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The Week of April 21st For Boston, MA 02206

Big Apple Circus: Celebrate! Your Circus is Back!

Big Apple Circus- Boston City Hall Plaza (Boston, MA)
Tuesday, Apr. 22 2008 @ 6:30pm
Wednesday, Apr. 23 2008 @ 6:30pm
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 6:30pm
Full Price: $45.00 - $62.00   Our Price: $23.00 - $31.00*
Rated: 3.7 stars
The tent goes up for our all new 30th Anniversary show: "Celebrate!" So juggle your schedule and bring the whole family. The Big Apple Circus is your circus. Big Apple is back in town!  Learn More

Southern Musical Dessa Rose from Tony-Winning Writers of Ragtime

Arsenal Center for the Arts (Watertown, MA)
Wednesday, Apr. 23 2008 @ 7:30pm
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $48.00   Our Price: $25.00*
Rated: 3.5 stars
New Repertory Theatre presents the New England premiere of the musical Dessa Rose, from the award-winning composer-lyricist team of the Broadway hit Ragtime. This powerful story of two strong-willed women explores diversity and unlikely friendship in the antebellum South.  Learn More

Tom Stoppard's Travesties: Publick Theatre Presents Witty, Absurd Comedy

The Plaza Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts (Boston, MA)
Wednesday, Apr. 23 2008 @ 7:30pm
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 7:30pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $22.00 - $32.50   Our Price: $11.00 - $16.25*
Rated: 2.7 stars
In his award-winning Travesties, Tom Stoppard offers both a zany spoof of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest and a fiery debate among a trio of Modernist thinkers—Vladimir Lenin, Dadaist Tristan Tzara and James Joyce—on the role of artists in shaping society. The men collide in a clever, freewheeling battle of aesthetics and wordplay.  Learn More

Friendship Comedy The Four of Us at Merrimack Repertory Theatre

Merrimack Repertory Theatre (Lowell, MA)
Wednesday, Apr. 23 2008 @ 8:00pm
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $41.00   Our Price: $20.50*
Rated: No ratings yet
Longtime best friends Benjamin, a novelist, and David, a playwright, face challenges as the life path they once shared becomes divided. When Benjamin writes a hit novel, will their friendship be able to withstand the test of fame and jealousy? And more importantly, who should pay for lunch?  Learn More

Travis Sullivan's Bjorkestra: 18-Piece Jazz Group Plays the Music of Bjork at Scullers Jazz Club

Scullers Jazz Club (Boston, MA)
Wednesday, Apr. 23 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: No ratings yet
Travis Sullivan's Bjorkestra is an 18 piece, genre-bending jazz orchestra that performs the music of visionary pop artist Bjork, spanning her entire catalogue as a solo artist, truly creating a big band sound for the 21st Century. Bjorkestra has successfully fused the pop music world with the stylistic and improvisatory concepts of modern jazz, arranged and conducted by alto saxophonist Travis Sullivan.  Learn More

Improv Asylum's Main Stage Show - Live Improv & Sketch Comedy

Improv Asylum (Boston, MA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: 3.5 stars
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

Sisters of Swing: The Story of the Andrews Sisters at Stoneham Theatre

Stoneham Theatre (Stoneham, MA)
Thursday, Apr. 24 2008 @ 7:30pm
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $40.00   Our Price: $20.00*
Rated: 3.0 stars
The remarkable Andrews Sisters were the Minnesota trio that ruled the pop world with more top 10 hits than the Beatles or Elvis. Follow their journey from young girls to women of the world, and experience their elegant harmonies and unforgettable songs, including "I'll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time," "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree."  Learn More

Boston Guitar Project Presents Classical Guitarist Scott Borg

Third Life Studio (Somerville, MA)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $15.00   Our Price: $7.50*
Rated: 3.0 stars
Twenty-seven-year-old Australian classical guitarist Scott Borg appears frequently as a soloist and chamber musician. He has performed recitals in major concert halls such as Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center and the Apollo Theatre in New York.  Learn More

Off Book: Sketch Comedy, Fake News and More from Improv Boston

ImprovBoston (Cambridge, MA)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $16.00   Our Price: $8.00*
Rated: 2.5 stars
Live sketch comedy! Special local celebrity guests! Music! Parodies! Fake news! Off Book is a new live sketch show produced each week, with a rotating cast and different local "celebrity" guest host.  Learn More

Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio at Citi Performing Arts Center's Shubert Theatre

Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre (Boston, MA)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $33.00 - $50.00   Our Price: $17.50 - $26.00*
Rated: 2.5 stars
This Mozart singspiel—a comic opera with spoken dialogue—is pure pleasure: coloratura tours de force and ensemble singing that is positively thrilling. The plot involves abducted ladies, a Turkish pasha, a romantic hero, a daring plan and a train. And not just any train—The Orient Express. Rescue will be tricky!  Learn More

Cult-Classic Dark Comedy The House of Yes from Apollinaire Theatre Company

Chelsea Theatre Works (Chelsea, MA)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 26 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: 3.3 stars
This wonderfully perverse cult classic is at once as unsettling as it is funny and moving. Set on Thanksgiving Day, 20 years after JFK's assassination, it's the story of a wealthy dysfunctional family whose obsessions with the Kennedys and with each other are played out in a haunting and dangerous game.  Learn More

Daniel McCusker Dance Projects in tHis THat Show No. 1 at Green Street Studios

Green Street Studios (Cambridge, MA)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 26 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: No ratings yet
Daniel McCusker Dance Projects presents tHis THat Show No. 1, featuring dance and other works by Caitlin Corbett, Brian Crabtree, Rick Fox, Ana Keilson, Kate Nies and Melody Ruffin Ward. The Boston Herald calls Daniel McCusker's dance pieces "ravishingly pure."  Learn More

Hairspray: Hit Broadway Musical at the Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre

Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre (Boston, MA)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 26 2008 @ 2:00pm
Saturday, Apr. 26 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $32.00 - $72.00   Our Price: $16.00 - $36.00*
Rated: 3.4 stars
Magic Arts & Entertainment presents the national touring performance of Hairspray, the hit musical which won eight Tony Awards in 2003 and inspired a major motion picture. Set in 1960s Baltimore, the film tells the story of Tracy Turnblad, a misfit teenager who becomes a local celebrity by dancing on TV's Corny Collins Show.  Learn More

Andre Ward: Chart-Topping Smooth Jazz Saxophonist at Scullers Jazz Club

Scullers Jazz Club (Boston, MA)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $25.00   Our Price: $12.50*
Rated: 3.8 stars
Scullers Jazz Club welcomes smooth jazz star Andre Ward. The saxophonist, a Chicago native and graduate of the Berklee College of Music, reached the Top Ten on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz Chart with his first two albums Feelin' You and Steppin' Up, fueled by covers of R&B hits by artists like Alicia Keys and R. Kelly. He recently released his third album, Crystal City.  Learn More

Slip Kid: A Tribute to The Who, with Gary Cherone of Extreme and Van Halen

Regent Theatre (Arlington, MA)
Friday, Apr. 25 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 - $30.00   Our Price: $11.25 - $16.25*
Rated: 3.7 stars
Slip Kid isn't just another Who tribute/cover band, nor does it try to impersonate them. Rather, it's a truly inspired celebration of the music and live performance of The Who that captures the raw emotional energy of the band. Whether you're a casual or hard-core fan, you'll love this inspired concert.  Learn More

21st Annual Sheepshearing Festival at Gore Place: Farm and Crafting Demonstrations, Live Music, More

Gore Place (Waltham, MA)
Saturday, Apr. 26 2008 @ 10:00am
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: 3.8 stars
Gore Place presents its 21st Annual Sheepshearing Festival. This popular tradition features a wide range of activities — demonstrations of traditional farming and crafting (including sheepshearing and herding dogs), lively music, dancers, performers, historic recreators, farm animals, wagon rides, magic shows and a large crafts fair.  Learn More

Arena Football — New England Surge at DCU Center

DCU Center (Worcester, MA)
Saturday, Apr. 26 2008 @ 7:30pm (Surge vs. Flint Pirates)
Full Price: $20.50   Our Price: $10.50*
Rated: 3.0 stars
Come and see why fans are getting excited about the New England Surge. A locally owned, professional indoor football team, the Surge is an expansion team of the Continental Indoor Football League, having begun play in the league's second year, 2007. See full event description for game schedule.  Learn More

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