphony outside Boston, faces many financial challenges, according to its board. And they say the problems existed well before the pandemic.PlayThe ARTery04:26Jun 11, 2021In 'Alice In Rainbowland,' LGBTQIA+ Artists Send A Message With MovementIn the A.R.T.’s virtual show, dance is the medium by which the classic story of a girl tumbling through a rabbit hole is transformed into a space that holds and...The ARTeryJun 8, 2021Arlekin Players' 'ChekhovOS' Is An Experimental Deconstruction Of 'The Cherry Orchard'Director Igor Golyak’s vision combines film, live performance and gaming in his latest attempt to create a new theatrical form that could best serve a contemporary, global audience living through...The ARTeryMay 27, 2021Former Medfield State Hospital Is Transforming Into A Cultural HubStill in the early stages, plans are to revive the property with a mix of indoor and outdoor performing arts and education venues, and even a culinary arts center. The ARTeryMay 21, 2021Abilities Dance Debuts A Reimagined, Inclusive 'Firebird' BalletThe ballet, choreographed by Abilities Dance founder Ellice Patterson, will be livestreamed from the Wimberly Theatre at the Calderwood Pavilion May 14-15.The ARTeryMay 13, 2021¡Oh Mama! Melinda Lopez And Joel Perez Cook Up Some Virtual Love For The HuntingtonThe two playwright-actors are a pair of siblings in "Black Bean Project."The ARTeryMay 11, 2021Viola Davis Accepts Hasty Pudding 'Woman Of The Year' AwardHarvard's Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the oldest theatrical organization in the U.S., honored Viola Davis as its 71st “Woman of the Year” on April 23.The ARTeryApr 23, 2021Dael Orlandersmith's Wrenching Return To Ferguson, Via Merrimack Repertory TheatreMaiesha McQueen masterfully captures the playwright's empathy for all her characters in the one-woman show "Until the Flood."The ARTeryApr 23, 2021A Spring Season That Beckons, Even If Theaters Aren't Quite Ready To ReopenWhile most of the offerings remain virtual, there are still intriguing theatrical and theater-related options in April and May.The ARTeryMar 31, 2021Almost 100 Years Old, The Huntington Theatre Gets A Fresh RestorationThe theater has not seen a change of this magnitude since it first opened in 1925. The construction process is expected to last 16 months.The ARTeryMar 25, 2021From Soap Operas To Symphony Streams, This Director Has Been 'Bonkers' Busy Filming The BSO During The PandemicFrom pieces by Beethoven to Dvorak, Stravinsky and Copland, director Habib Azar has overseen 13 of the 15 on-demand "BSO NOW" programs this season.The ARTeryMar 25, 2021BSO Announces Return Of In-Person Audiences At Tanglewood Music FestivalThe orchestra will be returning to its Lenox venue July 9 through August 16, marking the its return to in-person performances since March of 2020. The ARTeryMar 19, 2021James Levine Dies At 77, Leaving Behind A Complicated LegacyThe longtime music and artistic director of the Metropolitan Opera and music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra died on March 9, after multiple illnesses and accidents and a career-halting...The ARTeryMar 18, 2021James Levine, Who Ruled Over Met Opera And Boston Symphony, Dead At Age 77Levine died March 9 in Palm Springs, California, of natural causes, his physician of 17 years, Dr. Len Horovitz, said Wednesday.The ARTeryMar 17, 2021My Lunches With Howard — The Wit And Wisdom Of Howard ZinnARTery critic-at-large Ed Siegel recalls Howard Zinn's mentorship -- and friendship.The ARTeryMar 15, 2021Esther Nelson, Who Took Opera Beyond The Stage, Set To Leave The Boston Lyric OperaNelson was the first leader in BLO’s history to hold both the top artistic and top operational titles. The ARTeryMar 10, 2021New Arts Nonprofit And Performance Venue Announced For Kendall SquareGlobal Arts Live and BioMed Realty have partnered to launch 585 Arts, which will be housed in a planned 16-story laboratory and office building.The ARTeryMar 10, 2021Mass. Cultural Sector Pegs Pandemic Losses At $588 MillionAccording to the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the losses are tied to 981 cultural organizations in the state, as well as nearly 3,000 individuals.The ARTeryMar 9, 2021'A Brimful of Asha' Is A Barrelful Of Good Cheer About Generational Conflict At ArtsEmersonA playwright brings his mother on stage to talk about arranged marriages.The ARTeryMar 8, 2021Next Page
Live Theater Returns With A Bang And A Big Heart In Gloucester Stage's 'Tiny Beautiful Things'Celeste Oliva leads an excellent quartet of actors in an adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's book.The ARTeryJun 17, 2021
'They Are Blaming Us': Contract Fight Threatens Springfield Symphony Orchestra SeasonThe SSO, touted as Massachusetts' largest symphony outside Boston, faces many financial challenges, according to its board. And they say the problems existed well before the pandemic.PlayThe ARTery04:26Jun 11, 2021
In 'Alice In Rainbowland,' LGBTQIA+ Artists Send A Message With MovementIn the A.R.T.’s virtual show, dance is the medium by which the classic story of a girl tumbling through a rabbit hole is transformed into a space that holds and...The ARTeryJun 8, 2021
Arlekin Players' 'ChekhovOS' Is An Experimental Deconstruction Of 'The Cherry Orchard'Director Igor Golyak’s vision combines film, live performance and gaming in his latest attempt to create a new theatrical form that could best serve a contemporary, global audience living through...The ARTeryMay 27, 2021
Former Medfield State Hospital Is Transforming Into A Cultural HubStill in the early stages, plans are to revive the property with a mix of indoor and outdoor performing arts and education venues, and even a culinary arts center. The ARTeryMay 21, 2021
Abilities Dance Debuts A Reimagined, Inclusive 'Firebird' BalletThe ballet, choreographed by Abilities Dance founder Ellice Patterson, will be livestreamed from the Wimberly Theatre at the Calderwood Pavilion May 14-15.The ARTeryMay 13, 2021
¡Oh Mama! Melinda Lopez And Joel Perez Cook Up Some Virtual Love For The HuntingtonThe two playwright-actors are a pair of siblings in "Black Bean Project."The ARTeryMay 11, 2021
Viola Davis Accepts Hasty Pudding 'Woman Of The Year' AwardHarvard's Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the oldest theatrical organization in the U.S., honored Viola Davis as its 71st “Woman of the Year” on April 23.The ARTeryApr 23, 2021
Dael Orlandersmith's Wrenching Return To Ferguson, Via Merrimack Repertory TheatreMaiesha McQueen masterfully captures the playwright's empathy for all her characters in the one-woman show "Until the Flood."The ARTeryApr 23, 2021
A Spring Season That Beckons, Even If Theaters Aren't Quite Ready To ReopenWhile most of the offerings remain virtual, there are still intriguing theatrical and theater-related options in April and May.The ARTeryMar 31, 2021
Almost 100 Years Old, The Huntington Theatre Gets A Fresh RestorationThe theater has not seen a change of this magnitude since it first opened in 1925. The construction process is expected to last 16 months.The ARTeryMar 25, 2021
From Soap Operas To Symphony Streams, This Director Has Been 'Bonkers' Busy Filming The BSO During The PandemicFrom pieces by Beethoven to Dvorak, Stravinsky and Copland, director Habib Azar has overseen 13 of the 15 on-demand "BSO NOW" programs this season.The ARTeryMar 25, 2021
BSO Announces Return Of In-Person Audiences At Tanglewood Music FestivalThe orchestra will be returning to its Lenox venue July 9 through August 16, marking the its return to in-person performances since March of 2020. The ARTeryMar 19, 2021
James Levine Dies At 77, Leaving Behind A Complicated LegacyThe longtime music and artistic director of the Metropolitan Opera and music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra died on March 9, after multiple illnesses and accidents and a career-halting...The ARTeryMar 18, 2021
James Levine, Who Ruled Over Met Opera And Boston Symphony, Dead At Age 77Levine died March 9 in Palm Springs, California, of natural causes, his physician of 17 years, Dr. Len Horovitz, said Wednesday.The ARTeryMar 17, 2021
My Lunches With Howard — The Wit And Wisdom Of Howard ZinnARTery critic-at-large Ed Siegel recalls Howard Zinn's mentorship -- and friendship.The ARTeryMar 15, 2021
Esther Nelson, Who Took Opera Beyond The Stage, Set To Leave The Boston Lyric OperaNelson was the first leader in BLO’s history to hold both the top artistic and top operational titles. The ARTeryMar 10, 2021
New Arts Nonprofit And Performance Venue Announced For Kendall SquareGlobal Arts Live and BioMed Realty have partnered to launch 585 Arts, which will be housed in a planned 16-story laboratory and office building.The ARTeryMar 10, 2021
Mass. Cultural Sector Pegs Pandemic Losses At $588 MillionAccording to the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the losses are tied to 981 cultural organizations in the state, as well as nearly 3,000 individuals.The ARTeryMar 9, 2021
'A Brimful of Asha' Is A Barrelful Of Good Cheer About Generational Conflict At ArtsEmersonA playwright brings his mother on stage to talk about arranged marriages.The ARTeryMar 8, 2021
