For kids—and the kids in all of us—Circus & the Bard: The Next Chapter bounces back! Shakespeare & Company and Spirit of Circus reunite for a playful mash-up of jaw-dropping circus acts and Shakespeare’s beloved characters. When high-flying feats meet the Bard’s words, sparks fly, laughs abound, and something truly magical happens.
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Retired schoolteacher Eleanor Bannister lives alone in tiny Groverdell, Texas, settled into her routines and secure in her standing as the town’s most respected woman. When a hole in her roof brings Abel Brown—a charming, smooth-talking drifter—onto her doorstep, he offers to repair the house and quietly begins to upend her carefully ordered life. As […]
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Shipwrecks, disguises, and mistaken identities spark the joyful chaos of Twelfth Night, Shakespeare’s most playful romantic comedy. Love runs amok, wit flies, and nothing is quite what it seems in this sun-soaked tale of music and mischief. Performed outdoors July 4–26 at one of Newsweek’s Top 10 Outdoor Theater Venues in the U.S., this summer production invites audiences […]
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A.I.M by Kyle Abraham will return to the Ted Shawn Theatre with the U.S. premiere of White Space, a new full-length work performed by 12 dancers that unfolds within an all-white environment, where the live score for two pianists creates a charged atmosphere of collision and dialogue between reality and idealism.
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Written by Chess Jakobs, The American Five explores pivotal moments in the lives of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King, Bayard Rustin, Stanley Levison and Clarence B. Jones during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. Set in the tense days leading up to the March on Washington, the play examines the strategy, […]
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“A government of laws, not of men.” With those seven words, John Adams proposed a new American ideal: justice as a shared promise, not a ruler’s whim. But what does it feel like to live in a society that honors — or breaches — that principle? From Eroica to Guernica, artists have long illuminated the moral force of […]
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New this summer, TLI 101 offers guests a point of entry to learn more about the music and art they love. Featuring presentations devoted to classical music, jazz, opera, and dance, these talks, led by renowned experts, expand how TLI helps our audience deepen their relationship with the music and performances they see and hear […]
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Join us for a series of prelude concerts. 07/10: Featuring members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra 6p 07/11: TMC Chamber Music 07/17: BSO Musicians 07/18: TMC Chamber Music 07/24: BSO Musicians 07/31: BSO Musicians 08/01: TMC Chamber Music 08/07: BSO Musicians 08/08: TMC Chamber Music 08/14: Concert 08/15: TMC Vocal Fellows 08/21: BSO Musicians 08/22: […]
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This popular film series celebrates over a century of movies at the Mahaiwe and once again features introductions by director Deborah Reinisch. Join as we highlight the careers of beloved stars lost this past year through 9 titles also programmed with America's 250th anniversary in mind. Films begin at 7:00 pm. 07/17: The Godfather (1972) 07/23: All the […]
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Join us for weekly planetarium shows on Friday nights at 8pm in the Milham Planetarium! We cover all that the night sky has to offer, from mythology to astrophysics and cosmology. See the Event Website to sign up.
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