Robert J. Orchard Stage, Emerson Paramount Center

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Patrick Page explores Shakespeare’s most memorable villains in this thrilling, hilarious, and biting solo tour-de-force.

CONTINUUM Never Still. Always Becoming. ChoreographersAli CederholmChloe CrenshawJon Ole OlstadKen OssolaRobert StephenYury Yanowsky WorksCisneSyntheticaDust and WaterMoving Mountainsre:connectionBathers CONTINUUM traces dance’s ongoing evolution—where the past shapes the present and every movement opens a path forward. Featuring six works never before seen in Boston, the program explores memory, change, freedom, and our shared humanity. Intimate, honest, and...

Emerson Stage Presents: THREE SISTERS By Anton ChekhovTranslation by Paul SchmidtDirected by Craig Mathers Transplanted from their beloved Moscow to a provincial Russian town, three sisters – school teacher Olga, unhappily married Masha and idealistic Irina – yearn for the city of their childhood, where they imagine their lives will be transformed and fulfilled. Three...

The National Center of Afro-American Artists, Inc. presents: Black Nativity By Langston Hughes The National Center of Afro-American Artists (NCAAA) proudly presents the 56th season of Langston Hughes' classic gospel song cycle, Black Nativity. A holiday tradition throughout the United States and the world, Black Nativity welcomes all people, far and wide, into our circle of light. This...

Breathtaking illusions await in this New York Times Critic's Pick full of intrigue and imagination.

Emerson Stage Presents: THE THREEPENNY OPERA A play with music based on John Gay's THE BEGGAR'S OPERABy Bertoldt Brecht and Kurt Weill in collaboration with Elisabeth HauptmanEnglish Translation by Marc BlitzsteinDirected by Scott LaFeberMusic Direction by Jonathan Goldberg Based on John Gay's eighteenth century Beggar's Opera, The Threepenny Opera, first staged in 1928 at the...

The legacy of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School is reckoned with in this powerful musical song cycle.