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January 2019
Beehive: the 60’s Musical
Running from January 31st to March 31st, Beehive: the 60’s Musical recalls the days of miniskirts, transistor radios and flower power. Told from the perspective of six young women who came of age in this enigmatic decade, now taking a look back on a host of issues ranging from their first Beehive Dance to the challenges we faced as a nation. Featuring music from Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Tina Turner, Diana Ross, Dusty Springfield, including such timeless classics as “My…
Find out more »March 2019
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest, a true theatrical classic, opens March 1st at Medford’s Collaborative Theatre Project. Oscar Wilde’s delicious satire of upper-class Victorians is one of the most intelligent and witty comedies ever written. Victorians believed in the virtue of earnestness, and it was one of their over-riding societal values. Wilde managed to engage and, at the same time, mock the society at which he directed his brilliant dialogue. As always, CTP opens each show with a reception…
Find out more »Open Mic at Oberon’s in Ashland – Mondays, 21 and over
Time: 9pm Day: Monday Cover Charge: Free/Donation Bio: Oberon's Open Mic taken to a whole new level! Music, beat poetry, Stories, and occasional puppet show. Sign up is at 8:30 music starts at 9:00pm. Be there or be sad! Contact: www.oberonstavern.com
Find out more »Disney’s Newsies
Newsies tells the captivating true story of a band of underdogs who become unlikely heroes when they stand up to the most powerful men in New York. It's a rousing tale about working together and fighting for what's right. Based on the 1992 motion picture, the stage version of Newsies introduces eight brand-new songs by the original team of Alan Menken and Jack Feldman while keeping many of the beloved songs from the film, including "Carrying the Banner," "Seize the…
Find out more »Left of Center
Presented for two nights only at Levity Circus Collective, Left of Center combines aerial arts and dance to weave a fantastical tale suspended between reverie and reality. Floating sleepers, trickster marionettes and lost travelers inhabit an alternate realm where furniture takes wing and dolls scheme in the shadows. Immersed in a dream-like theater setting, a haunting sound design, and costumes evocative of Victorian-era fairytales, audiences are enveloped in a dream state free of the limitations of the waking world. By…
Find out more »April 2019
The Good German
Set in Nazi Germany, Wiltse’s play is an intense drama that explores prejudice, cultural identity, duty, patriotism, and the strategies we employ to survive. Who do we have to become to make it through perilous times and how do we justify our choices? Beginning in the late 1930’s, esteemed chemistry professor Karl Vogel shelters German Jew Wilhelm Braun in his home for years at the request of his wife Gretel and helped by his friend, Seimi. The play asks the question: to what extent…
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