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42ND STREET
Category: Theatre
Telephone : 978-232-7200
North Shore Music Theatre, 62 Dunham Road, Beverly, 978-232-7200. Performances through Nov 23: Tue & Thu at 7:30 p.m., Wed & Sat at 2 and 7:30 p.m., Fri at 8 p.m., Sun at 2 p.m. Tickets: $52–79; children (under 18) $39.50–$59.75; seniors $47–71. Set in 1933, this Tony Award-winning musical captures the spirit of anyone who has ever pursued a dream, telling the fairytale story of an aspiring chorus girl and her journey to find love and success on the Great White Way. The infectious score features such classic songs as “We’re In the Money,” “Lullaby of Broadway,” “Shuffle Off to Buffalo” and “42nd Street.”
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AURÉLIA’S ORATORIO
Category: Theatre
Telephone : 617-547-8300
American Repertory Theatre, Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. Performances beginning Nov 28: Tue–Thu at 7:30 p.m., Fri at 8 p.m., Sat at 2 and 8 p.m., Sun at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $39–89. Aurélia Thierrée—actress, acrobat and granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin—has charmed audiences around the world with this dazzling display of stage illusion, inspired by the magic of music hall and circus and co-created with her mother, Victoria Thierrée Chaplin.
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BLUE MAN GROUP
Category: Theatre
Telephone : 617-931-2787
Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton St., 617-931-2787 or 617-426-6912. Performances: Tue–Thu at 8 p.m., Fri at 7 p.m., Sat at 2, 5 and 8 p.m., Sun at 1 and 4 p.m. Tickets: $48–58. This giddily subversive off-Broadway hit features three muted, blue-painted performers who spoof both contemporary art and modern technology through wry commentary and bemusing antics. The show has been updated to include new performance pieces, new music and alterations to the sound and lighting design.
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DR SEUSS’ HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL
Category: Theatre
Telephone : 866-348-9738
Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, Citi Performing Arts Center, The Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St., 866-348-9738. Performances: Nov 26 at 7:30 p.m., Nov 28 & 29 at 11 a.m., 2, 5 and 8 p.m., Nov 30 at 11 a.m., 2 and 5 p.m. Tickets: $28–150. Rediscover the magic of Dr. Seuss’ classic holiday tale as it comes to life on stage. The whimsical world of Whoville is beautifully realized in this delightful musical production featuring the hit songs “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch” and “Welcome Christmas.”
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FAITH HEALER
Category: Theatre
Telephone : 617-933-8600
Publick Theatre, Plaza Black Box Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Performances through Nov 22: Wed & Thu at 7:30 p.m., Fri at 8 p.m., Sat at 3 and 8 p.m., Sun at 3 p.m. Tickets: $20. The contrasting memories of an itinerant Irish healer, his enduring wife and colorful business manager combine to pose searing questions about the power of art to simultaneously deceive and inspire, to ruin and to heal in this powerful drama by Brian Friel.
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THE HEIDI CHRONICLES
Category: Theatre
Telephone : 800-595-4849
The Longwood Players, Cambridge Family YMCA Theatre, 820 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 800-595-4849. Performances through Nov 22: Thu–Sat at 8 p.m. Tickets: $19; seniors & students $16. Join Heidi Holland, a gifted art historian and feminist, on her journey from the turbulent and idealistic 1960s, through the jaded 1970s to the self-awareness she eventually finds in the late 1980s. Wendy Wasserstein’s insightful play explores the role of women in America during three decades driven by the demand to support civil rights, equal rights and women’s rights.
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INTO THE WOODS
Category: Theatre
Telephone : 617-244-0169
Turtle Lane Playhouse, 283 Melrose St., Newton, 617-244-0169. Performances: Thu–Sat at 8 p.m., Sun at 2 p.m. Tickets: $25 & 27.50. In Stephen Sondheim’s fractured musical fairy tale, wishes are granted, but the consequences of these actions return to haunt the characters, revealing moving lessons about community responsibility and the stories we tell our children.
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MARY’S WEDDING
Category: Theatre
Telephone : 617-933-8600
Whistler in the Dark, Rehearsal Hall A, Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Peformances through Nov 30: Wed & Thu at 7:30 p.m., Fri at 8 p.m., Sat at 3 and 8 p.m., Sun at 3 p.m. Tickets: $20; students $15. In this Boston premiere, Mary and Charlie fall in love while seeking shelter in a barn during a summer thunderstorm. But the year is 1914 and the world is about to fall under the dark clouds of the Great War in this profound and riveting tale of war, remembrance and the sacrifice made by soldiers at home and in the battlefield.
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THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
Category: Theatre
Telephone : 866-811-4111
Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Midway Studios, 15 Channel Center St., 866-811-4111. Peformances: Thu & Fri at 7:30 p.m., Sat at 2 and 7:30 p.m., Sun at 2 p.m. Tickets: $38–47; seniors $34–44; students $25–40. In Shakespeare’s romantic comedy, a penniless young man wins a rich heiress using borrowed funds—but the debt must be paid, and justice confronts mercy in a Venetian courtroom.
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MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT
Category: Theatre
Telephone : 617-931-2787
The Colonial Theatre, 106 Boylston St., 617-931-2787. Peformances Nov 18–23: Tue at 7 p.m., Wed & Thu at 7:30 p.m., Fri at 8 p.m., Sat at 2 and 8 p.m., Sun at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $25–88.50. Winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best Musical, this outrageous musical comedy lovingly ripped off from the film classic Monty Python and The Holy Grail returns to Boston, telling the tale of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table as they embark on their quest for the Holy Grail, braving flying cows, killer rabbits and taunting Frenchmen along the way.
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