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Tag: A.R.T.
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Beyond the ballgown
Sammi Cannold discusses her vision for the iconic musical as she introduces “Evita” to a new generation of artists and audiences at the American Repertory Theater.
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Free Thursday evenings? Like theater? Mixed media? Dance?
The ArtsThursdays initiative increases accessibility and availability of Harvard arts for University affiliates and the wider community.
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Civil War opera starring Walt Whitman? Really?
In excerpt from his new book, Matthew Aucoin details why he chose Whitman as main character in his debut opera “Crossing” at American Repertory Theater.
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Women who are ambitious, powerful, in love — and in peril
Whitney White plans musical programs, each on a different Shakespeare play, all asking: What is price of ambition for women?
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Magic, up close and personal
A small band of magicians present “The Conjurors’ Club” with the American Repertory Theater through April 4.
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A beloved holiday theater tradition, remote but not forgotten
A.R.T.’s annual holiday show, “Jack and the Beanstalk: A Musical Adventure,” is a joyful respite. The 55-minute streamed event is available through Jan. 4.
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‘Jagged Little Pill’ snags record 15 Tony nominations
“Jagged Little Pill,” which premiered at the American Repertory Theater, was nominated for 15 Tony Awards, the most of any show from the 2019-20 Broadway season.
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‘Thumbelina’ carries big message to the stage
Harvard junior Julia Riew decided to bring a special message to the A.R.T. stage with “Thumbelina,” this year’s family holiday show.
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Sing me Ishmael
Dave Malloy, who turned “War and Peace” into Tony Award-winning musical, takes on “Moby-Dick.”
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Teens tackle question of freedom in America
Boston-area high school students will perform “Freedom Acts” on Nov. 2‒3. As part of the A.R.T.’s Proclamation Project, the play tackles questions of what hypocrisies and contradictions exist in what we think of as American freedom.
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Last dance, last chance
The curtain comes down Sept. 7 on the immersive, disco-insistent “Donkey Show” after a decade-long run at A.R.T.
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‘A town hall for the 21st century’
American Repertory Theater announced today it has selected internationally renowned architects Haworth Tompkins to design its future home on Harvard’s Allston campus.
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All the world’s a stage
The American Repertory Theater’s upcoming season lineup will include three world premieres.
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Song of the sea
The A.R.T.’s “Endlings” features characters whose lives are completely foreign from, yet connected to, playwright Celine Song.
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Celebrating a decade of musical theater
The American Repertory Theater’s production of “ExtraOrdinary” samples a decade of musicals while tapping into performers’ stories.
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Rock ’n’ roll recovery mission
The Big 6, a cover band formed at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, is planning a concert to aid communities recovering from Hurricanes Harvey, Irene, and Maria.
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What I did on my Summer Explorations
A cross between camp and summer school, the Harvard Ed Portal program lets kids learn by having fun.
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Theater from the inside
Oberon’s presentation of “The Garden” is an intimate, inside-out theater experience for tiny audiences.
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Real talk
Playwright and director Ifeoma Fafunwa brings the hopes and challenges of Nigerian women to Harvard with “Hear Word!,” making its U.S. premiere at the Harvard Dance Center this weekend.
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Ever-present Orwell
“What’s intriguing about bringing ‘1984’ back now is that some of those questions are out there again,” said Ash Center director Anthony Saich, an expert on Chinese politics. The Ash Center is co-sponsoring, with the A.R.T., a series of discussions on “topics that spark out of ‘1984.’” The next in the series of discussions is…
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A.R.T. names new executive director
Diane Quinn has been named executive director of the American Repertory Theater, Harvard University and the Board of Trustees of the A.R.T. announced on Nov. 9.
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Confronting despair with hope
Naomi Klein, author and syndicated columnist, says she hopes that once people understand the enormity of climate change, it will spark conversation on how they can chart a path to deal with it.
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Pulling art from the bin
The new American Repertory Theater play “O.P.C.” examines the culture of consumerism while the production team takes the message to heart.
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Behind ‘Peter Pan’
The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) will stage the premiere of “Finding Neverland.” The new musical, about the real-life genesis of J.M. Barrie’s groundbreaking work “Peter Pan,” runs from July 23 through Sept. 28.
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Paulus is among Time 100
Time magazine has named American Repertory Theater Artistic Director Diane Paulus to the 2014 Time 100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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The girl who saves the prince
For the holiday season, the American Repertory Theater is staging “The Light Princess” by George MacDonald, the offbeat story of a girl who, unlike in other fairy tales, saves the prince.
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Studying the Civil War, finding shared values
High school students grapple with national issues by collaborating about Civil War themes to develop a new type of theater experience.
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‘Pippin’ meets Tony
When artistic director Diane Paulus gave the classic “Pippin” a facelift for 2013-13 lineup of the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), people took notice. Now “Pippin” has been nominated for 10 Tony Awards, including best director of a musical for Paulus.
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‘Beowulf,’ as it was told
Steven Rozensk and Matthew Sergi have collaborated with the American Repertory Theater for a public reading of the epic poem “Beowulf” in its original Old English. There is a free reading from noon to 5 p.m. at the A.R.T. on April 25.
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A return to the radical
In a discussion at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, the stage director John Tiffany and Diane Paulus, the artistic director of the American Repertory Theater, said that their new production of Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” will restore some of the work’s unconventionality.
