#Things to do in boston skin#

$33, Friday and Saturday, November 17-18, Laugh Boston, 425 Summer St., Boston MUSIC “It’s that you tuck your ears into your hat.” “You know how I know that you’re a tough guy?” he asks an audience member in a 2021 clip. Like many contemporary comedians, Will Burkart focuses on crowd work on stage, armed with a cockeyed ability to read anyone. $20-$35, Saturday and Sunday, November 18-19, The Dance Complex, 536 Mass.

#Things to do in boston skin#

$68, Friday and Saturday, November 17-18, Institute of Contemporary Art, 25 Harbor Shore Dr., BostonĬontinuum Dance Project presents this contemporary piece about power, the gaze and the eternal tension between individuality and community, utilizing a sculpture by Michael Alfano entitled “Cubed,” whose multiple movable pieces, each colored with different skin tone, come together to make a giant human face. The program is rounded off with Micaela Taylor’s SNAP. Ave., Cambridge DANCEĬombining jazz, ballet, and contemporary, this Los Angeles troupe will perform three Boston premieres: Trey McIntyre’s Blue Until June, Baye & Asa’s The One to Stay, and Alejandro Cerrudo’s PACOPEPEPLUTO, set to music by Dean Martin. $24-$83, through November 26, Central Square Theater, 450 Mass. The mad scientists of Central Square Theater have brought Richard O’Brien’s original queer-sci-fi-kitsch-rock musical back to life, as seen through the fresh eyes of co-directors Jo Michael Rezes and Lee Mikeska Gardner, who’ve put together a majority trans and nonbinary cast. $20-$59.50, through November 25, Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., Boston Uncomfortable subject matter, to be sure, but Vogel handles both abused and the abuser, and the shifting dynamic between them, with humane complexity. $30-$40, through December 3, Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington St., BostonĪctors’ Shakespeare Project resurrects Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer-winning 1997 masterpiece, the tale of Li’l Bit, a young woman processing her history of abuse at the hands of her uncle Peck. The play focuses on her relationship with Susanna Wheatley, who encouraged her writing while keeping her enslaved, as well as her less-discussed life after emancipation. This new play tells the story of Boston poet Phillis Wheatley, whose 1773 book Reflections on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, was the first poetry book published by anyone of African descent in English. $5-$85, through December 17, Lyric Stage Company, 140 Clarendon St., Boston Determined to unveil the identity of the would-be assassin, he invites a select group of associates to his mansion for the weekend, only for the killer to strike again… The Lyric Stage bring Sherlock Holmes comes to America-sort of-in this mystery comedy by Ken Ludwig, centering on an actor, famous for playing the iconic sleuth, who was nearly gunned down on stage.

$20-$254, Friday, November 19 through December 17, The Huntington Theater, 264 Huntington Ave., Boston It’s presented here in a co-production between the Huntington and SpeakEasy Stage. Photo by Nile Hawver.Ĭultural tensions melt thanks to necessity and common humanity in this Tony-winning 2016 musical, adapted from the film of the same name about an Egyptian band forced, due to a mistake on their itinerary, to stay in an Israeli town for the night. Jennifer Apple and Brian Thomas Abraham from The Band’s Visit, a Huntington Theater co-production with SpeakEasy Stage. $25, Friday and Saturday, November 17 and 18, Footlight Club, 7A Eliot St., Jamaica Plain Appealing to the sense we all have of the monster within, the story has been variously interpreted over the years as a metaphor for substance addiction, Scottish subjugation by England, sexual repression, and even the recognition that humans evolved from apes. This is your last weekend to catch this adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s salacious proto-sci-fi tale at JP’s venerable Footlight Club. See also: Where to Have Holiday Lunch in Boston THEATER on Fridays and Saturdays.įree-$10 (skate rentals extra), Monday, November 20 through March 8, 2024, Boston Common, 38 Beacon St., Boston It’s open seven days a week throughout the season and until 10 p.m. The Frog Pond’s rink, a classic choice for winter dates and family outings in the heart of historic downtown Boston, might be the city’s most iconic skate spot. See also: Snowport Opens in Boston’s Seaport There’s also an iceless curling lane (sign up for lessons here starting November 18) and lots of special events throughout the season.įree, through February 25, 2024, Seaport Blvd., Boston The Seaport’s annual transformation into a winter wonderland is upon us, with the return of its annual Holiday Market, featuring more than 120 vendors, a tree market, and a cocktail bar.