Divas

Written by Laura Neill

Directed by Adrienne Boris

Presented by OperaHub in collaboration with DIVA Museum

South End / BCA Plaza Theatres

6/21/18 - 6/30/18

A new theatre work by Laura Neill with musical selections ranging from Purcell to Puccini.

Noir Hamlet

by John Minigan

Presented by Centastage

South End / BCA Plaza Theatres

6/14/18 - 6/30/18

Noir Hamlet is a new and wild re-imagining of the Shakespeare classic written by local playwright John Minigan. The action takes place in the City of Angels. The year is 1949.

Fred Rubino Live

Fred Rubino ft John Pizzi

Presented by Freb Rubino

South End / Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA

06/30/18

Freddy Rubino coming to the Boston area once again! With his unique brand of in your face comedy, Freddy brings his comedic takes on growning up old school and his Youtube and Facebook skits to life on stage. A great miz of nostaligia and old fashioned values coupled wit a dose of common sense makes for a rip roaring trip back to the good old days. With Boston's own John Pizzi, bringing you a side of Boston you might have forgotten. The two comics together bring a show to the stage you won't want to miss.

The Niceties

by Eleanor Burgess

Directed by Kimberly Senior

Presented by Huntington Theatre Company

South End / Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA

8/31/18 - 10/7/18

In this riveting play, a black student and a white professor – both brilliant, both liberal – meet to discuss the student's paper about slavery's role in the American Revolution. A polite conversation becomes an intellectual powder keg of race, history, and privilege, where neither woman will ever be the same. An explosive new play from Boston native and Huntington Playwriting Fellow Eleanor Burgess that everyone will be talking about.

C.S. Lewis Onstage: The Most Reluctant Convert

Adapted for the stage and written by Max McLean

Co-directed by Max McLean & Ken Denison

Presented by Fellowship for Performing Arts

South End / Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA

8/8/18 - 8/12/18

After sold-out performances in New York, Chicago and D.C., awarding-winning actor Max McLean brings his acclaimed portrayal of C.S. Lewis to Boston. Using Lewis’ own words, McLean brings to life one of the most engaging personalities of our age and takes audiences on Lewis’ extraordinary theatrical journey from vigorous debunker of faith to one of the most vibrant and influential Christian intellectuals of the 20th century.

Between Riverside And Crazy

By Stephen Adly Guirgis

Directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene

SpeakEasy Stage Company

Roberts Studio Theatre

Sep 14 - Oct 13. 2018

Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Stephen Adly Guirgis’ dark urban comedy explores, with both street-smart wit and disarming tenderness,the slippery nature of justice, and the grit it takes to move on. In an effort to hang on to one of Manhattan’s last great rent-stabilized apartments, ex-cop Walter “Pops” Washington does battle with a dazzling array of outlandish characters, each one a celebration of the glorious contradictions thatmake up human nature.

Our Dear Dead Drug Lord

by Alexis Scheer

directed by Rebecca Bradshaw

Presented by Off the Grid Theatre Company

South End / Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA

8/17/18 - 9/1/18

Our Dear Dead Drug Lord follows the members of The Dead Leaders Club who have just been formally disbanded by school administration for misappropriating school funds... and worshiping Pablo Escobar. Taking refuge in a treehouse, the girls try to resurrect the spirit of Pablo. But are they just messing with each other, or could they actually be messing with a higher spirit? This new play by Alexis Scheer, directed by Rebecca Bradshaw, dares you to dive into a world of milennial brujeria with a gang of viciously vulnerable teenage girls.