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The Week of May 12th For Boston, MA 02206

Ennio! - Hilarious Theatrical Magic for the Whole Family

Huntington Theatre Company: Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA - Wimberly Theatre (Boston, MA)
Tuesday, May. 13 2008 @ 7:30pm
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 7:30pm
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $50.00   Our Price: $27.00*
Rated: 3.5 stars
Ennio Marchetto is the original quick-change artist who turns origami into hilarious theatrical magic. Watch in amazement as a world of celebrity icons unfolds before your eyes, where Pavarotti becomes all three tenors, Eminem morphs into a disco diva, and an ancient mummy's unraveling reveals the secret to Cher's eternal youth. Don't miss this internationally acclaimed, family-friendly show, back in Boston for the first time in 14 years.  Learn More

Cardenio: Stephen Greenblatt and Charles L. Mee's Reimagining of Lost Shakespeare Play

American Repertory Theatre - Loeb Drama Center (Cambridge, MA)
Tuesday, May. 13 2008 @ 7:30pm
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 2:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $39.00 - $79.00   Our Price: $19.50 - $39.50*
Rated: 2.4 stars
Renowned Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt and playwright Charles Mee have joined forces to produce a midsummer comedy of love based on Cardenio, a play by Shakespeare that was lost soon after its first performance. Shakespeare's fingerprints are all over this sparkling new play, from the crisscrossing of suspicious lovers to a cunning Iago-like meddler, from soliloquies (reimagined as wedding toasts) to overheard conversations, from the dream of passion to the pleasures of music and dance.  Learn More

Garrison Keillor (A Prairie Home Companion) with the Boston Pops

Boston Symphony Hall (Boston, MA)
Tuesday, May. 13 2008 @ 8:00pm
Wednesday, May. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $67.00 - $87.00   Our Price: $33.50 - $43.50*
Rated: 3.8 stars
Each week, more than four million listeners tune in for Garrison Keillor's runaway radio hit, A Prairie Home Companion. Broadcast on nearly 600 public radio stations nationwide and abroad, Keillor and the folks from Lake Wobegon bring their famous Minnesota humor to the Boston Pops stage for a down home evening of music and storytelling.  Learn More

Southern Musical Dessa Rose from Tony-Winning Writers of Ragtime

Arsenal Center for the Arts (Watertown, MA)
Wednesday, May. 14 2008 @ 7:30pm
Thursday, May. 15 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

Tony Award-Winning Play The History Boys at Calderwood Pavilion

Boston Center for the Arts - Calderwood Pavilion (Boston, MA)
Wednesday, May. 14 2008 @ 7:30pm
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 7:30pm
and 2 more dates.
Full Price: $51.00 - $54.00   Our Price: $25.50 - $27.00*
Rated: 3.1 stars
To boost his school's reputation, a British headmaster hires a hotshot young history teacher to groom students for their college exams—pitting the young instructor against the school's maverick English teacher, who seeks to broaden these student's horizons in sometimes-unorthodox ways. The New York Times called this Tony Award winner "madly enjoyable."  Learn More

The Best of Improv Asylum: Improvised Comedy

Improv Asylum (Boston, MA)
Wednesday, May. 14 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00 - $15.00   Our Price: $5.00 - $7.50*
Rated: 3.5 stars
For the past ten years, the inmates of Improv Asylum have sent audiences home smiling with their patented brand of improv and sketch comedy. Come see the next generation of talented performers as they tip their hat to the past and perform some classic IA favorites in The Best of Improv Asylum. Be a part of the show when your suggestions are turned into hilarious scenes right before your eyes.  Learn More

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

Improv Asylum (Boston, MA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 16 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

Homespun Comedy The Porch at Stoneham Theatre

Stoneham Theatre (Stoneham, MA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 7:30pm
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $40.00   Our Price: $20.00*
Rated: 2.5 stars
Set on the North Shore, this homespun comedy follows the Labor Day preparations of three best friends as they bicker about Lawrence Welk, share recipes for potato salad, and swap stories about everything from Foxwoods senior bus trips to the President's affairs.  Learn More

Bastards Inc. Comedy: Sketch, Improv, and Stand-Up at ImprovBoston

ImprovBoston (Cambridge, MA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: 2.0 stars
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

Spring Cocktail Party and Dance at Vinalia Restaurant & Lounge

Vinalia Restaurant (Boston, MA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 7:30pm - 2:00am
Full Price: $15.00   Our Price: $7.50*
Rated: No ratings yet
It's spring and time to celebrate. Join Boston Event Guide for a fun, upscale late-spring cocktail party with dancing. This event is for the late 20s, 30s and 40s young professional crowd looking to dance and socialize in Boston. Enjoy great music from a DJ and dancing all night long to '80s, '90s and top 40 dance tunes.  Learn More

The Importance of Being Earnest: Lyric Stage Company of Boston Presents Wilde's Masterwork

Lyric Stage Company of Boston (Boston, MA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $37.00   Our Price: $19.50*
Rated: No ratings yet
Lyric Stage Company of Boston presents Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. This stylish comedy of manners is the story of assumed names, mistaken lovers, and preposterous enchantment. This delightfully witty and light-hearted romp through Victorian society follows two young bachelors pretending to be earnest - and Ernest - as they aim to win their ladies' hearts. Filled with some of the most famous quips ever written for the stage, it's been beloved by audiences for over a century.  Learn More

Musical Comedy Dames at Sea at Turtle Lane Playhouse

Turtle Lane Playhouse (Newton, MA)
Thursday, May. 15 2008 @ 8:00pm
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $27.50   Our Price: $13.75*
Rated: 3.7 stars
Turtle Lane Playhouse presents the musical comedy Dames at Sea. This affectionate, tap-happy send-up of 1930s Hollywood musicals is a good-natured romp and spoof of Busby Berkeley, Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler movies.  Learn More

Visit Boston's Movie & TV Filming Locations on Theater-on-Wheels Bus Tour

Boston Common Visitor's Center (Boston, MA)
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 1:30pm
Full Price: $35.00   Our Price: $17.50*
Rated: 3.0 stars
See your favorite Boston movies and TV shows come to life as you visit their actual filming locations. Ride the themed Theater-on-Wheels bus as Hollywood experts entertain you with behind-the-scenes details and insider gossip. The tour visits locations from Scorsese's "The Departed," "Good Will Hunting," "Mystic River" and more, as well as all the historic Boston landmarks filmmakers love.  Learn More

Boston Movie Mile Walking Tour: Visit Famous Spots from Movies and TV Outdoor Events

Boston Common Visitor's Center (Boston, MA)
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 2:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 2:00pm
Full Price: $20.00   Our Price: $10.00*
Rated: 3.2 stars
Experience Boston's movie magic by visiting filming hotspots made famous by your favorite TV shows and movies. Learn behind-the-scenes trivia and insider gossip about Good Will Hunting, The Departed, Ally McBeal , Mystic River, Cheers and many more. The most filmed part of Boston, the Boston Movie Mile, includes more than 30 filming locations.  Learn More

King John from Actors' Shakespeare Project

Sproat Hall (Boston, MA)
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 7:30pm (Preview)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 7:30pm (Preview)
Full Price: $26.00 - $37.00   Our Price: $13.00 - $18.50*
Rated: 4.0 stars
King John is a rarely produced but highly entertaining political thriller. The ambitious John has stolen the throne from his young nephew, Arthur, and is ready to go to war with France to defend his power. The unexpected entrance of Pandulph, an ambassador from the pope, throws John's plans off course and sets in motion a series of backroom deals, shifting alliances, and lightning-speed intrigue.  Learn More

My Big Fat Rashomon Wedding: Comedy Show at ImprovBoston

ImprovBoston (Cambridge, MA)
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $16.00   Our Price: $8.00*
Rated: 2.0 stars
ImprovBoston's My Big Fat Rashomon Wedding tells the comic story of a couple's tumultuous wedding day eight different times on eight different nights — each night from the different point of view of one of the attendees. Follow the bride and groom and six of their guests, each played by one of Boston's top improvisers, as each week, a different aspect of the wedding day comes hysterically to life.  Learn More

Delightful Musical Comedy She Loves Me from Huntington Theatre Company

Huntington Theatre Company: Boston University Theatre - Main Stage (Boston, MA)
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $30.00 - $70.00   Our Price: $16.00 - $36.00*
Rated: 3.6 stars
An endearing tale of unlikely sweethearts and the eccentric colleagues who aid and abet them, She Loves Me is based on Parfumerie, the play that also inspired the Jimmy Stewart classic "The Shop Around the Corner" and the Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan film "You've Got Mail." The charming score is by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock, the songwriting team behind Fiddler on the Roof.  Learn More

Swing City Boston: Swing Lesson Plus Dancing to a Live Orchestra

Dormition Greek Orthodox Church (Somerville, MA)
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 7:30pm (The Love Dogs)
Full Price: $15.00   Our Price: $7.50*
Rated: 3.3 stars
Swing City Boston returns to town. This fun-filled extravaganza will feature a free swing dance lesson, followed by dancing to the sounds of New England's best swing bands. Enjoy beer and wine for sale, meet new people and dance the night away.  Learn More

Prometheus Dance's 20th Anniversary: Tabula Rasa, Prelude & Devil's Wedding

The Boston Conservatory Theater (Boston, MA)
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $30.00   Our Price: $15.00*
Rated: 4.0 stars
Prometheus Dance, now celebrating its 20th anniversary, is an ensemble of eight dancers performing contemporary dance/theatre created by the company's Artistic Directors Diane Arvanites-Noya and Tommy Neblett. This program will include two premieres—Tabula Rasa and Prelude—with an encore of Devil's Wedding.  Learn More

Keiko Matsui: Contemporary Jazz Pianist at Scullers Jazz Club

Scullers Jazz Club (Boston, MA)
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $28.00   Our Price: $14.00*
Rated: 4.0 stars
One of the most recognized names in contemporary jazz, pianist Keiko Matsui has sold over 1.2 million albums. Her new album Moyo was recorded on location in her native Japan, South Africa, and the United States. Her world tour stops in Boston, where you can see her at Scullers Jazz Clup.  Learn More

Fantagious: Sizzling Latin Jazz Band Ritmo Masacote, Dancers and More

Kresge Little Theater (Cambridge, MA)
Friday, May. 16 2008 @ 7:30pm
Full Price: $35.00   Our Price: $17.50*
Rated: 4.0 stars
Fantagious is an extravagant live production that celebrates the intoxicating sound of Latin jazz fused with funk, salsa and Afro-Cuban rhythms. This two-hour show includes a Latin jazz concert by Ritmo Masacote, dance performances by Masacote Dance Company, special guest artist performances and an after-party.  Learn More

Jane Austen Tour of Gore Place Mansion in Waltham

Gore Place (Waltham, MA)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 11:00am
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ Noon
and 3 more dates.
Full Price: $10.00   Our Price: $5.00*
Rated: 3.2 stars
Gore Place, a historic mansion in Waltham, presents the Jane Austen Tour. The manor house was built in 1806 by Christopher and Rebecca Gore, who lived in England from 1796 to 1804, the same time that the author of Pride and Prejudice and Emma was writing her earliest works. A guide in period costume will use Austen's own words to describe the decor of the mansion and the gracious lifestyle of the Gores.  Learn More

Arena Football — New England Surge at DCU Center

DCU Center (Worcester, MA)
Saturday, May. 17 2008 @ 7:30pm (Surge vs. New Jersey Revolution)
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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