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In a kingdom somewhere, a king and a commoner swap identities, a prince and his lover plot to protect their union, two advisors conspire to foil everything, and a man known only as "Salesman" bargains for everyone's "happily ever after." Written by Canadian playwright Chris Craddock. Learn more...

Last year The Boston Globe called Boston Ballet's The Nutcracker, "a sugar rush into the holiday season." This magical journey through an enchanted winter wonderland is back, featuring the Boston Ballet company along with more than 250 children from Boston Ballet School, and live performance of the cherished Tchaikovsky score by the Boston Ballet Orchestra. Learn more...

The acclaimed International Gem and Jewelry Show presents the most dazzling display of gems, jewelry, beads, accessories and minerals ever seen under one roof. The huge selection, along with special show pricing direct from worldwide designers and manufacturers, make this show a must for gem enthusiasts and jewelry lovers alike. Learn more...

Maureen McGovern performs A Long and Winding Road, her moving musical memoir chronicling the moments that define the Baby Boomer generation, from the hope-filled years of the 1960s, through the dark years of Vietnam and the AIDS crisis, to today's promise of a better tomorrow. 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...

Orphaned teenager Emily Book returns to the town she once called home to finish her final year of high school--but this time, she's carrying a secret. An ordinary teenager with extraordinary abilities, Emily must embrace her supernatural powers and confront the truth about her past. An exciting tale of teens and telekinesis. Learn more...

Mottley's most popular headliner, Shane Mauss, returns! Originally from Wisconsin, Shane Mauss caught his big break when he was awarded "Best Stand Up Comic" at the prestigious HBO 2007 US Comedy Arts Festival. Since then, he has had three appearances on Conan O'Brien, and been on Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, and Showtime's Comics Without Borders. Learn more...

Mottley's Comedy Club presents Tom Dustin's Dark Blue. This show features a lineup of top New England headliners, including Tony V, Paul Nardizzi and Tony Moschetto, performing their dirtiest and most shocking material. Tom Dustin opens the show with the twisted tales of debauchery which have made him a rising star in Boston comedy. Learn more...

New Repertory Theatre performs David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow. This hard-hitting, grimly witty drama tells the story of two greedy and opportunistic film executives, and their struggle with a secretary whose ambitions could derail their blockbuster screenplay. The play's original Broadway run and a recent revival both yielded Tony Award nominations. Learn more...

Seizing the opportunity to do research for his new book, Jack Exley uproots his family and moves to Rwanda in early 1994. As Jack, his wife and his teenage son encounter foreign culture and eye opening politics, they each find their own brand of trouble. Realizing that in this place no one is exactly what they seem, his family begins to unearth unexpected truths about this tiny, troubled nation...and about themselves. From award-winning playwright J.T. Rogers (Madagascar, White People). Learn more...

Share the fun and laughter at this hilarious, feel-good comedy as five girlfriends go from heartbreak to happiness during a wild night of karaoke. You don't need an excuse for a good time...so grab your sisters and girlfriends and prepare to dance in the aisles to hits like "Lady Marmalade," "It's Raining Men," "Man, I Feel Like a Woman," "I Will Survive" and many more! Learn more...

The Footlight Club presents Hello, Dolly!, the Tony Award-winning musical adaption of Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker. Crafty, meddling Dolly Gallagher Levi is charged with finding a suitable wife for the upright Horace Vandergelder. But she soon takes matters into her own hands and decides to keep him for herself, scheming and singing her way into Horace's hard heart. Learn more...

Stoneham Theatre presents a stage adaptation of Charles Dickens' beloved Christmas story. Join Ebenezer Scrooge, Jacob Marley, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and all three ghosts for this tale of redemption and forgiveness that captures the true spirit and magic of the holiday season. Learn more...

From playwright Craig Lucas comes this darkly comic tale of a modern-day Alice in a perilous winter wonderland. When Rachel jumps out of a window on Christmas Eve, she embarks on a series of outrageous and harrowing adventures that test her belief that it is indeed a wonderful life. Learn more...

The Boston Conservatory Dance Theater presents three premieres by Gianni Di Marco, Bonnie Mathis and Mary Wolff, plus excerpts from pioneering choreographer Jose Limon's There is a Time, staged by Jennifer Scanlon and Libby Nye. Learn more...

Step aboard the Spirit ship for unparalleled cruising fun in Boston Harbor. Dine on a delicious buffet brunch, lunch, or dinner, dance, enjoy Broadway-quality entertainers and catch breathtaking views of the city's historic skyline. Learn more...

The Awesome '80s Prom is a hilarious interactive show and dance party in the style of Tony 'n Tina's Wedding, set at Wanaget High's Senior Prom... in 1989! All your favorite characters from your favorite '80s movies are at the prom, from the captain of the football team to the Asian exchange student, from the geek to the hottie head cheerleader, they're all competing for Prom King and Queen. The audience decides who wins! Learn more...

Swaggering, carefree carnival barker Billy Bigelow, captivates and marries naive millworker, Julie Jordan. When Billy loses his job after learning Julie is pregnant, he is coerced into being a robbery accomplice. To avoid prison, he takes his own life and returns to Earth 15 years later to see the daughter he never knew. Includes such memorable songs as "If I Loved You," "June is Busting Out All Over" and "You'll Never Walk Alone." Learn more...

The Morgans (Irish-Southie) and the Grappas (Italians-North End), separated by the Big Dig, come together for their children's wedding for the first time. At this interactive comedy dinner show, you not only watch the show -- you're part of the show. You'll be the friends and relatives of Gino Grappa and Gillianne Morgan. Witness them exchange wedding vows, join in dancing the Tarantella, enjoy an Italian-style buffet, and look out for some unexpected guests and family feuding. Learn more...

Harvey Robbins presents a live revue and dance concert paying tribute to the icons of soul and R&B: James Brown, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin and Tina Turner, featuring Harvey Robbins' Royalty of Rock 'n Roll All-Stars Band. Seats will be removed from the rear platforms and near the stage so bring your dancing shoes. Learn more...

It's Christmas Eve 1864 and in the White House, President and Mrs. Lincoln plot their gift-giving. On the Potomac, a young rebel soldier challenges a Union blacksmith's mercy. In the streets, a fugitive from slavery searches for her daughter on the night she finds freedom. In this new play with music from Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel, these stories and more are woven into an American tapestry. Learn more...

One of the biggest theatrical hits of the last two decades, Blue Man Group presents their unique and wildly imaginative stage show at the Charles Playhouse. Audiences worldwide have experienced and loved their exuberant, blissful combination of hilarious performances, fabulous visual effects, and Grammy-nominated music. Learn more...

Music and comedy duo Slanty Eyed Mama presents Birth of a nAsian at the Calderwood Pavilion. Part of The Theater Offensive's Out On the Edge queer theater festival, comedian/singer Kate Rigg and electric violinist Lyris Hung's shocking blend of character-based comedy and music boldly confronts cultural stereotypes and explores the Asian experience in modern America. Learn more...

Wheelock Family Theatre presents A Tale of Two Cities. Based on the classic Charles Dickens novel, the play tells a story of political upheaval during the French Revolution, in which love, honor, and loyalty are tested by fear and chaos. Learn more...

Tru Grace: Holiday Memoirs is a pair of heartwarming journeys into the foibles of the holiday season. A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote recounts the author's memories of his wildly eccentric older cousin and The Loudest Voice by Grace Paley is set at a Russian Jewish immigrant school that stages The Navity. It's a perfect holiday alternative with an intergenerational cast, puppetry, music and fruitcakes. Learn more...

Brandeis Theater Company presents a stylish and provocative romantic comedy. Set in an 18th century French country estate, The Game of Love and Chance centers on a young woman who switches places with her maid in order to spy on the man she is slated to marry. Played for laughs, the witty comedy also comments on class conflict. Learn more...

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, a magical journey for children and their parents, is adapted from an old Russian Folktale of the same title by journalist Laura Barrett. It is folklore that encourages tolerance, community and the value of living with an open mind and heart. Learn more...

Enjoy a cruise on the luxurious vessel Odyssey. Cruise through Boston Harbor, with unparalleled views of the nation's greatest landmarks, while you enjoy a delicious meal. Later, dance to a wide array of music provided by a live band. Learn more...

Apollinaire Theatre Company presents Anthony Neilson's The Wonderful World of Dissocia. This wildly imaginative, bold and moving play, which earned high praise upon its British premiere in 2004, follows a woman as she attempts to find one lost hour that has tipped the balance of her life. Learn more...

Joe List, a rising star on Boston's comedy scene, headlines Mottley's Comedy Club. Joe started his career at an open mic in Dorchester, and has since appeared on Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, as well as sevferal national TV commercials. Learn more...

One of the most respected comedians in New York, Eddie Brill headlines in countries across the English-speaking world, and is also the talent coordinator for The Late Show with David Letterman. In addition to his stand-up, Eddie has appeared on over 100 TV shows and a number of films. He headlines The Comedy Club at Cheers. Learn more...

Ryan Hamilton headlines The Comedy Club at Cheers. In 2008, he was named one of Rolling Stone's "Top Five Comics to Watch." He's won numerous national stand-up competitions, and is a multiple-time finalist at the Boston Comedy Festival. Ryan's also been seen on NBC's Last Comic Standing and Comedy Central's Live at Gotham. Learn more...

Zeitgeist Stage Company presents Lady. This Drama Desk Award-nominated play tells the story of a conservative, pro-war Congressman and his two friends on a hunting trip, where a confrontation results in tragedy. Playwright Craig Wright created TV's Dirty Sexy Money, and has also written for Six Feet Under and Lost. Learn more...

Former porn star, Annie Sprinkle, and her partner, Elizabeth Stephens, mount the stage and get (very) eco-friendly in Dirty Sex-Ecology. They embrace mother earth, get fresh with her beautiful, fleshy plants and get naked, down and dirty. This dynamic duo just might save your sex life along with the planet! Part of The Theater Offensive's Out On the Edge Queer theater festival. Learn more...

Talented pianists Katherine Chi and Aleksandar Madzar perform Stockhausen's Mantra at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Written for two pianos, percussion, and electronics, this rarely performed work is one of the last century's most important compositions. Your ticket also includes admission to the famed art museum. 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...

Merrimack Repertory Theatre presents Heroes. Tom Stoppard's Olivier Award-winning translation of Gerald Sibleyras's French play tells the funny and bittersweet story of three French World War I veterans who keep each other company on the back terrace of a retired soldiers' home, exchanging quips and contending with the frustrations of old age. Learn more...

Mottley's Comedy Club presents The Dress-Up Show. Erin Judge (Comedy Central's Live at Gotham) and Bethany van Delft present a stylish twist on the traditional comedy showcase. Boston's funniest comics perform wearing their most stylish apparel, and the audience is invited to dress up as well. Learn more...

Cello virtuoso Emmanuel Feldman joins the Boston Classical Orchestra for a program about Dreams Celestial & Terrestrial. In addition to Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream overture and Mozart's Jupiter symphony, the concert includes the world premiere of Andrew List's Earth Song. Learn more...