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 Michael Cristofer | Directed by Michael Greif
November 16 - December 22, 2018
South End / Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA
Man in the Ring is the captivating and complex true story of six-time world champion prizefighter Emile Griffith and the fight that would haunt him forever. Imbued with the warmth of Griffith’s character and the joyful music of his childhood home, Man in the Ring chronicles his life story, from his humble beginnings in the Virgin Islands to his passionate love affairs and the tragedy that changed his life. Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Michael Cristofer’s epic new play, directed by four-time Tony Award nominee Michael Greif (Rent, Dear Evan Hansen), packs a powerful punch with its message of love and redemption.
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by Lucas Hnath | Directed by Les Waters
January 4 - February 3, 2019
Avenue of the Arts / Huntington Avenue Theatre
Who’s that knocking at the door? 15 years after slamming the door on her marriage, leaving her husband and children behind, Nora’s come home. Now a successful yet scandalous writer, she’s being blackmailed by a judge, and she needs her not-quite-ex-husband’s help. Not so fast, Nora. Your family has a few grievances they want to air! Inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s groundbreaking 1879 classic A Doll’s House, Lucas Hnath’s Tony Award-nominated Broadway hit is a smart new comedy that raises fascinating questions about marriage and the ways the roles of women have – and haven’t – changed. Don’t miss your chance to see the most produced, most talked about play in America.
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Created, written, and directed by Gerard Alessandrini
February 12 - March 10, 2019
South End / Calderwood 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 coming to 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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