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Bye Bye Birdie opens at The Footlight Club on Saturday, November 8 and runs on weekends through Saturday, November 22, 2014. It’s 1958 in Sweet Apple, Ohio, and everything is topsy-turvy when rock and roll superstar Conrad Birdie plans a visit to plant his goodbye kiss on one lucky fan before going into the army. […]
Come to Mozart Park to enjoy live outdoor theater with Escena Latina Teatro performing Botánica and enjoy dinner at our pop-up cafe featuring delicious complimentary food from neighborhood restaurants and music starting at 5pm. Show starts at 7pm. Play is in Spanish with English subtitles on a giant video monitor. Botánica, by Dolores Prida, is […]
Welcome! The 2017 Jamaica Plain Improv Festival invites local and national improv comedy teams to showcase the art of long form improv! JPIF is a 13-hour long form improv marathon hosted by Naffy Improv and The Riot Theater. The Festival will be held from 12pm to 1am, August 12, 2017, at the Riot Theater in Jamaica […]
The Tony-winning play, based on the best-selling novels, upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan boy becomes the legendary Peter Pan. Family friendly!
On the evenings of Thursday, July 19; Friday, July 20; and Saturday, July 21 Hyde Jackson Square Main Street and Escena Latina Teatro will be celebrating our 6th annual Teatro en el Parque. This year we will be producing the play, Cumbia de mi Corazón, by Toby Campion and will be performed by Escena Latina […]
New Repertory Theatre presents the New England Premiere of Cardboard Piano, a riveting new drama written by the in-demand young playwright, Hansol Jung. March 23 - April 14 at the Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St. Watertown, MA 02472 Tickets $25-$67. Students $15-$22. Discounts for groups 10+, senior citizens, military personnel. Free tickets […]
Two of Jamaica Plain's iconic historical sites join forces to bring you Party, Promenade & Play: A Wilde Affair! To celebrate the Footlight Club's opening night of Oscar Wilde's riotous farce, The Importance of Being Earnest, the Loring Greenough House is hosting an elegant Victorian-inspired garden party on its south lawn. Enjoy prosecco and cucumber […]
The Footlight Club, America’s oldest continuously operating community theater and one of Jamaica Plain’s hidden gems, is proud to announce its final show of its 142nd season: Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”, for six performances this June at its Eliot Hall home, 7A Eliot St, Jamaica Plain. A farcical comedy set in late […]
Diane Edgecomb, Storyteller, and Margot Chamberlain, Celtic Harpist 2 Sessions (select one): Friday, June 21, or Saturday, June 22, 6:30–8:30pm Location: Hunnewell Building and Arboretum Landscape, Arnold Arboretum Join us for an enchanting evening of Tree Myths, Songs and Summer Solstice Legends. Diane and Margot spin tales of the human connection with trees and the […]
Celebrate the longest nights with Solstice stories and songs evoking the warmth of the season. Oracle award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb, accompanied by Celtic harper Margot Chamberlain and multi-instrumentalist Tom Megan, weaves together a tapestry of ancient tales and tunes revealing the deep meaning behind winter holiday traditions. This theatrical storytelling features the Scandinavian “Legend of […]
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