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SpeakEasy Stage presents the New England premiere of The New Century, a collection of four hilarious short plays by Paul Rudnick. Featuring an array of wacky and outrageous characters, these provocative comic one-acts explore the direction of gay culture and society as a whole in the new millennium. Learn more...

Kate Burton stars in The Corn Is Green, presented by Huntington Theatre Company. Emlyn Williams' classic drama tells the heartwarming story of a determined schoolteacher who creates the first school in an impoverished Welsh mining town. Nicholas Martin directs. Learn more...

Boston College hosts the Miami Hurricanes in men's college basketball. Led by ace point guard and NBA draft prospect Tyrese Rice, the Eagles have been one of the nation's most surprising teams; they face a Miami team led by their own star guard in Jack McClinton. Learn more...

From the Top, the popular showcase for America's best young classical musicians, tapes its NPR radio show before a live audience at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall. Hosted by acclaimed pianist Christopher O'Riley, come see why audiences across the country have been swept away by the music and stories of From the Top's talented teen and pre-teen performers. Learn more...

Tango: Historias Breves illuminates tales of life, love and passion with eight award-winning dancers and a talented ensemble of live musicians. Dancer and choreographer Guillermina Quiroga, along with her company, captures the passion and sensuality of the tango. There will also be a pre-show lecture from dance critic Debra Cash. Learn more...

Madrid's Noche Flamenca celebrates the essence, purity and integrity of flamenco. The company has been hailed internationally for its transcendent and deeply emotional performances and is recognized as the most authentic flamenco touring ensemble in the field today. Featuring award-winning lead dancer Soledad Barrio. Pre-show talk from dance critic Debra Cash 45 minutes before the show. Learn more...

Isabel Bayón's career spans more than thirty years and is widely considered the definitive flamenco dancer. In La Puerta Abierta (The Open Door) her program captures the essence and soul of flamenco and features five musicians, including the renowned singer Terremoto. Learn more...

Formed by former circus clown Peter Bufano, Cirkestra is made up of the best circus musicians in the United States. The troupe's music is an eclectic mix of gypsy, jazz, tango, klezmer, and the ultimately creepy circus waltz. Following the concert at the Gardner Museum, audience members are invited to join the performers for an informal reception at the museum's courtside bar. Learn more...

In Chekhov's most famous play, a Russian family returns to their estate to find their family fortune has dwindled to nothing, and a dark farcical comedy ensues as they are unwilling or unable to act to save their beloved cherry orchard. From a new translation by George Malko, written expressly for the Nora Theatre Company. Learn more...

Improv Asylum's Main Stage Show features a troupe of actors plus a musician who bring together improvisation and sketch material in front of a live audience. Their performers develop hilarious scenes based solely on the audience's suggestions. Because the shows are improvised on the spot, nothing is predictable and anything can happen -- no two shows are ever the same. Learn more...

The Gardner Museum presents a feast for the senses during After Hours, the museum's new night out. Guests can browse the galleries, join in a conversation about art or enjoy a cocktail. The Renaissance wasn't just a flourishing period of culture and ideas; it was a mindset. No one exemplified this more than Gardner. Inspired by art, music, gardens, travel and the world around her, she was the ultimate Renaissance Woman. Learn more...

Scullers Jazz Club welcomes Bettye LaVette. After an underappreciated four-decade career, Bettye has recently found herself in the spotlight; her album The Scene Of The Crime was nominated for a 2008 Grammy. Her powerful voice and magnetic charisma have led some to name her among the greatest soul singers performing today. Learn more...

In the latest of the sinfully funny Late Nite Catechism series, Sister is now offering hilarious lessons on the Sacraments of Marriage and Last Rites, including her own wacky version of The Newlywed Game. Classroom participation is a must so bring along your sweetie and your sense of humor for a session with the country's feistiest couples counselor. Learn more...

Scullers Jazz Club presents singer Gabrielle Goodman. The jazz and R&B singer-songwriter has toured with Chaka Khan, Roberta Flack, Patti Labelle, Patrice Rushen and George Duke. She currently teaches voice at Berklee College of Music. She'll be joined in this concert by saxophonist Walter Beasley. Learn more...

Watson Adventures' presents Murder at the Museum of Fine Arts, their most challenging scavenger hunt yet. A curator has been murdered and left a trail of clues connected with secrets in works of art. As your team gathers answers about the art, you begin to piece together a sordid tale about greed, lust, pride, revenge and treachery. Can you figure out who dunnit? Learn more...

The Footlight Club presents Lynn Nottage's award-winning drama Intimate Apparel. In 1905 Manhattan, an African-American seamstress creates custom lingerie for women of the boudoir and the brothel. She longs to break free and be herself in a society where she cannot quite fit into the set patterns that are stitched for African-American women. Learn more...

Here's your chance to meet that elusive someone you've always known is out there, but haven't managed to bump into yet. Speed-dating lets you skip the hit-or-miss first date experience. With DateandDash, you'll meet a large pool of people, choose your favorites, and see if they choose you. Recommended for college grads ages 23-38. Learn more...

Saxophonist James Carter brings his eponymous Organ Trio to Scullers Jazz Club. The Detroit native has earned praise for his command of the jazz vocabulary, impressive technique, and heartfelt emotion. Learn more...

Scullers Jazz Club welcomes the duo of Strunz and Farah. Jorge Strunz and Ardeshir Farah, originally from Costa Rica and Iran respectively, have pioneered new directions in the art of the acoustic guitar since 1979. Their Grammy-nominated music fuses jazz with flamenco, Latin, and Middle Eastern influences. Learn more...

First produced on Broadway, this charming musical's jazzy score lovingly captures the spirit of Arnold Lobel's whimsical stories. Follow the adventures of best friends Frog and Toad as they navigate through an adventure-filled year, joined by some colorful companions along the way. Learn more...

Jewish Theatre of New England presents a comedy show featuring three of Boston's top comedians. Andy Pitz has been season on the Late Show with David Letterman; Kelly MacFarland has toured across New England and appeared on NBC's The Biggest Loser; Jon Fisch's credits include Last Comic Standing and Comedy Central. Learn more...

Scullers Jazz Club welcomes veteran singer-songwriter Kenny Rankin. For over four decades, he's been known for his distinctive guitar playing and heartfelt singing. A favorite of Johnny Carson, he's appeared over twenty times on the Tonight Show; he played guitar on Bob Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home, and wrote songs for Peggy Lee and Mel Torme, among others. Learn more...

Scullers Jazz Club welcomes Pat Martino. Martino, one of the most respected jazz guitarists working today, got his start in the '60s with organists like "Groove" Holmes and Jack McDuff. A life-threatening aneurysm in the '80s caused him to completely forget how to play guitar, but he re-learned the instrument by listening to his own recordings. These days, he's a Grammy-nominated musician who records for Blue Note Records. Learn more...

Cendrillon (Cinderella), an opera by French composer Jules Massenet based on the beloved fairy tale, tells the familair story of Cinderella, Prince Charming and the Fairy Godmother -- with a few surprises. With its rich and varied music from different classical traditions combined with Massenet's wit, Cendrillon has remained one of opera's most accessible and enjoyed works. Learn more...

Two famous musical couples, soprano Megan Tillmann and tenor Matthew DiBattista and mezzo soprano Majie Zeller and baritone David Kravitz join Steven Lipsitt and the BCO to make the music of love. They'll sing love music from Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, excerpts from Brahms' Liebeslieder Waltzes and love songs by Schubert. Orchestral works include waltzes by Johann Strauss and Wagner's Siegfried Idyll. Learn more...

Under the direction of Bruce Hangen, conductor, The Boston Conservatory Orchestra performs Schubert's Overture in D and Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5. The orchestra will be joined by The Boston Conservatory Chorale to present Mozart's Kyrie and Regina Coeli, and Beethoven's Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage. Learn more...

Improv Asylum founders/original cast members Chet Harding and Norm Laviolette take the stage with current Improv Asylum actors, alums and special guests to perform two extended sets of anything-goes, hilarious longform improvisation. Learn more...

Join some of the world's finest musicians for an evening of chamber music in celebration of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Leon Kirchner's 90th birthday. Artists including Jeremy Denk, piano, Paula Robison, flute, and the Claremont Trio will perform works spanning fifty-plus years of Kirchner's career. Learn more...

The Boston Conservatory Dance Theater performs with The Boston Conservatory Orchestra, under the direction of Beatric Affron, conductor. The program features David Lichine's light-hearted and youthful Graduation Ball, staged by Ellen O'Reilly and Leslie Woodies, and a premiere by guest artist and renowned contemporary choreographer Kathryn Posin. Learn more...

Three composers atop the Classical Hit Parade are Steven Lipsitt's choice for this program, climaxing with the great Brahms' Violin Concerto performed by Irina Muresanu. Also on the program are Beethoven's Egmont Overture and Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3, Scottish. Learn more...

Sketch comedy troupe Bastards Inc. hosts a comedy show featuring sketch and improv groups, plus stand-up acts from around the city and beyond. Learn more...

You've seen ImprovBoston's House Teams and local area troupes and shows appear at the theater in their Sunday night Jamboree show -- now you can see more of them! ImprovBoston is pleased to present these troupes and shows each Wednesday night as part of The Hump series for experimental and improvisational theater. Learn more...