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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Join us at Tanglewood for the Open Rehearsal series: 07/11: Brahms Symphony No. 2 and Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 with Eric Lu 07/18: Beethoven and Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 with Daniil Trifonov 07/25: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 and Mozart Violin Concerto No. 1 with Himari 08/01: Joshua Bell performs Bruch Scottish Fantasy 08/08: Yo-Yo […]
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Join us for the BU Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Orchestra
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A phrase — echoed by many composers and artists living under Nazi tyranny — captures how faith and music became deeply intertwined sources of resistance, comfort, and survival. Figures such as Olivier Messiaen, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, and the composers imprisoned in the Terezín concentration camp drew on these forces to create works of remarkable resilience. […]
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The music of Talking Heads has excited, inspired, and healed folks worldwide since their first show at CBGB’s in 1975. If David Byrne is one of the geniuses of modern times, then Start Making Sense is a tribute to genius. Start Making Sense celebrates the entire Talking Heads’ catalog with a seven-piece band meticulously executing […]
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The Bousquet Summer Concert Series kicks off with a night that’ll make you want to move. Start Making Sense brings the electrifying energy of Talking Heads to life — think Psycho Killer, Burning Down the House, and Once in a Lifetime performed with the full theatrical spirit of the original. Whether you were there the […]
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