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OCTOBER–NOVEMBER 2016

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10 RAISING A TIGER CUB 12 Q&A WITH SET DESIGNER WILSON CHIN PLUS: 35 Emergency Exits 38 Guide to Local Theatre 43 Boston Dining Guide

Jon Norman Schneider and Ruibo Qian in Tiger Style!; Photo: Greg Mooney

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BACKSTAGE

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

THE SOUNDS AND SIGHTS OF SUMMER: Beverly’s beloved North Shore Music Theatre (pictured) begins its 2017 season in June with the classic musical The Music Man.

A Sneak Peek at 2017 The Cape Playhouse in Dennis and North Shore Music Theatre in Beverley have each announced their 2017 season lineups. North Shore Music Theatre is bookending its season with classic musicals from decades past, starting with The Music Man in June and finishing with 42nd Street next fall. In between is something for everyone, including the fairy-tale love story Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Young Frankenstein, and Evita, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s story about Argentine political leader Eva Perón. The focus is on new material next summer at the Cape Playhouse, whose six-production season includes four Playhouse premieres: Yasmine Reza’s Art; the hilarious musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Red, John Logan’s winner of six Tony Awards based on the life of abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko; and Murder 4

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for Two, in which two actors play 13 different roles. Returning are The Foreigner, a heartwarming tale of misunderstanding and mischief, and Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim’s stunningly scored musical, Gypsy. For more information, visit capeplayhouse.com and nsmt.org.

Celebrating Christmas with Cirque Dreams Citi Performing Arts Center hosts Cirque Dreams Holidaze this holiday season. Now in its eighth year, Cirque Dreams Holidaze, which makes its Boston debut beginning December 9, is a family-friendly Christmas extravaganza.

Featuring 20 acts, 30 artists, and more than 300 costumes, this variety show is a visual feast combining snowmen, acrobatics, toy soldiers, seasonal songs, and, of course, Santa Claus himself! Go to citicenter.org for more information and tickets.

BACKSTAGE (continued) The Rockwell Rocks in Somerville Since mid-September, Somerville’s Davis Square Theatre has had a new lease on life as The Rockwell. Still serving the region’s emerging and established artists, The Rockwell’s name change in part helps to announce the venue’s updated look, which involves new flooring, fresh paint, and new theatre curtains and lighting for an improved experience. Beyond the facelift are even further changes. While continuing to welcome local acts and offer the space to patrons, comedians, and theatrical companies, the theatre will begin to produce original content as well.

As for the story behind the name itself, The Rockwell honors the life of late owner Ken Kelly, who attended school at Rockwell College in Ireland before moving to the United States.

Kelly’s family continues to own and operate the venue. For a complete schedule of shows, visit therockwell.org.

ArtsEmerson Swaps Out Shows ArtsEmerson has added Parable of the Sower this March to complement its already powerful season. This adaption of Octavia E. Butler’s

THE BUTLER DID IT: Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower, Toshi Reagon’s stage adaptation of the science fiction novel, comes to the Emerson/ Paramount Mainstage March 23–26.

science fiction novel brings a dystopian world marred by climate change and violence to the stage. The story centers on Lauren Olamina, a young woman who has lost her family and must venture out into the world unprotected. With a strong score grounded in African-American musical traditions, Parable of the Sower meditates on nothing less than human destiny.

Parable of the Sower is replacing the originally announced March show, Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric, which will move to ArtsEmerson’s 2017–2018 season in order to allow the project more time to develop. Visit artsemerson.org for tickets.

WHAT’S ON STAGE in October

Our picks for the hottest plays and musicals on local stages this month

A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER SHUBERT THEATRE October 18–23 The 2014 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, this turn-of-the-20th-century tale follows anti-hero Monty Navarro as he closes in on a distant inheritance, one murder at a time. Refer to listing, page 38.

TWELFTH NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD ANTHEM THEATRE COMPANY October 27–November 5 Brian MacInnis Smallwood’s zombie-ridden take on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night arrives just in time for Halloween. Refer to listing, page 41.

MALA ARTSEMERSON October 27– November 23 The newest work by Boston playwright Melinda Lopez (pictured) is a one-woman show exploring family life, death and survival in a Cuban-American context.

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WARRIOR CLASS LYRIC STAGE COMPANY October 21–November 13 Fascinated by the spectacle this election season is providing? Then Kenneth Lin’s (TV’s “House of Cards”) new political stage drama is just the ticket for you. Refer to listing, page 41.

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We gratefully acknowledge the Huntington’s 2016–2017 Season Sponsors

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Susan & David Leathers The world premiere of Tiger Style! was produced by Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia. Susan V. Booth, Artistic Director.

Tiger Style! was developed during a residency at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference in 2014.

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RAISING A TIGER CUB

by Shirley Fishman

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Dr. Wilbur Lew, Zayden Mirza Lew (baby), Playwright Mike Lew, Rehana Lew Mirza, and Dr. Bertha Gee-Lew

When Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua was published in 2011, controversy erupted over Chinese versus Western parenting styles and their effect on children, which became the jumping off point for playwright Mike Lew’s comedy, Tiger Style!. When I asked Mike if he was raised by tiger parents, he suggested that I speak with his mother and father, Dr. Bertha Gee-Lew, a pediatrician, and Dr. Wilbur Lew, a cardiologist. They greeted me at their La Jolla home and I learned how they emigrated from China’s Canton region to California and how their own parenting styles affected them and their children.

Shirley Fishman: Have you experienced “tiger parenting”?

Bertha Gee-Lew: When my father immigrated to America, he left behind my mother and my two older sisters. After he settled in Fresno, he sent for my mother, and my sisters emigrated later. My brother, younger sister, and I were all born in Fresno and were in middle school when my sisters arrived. One was a chemist in China, and she watched over us as we did our homework. She didn’t think we studied hard enough and “tigered up” a bit, saying, “you can do better.” She pushed her little American siblings into good study habits. We were number one in our classes; we all received scholarships and attended UC Berkeley.

Wilbur Lew: My parents were always working; they were focused on providing for us. While they weren’t greatly involved in my education, they wanted us to be able to take care of ourselves — to choose careers that would give us economic security.

BG-L: Both of us, having been to Berkeley and medical school, knew what it took to get a good education when we raised our own children. When Mike was about to start school, I had to make sure he was ready. Even though I was busy with my pediatric practice, I sat in on kindergarten classes, volunteered at the PTA, got up at 6am to cut pilgrim hats — I did everything I could to be involved.

When he was in elementary school I told him, “When your teacher asks you to do a book report, I’m going to ask you to give me three — one for the teacher and two for your mother.”

Mike would complain, “I have to do three book reports, just because you’re crazed?!” When he was in high school, he had to take exams to prepare for the SAT 2. He was such a jokester; I had to get him to focus. Instead of writing his name at the top of his paper, he wrote “Attica Cell Block #3” and made some comment about me being a tiger mom.

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SF: Do you think you’re a tiger mom?

BG-L: I’m not. A tiger mom says, “I want a concert pianist and I’m going to make you do this, whether you’re capable of it or not.” I’m simply demanding my kids live up to what they’re capable of.

SF: You’re both physicians. Did you expect Mike to go to medical school? Did you have any inkling he was interested in the theatre?

BG-L: This child of mine was an incredible scientist. He was selected for the Westinghouse (Intel) Science Talent Search — one of only 30 kids in the nation. The only thing he did creatively in high school was a special English seminar class. He had to write a play for twenty 10th and 11th graders. I pleaded, “Don’t write the play, honey. You have to focus on your science project.” Mike said, “I really want to do it, Ma.” Afterwards, he wasn’t happy with it. Mike complained, “It didn’t go well because it only had one performance. I didn’t have a chance to work on it.”

WL: Yale has a great theatre program, and when he arrived he took a theatre class in addition to the other necessary courses. In order to get into medical school, you have to take certain required classes, including organic chemistry.

BG-L: I kept saying, “Mike, in year two you’re going to have to take organic chemistry. No medical school will take you without it.” Mike said, “Mom, I’m not going to take organic chemistry. I’m not interested.” There it was. I have to admit — I was kicking and screaming.

SF: Jennifer and Albert, the siblings in Tiger Style!, don’t feel they’ve received adequate rewards for their achievements and blame their parents. Did Mike express similar feelings?

WL: I don’t believe there was any negative social effect with either of our kids. Mike was student body vice president, the go-to person in a group of kids that looked up to him.

BG-L: They all came to our house for parlor games late into the night. But Mike did complain that he had no childhood. I told him that he had a good childhood, he was happy, he loved us, and we loved him. He replied, “You told us that if we did well in school everything would be great. I’m having a hell of a time in the theatre business. Part of it has to do with the fact that I’m Asian. Why didn’t you ever say that life would be difficult because I’m Asian?” I said, “You were raised in La Jolla, a really nice town, you did well in high school and college, received positive reinforcement and got the rewards due to you. I didn’t think I had to tell you ‘Hey, you’re Asian. Life is going to be tough out there.’” I didn’t pound this idea into my kids, but my parents pounded it into me and my siblings. “You need to be better than everybody else, because this is not an Asian country, it’s a Caucasian country. You’re not going to get what you deserve unless you’re over-qualified and work very hard.”

SF: What did you think when you saw a production of Tiger Style!?

BG-L: We thought it was hilarious, and it’s not about me, thank god.

WL: When Mike’s son was born a few months ago, he told me he has a new respect for parenting. It’s going to be interesting to see if he becomes a tiger dad.

Excerpts from this interview are reprinted with permission from Shirley Fishman and La Jolla Playhouse.

For the full interview, visit huntingtontheatre.org/tigerstyle.

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Q&A WITH SET DESIGNER

WILSON CHIN

The set model for Tiger Style!

Tiger Style! set designer Wilson Chin is known for his ability to design dramaturgically, meaning his sets compliment the action of the play organically. Whether designing for opera, classics, or new plays, Chin’s designs are repeatedly lauded as handsome, atmospheric, and efficient; his work on multi-location sets that must transform quickly have often been considered his best. Tiger Style! is a fast-paced comedy that spans the globe, so Chin is a perfect fit. Recently, he answered some questions for Director of New Work Lisa Timmel, about his experience as a designer and his work on Tiger Style!

Lisa Timmel: When you are asked to design a play, what do you look for in the project?

Wilson Chin: I love a play with big ideas that surprise and confuse me. As much as I love a kitchen sink drama, I truly love the challenge of a play that hops around multiple locales and explores untapped concepts and narratives.

LT: You’ve worked on classics, opera, and new plays. How do they differ?

WC: With classic plays and operas, part of the design process is acknowledging and filtering in the expectations and history the audience brings to the production. It’s impossible to watch Romeo and Juliet or La Bohème without subliminally contrasting it with previous productions or preconceived notions of what those stories are about. So part of designing a classic is about how to subvert and/or meet expectations, and how to use those expectations to create a meaningful and dramatically alive experience. For a new play, there are no expectations or guidelines, which is liberatingly scary and invigorating. We take something that has only existed on a page and deeply, deeply examine and dissect it to identify its heart and structure in order to create a world in which it can thrive and grow.

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Ruibo Qian, Francis Jue, and Emily Kuroda in Tiger Style! at the Alliance Theatre

LT: What is the nature of the designer/director collaboration?

WC: Every collaboration is wildly different, depending on the director and the piece at hand.

Some directors like to come in with concrete visual ideas and some have just emotional responses. I always try to begin with visual ideas of my own, but sometimes a piece is elusive enough that it takes a few deep conversations before anything visual arises.

LT: You designed the world premiere production of Tiger Style! at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. What kinds of discoveries did you make about the play from a design perspective in that production and how has it affected the design for this one?

WC: At the Alliance, we did the show in a much bigger theatre space and there was always the fear that the intimacy and comedy might get lost and diffused. So we took many unusual steps to push the acting space as close to the audience as possible. But even so, the show still felt perhaps a little epic. For the Huntington, the size of the auditorium and the stage/ audience relationship feels perfect for this play, so I think the design will breathe and rest a little easier here. One of the subtle, but important, changes we are making for this production is the tone of Act 2. Previously, Act 2 had moments of flash and awe that were not unlike Disneyland or Las Vegas. But we discovered that the flash was overwhelming the darker, more serious undertones. So we are working on balancing the tone.

LT: Have you ever had the chance to design the same play for two different directors?

WC: Yes, I’ve actually done that before! And it was a surprisingly interesting, but perhaps melancholy, experience. A playwright and I worked on a premiere production that went exceptionally well and we were all proud of it. A few years later we were invited to do it again with a different director, cast, and company. In many ways, the new production was just as good, if not better, than the original production. But it was interesting observing new artists discovering and wrestling with scenes and moments that I knew by heart. In those moments of struggle, I felt like I had to bite my tongue so as to not be prescriptive. It was like watching a baby I raised moving on which, as the playwright later told me, is how it feels like every time a new play gets produced. — LISA TIMMEL

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ABOUT THE COMPANY Francis Jue* (Tzi Chuan, Melvin, etc.) appeared on Broadway in Pacific Overtures, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and M. Butterfly.

Favorite theatre credits include Yellow Face (Obie and Lucille Lortel Awards, plus Drama Desk and Drama League Award nominations), In the Next Room, or the vibrator play (AriZoni Award), Miss Saigon (Elliot Norton Award), Kiss of the Spiderwoman (DramaLogue Award), Cabaret (Bay Area Critics Circle Award), Falsettoland, tokyo fish story, Kung Fu, King of the Yees, and Paper Dolls. Film and television credits include Joyful Noise and recurring roles on “Madam Secretary” and “Law & Order: SVU.” Bryan T. Donovan* (Russ the Bus, Reggie, etc.) has appeared on Broadway in Wrong Mountain and in Strike Up the Band, L’il Abner, and On a Clear Day You Can See Forever with City Center Encores! His Off Broadway credits include Dream True, No Solace in Goodbyes, StreepTease, and Tiptoes. His recent Boston credits include Shear Madness (Charles Playhouse), appropriate (SpeakEasy Stage Company), A Christmas Carol (Hanover Theatre), and Lobstergirl (Stoneham Theatre). Regionally he has appeared in High Society (American Conservatory Theater), Fanny Hill (Goodspeed Musicals), Love!

Valor! Compassion! (Uptown Players), An Inspector Calls and The Mystery of Irma Vep (WaterTower Theatre), Actor’s Nightmare (Maltz Jupiter Theatre), and Boeing-Boeing (Hot Summer Nights and Theatre Raleigh). His film credits include Steeling Magnolias, Sunset Stories, My Eleventh, and 6 Month Rule. Mr. Donovan has also produced several feature and short films that have premiered at film festivals such as Slamdance, SXSW, Los Angeles Film Festival, and Outfest to name a few. He has appeared on television in “Blue Bloods,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “Medium,” “Law & Order,” “Nite Tales,” “Thintervention with Jackie Warner,” and “All My Children.”

Emily Kuroda* (Mom, Therapist, etc.) previously appeared in the Huntington’s production of The Woman Warrior. Her regional credits include productions at South Coast Repertory, Alliance Theatre, East West Players, Kirk Douglas Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, The Public Theater/NYSF, La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Singapore Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The Montalbán, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Zephyr Theatre, Los Angeles Women’s Shakespeare Company, and the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival.

She played Mrs. Kim on “Gilmore Girls” for seven years and will be seen in Netflix’s upcoming “Gilmore Girls” revival. Other television credits include “Drop Dead Diva,” “Sequestered,” and “Under One Roof” with Flavor Flav. Film credits include Maybe Someday, Red, The Sensei, and the upcoming film Take the 10.

Ruibo Qian* (Jennifer) has both New York and regional credits that include The Nether (San Francisco Playhouse), Tiger Style! (Alliance Theatre), Water by the Spoonful (The Old Globe), Henry IV, Part 1 (The Pearl Theatre Company), You for Me for You (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company), and The Tempest (Continuum Company). Her film and television credits include “Broad City” (Comedy Central), “Mozart in the Jungle” (Amazon), “Jessica

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Jones” (Netflix), and the upcoming film Manchester by the Sea. Ms. Qian holds an MFA from the New York University Graduate Acting Program and a BFA from Boston University’s College of Fine Arts. ruiboqian.com.

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Jon Norman Schneider* (Albert) was most Tiger Style! features the following recently seen in Kimber BU alumni and students: Lee’s tokyo fish story at The Old Globe in MICHAEL HISAMOTO San Diego. His New York credits (Assistant to the Director) include House Rules (Ma-Yi Theater BFA, Theatre Arts, 2017 Company), Awake and Sing! (National J. COLLIN PRIDDY-BARNUM Asian American Theatre Company and (Assistant to the Sound Designer) The Public Theater/NYSF), The Oldest MFA, Sound Design, 2018 Boy (Lincoln Center Theater), City Of RUIBO QIAN (Playwrights Realm), A Map of Virtue (Jennifer) (13P), Queens Boulevard (the Musical) BFA, Acting, 2005 (Signature Theatre), and Durango (The Public Theater/NYSF), among others.

KATHRYN SCHONDECK His international and regional credits (Costume Design Assistant) include London’s Tricycle Theatre, BFA, Costume Design, 2014 Alliance Theatre, Goodman Theatre, MORITZ VON STUELPNAGEL McCarter Theatre, Actors Theatre of (Director) Louisville, Long Wharf Theatre, Magic BFA, Theatre Studies, 2000 Theatre, Barrington Stage Company, and The Kennedy Center. His film and GIFFORD WILLIAMS television appearances include roles (Assistant to the Lighting Designer) in The Girl in the Book, The Normals, MFA, Lighting Design, 2018 The Rebound, HBO’s Angel Rodriguez, “Jessica Jones,” “Veep,” “The Electric Company,” “30 Rock,” and “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.”

Mike Lew (Playwright) is the author of Teenage Dick (The Public Theater/NYSF, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Playwrights Foundation, and Ma-Yi Theater Company workshops), Bike America (Ma-Yi Theater Company and Alliance Theatre productions), microcrisis (MaYi Theater Company, InterAct Theatre Company, and Next Act productions), Stockton (AracaWorks and Ensemble Studio Theatre workshops), People’s Park (Victory Gardens Theater workshop), In Paris You Will Find Many Baguettes… and Roanoke (Humana Festival of New American Plays), and Moustache Guys. Tiger Style! has been produced by the Alliance Theatre and La Jolla Playhouse and it has also received readings at the Huntington Theatre Company, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Center Theatre Group, The Juilliard School, and InterAct Theatre Company. Mr. Lew is a Dramatists Guild Council

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

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ABOUT THE COMPANY member and Tony Award voter, co-director of Ma-Yi Writers Lab, Mellon Foundation National Playwright Residency Program Fellow, and recipient of the Lanford Wilson Award, Helen Merrill Award, Kendeda and AracaWorks Graduate Playwriting Awards, Heideman Award, and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship. He received his training from The Juilliard School and Yale University. mikelew.com.

Moritz von Stuelpnagel (Director) directed the Broadway production of Hand to God, which received five Tony Award nominations, including Best Director and Best Play, a London Olivier Award nomination, Lortel and SDC Callaway Award nominations for direction, and Drama League and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for outstanding production. He previously directed Tiger Style! at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre. Mr. von Stuelpnagel is a devoted advocate for new plays. His recent New York premieres include Nick Jones’ Important Hats of the Twentieth Century (Manhattan Theatre Club), Verite (Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3), and Trevor (Lesser America); Robert Askins’ Love Song of the Albanian Sous Chef (Ensemble Studio Theatre); Mike Lew’s Teenage Dick (The Public Theater/NYSF) and Bike America (Ma-Yi Theater Company); Mel & El (Ars Nova); and Michael Mitnick’s Spacebar and Adam Szymkowicz’s My Base and Scurvy Heart (Studio 42). Regionally, his work has been seen at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, and more. He proudly returns to the Huntington after serving as assistant director to four productions shortly after graduating from Boston University. He is also the former artistic director of Studio 42, New York City’s producer of “unproducible” plays. moritzvs.com.

Wilson Chin (Scenic Design) has designed numerous world premieres including Next Fall by Geoffrey Nauffts (Broadway and Geffen Playhouse), Cost of Living by Martyna Majok (Manhattan Theatre Club/Williamstown Theatre Festival), Hollywood by Joe DiPietro (La Jolla Playhouse), Aubergine

by Julia Cho (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), Lewiston by Samuel D. Hunter (Long Wharf Theatre), My Mañana Comes by Elizabeth Irwin (Playwrights Realm), Too Much, Too Much, Too Many by Meghan Kennedy (Roundabout Theatre Company), Mothers and Sons by Terrence McNally (Bucks County Playhouse), By the Water by Sharyn Rothstein (Manhattan Theatre Club), and Engagements by Lucy Teitler (Second Stage Theatre). His opera credits include Lucia di Lammermoor (Lyric Opera of Chicago) and Eine Florentinische Tragodie and Gianni Schicchi (Canadian Opera, Dora Award winner). Mr. Chin is a graduate of Yale School of Drama. wilsonchin.com.

Junghyun Georgia Lee (Costume Design) is a Korean born designer based in New York. Her previous designs for the Huntington include Kirsten Greenidge’s Milk Like Sugar and the world premiere of Lydia R. Diamond’s Smart People. Her regional work includes productions at theatres such as the Guthrie Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Triad Stage, Playmakers Repertory Company, Dallas Theater Center, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, and Center Stage. In New York, she has designed for productions at Second Stage Theatre, The PlayCo., and the Lucille Lortel Theatre. She also has worked with choreographers such as Jo Stromgren, Hofesh Shechter, Crystal Pyte, and Shen Wei. Ms. Lee holds an MFA

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ABOUT THE COMPANY Matthew Richards (Lighting Design) returns to the Huntington having previously designed 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.

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from the Yale School of Drama, is a founding member of Chance Magazine, and a member of New Neighborhood, a theatre and television company.

Palmer Hefferan (Sound Design & Original Music) has Off Broadway sound design credits that include Friend Art (Second Stage Theatre Uptown), Revolt.

She Said. Revolt Again (Soho Rep), Important Hats of the Twentieth Century (Manhattan Theatre Club), A Delicate Ship (The Playwrights Realm), The Film Society (Keen Company), and I Am the Wind (59E59 Theaters). Select regional credits include Romance Novels for Dummies (Williamstown Theatre Festival),

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ABOUT THE COMPANY Tiger Style! (Alliance Theatre), Guards at the Taj, Women Laughing Alone with Salad, and Cherokee (Woolly Mammoth Theatre), Twelfth Night (Center Stage), American Night (Yale Repertory Theatre Company), Heroes (American Players Theatre), Moment, Sorry, Regular Singing, Bad Jews, and Edgar & Annabel (Studio Theatre), and Pride in the Falls of Autrey Mill (Signature Theatre). She has her MFA from Yale School of Drama. palmerhefferan.com.

Alex Koch (Projection Design) previously designed the Huntington’s production of Invisible Man. He has designed on Broadway for Irena’s Vow (Walter Kerr Theatre). Recent New York credits include Goodbar (with Waterwell for Under the Radar 2012), Feeder (TerraNOVA Collective), En el Tiempo de las Mariposas and La Casa de los Espiritus (Repertorio Espanol), ReEntry and The Oxford Roof Climber’s Rebellion (Urban Stages Theater), and Lenin’s Embalmers (Ensemble Studio Theatre). Regionally, his work has been seen in Invisible Man (Court Theatre), ReEntry (Center Stage, Round House Theatre, and Actors Theater of Louisville), and La Casa de los Espiritus (Mori Theater). He has also designed for The Directors Company, Theater Mitu, Electric Pear, Shalimar, SummerStage, Little Opera Theater, and The New Ensemble. alexbascokoch.com.

Meg Tracy Leddy* (Production Stage Manager) has previous credits that include Arnie Louis and Bob, Julius Caesar, The Glass Menagerie, and A Lie of the Mind (Trinity Repertory Company), It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (Merrimack Repertory Theatre), The Rant ­and Hedda Gabler (The Sandra Feinstein Gamm Theatre), Out of Sterno (Gloucester Stage Company), West Side Story and Sister Act (Assistant Stage Manager, Theatre By The Sea), Guys & Dolls (Assistant Stage Manager, Ocean State Theatre Company), The Seagull (The Chekhov Project at Lake Lucille), The Traveling Companion and A Chalky White Substance (Absolute Theater Festival: Dublin, Ireland), and Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom and The Stairs to the Roof (ART/MXAT Institute).

Jeremiah Mullane* (Stage Manager) returns to the Huntington having previously stage managed How I Learned What I Learned, Disgraced, Choice, The Second Girl, Awake and Sing!, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, The Seagull, The Cocktail Hour, The Jungle Book, and Invisible Man. He has regional credits that include Love’s Labour’s Lost, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and King Lear (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), Blood on the Snow at Boston’s Old State House (The Bostonian Society), First You Dream and Follies (The Kennedy Center), Really Really, The Boy Detective Fails, Chess, [title of show], and Giant (Signature Theatre), and As You Like It, The Alchemist, The Way of the World, Julius Caesar, and Major Barbara (Shakespeare Theatre Company).

He is a graduate of Ithaca College with a BA in drama and computer science.

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,

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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, Trinity Repertory Company, Humana Festival of New Plays, Manchester Opera House, and King’s Theater Glasgow. Before arriving at the Huntington, he served for five years as associate producer and resident director at The Public Theater,

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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 th 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 Theatre, 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 award-winning 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 muchneeded 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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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 Bette Cohen J. William Codinha 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 Christine Kondoleon Loren Kovalcik Sherry Lang Joie Lemaitre Debbie Lewis Tracie Longman Nancy Lukitsh Rumena Manolova-Senchak Charles Marz

Noel McCoy Thalia Meehan Daniel A. Mullin Sally C. Reid 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 Associate Producers Circle ($15,000-$24,999) Stephen Chapman Denise and William Finard Cassandra Hyland Henderson Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Inc./ Susan B. Kaplan and Nancy and Mark Belsky Adrienne Kimball Bill and Linda McQuillan Wayne Davis and Ann Merrifield Ms. Anne M. Morgan 26 TIGER STYLE!

Cokie and Lee Perry 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‡ Karen and David Firestone John Frishkopf Karen and Gary Gregg Julie and Jordan Hitch Nada Despotovich Kane Marjie and Robert Kargman Loren B. Kovalcik/ Inte Pros 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 John Burgress Charles and Kathleen Ames Camilla Bennett Coralie Berg and Steve Schwartz Carolyn Birmingham Amy and Joshua Boger Susan and Michael Brown Jim Burns Katie and Paul Buttenwieser Suzanne Chapman Brant Cheikes and Janine Papesh John Cini and Star Lancaster

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 V. Gill

THE HUNTINGTON CIRCLE (continued) Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Zilberfarb 1 anonymous gift 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 Rumena and Alexander Senchak 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 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 & 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 s Member of The Hunt, the Huntington’s young donor program

‡ Deceased This list reflects gifts received during the 14 months prior to September 23, 2016.

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FRIENDS OF THE HUNTINGTON Leading Role ($750-$1,499) John and Rose Ashby, in honor of Ann T. Hall • Carol Baker • George and Katharine Baker • Michael Barza and Judith Robinson • Calvin J. Beckett • Leonard and Jane Bernstein • Linda Cabot Black Foundation • Margaret Blackwell, in honor of David Wimberly • Edward Boesel • Lori Bornstein and Alan Rothman • Geri and Bill Brehm • Jane Brock-Wilson, in honor of Carol Deane • Rick and Nonnie Burnes • Cara and Anthony Casendino • Ronni and Ronald Casty • Peggy and Anton Chernoff • George and Mary Chin • Marcus and Jane Cohn, in honor of David Wimberly • Stephen Conner • Beth and Linzee Coolidge • Beverley Cooper-Wiele • Richard J. Diamond, in honor of David Wimberly • Joan Dolamore • Peggy Engel • Martha A. Erickson • Dave and Kelly Frederickson • Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Garrison • Sharon and Irving Gates • Mr. K. 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FRIENDS OF THE HUNTINGTON (continued) • Priscilla Cogan • Steven Coleman and Christine Tunstall • Sarah Columbia • Janet L. Comey • Jaden Crawford • German Crisostomo • Don and Sandy Crocker • Julie Crockford and Sheridan Haines • James F. Crowley • Zoltan and Cristina Csimma • Paul Curtis • Sue Dahlie • Marla Daniels • Fred Davis • Josh and Jennifer Davis • Ray and Debra De Rise • Arlene Delaney • Charlotte Delaney and Steve Pattyson • Sara Delano • David Delany • Suzanne DelVecchio • Jane and Stephen Deutsch • Dr. William Dickens • Reed Dickinson • Beatrice and William Dole • Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Downey • Alice E. Downing • Owen Doyle • David and Eleanor Drachman • Mary Ann Driscoll • Mr. Glenn Edelson • Dr. Rachela Elias and Gedalia Pasternak • Andrew Eschtruth and Elana Varon • Jose Estabil • Dr. Charles Fine • Kathleen McGrath Fitts • Dr. and Mrs. Richard Floyd • Mr. and Mrs. Martin Flusberg • Judy Foster • Patricia A. Fraser, M.D., in memory of Ivy Markes Fraser • David Frink • Leslie and Michael Gaffin • William Gault • Jack and Maureen Ghublikian • Lori and Michael Gilman • Ronald Goldstein • David Govonlus • Mr. and Mrs. Herbert P. Gray • Suzanne Greenberg • Theodore and Sally Hansen • Patricia Hardyman and Charles H. Jones • Judith Harris • Alice H. Haveles • Alfio Hernandez • Erin Higgins • Rosalind Hill • Jim Hoben • Wanda Holland Greene, in honor of Ken Berman • Mark and Cindy Holthouse • Mary Horvath • Bruce Howlett • Maggie Huff-Rousselle • Mrs. Donald Hunsicker • Robert Hutchison, Jr. • Patricia and David Immen • Mr. and Mrs. Howard Israel • Maggie Jacksons • Toini and Carl Jaffe • Norman W. Johnson • Jessica Kadar • John Quackenbush and Mary Kalamaras • Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Kalowski • Nancy R. Karp • Sondra Katz and Jess Klarnet • Rob and Mary Keane-Hazzard • Paul Kelly • Jill Kneerim • Nancy F. Korman • Charlotte Krentzel • Joan Kuhn • George Langer • Carol Lazarus • Dr. and Mrs. Lucian Leape • Stacey and David Lee • Naomi Leeper • Patricia Leighfield • Richard and Kathleen Leitermann • Timothy Leland and Julie Hatfield • Ms. Susan Lincoln • Mark H. Lippolt • Virginia Litle • Jim and Allie Loehlin • Dr. Jo Loughnane • Dennis and Nancy Lynch • Peter and Yvette Madany • James D. Maupin • Dr. Rosemary Mazanet • Michael and Barbra Ann McCahill • Kevin McCarthy • Robert McCarty • Lindsay McNair • Lynne Menichetti • Ronald Mignery • Forrest and Sara Milder • Michael and Debby Miller • Mrs. Fermo A. Bianchi • Lacie and Michael Milton • Saro and Elizabeth Minassian • Paula Monbouquette and Kevin McElroy • Gloria and Deborah Monosson • Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Moynihan • Eileen Murray • Fred Nagle

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FRIENDS OF THE HUNTINGTON (continued) • Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. Newbury, Jr. • Mary Norato-Indeglia • Richard Belin and Rosanne O’Brien • Kathryn O’Connell • Chris and Nancy Oddleifson • Roy and Kathleen Olesky • James Orleans and Nancy Walker • RADM and Mrs. J. Clarke Orzalli • Mary Owens • William Pananos • Edith Parekh, in honor of Anissa Parekh • Ellen C. Perrin • Barbara and Harry Photopoulos • Martha and Joel Pierce • Mr. and Mrs. Eric Pilsmaker • Russell Pollock • James and Jeanette Post • James Poterba and Nancy Rose • Allison Powers • Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Proulx • Kathleen Quillard, in honor of Kara Amelia Quillard’s acting career • Kerry Mulligan Railey • Robert Raymond • Lynn and John Reichenbach • Helen Robertson • Patricia Robinson • Barbara Roby • Leila Joy Rosenthal • Dr. Glenn S. Rothfeld and Magi McKinnies • Farley Sullivan and Jeff Roy • Debra Ruder • Susan Rushfirth • Dr. Lucienne Sanchez • Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Sandler • Mr. Frank Santangelo • Robert and Susan Schechter • Kim and Eric Schultz • Ivy and Fran Scricco • Irene Sege • Mark Seliber • Jim A. Sersich • Michael Seward • Tom Shapiro and Emily Kline • Elisabeth Shields • James Shields and Gayle Merling • David W Shukra and Clifford S Wunderlich • David Siegel • Ellen Simons • Donald S. Sisson • Peter L. Smith and Donna J. Coletti • Rachel Smith • Paula and Joseph Spound • Martha Stanton • Naomi Stearns, in honor of Bill & Dee Finard • Lee Steele • Gail Steketee and Brian McCorkle • Bob Stevenson • Laurin Stoler • Jennifer Stone and Robert Waldinger • Glenn and Katherine Strehle • Darline Lewis and Marshall Sugarman • Dr. and Mrs. Herman D. Suit • David Swartz and Lisa Fitzgerald • Jane Talcott • Patrick Tally • Jacob Taylor and Jean Park • Nancy Temple • Janet Testa • Patricia Tibbetts • Edwin and Joan Tiffany • Dawn Tucker • Judith Tucker • Mr. and Mrs. Mario Umana • Rosamond B. Vaule • Daniel Wakabayashi • Rabbi and Mrs. Frank Waldorf • Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Walther • Harvey and Joelle Wartosky • Susan Weiler • Scott Weiss • Richard and Frances Winneg • Elizabeth P. Wolf • Pamela Wood and Bruce Kirch • Amy and Robert Worth • David C. Wright • Mr. and Mrs. John Wyman • Richard Yule, in memory of Helen Yule • Robert E. Zaret • Lorena and Robert Zeller • 10 anonymous gifts This list reflects gifts received during the 14 months prior to September 23, 2016.

s Member of The Hunt, the Huntington’s young donor program ‡ Deceased

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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* 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 & 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 Mr. J. David Wimberly Veronica and Howard Wiseman Justin and Genevieve Wyner 1 anonymous

THE HUNTINGTON LEGACY SOCIETY BUILDING A LEGACY OF GREAT THEATRE

“Our participation is not only a legacy we leave for the Huntington, it’s a legacy we leave our family as well. We want them to think about the mark they will leave on society and culture.”

— SHARON & BRAD MALT

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 David Dalena, Senior Director of External Relations, at 617 273 1547 or ddalena@huntingtontheatre.org.

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CALDERWOOD PAVILION AT THE BCA • 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 250-seat 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).

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 Calderwood Theatre Lost and Found: 617 933 8608 BU Theatre Lost and Found: 617 266 1666

Box Office Hours 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.

Huntington Group Discounts Discounts available for groups of 10 or more, plus groups have access to backstage tours, talks with artists, and space for receptions. Contact Jon Slater for more information at 617 273 1657 or groups@huntingtontheatre.org.

Public Transportation We encourage patrons to use public transportation to the Calderwood Pavilion whenever possible. The Pavilion is located near the MBTA Green Line Copley and Arlington Stations; Orange Line and Commuter Rail Back Bay Station; and the Tremont Street & Union Park stop on the #43 Bus which travels between Park Street and Ruggles Station. For more information, please visit huntingtontheatre.org or call the Box Office.

Parking near the Calderwood Pavilion Parking is available at the Atelier 505 Parking Garage located next to the Calderwood Pavilion at 505 Tremont Street (entrance on Warren Avenue), the Garage @ 100 Clarendon Street, and other nearby locations. For more information about parking, please visit huntingtontheatre.org or call the Box Office at 617 266 0800.

Please note that these parking options are independently owned and operated, and are not affiliated with the Huntington or the Calderwood Pavilion.

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Refreshments Snacks, wine, beer, soft drinks, and coffee are available before opening curtain and during intermission in the main lobby. Food is not permitted inside the theatre.

Drinks purchased at concessions are permitted inside the theatre.

Babes in Arms Children under the age of five are not permitted in the theatre.

Cameras The use of all cameras and recording devices, including cell phone cameras, in the theatre is strictly prohibited.

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

Wheelchair Accessibility The Calderwood Pavilion is fully accessible, and can accommodate both wheelchair and companion seating in the orchestra and mezzanine sections. Please notify us when you purchase your tickets if wheelchair accommodations will be required and confirm arrangements with the House Manager at 617 933 8672.

Hearing Enhancement The Calderwood Pavilion is equipped with an FM hearing enhancement system.

Wireless headphones are available free of charge at the coat check in the main lobby for your use during a performance.

Restrooms Located in the main lobby and mezzanine lobby.

All restrooms are wheelchair-accessible.

Coat Check Located in the main lobby.

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

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

Large Print Programs Large print programs are free of charge and are available at the coat check.

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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 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

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

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 EXTERNAL RELATIONS Senior Director of External Relations.................. David Dalena

Norma Jean Calderwood Artistic Director

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, Maura Neff Front of House Staff..............................................Natasha Bonfield, Mia Buchsbaum, Robert Caplis, Nick Coccoma, Barbara Crowther, Talia Curtin, Linnea Donnelly, Matt Feldman, Katie Flanagan, Madeleine Gibbons, Ryan Impagliazzo, Terry McCarthy, Laura Meilman, Maura Neff, Nick Perron, Phaedra Scott, Ciera-Sadé Wade, Dalton Zogelman 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

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 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................................................................ Phoebe North, Sabrina Katz

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 Teaching Artists........................... Kortney Adams, Pascale Florestal, Naheem Garcia, Lydia Graeff, Keith Mascoll, Allie Meek, Anneke Reich

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 Properties Student Assistant........................... Madison Suvunrungsi Paints Charge Scenic Artist............................................Kristin Krause Lead Scenic Artist...................................................Romina Diaz-Brarda Scenic Artist...........................................................................Chelsey Erskin BU Certificate Interns..................................................Katherine Keaton, Jaqueline Kemp, 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 Hair & Wig Run...............................................................Susie Moncousky 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 Scene Shop Supervisor............................................................Paul Mayer Costume Shop Supervisor............................................ Karen Martakos

Additional Staff for Tiger Style!

Fight Consultant.......................................................................Angie Jepson Assistant to the Director...............................................Michael Hisamoto Production Assistants................................ Sam Layco, Sammy Landau Carpenters......................... Bill Balmer, Ben Frechette, Rachael Hasse, Danny Hochster, Ana Weiss, Sid Wolf Properties Run.................................................................................Katie Sumi Scenic Artist.......................................................................Hannah Joy Smith Costume Design Assistant.......................................... Kathryn Schondek Draper........................................................................................ Therese Tresco Stitchers........................................................ Michelle Villada, Jill Coleman

Assistant to Lighting Designer...................................... Gifford Williams Electricians....Carman Alfaro, Kevin Barnett, Alex Brandt, Harrison Burke, Shane Cassidy, Evey Connerty-Marin, Emily Crochetiere, Sumner Ellsworth, Kevin Fulton, Aaron Henry, Kirt Kaminski, Becky Marsh, Taylor Ness, Brian Shaw, Slava Tchoul, Ali Witten Deck Electrician..........................................................................Emma Soucy Assistant to Sound Designer...........................J. Collin Priddy-Barnum Projections Programmer............................................................Taylor Ness Projections Technician.................................................................Danny Carr

Special thanks to Alaine Alldaffer, Harriet Bass, and Jody Feldman.

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 DOWNTOWN/THEATRE DISTRICT AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, Citi Performing Arts Center, The Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St., 800-982-2787. Oct 25–Nov 6. Inspired by the Academy Award-winning film, this winner of four Tony Awards opens its national tour in Boston and tells the romantic story about an American soldier, a mysterious French girl and an indomitable European city, each yearning for a new beginning in the aftermath of war.

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 GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER, Citi Performing Arts Center, The Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont St., 866-3489738. Oct 18–23. The Tony Award winner for Best Musical, this is the uproarious story of Monty Navarro, a distant heir to a family fortune who sets out to jump the line of succession by any means necessary. All the while, he’s got to juggle his mistress (she’s after more than just love), his fiancée (she’s his cousin but who’s keeping track?) and the constant threat of landing behind bars.

MALA, Emerson/Jackie Liebergott Black Box at the Paramount Center, 559 Washington St., 617-824-8400. Oct 27–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 off. Whodunit? Join the fun as the audience matches wits with the suspects to catch the killer in this wildly popular comedy.

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OCTOBER– NOVEMBER 2016 FRENCH ACCENT: The Tony Award-winning stage adaptation of the classic, Oscar-winning film musical An American in Paris debuts its national tour at The Wang Theatre October 25–November 6.

LOCAL/REGIONAL THEATRE AKEELAH AND THE BEE, Wheelock Family Theatre, 200 The Riverway, 617-879-2300. Oct 21–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.

APPROPRIATE, Trinity Repertory Company, The Dowling Theater, 201 Washington St., Providence, R.I., 401-351-4242.

Oct 6–Nov 6. In this biting comic-drama, the estranged members of the Lafayette family return home to their run-down Arkansas estate after the passing of the family patriarch.

As they sort through a lifetime of mementos, they discover a gruesome relic that turns their reunion into an escalating series of shocks, showdowns and revelations.

BEDROOM FARCE, Huntington Theatre Company, Boston University Theatre, 264 Huntington Ave., 617-266-0800. Nov 11–Dec 11. Four couples and three bedrooms equals one hilarious night. Trevor and Susannah, with their marriage on the rocks, invade three bedrooms of their family and friends over the course of an evening, spreading chaos in their wake.

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.

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, The Boston Conservatory Theater, 31 Hemenway St., 617-912-9222. Oct 13–16. Based on the hit film about con man Frank Abagnale, Jr., this musical features music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, and a book by Terrence McNally.

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.

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.

EVERY 28 HOURS, Company One, Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave., 800-440-6975. Nov 5.

Every 28 hours in the U.S., a man, woman or child who identifies as black is murdered at the hands of a vigilante, security guard or police officer. Born in Ferguson, Mo., this project consists of 80 one-minute plays inspired by the work and message of Black Lives Matter, written by 40-plus playwrights who are part of a national movement initiated by theatre companies across the country.

HAMLET, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Church of the Covenant, 67 Newbury St., 617-776-2200. Oct 5–Nov 6. A brilliant young man discovers himself at the intersection of devastating betrayals. If he acts, when? Hamlet straddles a fault line of family treachery, a chasm stretching out before his conscience, in the Bard’s timeless masterwork.

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.

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, Riverside Theatre Works, 45 Fairmount Ave., Hyde Park, 866-811-4111. Oct 28–Nov 6.

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s groundbreaking rock opera based on the final days in the life of Jesus Christ features such classic songs as “Everything’s Alright,” “I Don’t Know How to Love Him” and “Superstar.”

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.

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Catch Me if You Can • October 13–16 A musical based on the hit film. Music by Marc Shaiman. Lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. Book by Terrence McNally.

From the Ground Up • November 3–6 New works by Sidra Bell, Omar Carrum and Claudia LaVista, Stephanie Martinez, and TommieWaheed Evans. Cathy Young, artistic director.

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

LYRIC STAGE A cracklingly smart political thriller just in time for the climax of a suprising election season.

October 21– November 13, 2016 Lyric Stage • Copley Square 617-585-5678 • lyricstage.com

TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY Southern New England’s favorite holiday tradition!

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at Trinity Rep

November 5– December 31, 2016 For tickets and information visit trinityrep.com, call 401-351-4242 or visit the box office at 201 Washington St., Providence SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION

GUIDE TO LOCAL THEATRE (continued) 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!

BEETHOVEN EROICA RICHARD EGARR, CONDUCTOR Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica FRI, OCT 28 AT 7:30PM SUN, OCT 30 AT 3:00PM SYMPHONY HALL HANDELANDHAYDN.ORG 617 266 3605

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MURPH, Open Theatre Project, Studio 52, 52 Everett St., Allston, contact@theopentheatre.com. Oct 20–29. Written by Dorchester playwright Catherine M. O’Neill, this political play puts ambitions, loyalty, the spin room and lots of secrets front in center as Rep. Kevin “Murph” Murphy, a member of the Massachusetts state legislature, reaches for higher office. Gary and Katie, his staffers, must decide if they are reaching with him, and if they do, what will it cost?

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.

PLANET OF WARRIOR-BUNNIES, Unreliable Narrator Theater Group, Arlington Center for the Arts, 41 Foster St., Arlington, 781-648-6220. Oct 21–29. Intergalactic adventurer K’Tharr, a solemn and powerful warrior-bunny, returns to his home planet of Trepmalthok to find its honor under threat. The Champion, a calculating demagogue, has hatched a scheme to wage war against Earth—making herself Emperor in the process. As civil war looms and friendships are tested, K’Tharr must save the Earth and hold the Empire together while figuring out who to trust.

REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN., Company One, Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., 617-9338600. Oct 21–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.

Oct 21–Nov 19. 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.

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SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, Maiden Phoenix Theatre Company, Hibernian Hall, 184 Dudley St., Roxbury, 800-838-3006. Oct 14–30. This playful new adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel follows the fortunes (and misfortunes) of the Dashwood sisters—sensible Elinor and hypersensitive Marianne—after their father’s sudden death leaves them financially destitute and socially vulnerable.

TOMES OF TERROR: CAMPFIRE TALES, The Post-Meridian Radio Players, Responsible Grace Church, 204 Elm St., Somerville, 800-838-3006. Oct 21–29. This annual Halloween show featuring a shared ensemble cast performing an anthol-

GUIDE TO LOCAL THEATRE (continued) ogy of urban legends, ghost stories and other creepy campfire stories woven together with interstitial dialogue and presented as stories told by campers around a campfire.

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.

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TWELFTH NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, Anthem Theatre Company, Plaza Black Box Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Oct 27–Nov 5. Just in time for Halloween comes this zombie-laden twist to Shakespeare’s most popular comedy. This campy, gory adaptation brings the undead to Illyria and begs the question, “If music be the food of love, why are you eating my arm?”

UNCANNY VALLEY, Stoneham Theatre, 395 Main St., Stoneham, 781-279-2200. Oct 6–23. Meet Julian, the robotic product of a life extension laboratory, and Claire, the neuroscientist tasked with teaching him to be human. This mesmerizing examination of the future travels to the ethical heart of humankind’s bid to outrace mortality. Filled with moral ambiguity, this taut, smart drama asks how far are we willing to go to forget, while insisting on never being forgotten?

WARRIOR CLASS, Lyric Stage Company, 140 Clarendon St., 617-585-5678. Oct 21–Nov 13. In this taut political drama by Kenneth Lin, Julius Lee, the son of Chinese immigrants and a decorated war veteran, has a seemingly limitless political career ahead of him. When someone from his past, however, threatens to reveal a college transgression, it may destroy everything he has built.

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. Oct 20–Nov 13. In Central Harlem during a mysteriously warm winter, the Hindu God Ganesh presides over the destinies of five people on paths of selfdiscovery and transformation as their disparate lives intersect.

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.

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DANCE FROM THE GROUND UP, The Boston Conservatory Theater, 31 Hemenway St., 617-912-9222. Nov 3–6. This program features new works created for conservatory dancers by acclaimed choreographers Sidra Bell, Omar Carrum and Claudia LaVista, Stephanie Martinez and Tommie-Waheed Evans, and a classical pas de deux accompanied by Boston Conservatory Orchestra.

LE CORSAIRE, Boston Ballet, Boston Opera House, 539 Washington St., 617-695-6955. Oct 27–Nov 6. This classical ballet is steeped in swashbuckling adventure and passionate romance. A dashing pirate battles to rescue his beloved from the Pasha’s harem with danger looming at every turn—in opulent palaces, secret caves and on the turbulent sea.

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VERTIGO DANCE COMPANY, Citi Performing Arts Center, The Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont St., 866-348-9738. Oct 29 & 30. The Jerusalem-based company has become internationally celebrated not only for its artistic innovation but also for their unwavering commitment to the intersections of creativity, social responsibility and ecological sustainability.

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.

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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.

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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ARAGOSTA BAR & BISTRO, Three Battery Wharf, 617994-9001. This latest addition to Boston’s vibrant waterfront restaurant community offers a new take on Italian cuisine by award-winning chef David Daniels who shows his signature flair through hand-made pastas, prime meats and classic New England seafood. Using quality, local farm-raised ingredients, Aragosta offers a warm, social atmosphere in a stunning waterfront setting. Also offering an open kitchen with Chef’s Counter and an outdoor terrace. B, L, D. Mon–Sun 6:30 a.m.– 10 p.m.; Sat & SB 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m. aragostabistro.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.

CITYPLACE, On Stuart Street between Tremont and S. Charles streets in the State Transportation Building. Enjoy handcrafted beers at Rock Bottom Brewery, delicious treats from Panera Bread and gourmet Chinese at P.F. Chang’s as well as flatbread sandwiches, specialty pizzas, custom burritos and more in the Food Court. B, L, D, C. cityplaceboston.com.

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

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DARRYL’S CORNER BAR & KITCHEN, 604 Columbus Ave., 617-536-1100. Home to some of the best Southern-style comfort food in the city, Daryl’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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PAPAGAYO, 15 West St., 617-423-3600; 283 Summer St., 617423-1000; 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., 617-742-8401.

At Ruth’s Chris Steak House, each steak is hand-selected 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.

SB available. sipwinebarandkitchen.com.

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.

TOP OF THE HUB, 800 Boylston St., Prudential Center, 617-536-1775. There is nothing like sitting 52 stories above Boston for dining and a spectacular view of the city. The magnificent cuisine complements the breathtaking views. Live jazz seven nights a week. L, D, C, SB. topofthehub.net.

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