Join us for our 2018-2019 Season!
Our 37th season includes 4 shows at the Huntington Avenue Theatre and 4 shows at the Calderwood Pavilion and will feature ambitious, large-scale classics and exciting new works.
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On stage now & coming soon:
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by Eleanor Burgess | Directed by Kimberly Senior
August 31 - October 6, 2018
South End / Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA
In this explosive story, a black student and a white professor – both brilliant, both liberal – meet to discuss a paper about slavery's role in the American Revolution. A polite conversation becomes a powder keg of race, history, and privilege, and neither woman will ever be the same. An entertaining and provocative nail-biter, written by Boston native Eleanor Burgess and directed by Broadway veteran Kimberly Senior (Disgraced), that everyone will be talking about.
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by Charles Marowitz | Directed by Maria Aitken
September 28 - October 28, 2018
Avenue of the Arts / Huntington Avenue Theatre
Take a trip to Baker Street with the legendary Sherlock Holmes and his trusted sidekick Dr. Watson, to solve the seemingly perfect crime. When a threat is made against Holmes‘s life by the son of his longtime nemesis, Moriarty, not everything is as it appears. The game’s afoot with equal parts hilarity and intrigue in the long-overdue Boston premiere of this murderously funny comedy-thriller, directed by Huntington favorite Maria Aitken (Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps, Bedroom Farce).
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by Michael Cristofer | Directed by Michael Greif
November 16 - December 22, 2018
South End / Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA
Man in the Ring is the incredible true story of six-time world champion boxer Emile Griffith and the fatal fight he could never forget. This sweeping tale covers Emile’s humble beginnings in the Virgin Islands, his passionate love affairs, and the infamous, life changing Madison Square Garden match against his archrival. He searches for redemption and must confront his past in this epic new play, imbued with warmth and the sounds of the Caribbean.
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by Lucas Hnath | Directed by Les Waters
January 4 - February 3, 2019
Avenue of the Arts / Huntington Avenue Theatre
Nora famously slammed the door on her marriage, leaving her husband and children behind in Ibsen’s groundbreaking classic, but what happened to the iconic heroine next? This audacious sequel imagines her 15 years later as a successful writer and independent woman, urgently seeking to finalize her divorce. Universally acclaimed on Broadway, this smart and sophisticated new comedy raises fascinating questions about marriage and the ways the roles of women have – and haven’t – changed. (Please note: you will enjoy this play whether you are familiar with Ibsen or not!)
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Created, written, and directed by Gerard Alessandrini
February 12 - March 10, 2019
South End / Cadlerwood Pavilion at the BCA
Don’t miss this “convulsively funny” (The New York Times) musical parody from the comic mastermind behind the long-running hit Forbidden Broadway. After tearing it up in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, Spamilton: An American Parody fulfills its manifest destiny by conquering Boston for a limited time only. The Huffington Post raves “you don’t have to see Hamilton to have side-splitting fun at Spamilton.”
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by William Shakespeare | Directed by Peter DuBois
March 1 - 31, 2019
Avenue of the Arts / Huntington Avenue Theatre
Impassioned young lovers are caught between the violence and prejudices of their feuding families in Shakespeare’s most famous and enduring love story. In helming the first Shakespeare play produced by the Huntington in eight years, Huntington Artistic Director Peter DuBois brings an exhilarating and modern sensibility to this timeless classic about the intensity and joy of first love and attraction amid a dangerously divided community.
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by Paula Vogel | Directed by Rebecca Taichman
April 26 - May 25, 2019
Avenue of the Arts / Huntington Avenue Theatre
Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel’s captivating new play with music took Broadway by storm last year and now Rebecca Taichman recreates her Tony Award-winning production for Boston audiences. Inspired by the true story of Sholem Asch’s controversial play God of Vengeance and the passionate artists who risked their lives to perform it, this riveting and richly theatrical backstage drama is a fierce indictment of censorship and a joyful celebration of art and love.
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Translated & Adapted by Melinda Lopez | Directed by Melia Bensussen
Based on the play by Federico Garcia Lorca
May 31 - June 30, 2019
South End / Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA
Yerma, a young wife, wants nothing more than to have a child and become a devoted mother. As she watches her friends start their families, she begins to question her own value as a woman. Her desperate desire turns into an all-consuming obsession with devastating consequences. Beloved by Boston audiences, Huntington Playwright-in-Residence Melinda Lopez reinvents Lorca’s classic masterpiece, infusing this searing drama with flamenco-inspired music and heart.
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