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7 THE PROGRAM 10 BEDROOM FARCE IN CONTEXT 12 ON THE WRITING OF BEDROOM FARCE PLUS: 4 Backstage by Olivia J. Kiers

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BEHIND THE SCENES IN LOCAL AND NATIONAL THEATRE BY OLIVIA J. KIERS

CENTER OF ATTENTION: The Wang Theatre (pictured) and the Shubert Theatre, formerly known collectively as the Citi Performing Arts Center, officially begin their new life as part of the newly christened Boch Center beginning November 1, 2016.

Citi Performing Arts Center Renamed for Boch Family The non-profit operator of the Wang and Shubert theatres, formerly known as the Citi Performing Arts Center, entered a multi-year naming sponsorship with Ernie Boch, Jr. and the Boch family and is now the Boch Center.

The center continues its mission as the guardian of its historic venues while hosting worldclass entertainment in Boston, providing arts education programming and strengthening the local economy. President and CEO Josiah A. Spaulding said that the center “thank[s] Citibank for its support over the last 10 years, and look[s] forward to continuing…as the region’s leading performing arts organization for many years to come…as the Boch Center.” Ernie Boch, Jr., who is president and CEO of Boch Enterprises and whose foundation Music Drives Us supports music in schools, stated that the Boch family is “deeply vested in the cultural and artistic vibrancy of 4

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Boston” and is “thrilled to be a part of such an important legacy.” For more information, visit citicenter.org or bochcenter.org.

End of an Era in Winthrop?

The Winthrop Playmakers—the award-winning theatre troupe based in Winthrop, Mass., that was founded in 1938—went on “indefinite hiatus” at the conclusion of its production of Reefer Madness: The Musical this October, a show which was mounted at Watertown’s Arsenal Center for the Arts. According to an open letter from the Board of Directors, circumstances following the 2014 sale of the Playhouse on Hermon Street, including difficulties accessing new venues and dwindling member support, made it impossible to continue with regular operations. Rather than shut down completely, the organization maintains its non-profit status and a trust in its name will be overseen by selected officers, with the hope that productions may return to

BACKSTAGE (continued) a stage somewhere at a future date. For details, visit winthropplaymakers.com.

Apollinaire Debuts New Venue Apollinaire Theatre Company dedicated a new youth theatre at its Chelsea Theatre Works performing arts center in Chelsea, Mass., at a celebration on October 20, followed by a community open house the next day. Named the Riseman Family Theatre, the new venue honors the Riseman Family Foundation, which generously supported its creation. Chairman of the foundation, founder of BENSEA Enterprises and Chelsea native Benson “Alex” Riseman, participated in the theatre’s opening ceremony. “I am proud of my Chelsea roots,” he declared.

“The Riseman Family Theatre presented the perfect opportunity to give back to the community by providing cultural and educational opportunities to area youth.”

Apollinaire artistic director Danielle Jacques praised the foundation’s generosity, saying that “Apollinaire is now able to fully realize our commitment to providing the commu-

nity with a dedicated home for young artists to play, learn and experiment.…

We look forward to partnering with the Riseman Family Foundation for many years to come.”

SON GIVES BACK: And the good NATIVE Chelsea native Benson “Alex” news isn’t over: Riseman, benefactor of the Chelsea Theatre Chelsea-based Apollinaire Company’s new Works plans to Theatre Riseman Family Theatre, open yet another recently appeared at its n e w t h e a t r e dedication. in its space on November 19 to complement the Riseman and its efforts to provide more opportunities for area youth to interact with professional theatre companies.

Refer to apollinairetheatrecompany.com for more information.

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MAME STONEHAM THEATRE November 25–December 23 This Tony Award-winning musical, based on the novel by Patrick Dennis, brings a 1920s New York flavor to Christmastime.

The production features local favorite Kathy St. George in the title role.

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A CHRISTMAS CAROL TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY November 5–December 31 The Providence, R.I.-based company’s production of Charles Dickens’ iconic Christmas tale of greed versus generosity is a New England classic. Refer to listing, page 40.

MURDER FOR TWO LYRIC STAGE COMPANY November 25–December 24 One actor plays the detective and the other plays all the suspects in this homage to the classic, closed-room murder mystery directed by A. Nora Long. Refer to listing, page 40.

WEST SIDE STORY NORTH SHORE MUSIC THEATRE November 1–20 With music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephan Sondheim, it’s no wonder this modern, musical adaption of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a classic in its own right. Refer to listing, page 42.

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BEDROOM FARCE

by Alan Ayckbourn

Directed by Maria Aitken Scenic Design

Costume Design

Alexander Dodge Robert Morgan Dialect Coach

Stephen Gabis

Lighting Design

Matthew Richards

Fight Director

Ted Hewlett

Production Stage Manager

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Sound Design & Original Music

John Gromada

Casting

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Stage Manager

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Faith Tiberio Bedroom Farce was first produced at the Library Theatre, Scarborough, on June 16, 1975 and subsequently, under the direction of Peter Hall, at the National Theatre, London, on March 14, 1977.

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AYCKBOURN & BEDROOM FARCE IN CONTEXT Playwright and director Alan Ayckbourn’s distinctive perspective as a dramatist combines an ambitious eye for structure, a sly ear for humor, and a desire to challenge himself. Born in 1939, Ayckbourn was the child of a novelist and a violinist. He began his theatrical career as an actor, and was hired by director Stephen Joseph to become a member of his company at the Scarborough Theatre. (Ayckbourn ultimately became artistic director of the company in 1972 after Joseph’s death). Joseph was a pivotal mentor; Ayckbourn only began writing after complaining to Joseph about his parts in the company. Ayckbourn recalls, “He said to me, ‘If you want a better part, you’d better write one for yourself. Write a play. […] Write yourself a main part’ — which was actually a very shrewd remark, because presumably, if the play had not worked at all, there was no way I as an actor was going to risk my neck in it.”

Ayckbourn’s creations for the acting company in Scarborough were uniformly successful and nearly annual — including well known plays such as How the Other Half Loves and Absurd Person Singular, each produced both in the West End and on Broadway. In 1974, a trio of plays called The Norman Conquests vaulted Ayckbourn into the sphere of world dramatists, as critics began comparing him favorably to playwrights such as Molière and Feydeau. The Norman Conquests has the hallmarks that characterize Ayckbourn’s work. Set at a country estate, with a cast of three interlocking couples, the trilogy is a series of plays, each set in a different room of the same house: one in the garden, one in the dining room, and the third in the living room. In a feat of plotting, the plays are designed to be viewed in any order and to complement each other.

Critics note that Ayckbourn creates laughs with uncommon psychological skill. “‘Oh’ is not widely acknowledged as one of the funniest words in English,” wrote Ben Brantley in The New York Times of the most recent revival of the trilogy. “Nor does the simple ‘aah’ generally induce convulsive giggles. Yet these unassuming monosyllables acquire brute force in […] Alan Ayckbourn’s The Norman Conquests, crippling you with laughter that shakes the body and, more subversively, fractures the soul.” As Brantley suggests, the best of Ayckbourn uses a crisp surface to suggest the emotional churn beneath a character’s outward persona.

Though Ayckbourn does not consider Bedroom Farce to be a farce per se — he generally writes the titles of his plays before the scripts themselves, and they often have little to do with the actual content — he views the elements of farce and comedy as being in a conversation in the play. “Comedy, I read somewhere, consists of larger than life characters in real situations. Farce, on the other hand, portrays real characters projected into incredible situations,” says Ayckbourn. “Bedroom Farce is a comedy about real characters who, 10 BEDROOM FARCE

projected into incredible situations, start behaving in a larger than life manner as the situations appear to them too horribly real. I’m with Chekhov on this, as a matter of fact. He called his plays comedies or farces whenever he felt like it, probably to confuse Stanislavsky.”

Like The Norman Conquests before it, Bedroom Farce has a trio of settings: three rooms, four couples, an unstable mixture that sets the play in motion.

While it is considered to perhaps be Ayckbourn’s “sunniest” play, it was written in a period where Ayckbourn was delving into themes of misery, inconsideration, and loneliness elsewhere in his work, a secondary layer that some critics see echoes of in this play. “Bedroom Farce is a wickedly funny play about the blithe inconsiderateness of the suffering,” wrote Michael Billington in The Guardian. “Cocooned in selfishness, they reduce the lives around them to ruins. And while Ayckbourn has touched on this theme before, I don’t think he has handled it with quite such precision as he does in the second act of this beautifully rhythmed play.”

Bedroom Farce was Ayckbourn’s first play at the National Theatre in London, which has become one of the primary homes of his work. Now the author of more than 70 plays, at least half of which have played in the West End or at the National, Ayckbourn also remained the artistic director of the Scarborough Theatre through 2008. His plays continue to marvel structurally — one play can be performed nightly in 16 possible variations, another duo of plays is designed to be staged simultaneously in adjacent theatres with a shared cast. Throughout his career, Ayckbourn has challenged himself and audiences to find humor beyond the obvious. “[In the films of] my great idol, Buster Keaton — everything followed logically; he behaved completely within his own mad world as a normal human being would behave,” Ayckbourn says. “The mistake that’s made is that people imagine that somehow farce has to be played louder, faster, broader – and suddenly they throw all credibility away. I have a campaign for slow, quiet farce.”

— CHARLES HAUGLAND

Maria Aitken (director of the Huntington's production of Bedroom Farce) as Susannah and Joan Hickson as Delia in the 1977 London premiere production of Bedroom Farce at the National Theatre.

Photo: Anthony Crickmay/Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Image courtesy of National Theatre, London.

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ALAN AYCKBOURN ON THE WRITING OF BEDROOM FARCE Early in 1975, I collaborated with Andrew Lloyd Webber on one of the great musical disasters of the decade, the earlier Mark 1 version of Jeeves.

Recoiling from the scathing, occasional downright gleeful criticism we justly deserved, I consoled myself by setting about writing my obligatory yearly Scarborough summer play [where Ayckbourn served as artistic director in Scarborough, England]. In the time honored tradition, I announced the title long before a word was written. The play was thrust into the actors’ hands at the first read through, having been finished the night before and unread ‘til then by any of them.

Slightly less traditionally though, on this occasion the title actually bore some resemblance to the play I was to write. I’d decided to call it Bedroom Farce.

I am often asked where I get my ideas from, as if somewhere I have this large box secretly buried to which I cautiously return every year under cover of darkness. I sometimes wish I had. In fact, play ideas usually come from various sources and numerous quite random directions. Some arrive mere fragments but then hopefully combine with other fragments to create some sort of whole. These are a few of them…

Someone jokingly remarked after The Norman Conquests that there were very few rooms left in the house for me to visit — except the bedroom and 12 BEDROOM FARCE

“To all this you should add my firm belief in the power of number three, the source of much good comedy (do it once, they‘ll look up, do it twice, you‘ll have their attention, do it a third time and they‘re ready to laugh)…” the bathroom. (The bathroom came later in A Small Family Business). I stored the idea of a bedroom away for later. Though even at that juncture, it crossed my mind that if I did write a bedroom play it might be more interesting and unusual to avoid those more predictable elements of bedroom behavior, namely sexual activity and sleeping.

A year or so earlier, Sheila Hancock had invited Peter Hall to see Absurd Person Singular in which she was appearing at the Criterion Theatre. Peter subsequently wrote to me suggesting I do something for the new National Theatre which was shortly to open. I took a trip round its South Bank site, in particular to view the shell of the incomplete Lyttelton Theatre. My first impression was that it was less a theatre, more a football stadium. I had never written for such a vast stage. Overall the acting area was probably some ten times the size of the in-the-round arena I was used to. I decided the only way to tackle such a space would be to divide it. A multiple location set was called for; not one bedroom, then, but several.

During one long Scarborough season, in the days when the company all tended to live together in one rented boarding house, I had got into one of those post-show, late night conversations with a troubled actor busily recounting the recent failure of some personal relationship. His wife? His lover? His mother? I forget. At around 2am, when everyone else had retired, I also made my excuses but the unfortunate man was too far gone — a mixture of tiredness, emotional trauma, and alcohol — to take the hint.

Eventually, abandoning politeness, I left and went upstairs to my bedroom where my wife was already in bed. Oblivious, the actor followed me and, uninvited, sat on my bed still in full flow. As he droned on, I undressed and joined my wife in bed. Finally lights were switched off and she and I eventually fell asleep, lulled by the reassuring drone of his voice. In the morning we discovered him curled up at the foot of our bed like some large dog. One that I was later to name Trevor.

To all this you should add my firm belief in the power of number three, the source of much good comedy (do it once, they‘ll look up, do it twice, you‘ll have their attention, do it a third time and they‘re ready to laugh) and Bedroom Farce was all but written. Three beds, three bedrooms, three couples, and a fourth couple straight from their wildest nightmares.

This article was originally written for the playbill of the 2000 revival of Bedroom Farce at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough.

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ABOUT THE COMPANY Patricia Hodges* (Delia) previously appeared at the Huntington in Les Blancs. Broadway credits include Born Yesterday, A Man for All Seasons, Dancing at Lughnasa, and Six Degrees of Separation. Her Off Broadway credits include Communicating Doors, Rose’s Dilemma (Manhattan Theatre Club), On the Verge (dir. Garland Wright), The Normal Heart (The Public Theater/NYSF), A Loss of Roses, and Surviving Grace. She appeared in the national tour of Nicholas Hytner’s Lincoln Center Theater production of Carousel and toured two years with John Houseman’s The Acting Company. Regional credits include Woman in Mind, Blithe Spirit, Hay Fever, The Cherry Orchard, The Seagull, and The Night of the Iguana (Guthrie Theater); and Pride and Prejudice and Three Tall Women (Baltimore Center Stage). Her television appearances include “Royal Pains,” “Law & Order” (repeat offender), “Another World,” and “Heaven’s Gate.”

Richard Hollis* (Malcolm) was previously seen on Broadway in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. His regional credits include Twelfth Night (Baltimore Center Stage); Stones in his Pockets (Hudson Stage Company); HitLit (Queens Theatre in the Park); Present Laughter (Two River Theater); The Illusion (Triad Stage); The Sisters Rosensweig (Capital Repertory Theatre); and Romeo and Juliet, The Real Thing, and Amadeus (Northern Stage). His London credits include The Coast of Utopia, His Girl Friday, Tartuffe, The Wonders of Sex, and The Country Doctor (National Theatre); Diana of Dobsons, The Skin Game, The Years Between, and Factors Unforseen (Orange Tree Theatre); Torn (Arcola Theatre); and State of Innocence (Theatre 503). His film and television credits include Dark Shadows, the original BBC series “The Office,” “Believe,” “Waking the Dead,” “EastEnders,” “Shakespeare’s Happy Endings,” and “Silent Witness.”

Malcolm Ingram* (Ernest) has performed on Broadway in The Rivals (Lincoln Center Theater) and Match (u/s Frank Langella, Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre). He has previously performed in London’s West End in Half Life (National Theatre, Duke of York’s Theatre), Dirty Linen and Newfoundland (Arts Theatre), and Popkiss (The Globe Theatre). His US regional credits include Richard II (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); Hamlet (North Shore Music Theatre); Third (Hangar Theatre); All My Sons (Actors Theatre of Louisville); Hay Fever and Rat in the Skull (Berkshire Theatre Group); Someone to Watch Over Me (Stage West Theatre); A Christmas Carol, The Crucible, Little Women, The Miracle Worker, My Fair Lady, and As You Like It (Syracuse Stage); Red Velvet, Romeo and Juliet, Henry IV: Parts 1 and 2, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Heroes, Enchanted April, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, King Lear, The Taming of the Shrew, Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Hamlet, and The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare & Company); and Romeo and Juliet (Virginia Arts Festival). His film and television credits include The Story of Ruth (BBC), Fraulein Doktor (Paramount), “Chappelle’s Show” (Comedy Central), “The Camerons,” “Beloved Enemy,” “Clapperclaw,” and “Dr. Finlay’s Casebook” (BBC).

Mahira Kakkar* (Jan) has New York credits that include The Trial of an American President (Theatre Row), Romeo and Juliet (Public Mobile Unit), Clive (The New Group), Harper Regan (Atlantic Theater Company), Opus (Primary Stages), Miss Witherspoon (Playwrights Horizons), and When January Feels

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Like Summer (Ensemble Studio Theatre). Regional credits include work at McCarter Theatre, Cleveland Play House, The Old Globe, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Magic Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Bucks County Playhouse, Hartford Stage, Contemporary American Theater Festival, Virginia Stage Company, Florida Studio Theatre, and Arden Theatre Company. Her film credits include Oil and Vinegar, Hechki, Hank and Asha, and A Night in the Hills. Television credits include “Blue Bloods,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Odd Mom Out,” “The Big C,” and “Blacklist.” She is a proud member of Ensemble Studio Theatre and Hero Theatre.

Bedroom Farce features the following BU alumni and students:

NICK CHEN (Assistant to the Sound Designer) BFA, Sound Design, 2017 KEVIN SCHLAGLE (Stage Manager) BFA, Stage Management, 2012 GIFFORD WILLIAMS (Assistant to the Lighting Designer) MFA, Lighting Design, 2018

Emma Kaye* (Kate) is overjoyed to be making her US theatre debut at the Huntington. Ms. Kaye was born and raised in London, England and is happy to now call the great city of New York home. Ms. Kaye first appeared as a featured leading lady with the UK’s award-winning theatre company, the National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT). She attended both the Atlantic Acting School and The Stella Adler Studio of Acting in NYC and received her BA with honors from the renowned performing arts graduate program (BAPA) at London’s Middlesex University.

Karl Miller* (Trevor) has previously performed Off Broadway in The Liquid Plain (Signature Theatre), Marie Antoinette (Soho Rep), Completeness (Playwrights Horizons), and columbinus (New York Theatre Workshop). His regional theatre credits include productions at Arena Stage, Hartford Stage, South Coast Repertory, Pioneer Theatre Company, Perseverance Theatre, Studio Theatre, Rep Stage, Theater J, Round House Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Arden Theatre Company, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Signature Theatre, and Rorschach Theatre, where he remains a company member emeritus. He won the Helen Hayes Award as Prior in Forum Theatre’s production of Angels in America. Television credits include second act red herrings in “Unforgettable” and “Elementary,” as well as ravaged souls in “Law & Order: SVU,” “666 Park Avenue,” and “The Good Wife.”

Nael Nacer* (Nick) returns to the Huntington having previously appeared in Come Back, Little Sheba; Awake and Sing!; The Seagull; and Our Town (IRNE Award, Best Supporting Actor). His New York credits include The Hiding Place (59E59 Theaters) and Lemonade (New York International Fringe

* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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ABOUT THE COMPANY Festival). His regional credits include 45 Plays for 45 Presidents and It’s a Wonderful Life: a Live Radio Play (Merrimack Repertory Theatre); Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play and Intimate Apparel (Elliot Norton Award, Best Actor); The Temperamentals and Animal Crackers (Lyric Stage Company); A Number, Pattern of Life, Lungs, and The Kite Runner (New Repertory Theatre); The Flick (Gloucester Stage Company, IRNE Award, Best Actor); A Future Perfect and Tribes (SpeakEasy Stage Company); Rhinoceros, Windowmen, The Farm, and Gary (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre); and Shear Madness (Charles Playhouse).

Katie Paxton* (Susannah) has previous theatre credits that include The Way of the World by Theresa Rebeck (Dorset Theatre Festival and Eugene O’Neill Theater Center); and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, In the Next Room, The Imaginary Invalid, and Noises Off (PlayMakers Repertory Company). Her film and television credits include How He Fell in Love (dir. By Marc Meyers), “The Good Wife,” “The Blacklist,” “Forever,” and “Billy & Billie.”

She holds a BA and an MFA from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alan Ayckbourn (Playwright) has written 80 plays and his work has been translated into over 35 languages. His work is performed on stage and television throughout the world and he has won countless awards. His plays include Relatively Speaking, How the Other Half Loves, Absurd Person Singular, Bedroom Farce, A Chorus of Disapproval, and The Norman Conquests. In the past four years, there have been revivals of Season’s Greetings and A Small Family Business at the National Theatre and in the West End productions of Absent Friends, A Chorus of Disapproval, and Relatively Speaking. In 2009 he retired as artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre, where almost all his plays have been and continue to be first staged. In June of 2014, an extremely successful visit of the SJT Ayckbourn Ensemble company to the Brits-offBroadway Festival at 59E59 Theaters in New York City attracted uniformly excellent reviews of his two new plays Arrivals & Departures and Farcicals and a revival of his play Time Of My Life; Arrivals & Departures being included in Time Magazine’s Top Ten Productions of the Year whilst also receiving an enthusiastic salute from The New York Times. In May of 2016 he returned to the festival with Hero’s Welcome and a revival of Confusions. In recent years, he has been inducted into American Theatre’s Hall of Fame, received the 2010 Critics’ Circle Award for Services to the Arts, and became the first British playwright to receive both Olivier and Tony Special Lifetime Achievement awards. He was knighted in 1997 for services to the theatre.

Maria Aitken (Director) has credits that include the Olivier and Tony Awardwinning production of Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps which she directed at the Huntington Theatre Company as its American premiere before its Broadway and Off Broadway runs. Ms. Aitken also directed The Seagull, The Cocktail Hour, Betrayal, Private Lives, and Educating Rita at the Huntington. Her other credits include Heartbreak House (Delaware Resident Ensemble Players), The Cocktail Hour (Guthrie Theater), Sherlock’s Last Case (UK), The Gift (Geffen Playhouse and Melbourne Theatre, Australia), the Tony Award-nominated Man and Boy (West End and Broadway), As You Like It (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Quartermaine’s Terms (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Japes (Bay Street Theater), Noël Coward’s Easy Virtue (Chichester Festival Theatre), Lady Bracknell’s Confinement (Vineyard Theatre NYC), School for Scandal (Clwyd Theatr Cymru), As You Like It (Regent’s Park), and many others. As an actress in London at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, and in

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the West End, her leading roles included Hay Fever, Blithe Spirit, Bedroom Farce, Travesties, Waste, Private Lives, and The Vortex, among others. Her film credits include A Fish Called Wanda for which she was nominated for a BAFTA. Ms. Aitken is a visiting teacher at the British American Drama Academy, The Juilliard School, Yale School of Drama, New York University, The Actors Center in New York, and the Academy for Classical Acting. She is the author of two books, A Girdle Round the Earth and Style: Acting in High Comedy. In 2012 she became a trustee of the Noël Coward Foundation.

Alexander Dodge (Scenic Design) returns to the Huntington having previously designed Smart People; Rapture, Blister, Burn; Good People; The Miracle at Naples; Boleros for the Disenchanted; Brendan; and more. His Broadway credits include A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critic’s Circle Award nominations), Present Laughter (Tony Award nomination), Old Acquaintance, Butley, and Hedda Gabler. His recent Off Broadway credits include Ripcord (Manhattan Theatre Club); Rapture, Blister, Burn (Playwrights Horizons); All New People and Trust (Second Stage Theatre); The Understudy (Roundabout Theatre Company); and Measure for Pleasure (The Public Theater/NYSF). London West End credits include All New People. Mr. Dodge’s opera credits include Ghosts of Versailles (LA Opera), Dinner at Eight (Minnesota Opera), Il Trittico (Deutsche Oper Berlin), and Lohengrin (Hungarian State Opera). His upcoming projects include Anastasia (Broadway) and Disney’s

* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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ABOUT THE COMPANY Hunchback of Notre Dame (Tokyo, Berlin, and Vienna). His television credits include Netflix’s “Julie’s Greenroom.” He is the recipient of a Lucille Lortel Award, two Elliot Norton Awards, three IRNE Awards, and three Connecticut Critic’s Circle Awards. Mr. Dodge holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama.

Robert Morgan (Costume Design) has designed costumes for the Huntington since 1986. His credits include Sunday in the Park with George, A Little Night Music, The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard, The Corn is Green, Third, The Sisters Rosensweig, She Loves Me, Heartbreak House, Saint Joan, and Don Juan. His Broadway credits include The Full Monty, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, 101 Dalmatians, Imaginary Friends, and Sherlock’s Last Case. His Off Broadway credits include Pride’s Crossing and The Loves of Anatol. From 1987 until 1993, he was the director of the theatre arts division of Boston University’s School for the Arts and has been an associate artist at San Diego’s The Old Globe since 1978.

Matthew Richards (Lighting Design) returns to the Huntington having previously designed Tiger Style!, Good People, Third, and What the Butler Saw. His Broadway credits include Holland Taylor’s Ann. Off Broadway, he has designed A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (MCC Theater), Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey (Westside Theatre), Informed Consent (Primary Stages), and Tamburlaine and The Killer (Theatre for a New Audience). He has also designed productions for Brooklyn Academy of Music, Lincoln Center Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage Theatre, and Theatreworks USA. His regional theatre credits include Actors Theatre of Louisville, Arena Stage, Center Stage, Ford’s Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Hartford Stage, La Jolla Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, The Old Globe, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Westport Country Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Yale Repertory Theatre. MatthewRichardsDesign.com.

John Gromada (Sound Design & Original Music) previously designed and composed original music for the Huntington’s productions of The Cocktail Hour, Betrayal, Educating Rita, All My Sons, Well, Rabbit Hole, and Carol Mulroney.

He has composed music and designed sound for more than 35 Broadway productions including The Elephant Man, The Trip to Bountiful (Tony Award nomination), The Best Man (Drama Desk Award), Clybourne Park, Seminar, Man and Boy, Road to Mecca, The Columnist, Next Fall, A Bronx Tale, Prelude to a Kiss, Proof, Sight Unseen, Rabbit Hole, Twelve Angry Men, and A Few Good Men. Other New York credits include Domesticated, Old Hats, Incident at Vichy, Dada Woof Papa Hot, Ripcord, My Name Is Asher Lev, Measure for Measure (Delacorte Theater), The Orphans’ Home Cycle (Drama Desk and Henry Hewes awards), The Screwtape Letters (also national tour), Shipwrecked!... (Lucille Lortel Award), The Skriker (Drama Desk Award), Machinal (Obie Award), and many more. His regional theatre credits number more than 300 productions at major regional theatres. His television credits include a score for the Emmy Award-nominated film version of The Trip to Bountiful. johngromada.com.

Stephen Gabis (Dialect Coach) has previous Huntington credits that include Betrayal, Private Lives, Educating Rita, The Corn is Green, The 39 Steps, and Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Toward the Somme. His selected Broadway credits include Heisenberg, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Outside Mullingar, An American in Paris, Beautiful, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Winslow Boy, Macbeth, Of Mice and Men (for Chris O’Dowd and Jim Norton), Once, The Book of Mormon national tours, Man and Boy, Heartbreak House, Lombardi, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Memphis, A View from the Bridge, Coram Boy, Doubt, Jersey

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Boys, and “Master Harold”...and the boys. Off Broadway, he has worked on shows that include Love, Love, Love; Shining City; Incognito; Hold on to Me Darling; Indian Summer; These Paper Bullets; Indecent; Punk Rock; Da; The Invisible Hand; Tribes; Look Back in Anger; Intimate Apparel; Stuff Happens; Port Authority; Abigail’s Party; The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; and Juno and the Paycock. His selected film and television credits include Spotlight, Salt, Across the Universe, Bernard and Doris (for Ralph Fiennes), “Bull,” “Sneaky Pete,” “Masters of Sex” (for Michael O’Keefe), “The Americans,” and “Boardwalk Empire.”

Ted Hewlett (Fight Director) has created fights for the Huntington’s productions of I Was Most Alive with You, A Confederacy of Dunces, Private Lives, Fences, The Colored Museum, Now or Later, Venus in Fur, and Brendan, among others. In New York, he choreographed the Off Broadway production of Bill W. and Dr. Bob. Boston area credits include SITI Company/ArtsEmerson, American Repertory Theater, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, New Repertory Theatre, Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Ballet, and SpeakEasy Stage Company. Regionally, he has fight directed at Shakespeare & Company, Shakespeare Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Elm Shakespeare, and Berkshire Theatre Festival. Mr. Hewlett holds an MFA in acting from Brandeis University, and is on the acting faculty of Emerson College.

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Alaine Alldaffer (Casting) is also the casting director for Playwrights Horizons, where her credits include Grey Gardens (also for Broadway), Clybourne Park (also for Broadway), Circle Mirror Transformation (Drama Desk and Obie awards for Best Ensemble and an Artios Award for casting), and The Flick (Playwright Horizons and The Barrow Street Theatre). Television credits

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ABOUT THE COMPANY include “The Knights of Prosperity” (aka “Let’s Rob Mick Jagger”) for ABC. Associate credits include “Ed” for NBC and “Monk” for USA. Ms. Alldaffer has also cast productions for Arena Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and the Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville, among others. She credits Lisa Donadio as her associate casting director.

Emily F. McMullen* (Production Stage Manager) has previously worked on Sunday in the Park with George, I Was Most Alive with You, Can You Forgive Her?, Disgraced, A Confederacy of Dunces, A Little Night Music, after all the terrible things I do, The Colored Museum, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Awake and Sing!, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Smart People, The Seagull, Venus in Fur, and The Cocktail Hour for the Huntington. Ms. McMullen was recently the production stage manager for the Lexington Theatre Company’s production of Disney’s Mary Poppins. She spent nine seasons as production stage manager at Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Lowell and 15 summers as production stage manager of Music Theatre of Wichita. Other credits include work with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, South Coast Repertory, North Shore Music Theatre, and Capital Repertory Theatre, among others. She holds a BA from Emory University.

Kevin Schlagle* (Stage Manager) returns to the Huntington after previously working on Sunday in the Park with George; Can You Forgive Her?; Milk Like Sugar; A Confederacy of Dunces; A Little Night Music; after all the terrible things I do; Come Back, Little Sheba; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; Smart People; Venus in Fur; Our Town; God of Carnage; Ruined; and Prelude to a Kiss. Other theatre credits include American Repertory Theater, New Repertory Theatre, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, and Williamstown Theatre Festival. His opera credits include Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Baroque, Boston Opera Collaborative, Guerilla Opera, New England Conservatory, and Boston University’s Opera Institute. He holds a BFA in stage management from Boston University.

Peter DuBois (Artistic Director) is in his ninth season as Artistic Director at the Huntington where his directing credits include Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George and A Little Night Music; the world premieres of Gina Gionfriddo’s Can You Forgive Her?, Lydia R. Diamond’s Smart People, Evan M. Wiener’s Captors, Stephen Karam’s Sons of the Prophet (2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist), Bob Glaudini’s Vengeance is the Lord’s, and David Grimm’s The Miracle at Naples; the regional premieres of A. Rey Pamatmat’s after all the terrible the things I do, Stephen Belber’s The Power of Duff, and Gina Gionfriddo’s Becky Shaw and Rapture, Blister, Burn; and Craig Lucas’ Prelude to a Kiss. His West End/London credits include Rapture, Blister, Burn (Hampstead Theatre), All New People with Zach Braff (Duke of York’s Theatre), and Becky Shaw (Almeida Theatre). His New York credits include The Power of Duff with Greg Kinnear (New York Stage and Film/Powerhouse Theater); the premiere of Rapture, Blister, Burn (Playwrights Horizons, 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist); Sons of the Prophet (Roundabout Theatre Company, 2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist); Modern Terrorism, Becky Shaw, Trust with Sutton Foster, All New People, and Lips Together, Teeth Apart (Second Stage Theatre); Measure for Pleasure, Richard III with Peter Dinklage, Mom, How Did You Meet the Beatles?, and Biro (The Public Theater/NYSF); Jack Goes Boating with Philip Seymour Hoffman and The View From 151st Street (LAByrinth Theater Company/The Public Theater), and the upcoming production of Can You Forgive Her? at the Vineyard Theatre. Regional US and UK credits include productions at American Conservatory Theater,

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Trinity Repertory Company, Humana Festival of New Plays, Manchester Opera House, and King’s Theatre Glasgow. Before arriving at the Huntington, he served for five years as associate producer and resident director at The Public Theater, preceded by five years as artistic director of the Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska. Prior to his work at Perseverance, Mr. DuBois lived and worked in the Czech Republic where he co-founded Asylum, a multi-national squat theatre in Prague. His productions have been on the annual top ten lists of The New York Times, Time Out, New York Magazine, The New Yorker, Newsday, Variety, Entertainment Weekly, The Evening Standard, The Boston Globe, and Improper Bostonian, and he received an Honorable Mention for 2013 Bostonian of the Year by The Boston Globe Magazine.

Michael Maso (Managing Director) has led the Huntington’s administrative and financial operations since 1982, producing more than 200 plays in partnership with three artistic directors and leading the Huntington’s ten-year drive to build the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, which opened in September 2004. In recognition of these efforts, Boston Herald honored him as 2004’s Theatre Man of the Year. From 1997 to 2005 Mr. Maso served as the president of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), an association of 70 of the country’s major not-for-profit professional theatres. In 2005, he was named as one of a dozen members of the inaugural class of the Barr Fellows Program. He currently serves on the Boston Cultural Planning Steering Committee and previously served as a member of the board of directors of ArtsBoston; as a board member for Theatre Communications Group (TCG); as a site visitor, panelist, and panel chairman for the National Endowment for the Arts; as a member of Mayor Menino’s Advisory Task Force for Cultural Planning; as a trustee of the Massachusetts Advocates for the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities (MAASH); as a board member of StageSource; and as a member of the Boston Foundation’s Cultural Task Force. He is the recipient of TCG’s 2012 Theatre Practitioner Award, the Huntington’s 2012 Wimberly Award, StageSource’s 2010 Theatre Hero Award, the 2005 Commonwealth Award (the state’s highest arts honor) in the category of Catalyst, and the 2000 Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence from the Boston Theatre Critics Association. He has also served as the managing director of Alabama Shakespeare Festival, general manager of New York’s Roundabout Theatre Company, business manager for PAF Playhouse on Long Island, and as an independent arts management consultant based in Taos, New Mexico. Mr. Maso is an associate professor of theatre at Boston University.

Christopher Wigle (Producing Director) is in his 16th season at the Huntington. He has worked on Broadway, Off Broadway, and regionally for Lincoln Center Theater, Playwrights Horizons, the Bay Street Theater, and the Royal National Theatre. Working primarily as a stage manager, his credits include the original productions or New York premieres of Six Degrees of Separation (John Guare), subUrbia (Eric Bogosian), The Designated Mourner (Wallace Shawn), Some Americans Abroad (Richard Nelson), Desdemona (Paula Vogel), Racing Demon (David Hare), Sex and Longing (Christopher Durang), The Last Night of Ballyhoo (Alfred Urhy), and Sophistry (Jonathan Marc Sherman). Additional credits include the awardwinning Broadway revivals of The Heiress and The Most Happy Fella, as well as two seasons as workshop director for the Williamstown Theatre Festival.

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ABOUT THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY Celebrating its 35th season, the Huntington Theatre Company is Boston’s leading professional theatre and one of the region’s premier cultural assets since its founding in 1982. The Huntington is the recipient of the 2013 Regional Theatre Tony Award and was named Best of Boston 2013 and 2014 by Boston magazine. Under the direction of Artistic Director Peter DuBois and Managing Director Michael Maso and in residence at Boston University, the Huntington brings world-class theatre artists from Boston, Broadway, and beyond together with the most promising new talent to create eclectic seasons of exciting new works and classics made current. By also mentoring local playwrights in the Huntington Playwriting Fellows program, educating young people in theatre, and serving as a catalyst for the growth of dozens of Boston’s emerging performing arts organizations by providing discounted access to facilities and audience services, the Huntington cultivates, celebrates, and champions theatre as an art form.

A national leader in the development of new plays, the Huntington has produced more than 120 world, American, and New England premieres to date. It supports local writers through a playwright residency and the Huntington Playwriting Fellows program, the cornerstone of its new work activities.

Through a diverse and impactful range of nationally renowned education and community programs, the Huntington serves 33,000 young people and underserved audience members each year.

The Huntington built the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts in 2004 as a home for its new works activities and to provide a much-needed resource for the local theatre community. At the Calderwood Pavilion, the Huntington provides first-class facilities and audience services at significantly subsidized rates to dozens of organizations each year, including some of Boston’s most exciting small and mid-sized theatre companies.

The Huntington was founded in 1982 by Boston University due to the vision and leadership of President John Silber and Vice President Gerald Gross and was separately incorporated as an independent non-profit in 1986. Its two prior artistic leaders were Peter Altman (1982 – 2000) and Nicholas Martin (2000 – 2008). In the past 34 years, the Huntington has played to an audience of 3.5 million, presented over 200 plays (16 of which went on to Broadway or Off Broadway), and served over 450,000 students, community members, and organizations.

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HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY TRUSTEES & OVERSEERS BOARD OF TRUSTEES David R. Epstein Chairman Sharon Malt President Carol B. Langer Treasurer Sherryl Cohen Clerk Carole Alkins David Altshuler Neal Balkowitsch Michael Brown John Cini Gerard H. Cohen John Cohen Carol G. Deane

James J. Dillon Betsy Banks Epstein Peter Fiedler William Finard David Firestone John Frishkopf Thomas Hamilton III Cassandra Hyland Henderson Arthur C. Hodges Frederick Jamieson Susan B. Kaplan Michelle Karol Seth Kaufman David Leathers William P. McQuillan Ann Merrifield Sandra Moose Anne M. Morgan Cokie Perry

James Petosa Bryan Rafanelli Mitchell J. Roberts Joseph V. Roller II Robert H. Scott John D. Spooner Wendell Taylor Linda H. Thomas Linda Waintrup J. David Wimberly Veronica Wiseman Mary Wolfson Fancy Zilberfarb Warren R. Radtke Trustee Emeritus

COUNCIL OF OVERSEERS John Cohen Tania Phillips Co-Chairs Nancy S. Adams Kitty Ames Nancy Brickley Jim Burns Suzanne Chapman J. William Codinha Bette Cohen Tenney Cover Elizabeth Cregger Catherine Creighton JoAnne W. Dickinson Susan Ellerin Deborah First Anne H. Fitzpatrick Maria Farley Gerrity Paul Greenfield

Ann T. Hall Ann-Ellen Hornidge Janice Hunt Alan S. Johnson Katherine Jones Nada Despotovich Kane Linda Kanner Christopher Kimball Victoria Knox Loren Kovalcik Sherry Lang Joie Lemaitre Debbie Lewis Tracie Longman Nancy Lukitsh Rumena Manolova-Senchak Charles Marz Noel McCoy Thalia Meehan Daniel A. Mullin

Gail Roberts Juliet Schnell Turner Tracey A. West Caleb White John Taylor Williams Bertie Woeltz Christopher R. Yens Linda Zug

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THE HUNTINGTON CIRCLE The Huntington Circle recognizes our leadership donors to the Huntington Annual Fund and offers members a range of special benefits. We are grateful to the members of the Huntington Circle and the other donors listed below whose generous Annual Fund gifts support our artistic programs, as well as our award-winning youth, education, and community initiatives. For information or to become a Huntington Circle member, please call Meg White, Director of Major Gifts, at 617 273 1596.

Lead Producers Circle ($100,000+) Sherryl and Gerard Cohen Carol G. Deane Albert W. Merck 1997 Family Trust Nancy and Edward Roberts Mr. J. David Wimberly Executive Producers Circle ($50,000-$99,999) Dr. John and Bette Cohen Betsy and David Epstein Gardner C. Hendrie and Karen Johansen Carol B. Langer Sharon and Brad Malt Jane and Neil Pappalardo Mitchell and Jill Roberts Linda and Daniel Waintrup 2 anonymous gifts Artistic Producers Circle ($25,000-$49,999) Arthur C. and Eloise W. Hodges Barbara and Amos Hostetter Jane and Fred Jamieson Susan and David Leathers William and Helen Pounds John D. Spooner Faith and Joseph Tiberio Charitable Foundation Linda and Brooks Zug Anonymous, celebrating the Huntington’s President Sharon Malt and Chairman David Epstein

Howard and Veronica Wiseman 1 anonymous gift Directors Circle ($10,000-$14,999) Neal Balkowitsch and Donald Nelson Dr. and Mrs. Reinier Beeuwkes Fay Chandler‡ Linda L. D’Onofrio Karen and David Firestone John Frishkopf Karen and Gary Gregg Julie and Jordan Hitch Nada Despotovich Kane Marjie and Robert Kargman Loren B. Kovalcik/ IntePros Consulting Joie Lemaitre Alan and Harriet Lewis Mr. and Mrs. David Long Tracie L. Longman and Chaitanya Kanojia Paula and Bill O’Keeffe Jeffrey Dover and Tania Phillips Robert M. Rosenberg, in honor of Mary Wolfson Jan and Joe Roller Marie Rotti Dr. Paul S. Russell Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Sullivan Linda H. Thomas 1 anonymous gift

Playwrights Circle ($5,000-$9,999) Nancy Adams and Associate Producers Circle John Burgress ($15,000-$24,999) Charles and Kathleen Ames Stephen Chapman Camilla Bennett Denise and William Finard Coralie Berg and Cassandra Hyland Henderson Steve Schwartz Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Carolyn Birmingham Family Foundation, Inc./ Amy and Joshua Boger Susan B. Kaplan and Susan and Michael Brown Nancy and Mark Belsky Jim Burns Adrienne Kimball Katie and Paul Buttenwieser Bill and Linda McQuillan Suzanne Chapman Wayne Davis and

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J. William Codinha and Carolyn Thayer Ross Mr. and Mrs. Lewis W. Counts Betsy and David Cregger Laura and Neil Cronin Amey A. Defriez Jim Dillon and Stone Wiske Margaret Eagle and Eliezer Rapaport Jennifer Eckert and Richard D’Amore Mr. Robert Fine and Mr. Matthew Fine Debbie and Bob First, in memory of Susan Spooner Donald Fulton Ann and John Hall Tom and Nancy Hamilton Scottie Held Ned Murphy and Ann-Ellen Hornidge Alan Johnson Seth and Mary Kaufman Vicki and Northrup Knox Christine Kondoleon and Frederic Wittmann David A. Kronman Cecile and Fraser Lemley John and Jean Lippincott The Mancuso Family Marion Martin, in memory of Travis John Martin Sharon Miller Daniel A. Mullin Dr. and Mrs. John William Poduska, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Rawson Sally C. Reid and John D. Sigel Gail Roberts Darin S. Samaraweera Marilyn and Jay Sarles M. H. Sirvetz Wendell Taylor Jean C. Tempel John Travis Juliet Schnell Turner Roberta and Stephen R. Weiner Mary Wolfson Justin and Genevieve Wyner Christopher R. Yens and Temple Gill Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Zilberfarb 1 anonymous gift

THE HUNTINGTON CIRCLE (continued) Designers Circle ($2,500-$4,999) Bruce and Denise Bauman Nancy and Richard Brickley Kevin and Virginia Byrne Betsy Cabot Suzanne and Bert Capone Julian and Barbara Cherubini Nancy Ciaranello McLane and Tenney Cover Catherine and Peter Creighton Charles and JoAnne Dickinson Ellen and Kevin Donoghue Virginia Drachman and Douglas Jones Susan Ellerin Winifred Ewing Mr. and Mrs. William Fink Anne H. Fitzpatrick Newell Flather Maria and Daniel Gerrity Paul Greenfield and Sandy Steele Betsy and David Harris Estate of Carmella M. Hilbert‡ Prof. and Mrs. Morton Z. Hoffman Linda and Steven Kanner Mary S. and Duncan Kennedy Richard and Dorothy Koerner Susan and David Kohen Alvin and Barbara Krakow Ted and Ann Kurland Sherry Lang Drs. Lynne and Sidney Levitsky Deborah Lewis and Robert Grinberg Nancy Lukitsh Joseph Machera Charles Marz Jack Fabiano and Noel McCoy Thalia Meehan and Rev. Gretchen Grimshaw Amy Merrill Charles Merrill and Julie Boudreaux Jonette Nagai and Stephen O’Brien Jerry Nelson Coleen and David Pantalone Jackie and Bob Pascucci Mr. and Mrs. J. Daniel Powell Deborah and S. Caesar Raboy Victoria and John Rizzi Mr. and Mrs. Owen W. Robbins Darin S. Samaraweera Rumena and Alexander Senchak Vivian and Lionel Spiro Bruce and Emily Stangle Estate of Demetre J. Steffon‡

Helen and Jack Stewart Beth and Michael Stonebraker Joanna and Nigel Travis Drs. Stephen and Beth Trehu Mr. and Mrs. Steve Tritman Pamela Tucker and George Pettee Elizabeth and Caleb White Ike Williams Bertie and Anthony Woeltz Sally and Richard Zeckhauser Actors Circle ($1,500-$2,499) Alice and Walter Abrams Carole and Leonard Alkins Liliana and Hillel Bachrach Kate and Gordon Baty Deborah L. Benson and Frederic J. Marx Jeff and Jody Black Joseph L. Bower and Elizabeth Potter Kenneth Brown Rosalie Florence Cohen Ken and Ginny Colburn David Dalena and Brian Patton Lynn and Bruce Dayton Dean K. Denniston, Jr. Tim and Linda Diering Richard Donoho Jonathan Dyer and Thomas Foran Stephen Elman and Joanne D’Alcomo Jerome and Vivien Facher Barbara and Larry Farrer Norman and Madeleine Gaut Eric P. Geller and Cathy Thorn Mark E. Glasser and Frank G. McWeeny Drs. Laura Green and David Golan Mary Beth and Chris Gordon Peter and Jacqueline Gordon Phil Gormley and

Erica Bisguier Katherine Haltom Jay and Donna Hanflig H. Patricia Hanna Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hartmann Barbara Hirshfield and Cary Coen, in honor of Gerry and Sherry Cohen Janice and Roger Hunt Margaret Jackson and Peter Harrington Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Hibbard, in honor of David Wimberly

Holly and Bruce Johnstone, in honor of John D. Spooner Kathy and Hubie Jones Jill and Stephen Karp Paul and Elizabeth Kastner Susan Kirk Paul and Tracy Klein Louise Kwan Jon Levy Ann D. Macomber Stuart and Yvonne Madnick Shelley and Brad Marcus Mike and Mary McConnell Louise and Sandy McGinnes Sarah M. McGinty Anik and Sita Mercheas Neal and Lynne Miller Mr. and Mrs. William Mitchell, in memory of Virginia Wimberly Mr. and Mrs. William Mullin Bob and Alison Murchison Joy Pak and David Deutsch Dr. Susan E. Bennett and Dr. Gerald Pier Meredith and Bob Pitts Steven J. Ralston and William Robert Hair Christine and David Root Diane Rosenberg Susan and Geoffrey Rowley Irvine and Louise Rusk Mr. and Mrs. William R. Sapers Jane E. Shattuck Gilda Slifka The Spector Family John H. Straus and Liza Ketchum Lise and Myles Striar Ben and Kate Taylor Kenneth R. Traub and Pamela K. Cohen Mindee Wasserman Jerold and Abbe Beth Young 3 anonymous gifts

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Zaret • Lorena and Robert Zeller • 10 anonymous gifts This list reflects gifts received during the 14 months prior to October 24, 2016.

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CORPORATE, FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT DONORS The Huntington Theatre Company is grateful to receive support from a wide range of corporations, foundations, and government agencies that support the Huntington’s annual operations, as well as our award-winning productions and education and community programs.

For more information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Diana Jacobs-Komisar, Institutional Giving Manager, at 617 273 1514 or djkomisar@huntingtontheatre.org.

Grand Patron Boston University Lead Producers Circle ($100,000+) The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Barr Foundation Klarman Family Foundation with the Barr-Klarman Arts Capacity Building Initiative The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Executive Producers Circle ($50,000-$99,999) Bank of America* Mabel Louise Riley Foundation Massachusetts Cultural Council* Theatre Communications Group Artistic Producers Circle ($25,000-$49,999) The Boston Foundation Edgerton Foundation Hershey Family Foundation Kingsbury Road Charitable Foundation Liberty Mutual Insurance National Endowment for the Arts

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Associate Producers Circle ($15,000-$24,999) BPS Arts Expansion Fund at EdVestors Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust MEDITECH Directors Circle ($10,000-$14,999) Alfred E. Chase Charitable Foundation Lucy R. Sprague Memorial Fund Santander TDC The Tiny Tiger Foundation Playwrights Circle ($5,000$9,999) Cue Ball Group Goodwin Procter LLP Nutter McLennen & Fish Proskauer Rose LLP Ropes & Gray LLP Vertex Pharmaceuticals Worldwide Schrafft Charitable Trust WilmerHale

Designers Circle ($2,500-$4,999) Boston Cultural Council Cambridge Savings Bank Jackson and Irene Golden 1989 Charitable Trust Nixon Peabody Danversbank Charitable Foundation and People’s United Bank Roy A. Hunt Foundation Wilson Butler Architects Actors Circle ($1,500-$2,499) AAFCPAs Staples Foundation Surdna Foundation * Education and community programs donor ** Includes in-kind support

THE HUNTINGTON LEGACY SOCIETY BUILDING A LEGACY OF GREAT THEATRE — The Huntington Legacy Society recognizes those who play a lasting role in securing the Huntington’s strong, successful future beyond their lifetime by making a bequest or other planned gift.

We are grateful to these members of the Huntington Legacy Society:

Neal Balkowitsch and Donald Nelson Howard H. Bengele Suzanne Chapman Brant A. Cheikes Sherryl and Gerard Cohen Carol G. Deane Susan Ellerin Arthur C. and Eloise W. Hodges Jane and Fred Jamieson Carol B. Langer

Joie Lemaitre Sharon and Brad Malt Bill and Linda McQuillan Mary C. O’Donnell Linda and Daniel Waintrup Margaret J. White J. David Wimberly Veronica and Howard Wiseman Justin and Genevieve Wyner 1 anonymous

If you have already included the Huntington as part of your will or estate plans, or if you wish to discuss how you can participate, please contact Celina Valadao, Major Gifts Officer, at 617 273 1536 or cvaladao@huntingtontheatre.org.

YOU BRING WORLD-CLASS THEATRE TO LIFE! Your Annual Fund gift provides critical funding that helps the Huntington create the world-class theatre you love.

PAUL MAROTTA

Please consider becoming a Sustaining Donor through easy, secure, automatic monthly giving that provides steady, year-round support!

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BU THEATRE • GENERAL INFORMATION Contact Information for the Huntington Theatre Company The Huntington Theatre Company performs in three beautiful theatres in two dynamic Boston neighborhoods.

The 890-seat Boston University Theatre is on the Avenue of the Arts (264 Huntington Avenue), diagonally across from Symphony Hall. The 370-seat Virginia Wimberly Theatre and the flexible 250-seat Nancy & Edward Roberts Studio Theatre are part of the Calderwood Pavilion in the historic South End, on the campus of the Boston Center for the Arts (527 Tremont Street).

Refreshments Snacks, wine, beer, soft drinks, and coffee are available before opening curtain and during intermission in the main lobby. Drinks purchased at concessions are permitted inside the theatre, but food is not.

Babes in Arms Children must have their own seats. Babes in arms are not permitted in the theatre. Children under 6 are not permitted.

Cameras Website: huntingtontheatre.org Box Office: 617 266 0800 Box Office fax: 617 421 9674 Administrative office: 617 266 7900 Administrative office fax: 617 353 8300 B.U. Theatre Lost and Found: 617 266 7900, ext. 1666

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

Box Office Hours

Wheelchair Accessibility

The Box Office is generally open Tuesday-Saturday, noon-curtain (or 6pm); Sunday, noon-curtain (or 4pm).

Hours change weekly. For the most up-to-date hours, please visit huntingtontheatre.org or call the Box Office at 617 266 0800.

The BU Theatre is accessible by ramp and can accommodate both wheelchair and companion seating in the orchestra section.

Please notify us when you purchase your tickets if wheelchair accommodations will be required and confirm arrangements with the House Manager at 617 266 7900, ext. 1666.

Huntington Group Discounts Groups of 10 or more may receive a discount of up to 20% off full ticket prices and a free ticket for every 20 purchased. Space is available at the theatre for pre- or post-performance receptions. Contact Jon Slater for more information at 617 273 1657 or groups@huntingtontheatre.org.

Public Transportation

Pagers and Cellular Phones Please silence all watches, pagers, and cell phones during the performance.

Hearing Enhancement The BU Theatre is equipped with an FM hearing enhancement system. Wireless headphones are available free of charge at the concessions stand in the main lobby for your use during a performance.

We encourage patrons to use public transportation to the BU Theatre whenever possible. The Theatre is conveniently located near the MBTA Green Line Hynes or Symphony Stations; Orange Line/Commuter Rail Mass Ave. Station; the No. 1 Harvard-Dudley bus via Mass Ave. to Huntington Ave.; and the No. 39 Arborway-Copley bus to Gainsborough Street.

Restrooms

BU Theatre Parking

If You Arrive Late In consideration of our actors and other audience members, latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the management.

Parking is available at many nearby locations. For details, please visit huntingtontheatre.org or call the Box Office at 617 266 0800.

Please note that these parking garages are independently owned and operated and are not affiliated with the Huntington Theatre Company or the BU Theatre.

If Your Plans Change We hate to see empty seats. Please consider donating any tickets you can’t use. For more information please call the Box Office at 617 266 0800.

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Located in the lower-level and balcony lobbies. A wheelchair-accessible restroom is located in the main lobby on the first floor.

Coat Check Located in the lower lobby.

Large Print Programs Large print programs are free of charge and are available in the main lobby.

BOSTON UNIVERSITY THEATRE • EMERGENCY EVACUATION MAP In addition to the lobby exits through which you entered, there are six illuminated emergency exits at the sides of the balcony and mezzanine, and four in the orchestra. = EXIT SIGN

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STAFF Peter DuBois

Michael Maso

ADMINISTRATION General Manager................................................Sondra R. Katz Associate General Manager.........................Conwell Worthington III Company Manager.......................................................... Jazzmin Bonner Assistant Company Manager.........................................Meagan Garcia Assistant to the Managing Director........................ Gabrielle Jaques Management Assistant..........................................................Annie Walsh

Box Office Associates..........................................Brittany Rae Bonnell, Brenton Thurston Full-Time Customer Service Reps.............................. Christine Lefter, Tasha Matthews, Ellie Solomon, Nicole Williams Customer Service Reps................................Victoria Barry, Nick Boonstra, Lizzie Benway, Katelyn Burkhart, Victoria Cunha, Sue Dietlin, Taylor Granger, Mary Olsen, Katelyn Reinert, Katie Sumi, Regine Vital, Yurika Watanabe

Norma Jean Calderwood Artistic Director

BU Theatre BU Theatre House Manager.............................................. Daniel Morris Assistant House Managers................ Meg Ciabotti, Brian Dudley Front of House Staff................................................... Julie Cameron, Michael Choueiri, Jailyn Duong, Kendrick Terrell Evans, Ariana Goldsworthy, Robin Goldberg, Dalton Gordon, Sierra Grabowska, Zachary McPheeters, Neil Novello, Brianna Randolph, Ivy Ryan, Kathleen Sansone, Geri Spanek, Madeline Wigon Maintenance...................................................................Ronald Belmonte, Kenneth Carter, Gary Santos Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA Calderwood Pavilion Manager............................... Joey Riddle Calderwood Pavilion Rentals Coordinator........................Katie Most Calderwood Pavilion House Manager...............................Katrina Alix Calderwood Pavilion Management Assistant..................Gabe Hughes House Electrician.........................................Mercedes Roman-Manson House Sound Operator.................................................. Jesse McKenzie House Carpenter.........................................................................Mike Hamer Wardrobe Run................................................................Barbara Crowther Calderwood Pavilion Apprentice............................Dalton Zogleman Assistant House Managers............................ Paul Fox, Ksenia Lanin, Matt Feldman, Maura Neff Front of House Staff..............................................Natasha Bonfield, Mia Buchsbaum, Robert Caplis, Barbara Crowther, Talia Curtin, Linnea Donnelly, Katie Flanagan, Madeleine Gibbons, Ryan Impagliazzo, Terry McCarthy, Laura Meilman, Maura Neff, Nick Perron, Leah Reber, Sarah Schnebly, Ciera-Sadé Wade, Dalton Zogleman Custodians...............................................................................Jose Andrade Security Coordinator...............................................................Greg Haugh

Finance Director of Financial Management................. Glenda Fishman Accounting Manager.............................................................. June Zaidan Accounting Coordinator.................................................Laura Casavant Accountants....................................Alexander, Aronson, Finning, CPA Human Resources Director of Human Resources........................ Peggy J. Novello Human Resources Coordinator.................................... Michael Comey Payroll and Reporting Specialist...................................April Swiniuch Administrative Support Assistant................. Kendrick Terrell Evans Information Technology IT Director.....................................................................................Scott Poole Helpdesk Specialist................................................................Jevon Foster Subscription and Box Office Audience Services Manager.....................................................Jon Slater Assistant Audience Services Manager...........................Katie Catano BU Theatre Box Office Coordinator......................... Victoria Swindle Pavilion Box Office Coordinator...........................................Noah Ingle Subscriptions Coordinator...................................................Amy Klesert

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Managing Director

ARTISTIC Producing Director.......................................Christopher Wigle Director of New Work.............................................................Lisa Timmel Associate Producer..........................................................M. Bevin O’Gara Artistic Programs & Dramaturgy............................Charles Haugland Assistant to the Artistic Director............................ Stephanie LeBolt Playwright-In-Residence..................................................Melinda Lopez Literary Apprentice...........................................................Sarah Schnebly Producing Apprentice.........................................................Justin Samoy Huntington Playwriting Fellows.......................................... Mia Chung, Thom Dunn, John J King, Sam Marks, Nina Louise Morrison, Deborah Salem Smith BU Graduate Directors................................Zohar Fuller, Kelly Galvin, Adam Kassim, Jeremy Ohringer, Stephen Pick, Jillian Robertson DEVELOPMENT Director of Annual Giving & Development Operations......................................... Joy Pak Director of Major Gifts................................................Margaret J. White Major Gifts Officer..............................................................Celina Valadao Special Events Manager......................................................Kirsten Doyle Institutional Giving Manager...........................Diana Jacobs-Komisar Annual Fund & Research Coordinator........................Annalise Baird Development Database Coordinator...........................Lisa McColgan Development Associate.....................................Elizabeth MacLachlan Development Apprentice.................................................... Sam Buntich Development Intern............................................................... Vicky Huang EDUCATION & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Director of Education......................................... Donna J. Glick Manager of Education Operations...................................Meg O’Brien Manager of Curriculum & Instruction..................... Alexandra Smith Education Associate..............................................................Marisa Jones Education Interns........................................................ Elizabeth Botelho, Daniella Forero, Liam McParland Teaching Artists........................... Kortney Adams, Pascale Florestal, Naheem Garcia, Lydia Graeff, Keith Mascoll, Allie Meek, Anneke Reich MARKETING Director of Marketing.............................................. Temple Gill Associate Director of Marketing...................... Meredith Mastroianni Communications Manager.................................................Desiree Barry Tessitura Analytics Manager........................................... Derrick Martin Digital Content Manager............................................Carolyn MacLeod Promotions & Community Coordinator.......................... James Boyd Community Membership Coordinator....................................................Candelaria Silva-Collins Creative Services Coordinator.................................................Dan Pecci Marketing Associate................................................................ Katie Iafolla Marketing Apprentice..............................................................Leah Reber Marketing Interns................................................................... Sabrina Katz, Phoebe North, Kaya Williams

STAFF (continued) PRODUCTION Production Manager ...................................... Todd D. Williams Associate Production Manager....................................... Bethany Ford Stage Management Apprentice.........................................Billy Cowles Graduate Assistant...............................................................Emily Vaughn Scenery Technical Director.................................................. Dan Ramirez Associate Technical Director........................................ Adam Godbout Assistant Technical Director..................................................Dan Oleksy Master Carpenter....................................................................Larry Dersch Scenery Mechanic...........................................................Jesse Washburn Carpenters................................................................... Andrew Cancellieri, Milosz Gassan, Christian Lambrecht, Nick Hernon Carpenter/Scene Shop Assistant...........................Carolyn Daitch Stage Carpenter.....................................................................Chris Largent Scenery Apprentice..........................................................Grayson Basina Properties Properties Master.............................................Kristine Holmes Assistant Properties Master.............................................Justin Seward Properties Artisan.....................................................................Ian Thorsell Properties Run................................................................Andrew DeShazo Paints Charge Scenic Artist............................................Kristin Krause Lead Scenic Artist...................................................Romina Diaz-Brarda Scenic Artist...........................................................................Chelsey Erskin BU Certificate Interns..................................................Katherine Keaton, Jaqueline Kempe, Lauren White

Costumes Costume Director.............................................. Nancy Hamann Assistant Costume Director................................. Virginia V. Emerson Costume Design Assistant.....................................................Mary Lauve Head Draper...........................................................................Anita Canzian Costume Crafts Artisan/Dyer................Denise M. Wallace-Spriggs First Hand............................................................................Rebecca Hylton Wardrobe Coordinator.......................................................Christine Marr Costume Apprentice...................................................Becky Thorogood Costume Intern..................................................................... Lauren Reuter Electrics Master Electrician........................................... Katherine Herzig Assistant Master Electrician..................................................Alisa Hartle Electrics Apprentice.......................................................... Paige Johnson Sound Sound Supervisor................................................. Ben Emerson Sound Engineer.......................................................................... J. Jumbelic Sound Apprentice.........................................................Terrence Dowdye Graduate Assistants............................. Collin Barnum, Aubrey Dube

BU SCHOOL OF THEATRE PRODUCTION STAFF Theatre Complex Production Manager...................................... Johnny Kontogiannis Senior Staff Assistant Design & Production.....................................................Renee Yancey Costume Shop Supervisor............................................ Karen Martakos

Additional Staff for Bedroom Farce Fight Captain........................................................... Emily F. McMullen Assistant to the Director............................................Phaedra Scott Production Assistant.....................................................Jessica Kemp Carpenters............................................... Bill Balmer, Ben Frechette, Rachael Hasse, Ana Weiss, Sid Wolf Scenic Artist............................................................... Amanda Gimbel Draper...................................................................... Harper Della-Piana First Hand............................................................................. Katie Kenna Stitchers........................................................... Sarah Pak, Jill Costello Dresser......................................................................Kathryn Schondek

Wig Design............................................................................ Jason Allen Assistant to the Lighting Designer.....................Gifford Williams Electricians....................................... Carmen Alfaro, Kevin Barnett, Austin Boyle, Kyle Brown, Harrison Burke, Evey Connerty-Marin, Emily Crochetiere, Kevin Fulton, Aaron Henry, Becky Marsh, Taylor Ness, David Orlando, Brandi Pick, Lukas Theodossiou, Gifford Williams, Ali Witten, Kevin Zabrecky Assistant to the Sound Designer....................................Nick Chen

The Huntington Theatre Company is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), an association of the nation’s leading resident professional theatres; Theatre Communications Group, a national service organization for the nonprofit professional theatre; StageSource, a regional alliance of theatre artists and producers; and ArtsBoston, the voice and resource for the arts in Greater Boston.

This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

The director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

The scenic, costume, lighting, and sound designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.

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GUIDE to LOCAL THEATRE NOVEMBER– DECEMBER 2016 DOWNTOWN/THEATRE DISTRICT BLACK NATIVITY, Emerson/Paramount Center Mainstage, 559 Washington St., 617-824-8000. Dec 2–18. This legendary Christmas celebration tells the story of the Nativity in scripture, verse, music and dance. Based on the Gospel of St. Luke and the poetry of Langston Hughes, this song-play features a joyous company of singers, actors, dancers and musicians delivering a powerful message of joy, hope, victory and liberation.

BLUE MAN GROUP, Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton St., 800-BLUE-MAN. Ongoing. This giddily subversive off-Broadway hit serves up outrageous and inventive theatre where three muted, blue-painted performers spoof both contemporary art and modern technology. Wry commentary and bemusing antics are matched only by the ingenious ways in which music and sound are created.

A CHRISTMAS CELTIC SOJOURN, Emerson/Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont St., 617-824-8000. Dec 9–21; Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main St., Rockport, 978-546-7391. Dec 12. Top talents from around the Celtic world recreate the magic of an old-world Christmas in the 14th annual live version of Brian O’Donovan’s beloved WGBH Christmas special.

CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE, Boch Center, The Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont St., 866-348-9738. Dec 9–11. A holiday spectacle with over 300 costumes, 20 acts and 30 artists from every corner of the globe. this new cirque show is a Broadway musical and family Christmas spectacular all in one.

MALA, Emerson/Jackie Liebergott Black Box at the Paramount Center, 559 Washington St., 617-824-8400. Through Nov 20.

For her mother, Melinda is the bad daughter, “la mala.” But as life would have it, she’s the most available daughter to accompany her mother through her last days. Funny, brutally honest and ultimately cathartic, Boston playwright Melinda Lopez’s new work puts a sharp focus on what it means to put our loved ones first right to the very end.

SHEAR MADNESS, Charles Playhouse Stage II, 74 Warrenton St., 617-426-5225. Ongoing. It’s a day like any other at the Shear Madness salon, when suddenly the lady upstairs gets knocked 38 BEDROOM FARCE

HOLIDAYS ARE HERE AGAIN: Celebrate the yuletide spirit with the beloved A Christmas Celtic Sojourn at the Emerson/Cutler Majestic Theatre December 9–21 and in Rockport December 12.

off. Whodunit? Join the fun as the audience matches wits with the suspects to catch the killer in this wildly popular comedy.

LOCAL/REGIONAL THEATRE AKEELAH AND THE BEE, Wheelock Family Theatre, 200 The Riverway, 617-879-2300. Through Nov 20. Akeelah is an independent, 11-year-old girl with a razor-sharp mind and an aptitude for spelling. Her courage and tenacity inspire the people of her neighborhood and might just take her all the way from a Chicago housing development to the national spelling bee in this stage adaptation of the 2006 film.

AMADEUS, Moonbox Productions, Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Nov 25–Dec 17. In 1781 Vienna, Joseph II is Emperor of Austria and Vienna’s world of music is ruled by the precise and pedantic composer Antonio Salieri. When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arrives, throwing Salieri’s predictable court life into chaos, Salieri is filled with awe, but that awe quickly turns to a poisonous jealousy. Salieri must decide how far he will go to protect the world he has created and destroy the man who is a constant reminder of the artist he will never be.

BIG THE MUSICAL, The Footlight Club, 7A Eliot St., Jamaica Plain, 617-524-3200. Nov 5–19. Meet Josh Baskin, a 12-year-old who grows up overnight after making a wish to the Zoltar machine. Find out how he copes with his new world in this adaptation of the hit 1988 film.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL, North Shore Music Theatre, 62 Dunham Road, Beverly, 978-232-7200. Dec 9–23. Based on the Charles Dickens classic, this musical tells the tale of curmudgeonly miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is visited by the ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Future hoping to change his destiny and save his soul. .

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Orchestra • November 6, 2016

Bruce Hangen, conductor. Works by Muhly, Shostakovich and Stravinsky. Featuring the conducting debut of Gian Francesco Falbo (M.M. ’17).

Sanders Theatre at Harvard University Tickets: 617-496-2222 Alcina • November 17–20, 2016

Sung in Italian with English supertitles.

Music by George Frideric Handel. Libretto by Riccardo Broschi. Conducted by Andrew Altenbach. Directed by Nathan Troup.

Tickets: 617-912-9222 or bostonconservatory.berklee.edu/events

December 25–29, 2016

Multiple Screenings Mon 12/25-Thu 12/29 And don’t miss Singalong Mary Poppins Thanksgiving Weekend 781-646-4849 M WWW.REGENTTHEATRE .COM 7 MEDFORD STREET, ARLINGTON, MA

7 Medford St., Arlington 781-646-4849 • regenttheatre.com

And don’t miss Singalong Mary Poppins Thanksgiving Weekend 11/25-27

LYRIC STAGE A Madcap Musical Murder Mystery.

Fun for the Holidays!

“A Masterwork!” —NY Post

November 25– December 24, 2016

Broadway legends Kander & Ebb bring to light one of the most important cases in civil rights history in this captivating and powerful musical.

Now Playing!

Lyric Stage • Copley Square 617-585-5678 • lyricstage.com

Tickets from $25 617-933-8600 • SpeakEasyStage.com

A true Boston story, local dance legend Tony Williams reimagined the classic holiday tale to become a Boston inner-city story with a neonbuzz, blending the rhythms of Duke Ellington with the classical music of Tchaikovsky.

“A Nutcracker with real soul” —Boston Metro

November 25–December 17, 2016 Plaza Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts 617-933-8600 • bostontheatrescene.com

December 16–31, 2016 John Hancock Hall, 180 Berkeley St. 617-524-3066 • urbannutcracker.com

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GUIDE TO LOCAL THEATRE (continued) A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Trinity Repertory Company, The Chace Theater, 201 Washington St., Providence, R.I., 401-351-4242.

Nov 5–Dec 31. Ebenezer Scrooge—a greedy, sour businessman, infamous for his lack of Christmas cheer—is visited by three ghosts that give him the chance to examine his life.

Inspired to change his ways, Scrooge is wholly transformed by the spirit of Christmas in Dickens’ holiday classic.

CHRISTMAS REVELS, Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge, 617-496-2222. Dec 9–27. The 46th annual production of the beloved yuletide event is filled with toetapping fiddle tunes, lilting Cajun two steps, gorgeous anthems and familiar touchstones like the Sussex Mummers Carol and Lord of the Dance as it follows the French immigrants who originally settled on the Canadian border but were later forced by the British to a new home along the bayous of Louisiana.

THE DONKEY SHOW, American Repertory Theater, Oberon, 2 Arrow St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. Ongoing. Bringing the ultimate disco experience to Boston, this crazy circus of mirror balls, feathered divas, roller skaters and hustle queens tells the story of A Midsummer Night’s Dream through great ’70s anthems you know by heart.

FAITHLESS, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Ave., 866-811-4111. Dec 8–18. Two generations of an Irish-American family gather in a hospital waiting room while awaiting the passing of their family matriarch. But when black sheep Skip unexpectedly returns, decades of baggage surface in this funny and moving look at family, faith and forgiveness.

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, New Repertory Theatre, Charles Mosesian Theater, Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown, 617-923-8487. Dec 2–24. This spirited revival of the beloved musical features a cast of Boston-area favorites in this Tony Award-winning play. Rendered with striking intimacy and simplicity by Tony-nominated director Austin Pendleton, this energetic production puts the classic story’s fierce heart at the center of the audience experience with its timeless warmth, humor and honesty.

FINGERSMITH, American Repertory Theater, Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. Dec 4–Jan 8. The job seems simple at first: all that pickpocket Sue Trinder has to do is help a con man cheat a gullible young heiress out of her fortune. But nothing is quite what it seems in this mystery set in the shadows of Victorian England. Spiraling through London streets, madhouses and a stifling mansion with a shocking secret, Sue finds herself in the most dangerous landscape of all: awakening sexuality, love and betrayal.

HOW SOFT THE LINING, Bad Habit Productions, Wimberly Theatre, Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Nov 5–20. Inspired by the lives of Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Keckly, Mrs. Lincoln’s freed black seamstress, the story is set in the White House after the assassination of the 16th president. This play by local writer Kirsten Greenidge explores both women’s lives and the primary events that brought them together during a critical moment in our nation’s history.

JOURNEY TO THE WEST, The Nora Theatre Company and Underground Railway Theater, Central Square Theater, 450 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 866-811-4111. Nov 25–Dec 40 BEDROOM FARCE

31. Mary Zimmerman’s adaptation of the the beloved comic Chinese novel in which a monk travels from China to India in search of spiritual enlightenment and Buddhist scriptures delivers whimsy, delight and a combination of comedy, adventure and satire mixed with a mystical dreamscape filled with puppetry and lyrical beauty.

LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST (IN SPACE), Theatre@First, Unity Somerville, 6 William St., Somerville, 888-874-7554. Nov 11–19. Ferdinand of Space Station Navarre and his friends vow to avoid all terrestrial pleasures to pursue a life of study for the next three years, but when the Princess of Aquitaine and her ladies arrive at Space Station Navarre, the previously made oaths prove to be impossible to hold.

MAME, Stoneham Theatre, 395 Main St., Stoneham, 781-2792200. Nov 25–Dec 23. This unforgettable Tony Award-winning classic Broadway musical centers on the irrepressibly eccentric Mame Dennis, who lives a carefree life in 1920s New York until she unexpectedly becomes the guardian to her 10-yearold nephew, Patrick. Rather than change her ways, Mame introduces Patrick to all the wonder of her wild bohemian world while discovering the joy of having a family of her own.

MATCHLESS and THE HAPPY PRINCE, Underground Railway Theater, Central Square Theater, 450 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 866-811-4111. Nov 25–Dec 31. In 2008, National Public Radio asked Gregory Maguire (Wicked) to compose an original story with a Christmas theme. Thus was born his rekindling of Andersen’s classic tale The Little Match Girl from a surprising point of view. Written by Oscar Wilde for his children, the second feature of this double bill celebrates an unlikely friendship with his signature wit, humor and heart.

MURDER FOR TWO, Lyric Stage Company, 140 Clarendon St., 617-585-5678. Nov 25–Dec 24. In this witty, winking and musical homage to old-fashioned closed-room murder mysteries, everyone is a suspect. One actor plays the detective, while another plays all the suspects—and they both play the piano!

MURDER ON THE POLAR EXPRESS, Gold Dust Orphans, Theater Machine, 1254 Boylston St., 800-838-3006. Dec 1–21. Stealing plot lines from every Agatha Christie mystery ever written, the latest show from Boston’s acclaimed drag parody troupe features “The World’s Foremost Drag Detective” Shirley Holmes (Ryan Landry) as she boards the world’s most elegant train along with her sidekick Dr. Jody Watley and 10 other unsavory characters, all en route to the North Pole for a much needed Christmas vacation. But not so fast! There’s a psycho killer onboard!

OUR CARNAL HEARTS, American Repertory Theater, Oberon, 2 Arrow St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. Nov 9–12. Written and starring performance artist Rachel Mars and featuring original music composed and arranged by Louise Mothersole, this is a gleeful, musical celebration of our competitive spirits, a joyous call for everyone we’ve ever wanted to be and everything we’ve ever wanted to own.

RETURN OF THE WINEMAKER, Tir Na Productions, The Rockwell, 255 Elm St., Somerville, 617-684-5335. Dec 1–23. The story of Jesus is transported to Ballygoura, County Galway in Ireland, where the locals—upon learning Christ can turn water into wine—persuade him to quit his job as a carpenter and supply every pub in the area with free alcohol

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REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN., Company One, Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., 617-9338600. Through Nov 19. Through vignettes that move at rapidfire pace, this New England premiere by Alice Birch morphs language and explodes boundaries to explore the myriad ways women are styled, shaped and confined to fit society’s expectations, asking the question: What happens when we rebel?

THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Roberts Studio Theatre, Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-933-8600.

Through Nov 26. In Kander and Ebb’s final collaboration, they bring to light one of the most infamous events in American history: the shocking true story of nine African American boys jailed in Alabama in 1931 for a crime they did not commit.

Featuring a period-specific mix of gospel, jazz and vaudeville, this audacious musical uses the construct of a minstrel show to tell the harrowing true story that provoked a national outrage and helped launch the American civil rights movement.

SH*T-FACED SHAKESPEARE, The Rockwell, 255 Elm St., Somerville, 617-684-5335. Through Dec 31. A fusion of an entirely serious Shakespeare play with an entirely sh*t-faced cast member, this side-splitting, raucous and interactive show presents Romeo and Juliet with a genuinely drunken professional actor selected at random every night. No two shows are ever the same and audiences can even dictate when the actor gets to drink more to prevent unwanted sobriety.

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SLAM BOSTON, Open Theatre Project, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Ave., 866-811-4111. Dec 13 & 14. Combining the excitement of poetry slams with live theatre, this unique 10-minute play festival presents 16 short plays that compete for a cash prize in two nights of raucous audience participation and celebration of diversity in American theatre.

TIGER STYLE!, Huntington Theatre Company, Wimberly Theatre, Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-266-0800. Through Nov 13. Squabbling siblings Albert and Jennifer Chen reached the pinnacle of academic achievement, but as adults, they’re epic failures: he’s just been passed up for promotion and she’s been dumped by her loser boyfriend. So, naturally, they confront their parents and launch an Asian Freedom Tour! From California to China, this hilarious new comedy examines race, parenting and success with wit and sharp humor.

TOP EYE OPEN: THE ESCAPE OF SHADRACH, Hibernian Hall, 184 Dudley St., Roxbury, 617-541-3900. Nov 10–19. This play with music tells the story of the first person arrested in Boston under the Fugitive Slave Law in 1851, his forcible abduction from the federal courthouse by the League of Freedom and his flight toward Canada.

WARRIOR CLASS, Lyric Stage Company, 140 Clarendon St., 617-585-5678. Through Nov 13. In this taut political drama

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GUIDE TO LOCAL THEATRE (continued) WEST SIDE STORY, North Shore Music Theatre, 62 Dunham Road, Beverly, 978-232-7200. Nov 1–20. The Montagues and the Capulets become the Jets and the Sharks in this New York City-set classic inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Potential lovers Maria and Tony try to connect against a backdrop of gang violence and bitter rivalry, all set to a classic Leonard Bernstein score with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

WHEN JANUARY FEELS LIKE SUMMER, Underground Railway Theater, Central Square Theater, 450 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 866-811-4111. Through Nov 13. In Central Harlem during a mysteriously warm winter, the Hindu God Ganesh presides over the destinies of five people on paths of self-discovery and transformation as their disparate lives intersect.

WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT, Aforementioned Productions, 2 Arrow St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. Nov 14–16. In this experimental work by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour with no set, no director and no rehearsals, a rotating cast of actors encounter the play’s script in a sealed envelope. They’ve never seen it performed. They’ll never perform it again. They read it for the first—and last—time aloud for the audience.

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, Psych Drama Company, United Parish Brookline, 210 Harvard St., Brookline, 800-838-3006. Dec 2–18. Edward Albee’s classic drama about the breakdown of a marriage is accompanied by postshow discussions lead by psychologists, social workers and psychiatrists who ask the audience to reflect upon Albee’s

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characters and themselves to contemplate questions of love, authenticity, self-deception and illusion.

WIT, The Hub Theatre Company of Boston, First Church in Boston, 66 Marlborough St., 877-849-5327. Nov 4–19. Margaret Edson’s powerfully imagined Pulitzer Prize-winning play examines what makes life worth living through her exploration of one of existence’s unifying experiences—mortality—while she also probes the vital importance of human relationships.

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU, The Longwood Players, Cambridge Family YMCA Theatre, 820 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 866-811-4111. Nov 11–19. When Tony Kirby falls in love with Alice Sycamore, he brings his parents to dine at the Sycamore’s home—on exactly the wrong evening.

Familial conflict ensues as the Kirbys balk at the seemingly crazy antics of the Sycamores and their circle in this classic musical by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman.

DANCE THE NUTCRACKER, Boston Ballet, Boston Opera House, 539 Washington St., 617-695-6955. Nov 25–Dec 31. Boston’s favorite holiday tradition returns. Join Clara on her magical journey through an enchanted winter wonderland to a palace of sugary confections, featuring choreography by Boston Ballet artistic director Mikko Nissinen and Tchaikovsky’s classic score.

THE NUTCRACKER, José Mateo Ballet Theatre; Emerson/Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont St., 617-824-8400; The Strand

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by Artistic Director José Mateo and inspired by Tchaikovsky’s glorious score, Mateo’s version brings Clara’s dream world to life with festive sets, sumptuous costumes and spectacular dancing.

URBAN NUTCRACKER, Tony Williams Dance Center, John Hancock Hall, 180 Berkeley St., 617-524-3066. Dec 16–31.

Hailed as “A joyous, daring fusion of the old and new” by The Boston Globe, this production fuses ballet, swing, hip hop and urban tap with the classical score of Tchaikovsky and the pulsating beat of Ellington. Experience the classical ballet of the Snow Queen juxtaposed with the raw energy of urban dance.

OPERA ALCINA, The Boston Conservatory Theater, 31 Hemenway St., 617-912-9222. Nov 17–20. Magic spells, mistaken identities, romantic obsessions, missing loved ones and illusions shattered by truth comprise the landscape of the enchanted island belonging to the sister sorceresses Alcina and Morgana in this beloved opera seria sung in Italian and featuring music by George Frideric Handel.

GREEK, Boston Lyric Opera, Emerson/Paramount Center Mainstage, 559 Washington St., 617-542-6772. Nov 16–20.

Set in London’s East End during the tumultuous 1980s, this retelling of Sophocles’ Oedipus the King follows Eddy as he explores London, murder and sex before discovering the family ties that seal his fate. With music influences that range from jazz to daring percussion to sounds of the streets, this tragedy based on Steven Berkoff’s stage play is a defiant, profane detonation of a story millennia old.

KING ARTHUR, The Poets’ Theatre, Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St., 800-838-3006. Nov 19. The Henry Purcell Society of Boston and Arcadia Players period orchestra team with The Poets’ Theatre to present Henry Purcell’s sumptuous Baroque musical masque accompanying John Dryden’s fantasy tale of enchantment, war and liberation in which the legendary King Arthur saves Britain from invading Saxons, battling for the soul and integrity of the nation.

“A confluence of superb conducting, splendid singing and orchestral distinction made it the finest performance of Messiah in years.”

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OPERA BITES, Boston Opera Collaborative, Edward M. Pickman Hall at Longy School of Music of Bard College, 27 Garden St., Cambridge, 617-517-5883. Nov 11–13. Eight short works by Jonathan Bailey Holland, Tom Cipullo, Daniela DeMatos, John Greer, Eva Kendrick, Rhiannon Randle, Tony Solitro and Jeremy Van Buskirk are presented in this feast of 10-minute operas.

VERSAILLES, Boston Early Music Festival, New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., 617-585-1260.

Nov 26 & 27. In this all-new production, King Louis XIV has transformed his father’s pastoral hunting lodge at Versailles into a lavish palace that serves as the seat of government and culture in France. Enjoy two chamber operas—Charpentier’s Les Plaisirs de Versailles and Lalande’s Les Fontaines de Versailles—exalting the splendor and majesty of the palace and its gardens, along with excerpts from Lully’s Atys.

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AVENUE ONE RESTAURANT, Hyatt Regency, One Avenue de Lafayette, 617-912-1234. Newly renovated and located in the heart of the Theatre District, Avenue One restaurant and lounge serves contemporary New England cuisine in a relaxed atmosphere. Enjoy a refreshing cocktail, three-course prix fixe dinner or a delectable dessert. Discounted parking available. B 6:30–11:30 a.m., L noon–3 p.m., D 5–10 p.m. C, VP regencyboston.hyatt.com.

BACK DECK, 2 West St. (corner of Washington), 617-6700320. With three deck spaces and a menu of grill-focused favorites, Back Deck invites everyone to gather around patio tables and chairs for a charcoal-cooked meal and backyardinspired cocktails. Its ambiance brings the outdoors inside with floor-to-ceiling open windows, carriage lighting, lush green planters, glazed brick and an open kitchen. Drawing inspiration from a roof deck, this restaurant is the ultimate urban retreat.

L, D, Sat & SB, C. BackDeckBoston.com.

BLU, 4 Avery St., 617-375-8550. Located in the heart of the Theatre District next door to the Ritz Carlton on the fourth floor, blu Restaurant and Bar is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a feast for the senses. Its contemporary American menu includes the all-time favorite lobster club. Featuring spectacular floor-to-ceiling windows, blu is perfect for a pre-show dinner, corporate events, weddings, cocktail receptions and private dining. L Mon–Fri 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m., D Mon–Sat 5–10 p.m. blurestaurant.com.

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CLINK, The Liberty Hotel, 215 Charles St., 617-224-4004.

Clink serves the freshest North Atlantic seafood, seasonal New England fare and delicious artisanal meats, highlights of a menu that artfully marries European culinary tradition with contemporary American innovation. The dining room features vestiges of original jail cells and an open kitchen, while gold leather seats, butcher block tables and granite accents add to the contemporary style. Nightly, Clink’s lobby bar draws urban dwellers and hotel guests to an energetic and social nightlife scene in the heart of Boston. B 6:30–11 a.m., L 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m., D 5–11 p.m., SB 10 a.m.–3 p.m. clinkrestaurant.com.

DARRYL’S CORNER BAR & KITCHEN, 604 Columbus Ave., 617-536-1100. Home to some of the best Southern-style comfort food in the city, Darryl’s also features a lively assortment of live jazz, soul and R&B music and the “Best of Boston”awarded, all-you-can-eat Sunday Jazz Brunch. D Tue–Thu 5 p.m.–midnight, Fri 4 p.m.–2 a.m.; L & D Sat noon–2 a.m.; SB & D Sun 10 a.m.–10 p.m. C. dcbkboston.com.

DAVIO’S NORTHERN ITALIAN STEAKHOUSE, 75 Arlington St., 617-357-4810. This Boston institution is located in Park Square, within walking distance to all theatres. The Northern Italian steakhouse menu includes a selection of homemade pastas and Brandt meats (aged New York sirloin, Niman Ranch pork chop, Provini porterhouse veal chop), as well as Davio’s classics and selection of fresh seafood, before or after the theatre. Enjoy a lighter fare menu in the spacious bar and parlor area. D Sun–Tue 5–10 p.m., Wed–Sat ’til 11 p.m., L Mon–Fri. VP. davios.com.

FAJITAS & ’RITAS, 25 West St., 617-426-1222. Established in 1989, Fajitas & ’Ritas is an easygoing restaurant and bar that features fresh, healthy Texan and barbecue cuisine at bargain prices. An all-around fun place to eat, drink and hang out, the walls are decorated with colorful murals and the bar boasts some of Boston’s best—and sturdiest—margaritas. L, D Mon & Tue 11:30 a.m.–9 p.m.; Wed, Thu & Sat ’til 10 p.m.; Fri ’til 11 p.m.; Sun ’til 8 p.m. C. fajitasandritas.com.

THE HUNGRY I, 71½ Charles St., 617-227-3524. In a twostory townhouse with three working fireplaces and an outdoor patio, Chef Peter Ballarin celebrates 30 years of French country cuisine and creative desserts. Signature dishes include venison au poivre and braised rabbit a la moutard. Private dining rooms available. L, D, SB, C. hungryiboston.com.

JASPER WHITE’S SUMMER SHACK, 50 Dalton St., 617-8679955; 149 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge, 617-520-9500.

Enjoy top-notch seafood such as pan-roasted lobster, awardwinning fried chicken and an impressive raw bar in a casual setting. L, D. summershackrestaurant.com.

LEGAL SEA FOODS, 558 Washington St., 617-692-8888; 26 Park Plaza, Park Square Motor Mart, 617-426-4444; 255 State St., Long Wharf, 617-227-3115; Prudential Center, 800 Boylston St., 617-266-6800; 270 Northern Ave., Liberty Wharf, 617-477-2900; other locations. Legal Sea Foods, a Boston tradition for more than 50 years, features more than 40 varieties of fresh fish and shellfish as well as an award-winning wine list. Named “Boston’s Most Popular Restaurant” (Zagat 2010/2011). L & D. legalseafoods.com.

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MASSIMINO’S CUCINA ITALIANA, 207 Endicott St., 617-5235959. Owner/chef Massimino—former head chef of Naples’ Hotel Astoria and Switzerland’s Metropolitan Hotel—offers specialties like the veal chop stuffed with arugula, prosciutto, smoked mozzarella and black olives, amongst numerous other delights. L, D, C. Sun–Thu 11 a.m.–10 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 11 p.m. massiminosboston.com.

PAPAGAYO, 15 West St., 617-423-3600; 283 Summer St., 617-423-1000; other locations. This Mexican restaurant and tequila bar boasts a fun menu of south-of-the-border favorites—from tacos, enchiladas and fajitas to quesadillas, empanadas and burritos—as well as a selection of more than 180 tequilas. L & D Mon–Sat noon–10 p.m., Sun ’til 9 p.m.; C. papagayorestaurants.com.

PARKER’S RESTAURANT, Omni Parker House, 60 School St. at Tremont Street, 617-725-1600. Executive chef Gerry Tice celebrates nostalgic cuisine with a contem­porary flair at Parker’s Restaurant, the birthplace of Boston Cream Pie, the Parker House Roll and Boston Scrod. B Mon–Fri 6:30–11 a.m., Sat–Sun 7–11:30 a.m., offering an elaborate buffet in addition to a la carte selections. L Mon–Fri 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m.; D Mon– Thu 5:30–10 p.m., Fri & Sat 5–10 p.m.

ROWES WHARF SEA GRILLE, Boston Harbor Hotel, 70 Rowes Wharf, 617-856-7744. Rowes Wharf Sea Grille delivers the sea straight to your table. Enjoy power breakfasts and lunches followed by a vibrant after-work cocktail and dinner scene. The sunlight-filled dining room or seasonal outdoor terrace is an ideal spot for a leisurely lunch or special date night. B 6:30–11 a.m., L 11:30 a.m.–4 p.m., Afternoon Tea 2:30–4 p.m., D 4:30–10 p.m. roweswharfseagrille.com.

RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE, 45 School St., 617-7428401. At Ruth’s Chris Steak House, each steak is handselected from the top 2% of the country’s beef, broiled to perfection at 1,800 degrees and served in the restaurant’s signature style—on a sizzling, 500-degree plate so every bite stays hot and delicious. Located at Old City Hall, Ruth’s Chris also features fresh seafood, an award-winning wine list and a gracious environment with warm hospitality. L, D, C. ruthschris.com.

SIP WINE BAR AND KITCHEN and THE TASTING ROOM AT SIP, 581 Washington St., 617-956-0888. With a menu featuring tapas-style plates—from sushi to grilled oysters to steak skewers—and an emphasis on wine, Sip allows diners to try different flavors and wines from around the world, and is perfect for gathering with friends before a show, after work or for brunch. Mon–Fri 11:30 a.m.–1 a.m., Sat & Sun 10 a.m.–1 a.m.

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THE TAJ BOSTON, 15 Arlington St., 617-536-5700. This 1927 landmark offers dishes reflecting the seasonal flavors of New England as well as authentic Indian dishes for dinner. The Cafe: B, L, D, Sat & SB. The Lounge: L, D, C. The Bar: L, D, C. tajhotels.com/boston.

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