Arts listings Nov 19, 2009
Plaza Black Box Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts ... Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts. (Boston Globe)
Picking up good vibrations: Music sparks exhibit of abstract drawings Nov 18, 2009
Network Theory #75, documenting a talk at the Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, pairs a smoky black panel studded with dots and tensile lines that seem to reach back into space with a cream panel, in which dots and lines hum under a pale haze. Then the work goes 3-D, as the lines in the drawing burst off the surface in the form of black and white wires, angling and tangling toward the viewer. (Boston Globe)
‘Birth of a nAsian’ skewers stereotypes Nov 10, 2009
At: Dean Hall, Boston Center for the Arts. LOG IN TO COMMENT. (Boston Globe)
‘The Overwhelming’ sets the scene in Rwanda before the genocide Nov 3, 2009
At: Company One, Boston Center for the Arts, Plaza Theatre, through Nov. 21. Tickets $30-$38 ($18 on Wednesdays). (Boston Globe)
Playwright’s questions about Rwandan genocide result in ‘The Overwhelming’ Nov 1, 2009
The result, more than a decade later, was The Overwhelming, having its local premiere run in a Company One production at the Boston Center for the Arts. The play is a thriller about an American family in over its head in Africa, inspired in part by Graham Greene s The Third Man. (Boston Globe)
A winding trip down McGovern’s memory lane Oct 16, 2009
At: Wimberly Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, through Nov. 15. Tickets $20-$60, 617-266-0800. (Boston Globe)
Maureen McGovern tells her story through song Oct 11, 2009
McGovern is presenting the world premiere of A Long and Winding Road, a one-woman show told through the music of the 1960s, at the Wimberly Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, presented by the Huntington Theatre Company ... At Wimberly Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, through Nov. 15. (Boston Globe)
Arts: the week ahead Oct 8, 2009
Wimberly Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts. 617-266-0800. (Boston Globe)
Mark your calendar Oct 8, 2009
Company One s The Overwhelming opens at the Boston Center for the Arts. NOVEMBER 3 | The Wiggles at the DCU Center in Worcester. (Boston Globe)
Back to the drawing board at Mills Gallery Oct 7, 2009
The Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts has mounted Drawings That Work: 21st Drawing Show ; the first such show was staged in 1979 ... DRAWINGS THAT WORK: 21st Drawing Show At: Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., through Oct. 25. (Boston Globe)
Actor Crowe finds priest role has real-life feel Sep 20, 2009
One day, the fact of celibacy just - hit me in the face, says Father Patrick Murphy, one of the central characters in a new play, The Savannah Disputation, which opens today at the Boston Center for the Arts ... Presented by SpeakEasy Stage Company at Roberts Studio Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, through Oct. 17. (Boston Globe)
Art for sale at South End Open Studios Sep 19, 2009
Information is available at the Boston Center for the Arts (531 Tremont St.). Above: Judith Solomon s Fruition II (oil on canvas). (Boston Globe)
‘Savannah Disputation’ at BCA Sep 19, 2009
Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., Boston. 617-933-8600. (Boston Globe)
Family Day at Boston Center for the Arts Sep 17, 2009
Years from now when your offspring tell Oprah how their ubersuccessful arts careers got started, they ll thank you for taking them to Family Day at the Boston Center for the Arts ... Boston Center for the Arts Mills Gallery, 539 Tremont St., Boston. (Boston Globe)
Fall theater productions Sep 13, 2009
Wimberly Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts ... Roberts Studio Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts ... Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts. (Boston Globe)
Many fall theater productions are tied to films Sep 13, 2009
Publick Theatre Boston, Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts. Oct. 1-Oct. (Boston Globe)
Boston Center for the Arts Drawing Show Sep 10, 2009
The Boston Center for the Arts Mills Gallery, 539 Tremont St., Boston. 617-426-5000. (Boston Globe)
Gallery Glimpses: Week of Sept. 3 Sep 9, 2009
Boston Center for the Arts 21st annual drawing show to feature works from Wellesley artist David Olsen. Wellesley artist David Olsen will be participating in Boston Center for the Arts 21st annual drawing show from Sept. 10-Oct ... The Boston Center for the Arts Mills Gallery is located at 539 Tremont St. in Boston s South End. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Harold Hector, 60, actor, leader in Vietnam draft resistance Aug 8, 2009
His local theater credits included shows with the Footlight Club in Jamaica Plain, the Boston Center for the Arts, and the Concord Players. He was such a dynamic person; he d just steal the show, said his friend Joy Chesna of Jamaica Plain, who worked in community theater and first met Mr. Hector when he auditioned to sing Ol Man River in a Framingham production of Show Boat. (Boston Globe)
Director Cato sees ‘Ghosts’ in a new light Aug 7, 2009
A resident troupe at the Boston Center for the Arts, the company will present four main-stage productions at the BCA Plaza Theatre, starting with two New England premieres: The Overwhelming, a thriller by J.T. Rodgers set in Rwanda just before the genocide (Oct. 30-Nov. (Boston Globe)
‘After the Quake’ at Boston Center for the Arts Jul 29, 2009
After the Quake at Boston Center for the Arts - The Boston Globe ... Boston Center for the Arts, Plaza Theatre, 539 Tremont St., Boston. (Boston Globe)
Chase Gallery set to open in its new surroundings Jul 29, 2009
Curators Randi Hopkins and Emily Isenberg have seized on this theme in And the fair Moon rejoices: contemporary visionaries in the wake of Blake at the Boston Center for the Arts Mills Gallery ... At: Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., through Aug. 16. (Boston Globe)
Breaking Ground Festival marks musical’s latest stage of growth Jul 24, 2009
Long Season will be in the Roberts Studio Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts, the other titles in the Deane Rehearsal Hall. Tickets free (suggested donation $10); reservations strongly recommended. (Boston Globe)
Improbable blending of tales succeeds in ‘After the Quake’ Jul 22, 2009
And yet, in Shawn LaCount s delicate and moving production for Company One at the Boston Center for the Arts, they do ... At: Boston Center for the Arts, Plaza Theatre, through Aug. 15. (Boston Globe)
New executive director named at Cambridge Center for Adult Education Jul 21, 2009
Hartnett served as the executive director of the Boston Center for the Arts during a period of dramatic growth in BCA's programming and cultural facilities from 1991 to 2001. Subsequently, she worked for the City of Boston as Director of the Mayor's Office of Arts, Tourism and Special Events and as the Director of Economic Development for the Boston Redevelopment Authority. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Company One to stage ‘After the Quake’ Jul 17, 2009
After the Quake, adapted by Frank Galati from stories by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, starts previews tonight at the Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts. We chose the play because I felt it was different from anything going on in Boston, and marketing-wise I felt that Murakami s name would be a draw, says Company One artistic director Shawn LaCount. (Boston Globe)
Shows at Montserrat College of Art and Jane Deering galleries Jul 8, 2009
Luis Blondet, curator at the Boston Center for the Arts, where McDermott is gallery manager. McDermott is an old-fashioned abstract painter; his canvases are filled with warm-toned planes that collapse into one another, moodily playing tricks with space. (Boston Globe)
Scaling back, festival finds its voice in 'Poppea' May 31, 2009
His intimate approach to the piece is well-suited to the small theater where it will be presented, the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts. Currently in the second year of a six-year appointment as artist-in-residence with the BEMF, Blin observed that the move to a new venue for the centerpiece opera may help to bring "new people to what we are doing. Since 'Poppea' has already been seen by many members of our traditional audience, it became even more important to take a fresh... (Boston Globe)
African-American Theatre Festival focuses on lives of women, girls May 29, 2009
Boston's ninth annual African-American Theatre Festival is underway through June 13 at the Boston Center for the Arts' Plaza Theatre, but you'd be forgiven for thinking that the real location is wherever Jacqui Parker happens to be at the moment. Parker, an actress and playwright, runs the festival in part as a benefit for the educational programs of Our Place Theatre Project, where she is artistic director. (Boston Globe)
Critic's picks May 22, 2009
Boston Center for the Arts ... Boston Center for the Arts. (Boston Globe)
MIT professors bring anime to life May 22, 2009
The 11:11 Theatre Company presents "An Evening of Almost," a festival of 10-minute plays, Friday through May 30 in Rehearsal Hall A at the Boston Center for the Arts. Tickets, $20, 617-933-8600. (Boston Globe)
For this Theater Marathon, added festivities May 15, 2009
The event runs from noon to 10 p.m. Sunday in the Wimberly Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts. The playwrights include big names (Robert Brustein, Israel Horovitz), local favorites (Ryan Landry, who offers "Joan, Joan, Joan, and Hitler"), and lots of fresh blood. (Boston Globe)
'The Bacchae' moves from realm of theater to realm of religion May 5, 2009
Before the performance begins, the actors are already standing in the open space of Rehearsal Hall A, upstairs in the Calderwood Pavilion of the Boston Center for the Arts ... At: Boston Center for the Arts Hall A, through May 16. (Boston Globe)
Scott is engaged Apr 28, 2009
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
'Spring Awakening' connects with teens Apr 19, 2009
Anyone who's curious to see the scene the way Wedekind wrote it can do so at Boston Center for the Arts, where the Zeitgeist Stage Company is presenting a new adaptation of the play - complete with date rape, an S&M scene, and an all-teenage cast - through May 9 ... SPRING AWAKENING the play, runs through May 9 at Boston Center for the Arts. (Boston Globe)
In 'Miracle at Naples,' appearances are deceiving Apr 17, 2009
The traveling troupe's wagon alone probably cost more than the whole budget for some smaller shows going on elsewhere at the Boston Center for the Arts ... At: Boston Center for the Arts Wimberly Theatre, through May 9. (Boston Globe)
'Humble Boy' entertains with words and wit Apr 16, 2009
Humble Boy' entertains with words and wit - The Boston Globe. Local Search Site Search. (Boston Globe)
David Grimm and Peter DuBois team on a saucy period comedy Apr 10, 2009
They chat, complete each other's thoughts, and make naughty little jokes about the play they've been working on for two years, "The Miracle at Naples." The show is currently in previews at the Wimberly Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts ... THE MIRACLE AT NAPLES Presented by Huntington Theatre Company at the Boston Center for the Arts, Wimberly Theatre, through May 9. (Boston Globe)
A 'Humble' attempt to weave physics and art Apr 10, 2009
The actress is talking about the New England premiere of Charlotte Jones's play "Humble Boy," now in previews with the Publick Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts' Plaza Theatre. Inspired by Shakespeare's "Hamlet," the comedy revolves around Felix Humble, a theoretical physicist, who leaves the academic comforts of Cambridge University in England to attend his father's funeral in a plush suburban British town. (Boston Globe)
Lord of the rings Apr 10, 2009
A good 'Tip' for Flavin Congrats to Dick Flavin, whose "According to Tip" was named Best New Play of the Year at this week's Independent Reviewers of New England Awards at the Boston Center for the Arts. Said Flavin: "This makes me the world's oldest overnight sensation." The one-man show starred Ken Howard as Tip O'Neill. (Boston Globe)
'The Wrestling Patient' shares the moving story of a complicated woman Apr 2, 2009
The remarkable, complicated life of Etty Hillesum has inspired a remarkable and complicated play, "The Wrestling Patient," now receiving its world premiere at the Boston Center for the Arts ... At: Boston Center for the Arts Roberts Studio Theatre, through April 11. (Boston Globe)
The tales of 'The Buddha' have a calming effect Apr 1, 2009
A worn, comfy red armchair sits in the stage area of the Boston Center for the Arts Black Box Theatre, surrounded by a clutter of books about Buddhism and meditation ... At the Boston Center for the Arts Black Box Theatre through April 4. (Boston Globe)
'Wrestling Patient' follows a Jewish writer's WWII-era struggles Mar 27, 2009
It makes its world premiere at the Boston Center for the Arts' Roberts Studio Theatre tonight through April 11, co-produced by SpeakEasy Stage Company, Boston Playwrights' Theatre, and FortyMagnolias Productions ... Now, at 42, Brenner has a new one-man play, "The Buddha: In His Own Words," making its world premiere at the Boston Center for the Arts' Plaza Black Box theater through April 4, to be followed by a run at the Cambridge Family YMCA April 10-12 ... Free reading Jim True-Frost, best... (Boston Globe)
'The Pain' irritates in ways intended and not Mar 21, 2009
At: Boston Center for the Arts Plaza Theatre, through April 4. Tickets: $18-38. (Boston Globe)
Season of renewal for Shakespeare on the Common Mar 17, 2009
Maler brought up this moment during an interview at the Boston Center for the Arts, where he rents a small office as he rebuilds his company. This summer, for the first time since 2002, Maler's Commonwealth Shakespeare Company will stage the free performances, which have drawn as many as 100,000 people to the Common in past summers, on its own. (Boston Globe)
Playwright Bruce Norris aims for discomfort Mar 8, 2009
The actor/playwright who has appeared in such films as "The Sixth Sense" and television programs including "Third Watch" and "Queens Supreme" was dashing off to do hair and makeup for yet another "Law & Order" episode when he picked up the phone, somewhat out of breath, and agreed to answer a few questions about his controversial satire "The Pain and the Itch." The play makes its Boston premiere with Company One at the Boston Center for the Arts' Plaza Theatre March 13-April 4 ... Presented by... (Boston Globe)
A pair of dark tales from Ireland by Tir Na Theatre Mar 4, 2009
Swansong" and "Bottom of the Lake" are two one-act plays by Conor McDermettroe, but it might be more helpful to think of them as yarns. They're essentially stories, and quintessentially Irish stories, that happen to be told in the form of staged performances.McDermettroe has adapted "Swansong," which appeared in the 2004 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and also played in Philadelphia, into a film now in production; "Bottom of the Lake" is brand-new. They're both in the tiny Plaza Black Box theater at... (Boston Globe)
Irish playwright's work is a good fit for Tir Na theater Feb 27, 2009
He's also thrilled that the Boston-based Tir Na Theatre Company is presenting "Swansong" and a new one-act play by McDermottroe, "Bottom of the Lake," at the Boston Center for the Arts' Plaza Black Box theater through March 14. "I read the play 'Swansong' and I liked it a lot," says Colin Hamell, Tir Na Theatre's producing artistic director. (Boston Globe)
In 'Blackbird,' a twisting plot and blank statements Feb 26, 2009
At: Boston Center for the Arts Roberts Studio Theatre, through March 21. Tickets: $30-$50. (Boston Globe)
Your Week: Delia's Pick Feb. 25 Feb 26, 2009
Blackbird will be performed at the Boston Center for the Arts: Roberts Studio Theatre on Thursday, Feb. 26th. This story is about a passionate, romance between two people who've seen each other fifteen years after they broke off a steamy affair. (The Suffolk Journal, MA)
Theater picks Feb 13, 2009
Boston Center for the Arts. 617-933-8600. (Boston Globe)
