We start with MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM by Pulitzer- Prize & Tony-Award winner August Wilson.
The run is March 9th –April 8 at
BU Theatre 264 Huntington Avenue.
Playing the part of blues singer Ma Rainey is Yvette Freeman.
In the play, a quartet of musicians gather, in a run-down 1920s Chicago studio waiting for the legendary blues singer Ma Rainey for a recording session. The
conflicting scat is riveting.
Ma Rainey is the first of 10 plays August Wilson wrote that became his Century Cycle. Each play chronicled a decade in the 20 century.. of the African-American experience. Newsweek called it “Extraordinary” and I think that you will too.
Can you guess what the world’s 3rd Longest-Running musical is? If you said Les Miserable you would be right. Can you believe that they’re celebrating their 25th anniversary?
Broadway in Boston presents this classic at the Boston Opera House March 13-April 1.
We all have seen the show but this all new production features glorious new staging and spectacular reimagined scenery inspired by the paintings of… Victor Hugo? Who knew?
Based on Victor Hugo’s classic novel, Les Mize is an epic and uplifting story about the survival of the human spirit. The magnificent score includes the songs “I Dreamed a Dream,” “On My Own “Bring Him Home,” “Do You Hear the People Sing?” and “Master Of The House.”
For something different it’s WILD SWANS at American Repertory
Theatre in Cambridge now through March 11.
Wild Swans takes us on a journey from the early days of Communist hope and struggle in China. It is all seen through the eyes of one fiercely courageous family and the chaos and confusion of Mao’s Cultural Revolution.
The Year 2010 and the Tony Award goes to…NEXT TO NORMAL
SpeakEasy Stage Company in the South End presents Next to Normal March 9-April 7.
Featuring a compelling and surging pop rock score, Next to Normal shatters through the façade of a suburban family dealing with the direct and indirect effects of mental illness. This intense, emotional and ultimately hopeful musical makes a direct grab for the heart with its story of a family coming to terms with its past and bravely facing its future.
Reagle Players in Waltham is presenting A LITTLE BIT OF IRELAND on March 17 and 18. Bob Reagle always puts on a great show. There must be a reason that their shows have been selling out for years. What better way to celebrate St. Patty’s Day than enjoying all things Irish at the Reagle in Waltham.
Want more Brilliant Buzz?
Stephen Schwartz, who gave us WICKED, in in rehearsal with new musical out about Houdini.
Starring (be still my heart) Hugh Jackman. Fans of Stephen Schwartz here’s more news, he told me personally that he would be coming to Boston to do a benefit for ART.
On the Stephen Speilberg TV show SMASH, which is a about the making of a musical, there is talk that they may take this TV musical (about Marilyn Monroe) to Broadway after the series wraps.
Even sports fans who aren’t into musicals will want to see this one. The title: “Magic/Bird.” You’re right, it is all about the rivalry between Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. I’ll keep you posted.