Connecticut

BRIDGEPORT: Playhouse on the Green presents Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class, a “One-Nun-sense Musical Event” Written and Directed by Dan Goggin.  July 10, 11, 12, 17 and 18.  "Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class" is a celebration of the songs Sister Robert Anne has debuted in the six “Nunsense” musicals with two new songs from the upcoming seventh “Nunsense” called "Nunset Boulevard: The Nunsense Hollywood Bowl Show." This sneak preview will mark the first public performance of the show prior to playing venues around the country. Tickets: $32, adults; $29, seniors; $18, 21 and under. Benefit pricing for July 11.  Playhouse on the Green, 177 State Street, Bridgeport. Free parking available. 203-333-3666. Tickets available online at www.playhouseonthegreen.org.

EAST HADDAM: 4/17-7/4 - 42nd Street @ Goodspeed Opera House, Rte. 82 - (860)873-8668

NEW!! EAST HADDAM: See an authentic Magic-Lantern Show -11:30, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 ~ Saturday, July 25 @ Gillette Castle, 67 River Rd - the combination of projected images, live drama, and live music that led to the movies. National Public Radio says, "It's an incredible experience. . . If they come to your town, don't miss them. They're a living national treasure." These short, half-hour shows will have a bit of everything -- stories, songs, animated comedy, special effects, and will appeal to adults and children over four. The charge for the general public will be $10 for adults, $5 for children (Under 5 free; members half-price.). For reservations, call 860-434-2603.

HARTFORD: TheaterWorks in downtown Hartford presents the Connecticut premiere of Speech & Debate June 12 through July 26, 2009. This contemporary comedy, New York’s underground must-see last season, is directed at TheaterWorks by Henry Wishcamper (The Seafarer). FULLY AIR-CONDITIONED. City Arts on Pearl, 233 Pearl Street. For tickets call (860) 527-7838. Tickets are $37 for weeknights and matinees; $47 for Friday and Saturday evenings. Seating is general admission. Center reserved seats are $11 extra. College-age student rush tickets are $11 at show time with valid ID (subject to availability). Special discounts are available for groups of 11 or more.  A limited number of complimentary tickets for residents of downtown Hartford are available for select performances, courtesy of United Technologies (call for details). For more information, please visit www.theaterworkshartford.org.

IVORYTON: The Full Monty - July 1 - 26, 2009 for 4 weeks. Performance times are Wednesday and Sunday matinees at 2pm; Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 7:30pm and Friday and Saturday evenings at 8pm. Tickets are $35 for adults; $30 for seniors; $20 for students and $15 for children and are available by calling the box-office at 860-767-7318 or by visiting our website at www.ivorytonplayhouse.org.  (Group rates are available - call the box-office for information.) The Playhouse is located at 103 Main Street

IVORYTON: Bubblemania runs July 3 for two shows - 11am and 1pm. Tickets are $12 and are available by calling the Playhouse box office at 860-767-7318 or by visiting our website at www.ivorytonplayhouse.org.  The Playhouse is located at 103 Main Street

NEW BRITAIN: Night of the Musical Dead runs July 24 through August 22. The performances are Friday and Saturday nights at 8:00PM. There are also two Sunday matinees at 2:00PM (August 2 and 16th). The Hole in the Wall Theater is located at 116 Main Street in New Britain, CT. Visit www.hitw.org for directions and more info.

NEW CANAAN: 7/24-8/8 - Broadway Cafe @ Town Players of New Canaan

NEW MILFORD: DOUBT runs July 10,11 17,18 24,25,26 31 and August 1. Curtain time is 8:00 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays, with a 2:00 p.m. Sunday matinee on July 26.  Tickets for all shows are $20.00 for reserved seating.  On Thursday, July 9, senior citizens are invited to a free dress rehearsal at 8:00 p.m. Thursday, July 16 at 8:00 p.m. is TheatreWorks' Pay-What-You-Want night. At this performance, you name the price for your ticket.  Reservations can be made online at WWW.THEATREWORKS.US or by calling the box office at (860) 350-6863.

PUTNAM: 6/19-28 - Steel Magnolias; 8/7-23 - Disney's High School Musical; 10/16-18 - A Murder is Announced; 12/4-19 - Broadway Live...Christmas @ Theatre of Northeastern CT, Bradley Playhouse, 30 Front St. - (860) 928-7887; www.bradleyplayhouse.org

NEW!! ROCKY HILL: Rocky Hill Theatre will present the comedy THE NERD on July 24 and 25 at 7:30PM and July 26 at 2PM. The shows will be in the Rocky Hill Community Center, 761 Old Main Street, Rocky Hill, CT. Call 860-563-3471, or rockyhilltheatre@yahoo.com  for tickets ($15 & $12). Only 1 weekend and seating is limited.

SHERMAN: SALOMÉ runs July 24,25 31 August 1,2 7,8 14,15. Curtain time is 8:00 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays, with a 2:00 p.m. Sunday matinee on August 2. Tickets for all shows are $20.00 for general admission. On Thursday, July 23, senior citizens age 65 and older are invited to a dress rehearsal at 8:00 p.m. where donations will be accepted. On Thursday, July 30, at 8:00 p.m., The Sherman Playhouse will hold its Pay-What-You-Want Night. At this event, you name the price for your ticket. Reservations can be made online at WWW.SHERMANPLAYERS.ORG or by calling the box office at (860) 354-3622.

WESTPORT: June 23 – July 18 - Westport Country Playhouse stages “tick, tick...BOOM!,” a modern musical with book, music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson, who created “Rent.” An engaging musical that captures the struggles of a “starving” artist, and his determination to live out his dream. Mature language and themes. $30 - $65. For more information and tickets, call the box office at (203) 227-4177, or for out-of-town callers toll-free at 888-927-7529, or visit the box office at 25 Powers Court , off Route 1, Westport . Information about the Playhouse is also available at www.westportplayhouse.org.

WESTPORT: Sunday, July 19, 1 and 4 p.m. - Queen Nur’s “Sweet Potato Pie and Such” presented by TheatreWorksUSA. Incomparable storyteller Karen Nur El-Amin presents a tasty treat of stories, songs and dance celebrating African-American heritage accompanied by African instruments. This highly energetic and interactive performance will delight as well as enlighten all ages. The tales celebrate storytelling’s ability to speak of values, history and truth through the lives of fictional characters and real persons. This robust mix includes “Ruth Oree’s Sweet Potato Pie,” an affectionate parody of “Little Red Riding Hood” with a contemporary urban setting complete with rap. $15. For more information and tickets, call the box office at (203) 227-4177, or for out-of-town callers toll-free at 888-927-7529, or visit the box office at 25 Powers Court , off Route 1, Westport . Information about the Playhouse is also available at www.westportplayhouse.org. 

WESTPORT: July 28 – August 15 - Westport Country Playhouse stages “How the Other Half Loves,” a classic comedy by Alan Ayckbourn. A late night affair turns into a dinner party to remember where comedy is the main course. $30 - $65. For more information and tickets, call the box office at (203) 227-4177, or for out-of-town callers toll-free at 888-927-7529, or visit the box office at 25 Powers Court , off Route 1, Westport . Information about the Playhouse is also available at www.westportplayhouse.org. 

WILLIMANTIC: 7/17-8/1 - Cinderella-Enchanted Edition; 9/18-10/3 - Opening Night; 11/6-21 - The Fantasticks; 2/5-20 - Steel Magnolias; 3/19-4/10 - The Movie Game; 5/21-6/12 - Harvey @ Windham Theatre Guild, Burton Leavitt Theatre - www.windhamtheatreguild.org

Maine

ARUNDEL: 6/23-7/11 - Godspell; 7/14-8/1 - The Mikado; 8/4-15 - Altar Boyz; 8/18-29 - Almost, Maine @ Arundel Barn Playhouse, 53 Old Post Rd. - (207) 985-5552

BERWICK: 6/24-7/4 - Our Town; 7/8-25 - Anything Goes; 7/29-8/8 - Drood; 8/12-29 - The Producers @ Hackmatack Playhouse, 538 School Street - (207) 698-1807

BROOKS: Marsh River Theater in Brooks is going "Into The Woods". The show dates are June 19th, 20th, 26th, and 27th. The theater is located on Rte 139 in the little town of Brooks. For more information please call (207) 722-3236 or 722-3893.

HARRISON: The 10th Annual Deertrees Theatre Festival: August 6 & 7 at 8:00 pm ($20/$10 students) - Edward J Moore’s THE SEA HORSE; August 12 at 7:00pm ($20) - Dan Hays Scholarship Benefit Sneak Preview Performance; August 13, 14, & 15 at 8:00 pm ($20/$10 students) - Lee Blessing’s COBB; August 20, 21 & 22 at 8:00 pm ($20/$10 students) - Sam Bobrick’s New York Water; August 27, 28, & 29, September 3, 4, & 5 at 8:00 pm ($20/$10 students) - Deborah Zoe Laufer’s Out of Sterno. The Deertrees Box Office is open from 10 AM until 5 PM. Tuesday through Saturday and one hour before performances. Tickets are also available online at: www.deertreestheatre.org 

MONMOUTH: 7/3 - Oh Captain, My Captain: Walt Whitman's Lincoln; 7/9-8/22 - Twelfth Night; 7/16-8/22 - The Mousetrap; 7/24-8/21 - Hamlet; 7/31-8/20 - A Little Hotel on the Side; 8/4-21 - The Wind in the Willows; 9/24-10/4 - Carousel @ Theater at Monmouth - (207) 933-9999; www.theateratmonmouth.org

OGUNQUIT: 6/17-7/11 - SHOUT!; 7/4-5 - Disney's Cinderella; 7/15-8/8 - Guys and Dolls; 7/18-19 - Fairy Houses: The Musical; 8/1-2 - Disney's Beauty & the Beast; 8/12-9/12 - Singin' in the Rain; 8/22-23 - Disney's Aladdin, Jr.; 9/16-10/11 - All Shook Up @ Ogunquit Playhouse - www.ogunquitplayhouse.org 

PORTLAND: It's Only A Play by Terrance Mc Nally will be performed at Lyric Music Theater in South Portland as the offering for it's Fourth Annual Summer Series Presentation. The play, directed by Mimi Meserve is a comedy takes place in the Manhattan townhouse apartment of producer Julia Budder (Cynthia O'Neil) where she is hosting an opening night party for playwright Peter Austin's (John Robinson) new Broadway play, "The Golden Egg". While anyone who's anyone on Broadway is assembled downstairs, the play's star, Virginia Noyes (Teri Gauthier), the director, Frank Finger (Rick Kusturin), the playwright's best friend, James Wicker (Peter Salsbury), Broadway's "most vicious critic", Ira Drew (Denis Fontaine), an "actor-singer- dancer, etc." wanna be, Gus P. Head, and a cab driver, Emma Bovary (Celeste Green) all wait for the reviews to pour in, and when they do, it isn't pretty!  For anyone who has ever been involved in the theater, this is a must see! The play is not appropriate for young audiences.  The show dates are June 19, 20, 26, 27 at 8 PM, and June 21 and 28 at 2 PM. All tickets are only $10.  For reservations call 799-1421 or 799-6509. Box office hours are Monday-Saturday 10-2, Sunday 12:30-2.  www.lyricmusictheater.org

PORTLAND: 9/11-27 - Company; 10/30-11/15 -The Rocky Horror Show; 1/15-31 - Cheaper By the Dozen; 3/12-28 - Barefoot in the Park; 5/14-30 - West Side Story @ Portland Players, 420 Cottage Rd. - (207) 799-7337; www.portlandplayers.org

WALDOBORO: The Waldo Theatre is proud to present The Full Monty, the most revealing musical in a long time.? This grin and bare-it-all musical comedy winningly tells the story of a dispirited group of unemployed steel workers desperate to make some quick cash.  The music is well balanced amongst the characters, lively, fun to sing and full of great harmonies.? The finale is going to be incredible and I can't wait to get started on this show. Show dates: July 24,25,26,31 and August 1,2, 2009.  For more information you may contact me via email or the Waldo Theatre at: www.thewaldo.org

Massachusetts

AMHERST: English history as Shakespeare conceived it takes on all the excitement of the struggles for power that characterized the political and military world of the early 1400s in Hampshire Shakespeare Company’s production of Henry IV, Part 1 which opens its 2009 Shakespeare Under the Stars season under the direction of Ann Garner.  The show runs June 26 through July 5 on the outdoor stage in the meadow at The Hartsbrook School, 193 Bay Road in Hadley. Curtain time is 7:30 pm Wednesdays through Sundays, rain or shine (the show will move indoors in the event of rain).  General admission tickets are 16; students and seniors $10; children to age 18 are $6.  Preview performances are open to the public: tickets are $10 adults, $5 children. For further information, go to www.hampshireshakespeare.org, or call 413-848-2882.

NEW!! ASHFIELD: Double Edge Theatre The Arabian Nights, based upon illustrations by Marc Chagall.  Directed by Stacy Klein.  Wednesdays-Sundays, July 29-Aug 22 8 PM Rain or Shine @ 948 Conway Rd, Ashfield, MA.  General Admission: $20; Students/Seniors: $17; Children: $15.  Info: 413-628-0277; Box Office: 866-811-4111.  www.doubleedgetheatre.org/arabian.php

BARRE: Please join us at the Barre Players for the Summer Youth Production of the charming, comedic play, "The Real Princess and the Pea" by Anita Larsen. No one knows more about the dreary life of being a servant than orphaned Lizzie, the maid at Madame Bombazine’s Royal Academy of Royalty. At the beck and call of the shallow student princesses and the bullying Madame Bombazine, Lizzie’s cheery personality defies her dismal life, but makes her a favorite of all the shopkeepers. Then grandmotherly Oldma steps in with a little magic. Forget all you ever thought you knew about princesses and peas and get ready for the real story! We encourage everyone to dress up as their favorite princess or prince. Tiaras and crowns will be available for sale at the theater ($2.00). Performances will be held on Thursday, July 9; Friday, July 10; and Saturday, July 11 at 7:30 PM and Sunday, July 12 at 2:00 PM. Reservations are recommended. For more information or tickets, please call the theater at 978-355-2096 or 800-733-2096.

BOSTON: Direct from its sold-out, extended Off Broadway run, the multi-award winning show My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m In Therapy comes to the Cutler Majestic Theatre July 23 – August 2, 2009. The One man show stars veteran comic and the show’s creator Steve Solomon.  Solomon, who combines comic voices, sound effects and astounding characterizations to personify the wacky side of the human condition through more than thirty characters. You’ll meet Mom, Dad, his sister the smoker, the kids’ cousin Carmine, Uncle Paulie, demented Kenny . . . all whose sole purpose was to drive Steve into therapy. They succeeded! One part lasagna, one part kreplach and two parts prozac, you don’t have to be Jewish or Italian to see this show. All you need is to know what it feels like to leave a family dinner with heartburn and a headache. Directed by Broadway and television director John Bowab. Performances are Thursday and Friday at 7:30pm, Saturday at 3pm and 7:30pm and Sunday at 3pm. Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College is located at 219 Tremont Street, Boston. Tickets are $55. For tickets and more information contact Telecharge.com at 1-800-233-3123 or go online at www.maj.org.  For groups of 10 or more and special needs call 617-824-8000.  For more information go online to http://www.italianjewishtherapy.com/.

BOSTON: JERSEY BOYS will run at the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre July 23 through September 26. The performance schedule is Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8 PM, except for Press night on Wednesday, July 29 at 7 PM, and Sundays at 7 PM, with matinees on Saturdays and Sundays at 2 PM, and an additional matinee on Thursday, July 30 at 2 PM.  Tickets for JERSEY BOYS are now on sale at the Citi Performing Arts Center Box Office, online at www.citicenter.org or by calling 866-348-9738. Prices begin at $49; all prices include a $3.00 facility/education-public programming fee per ticket. Tickets are available for groups of 20 or more by calling Citi Performing Arts Center Group Sales at 617-532-1116 or Show of the Month Group Sales at 857-366-8182.   JERSEY BOYS tickets are also available for members of The Club at Citi Performing Arts Center and Show of the Month Club. The Club at Citi Performing Arts Center members can purchase tickets by calling 877-232-8898, online at www.citicenter.org/club or in person at the Box Office Monday - Saturday, 10 AM - 6PM. Show of the Month Club members can purchase tickets by calling 857-366-8181 or online at www.showofthemonth.com/jerseyboys. 

BOSTON: Cirque du Soleil is pleased to announce that the new Alegría Arena Tour will stop in Boston this Summer. Alegría will perform 8 shows at the Agganis Arena from August 26 to 30, 2009. Advance tickets for Alegría are now available online to Cirque Club members and to the general public on Monday, July 6 at 10:00 a.m.on the Cirque du Soleil website or by phone. To purchase tickets, go to www.cirquedusoleil.com/alegria  or call 1-800-745-3000.

BOSTON: 9/11-10/11 - Fences (Mainstage); 10/9-11/15 - A Long and Winding Road (Calderwood Pavilion); 11/13-12/13 - A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration (BU Theatre); 1/8-2/7 - Becky Shaw (BU Theatre); 3/5-4/4 - TBA (BU Theatre); 3/26-5/1 - Stick Fly (Calderwood Pavilion); 5/14-6/13 - TBA (BU Theatre) @ Huntington Theatre - (617) 266-0800; www.huntingtontheatre.org

BOSTON: 9/18-10/17 - The Savannah Disputation; 11/13-12/12- Reckless; 1/15-2/13- [title of show]; 3/12-4/10 - Adding Machine: A Musical; 4/30-5/29 - The Great American Trailer Park Musical @ SpeakEasy Stage Company, Calderwood Pavilion, BCA - (617) 482-3279; www.speakeasystage.com

NEW!! BOYLSTON: A cast of 30 teens from six different Central Mass communities is involved in Calliope Productions' 2009 Teen Summer Musical production of BYE BYE BIRDIE which will be presented at Calliope Theatre, on July 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18.  Calliope s production of BYE BYE BIRDIE is being directed by Dave Ludt, with musical
direction by Deb Bonneau, and Choreography by Sara Williams.  BYE BYE BIRDIE will be presented at Calliope Theatre, 150 Main Street in Boylston, on July 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18. Show time is 8:00 pm. Tickets are $15 for regular admission; $12 for students and senior citizens. Tickets may be reserved by calling Calliope's Box Office at 508 869 6887 or by visiting www.calliopeproductions.org

BURLINGTON: Burlington Educational Summer Theatre (BEST), a Burlington Public Schools summer program, will present its inaugural production, “Annie,” on Friday, July 24 at 7:30 pm and Saturday, July 25 at 2:00 and 7:30 pm in the Fogelberg Auditorium of Burlington High School, 123 Cambridge Street, Burlington, MA. “Annie” is the story of everyone’s favorite little orphan girl who, in a search for the parents that abandoned her, runs away from her orphanage and its drunken head mistress, Miss Hannigan, and finds a new family and home in Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks, his secretary Miss Grace Farrell and a scruffy mutt named Sandy! Based on the Harold Gray comic-strip “Little Orphan Annie,” this family classic, with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin, is filled with familiar and beloved songs including “It’s a Hard Knock Life,” “Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile,” “Easy Street,” and the ever-optimistic, “Tomorrow.” Reserved seating tickets are available by phone at 781-A-FUN-TIC, by email at tickets@burlington.k12.ma.us, or at the door. Ticket prices are $15 for adults, $10 for students/senior citizens. John Middleton-Cox, Executive Director. Creative staff includes Jeanne Coroniti, Artistic/Music Director; Jamie Jaffe, Technical/Production Director; Leanne Reardon, Choreographer; Peter Waldron, Set Designer; Maureen Tierson-Krebs, award-winning Costume Designer. The 800-seat, newly renovated Fogelburg Auditorium is air-conditioned and handicapped accessible. Free parking.

CAMBRIDGE: 7/23 - WATER BOARD: a play about torture @ YMCA Theater, 820 Mass. Ave. - (617) 797-1981. an Institute for Intermediate Studies production co-sponsored by Amnesty International - a portion of the proceeds will go to the Amnesty International Counter Terror with Justice campaign.  Concept by Stephanie Skier.  Performed by Nadeem Mazen and Stephanie Skier with original music composed and performed by Basim Usmani and opening remarks by Josh Rubenstein of Amnesty International.  Tickets available at the door or online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/70883.  $20 general admission; $8 students / seniors / low-income.  Additional donations appreciated

CAMBRIDGE: 10/1-11/1 - The Caretaker; 11/19-12/27 - The Loudest Voice/A Christmas Memory; 1/7-2/3 - Harriet Jacobs; 2/11-3/14 - Not Enough Air; 3/31-5/2 - From Orchids to Octopi; 5/13-6/20 - The Lady With All the Answers @ Central Sqare Theater - 866/811-4111; www.centralsquaretheater.org

COTUIT: Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Falmouth Road, Rte. 28 is proud to present Much Ado About Nothing, the comic battle of the sexes by William Shakespeare, directed by Toby Wilson. The show opens on June 25 - July 19 with performances at 8pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday matinee performances at 4pm. Mix scheming match-makers with scheming villains, a deluded constable leading a bumbling watch and wise-cracking, insult-hurling soon-to-be-in-love couple and you have Shakespeare's wittiest and funniest romantic comedy, Much Ado About Nothing. Tickets are $20, $18 for seniors and members, $10 for students. To purchase tickets online visit www.CotuitCenterForTheArts.org or call the box office at 508-428-0669. Seating is assigned and the building is air-conditioned and handicapped accessible.

FALMOUTH: 7/9-11 - Six; 7/16-18 - Creating Claire; 7/23-25 - Photograph 51 @ Cape Cod Theatre Project. Suggested donations for the staged readings are $20 each, students with ID are $10; subscriptions for all four plays are $70. Tickets may be purchased by calling the Box Office at 508-457-4242 or online at www.capecodtheatreproject.org.  Ticket requests also may be mailed to The Cape Cod Theatre Project, PO Box 410, Falmouth, MA 02541.

HARDWICK: 7/10-18 - Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris @ Gilbert Players, Eagle Hill Cultural Center's Kresge Studio Theater - www.centerateaglehill.org

HUDSON: “Damn Yankees” is the long-running Broadway hit/musical comedy about the eternal struggle between love and baseball-a Red Sox Nation favorite about beating the Yankees. It is based on Douglas Wallop’s book, “The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant.” The show won 8 Tony awards including Best Musical. The public is invited to enjoy this community theater production performed by the River’s Edge Players and directed by Sarah Worrest in the air-conditioned, wheelchair-accessible Hudson High School, 69 Brigham Street on August 14 and 15 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15; $13 for seniors and students. Save $1 by ordering seats in advance. Special discounts are available for groups of 10 or more. Jeff Kempskie is music director. Amanda Ventura is choreographer. The Arts Alliance, a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization, formed the River’s Edge Players in 2006 in answer to a need for adults (17 years+) to participate in community theater. For info/tickets, e-mail: arts_alliance@upwitharts.org  or call 978-562-1646. View upcoming auditions, shows, workshops: www.upwitharts.org 

LENOX: Award-winning musical satire group Capitol Steps returns to Cranwell Resort, Spa at Golf Club in The Berkshires this July for the third consecutive summer. Celebrating the release of its 29th album titled “Obama Mia!,” Capitol Steps is scheduled to perform a variety of new songs and acts inspired by last year’s election and recent political headlines during the limited-time engagement at the resort from July 3 through September 6, 2009. Capitol Steps’ 90-minute shows will be performed in Cranwell’s Olmsted Manor at 8pm nightly, with the exception of Tuesdays, from July 3 – September 6, 2009. Cranwell offers convenient pre-show dining at its historic Wyndhurst Restaurant in the Guilded Age Mansion or at Sloane’s Tavern, where diners have the option of outdoor terrace seating with views of the golf course. Following each performance, guests can visit the Mansion where a late-night dining menu will be served, featuring an extensive selection of International coffees and desserts, until 11:00. Show tickets and dinner reservations can be reserved by calling 413-881-1636 or e-mailing capsteps@cranwell.com. Overnight accommodations can be reserved online at www.cranwell.com or by calling 800-272-6935. For more information on Capitol Steps, visit www.capitolsteps.com.

NEWTON: 8/7-16 - The Pajama Game @ Newton Country Players - www.newtoncountryplayers.org

SALEM: Salem Theatre Company presents Steve Martin’s The Underpants July 16-August 2 at the First Church, 316 Essex Street. Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00pm; Sundays at 2:00pm. Adults $20, Students/Seniors $15 – reservations at www.salemtheatre.com or (978) 790-8546. If reserving by phone, please leave your name, the date of the show you would like tickets for, and the number of people in your party. Box office opens 30 minutes prior to curtain; reservations not picked up by five minutes to curtain are subject to cancellation. Groups of 15 or more making advance reservations receive $3 off each ticket in their group; group inquiries should be sent by email to gary@salemtheatre.com.

SOMERVILLE: 10/14-11/8 - The Taming of the Shrew; 12/30-1/31 - A Midsummer Night's Dream; 3/10-4/11 - Othello; 5/19-6/13 - Timon of Athens @ Actors Shakespeare Project - www.actorsshakespeareproject.org

NEW!! STOCKBRIDGE: Berkshire Theatre Festival announces a special mid-summer event honoring Betsey McKearnan, “Celebrate BTF’s Education Programs.” The event, which is being organized by BTF Event Committee led by Laurie Batchelor and Marie Feder, will be held at The Mount in Lenox, MA on July 26, 2009 at 6:00pm. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served in The Courtyard where the youthful cast of Candide will entertain guests. Dinner will be on the tented second floor terrace. There will be a silent auction during the cocktail hour and a live auction, featuring works by local artists, vacation trips, and other exciting items, during dinner. Among the works to be auctioned is a photo by photographer Gregory Crewdson and works by Ellsworth Kelly, Andrew deVries, Morgan Bulkeley, and Joan Griswold. A complete list of auction items will be available on the BTF website prior to the event. Proceeds from the festivities will benefit the Betsey McKearnan Scholarship Fund and the Berkshire Theatre Festival Education Programs. Tickets are available for $150 per person. Gold Tickets are available for $250 per person and include VIP parking, premium seating, and a special tour of the Mount. To place a reservation by phone or to request more information please call 413-298-5536, ext. 21.

WALTHAM: 7/16-25 - MAME; 8/13-22 - La Cage Aux Folles @ Reagle Players. Tickets priced $32-$54, available by calling (781) 891 5600 or visit online at www.reagleplayers.com.  Attractive group discounts available. Reagle Players is located at Robinson Theater, 617 Lexington Street in Waltham MA. Free parking, air conditioned, wheelchair accessible, fine area restaurants and hotels.

WATERTOWN: 9/13-10/4 - Mister Roberts; 10/3-25 - 2.5 Minute Ride; 10/18-11/8 - Speed-the-Plow; 12/6-27 - A Christmas Carol; 12/16-1/3 - The Santaland Diaries; 1/17-2/7 - Indulgences; 2/20-3/14 - boom; 3/28-4/18 - Opus; 5/2-23 - Hot Mikado. Subscriptions for New Rep’s 2009-2010 season are on sale now. Information on different subscription packages can be obtained by contacting New Rep’s Box Office at 617-923-8487 or via e-mail at tickets@newrep.org. Please note that Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and The Santaland Diaries are not included in any subscription package.

WAYLAND: 7/16-8/1 - Shaw3 @ Vokes Players, Beatrice Herford's Vokes Theatre, Route 20. - (508) 358-4034; www.vokesplayers.org

WILLIAMSTOWN: 7/8-19 -Knickerbocker; 7/22-8/2 - What is the Cause of Thunder; 8/5-16 - Caroline in Jersey @ Williamstown Theatre Festival Main Stage - (413) 597-3400; www.wtfestival.org

WILLIAMSTOWN: 7/1-12 - Children; 7/15-26 - True West; 7/29-8/9 - The Torch-Bearers; 8/12-23 - Quartermaine's Terms @ Williamstown Theatre Festival Main Stage - (413) 597-3400; www.wtfestival.org

New Hampshire

TAMWORTH: 7/7-11 - Brigadoon; 7/14-18 - Dinner With Friends; 7/28-8/1 - The Weir; 8/4-8 - Harvey; 8/11-15 - Deathtrap; 8/18-22 - I Love You Because; 8/25-29 - On Golden Pond @ The Barnstormers, 100 Main Street - www.barnstormerstheatre.org 

Rhode Island

PAWTUCKET: "Moonlight and Magnolias", a comedy about writing the screenplay for "Gone With the Wind". June 12-21, Jenks Auditorium, Division Street, Pawtucket, RI (across from McCoy Stadium). Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, Sundays at 2 pm. $15 adults, $12 students through high school. Reserve at (401) 726-6860 or online at www.thecommunityplayers.org

PROVIDENCE: THE NEW MEL BROOKS MUSICAL YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, a new musical comedy from the creative team of the 12-time Tony Award-winning smash The Producers, opened on Broadway November 8th 2007 at the Hilton Theatre and opens its national tour at the Providence Performing Arts Center, September 29 - October 4, 2009.  Tickets will go on sale on Monday, June 8 at 10A at the PPAC Box Office window, by phone at (401) 421-ARTS and online at www.ppacri.org anytime. Please note that Summer Box Office hours are in effect until September 3, and those hours are Monday - Thursday from 10A - 3P, and 10A - curtain on show days. Regular Box Office hours resume on September 8, 2009.  Ticket prices are: $78, $73, $68, $63, $58, $53, and $48; all ticket prices include a $3 per ticket restoration fee. Performance times for THE NEW MEL BROOKS MUSICAL YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN are as follows: Tuesday, September 29 at 7P; Wednesday, September 30 at 7:30P; Thursday, October 1 at 7:30P; Friday, October 2 at 8P; Saturday, October 3 at 2P and 8P; and Sunday, October 4 at 1P and 6:30P. Discounted rates are available for groups of 20 or more attending the same performance; for more information on group sales, contact Paul Hiatt at (401) 574-3162 or via email at phiatt@ppacri.org.

PROVIDENCE: The Providence Performing Arts Center is pleased to announce that NETworks presentation of DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST will be kicking off its National Tour at PPAC, and will now be playing on the new dates of February 9 - 14, 2010! Tickets for NETworks presentation of DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST will go on sale on Monday, July 27 at 10A at the PPAC Box Office window, by phone at (401) 421-ARTS and online at www.ppacri.org.  Please note that Summer Box Office Hours are in effect, and those hours are Monday - Thursday from 10A- 3P, and 10A - curtain on show days. Regular Box Office hours resume September 8, 2009.

Vermont

RUTLAND: Just in time for Father's Day! The Marble Valley Players, under the direction of Nancy Manney, will be performing Daddy's Girl by Gary Ray Stapp at the West Rutland Town Hall Theater.  In this clever contemporary comedy, Benard Muloovy,proprietor of Maudies Diner, is served a full plate of comic chaos when his deceased wife, a talking portrait on the diner wall, enlists the services of an angel to help her reunite Benard with their long, lost daughter, Elizabeth. But true to his mischievous nature,the angel Michael brings into Benards life, not one, but two Elizabeths, each with the same birthday and adopted from the same orphanage. Benards task is to decide which young woman is his real daughter, but theres one problem: He doesnt like either of them. June 12, 13 & 19, 20 at 8PM. Saturday Matinee on June 14 at 2PM. $12.00 at the door or in advance at the West Rutland Town Office, the Paramount Theater box office and on line at www.paramountlive.org.

STOWE: 6/24-7/11 - The Full Monty; 7/22-8/8 - Aspects of Love; 8/19-9/5 - Footloose; 9/30-10/17 - The Graduate; 10/30-11/15 - Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type @ Stowe Theatre Guild - (802) 253-3961; www.stowetheatre.com

Connecticut

FAIRFIELD: In anticipation of the 16th Annual July Summer Festival Chorus (SFC) concert, Fairfield University’s SFC Director Carole Ann Maxwell,  Saturday, July 25 at 7:30 p.m. This year’s repertoire includes compositions by John Knowles Paine, André Thomas and Kurt Bestor, anthems from the Sixties, music from “Hair” and selections from Howard Hanson’s “Song of Democracy.”  For information on the Summer Festival Chorus, please call Dr. Carole Ann Maxwell at 203-254-4000, ext. 2577.   The Quick Center Box Office can be reached by calling 203-254-4010 or toll free 1-877-ARTS-396.

HARTFORD: The Hartt School, the comprehensive performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford, is pleased to announce its newest music initiative, the 2009-2010 Chamber Music Visiting Artist Series. As part of this exciting and eclectic musical offering, Hartt welcomes the acclaimed American Brass Quintet on October 29, 2009; Bolcom and Morris on December 10, 2009; David Finckel and Wu Han on February 11, 2010; and the St. Lawrence String Quartet on April 10, 2010. All performances are held on Thursday evenings and begin at 7:30 PM in Hartt’s Millard Auditorium, on the University of Hartford campus. A special pre-concert dinner precedes each performance and begins at 6:00 PM in the University’s 1877 Club. Patrons may purchase Series subscriptions or individual tickets to the performances and/or the pre-concert dinners. To purchase Series subscriptions or individual tickets, or to get additional information, please call the University of Hartford Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587. To purchase tickets online, please visit www.hartford.edu/hartt on or after July 15, 2009.

Maine

PORTLAND: PORTopera’s Maine’s Emerging Artists (MEA) Program will present six productions of Domenico Cimarosa’s “The Secret Marriage” at various locations throughout Southern Maine and New Hampshire, between June 25 and July 12. While originally written as a two-act opera to be sung in Italian, PORTopera will present an abbreviated version (about 90 minutes) sung in English. To ensure ticket availability for the June 25 – July 12 performances advance purchase is recommended. Tickets for the Portland Museum of Art performance can be purchased directly through PORTopera at (207) 879-7678 – tickets and questions for all other performances (Augusta, Harrison, Damariscotta, Ocean Park and Conway, NH) will be handled by the individual venues. For more information visit www.portopera.org  or call (207) 879-7678.

NEW!! PORTLAND: Portland Schooner Company presents Sunday Sails Jazz Brunch.  Enjoy a fresh start to your Sunday morning aboard one of Portland Schooner Company's two historic windjammers, Wendameen or Bagheera. Brunch is served on one of these classic vessels while you sail amongst the islands of Casco Bay listening to a live jazz band set. Savor homemade quiches, fresh fruits and berries, croissants and breakfast pastries. The sail lasts 2 1/2 hours, just enough time to forget about your cares as you take in Maine's magnificent coastline.  July 19, August 9 & August 23.  All sails depart at 10:00am, returning at 12:30pm. Tickets are $55 per adult. 
207.766.2500; www.portlandschooner.com

PORTLAND: PORTopera’s 15th Anniversary Grand Concert - Thursday, July 30, 2009, 7:30pm. Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle Street, Portland, ME 04101 207-874-8200

UNITY: 7/10-Peggy Seeger; 7/18 - Trio Del Rio @ Unity Ctr. for the Performing Arts, 42 Depot St. - (207) 948-SHOW; www.unityme.org/theater

Massachusetts  

BOSTON: 7/10 - Bellevue Cadillac Tall Ships Party; 7/11 - Lez Zeppelin Tall Ships Party/ 7/18 - Booty Vortex; 7/24- Alternate Routes/Civil Twilight; 7/25- The Brew; 8/7 - Entrain; 8/8 - Adam Ezra Group; 8/14 - Ellis Paul Band; 8/21 - Enter the Haggis/Hot Day at the Zoo; 8/22 - Beatlejuice; 8/27 - Virginia Coalition @ Rock & Blues Concert Cruise - www.rockandbluescruise.com

BOSTON: Northeastern University presents the Chameleon Arts Ensemble in a phrase of notes resembling stars: an evening of American chamber music - Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 7:30 pm @ Goethe-Institut, 170 Beacon Street.  Join the Chameleons for a special free concert of American chamber music to kick off Northeastern University's 2009 Fusion Arts Exchange program.  Admission is FREE.  Tickets available at the door.  Call 617-427-8200 or visit www.chameleonarts.org for more information

BOSTON: From merengue and salsa to Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz, the fifth-annual Tito Puente Latin Music Series promises to heat-up two of Boston’s neighborhood public parks in July with danceable rhythms. The series — presented by Berklee College of Music; Villa Victoria Center for the Arts; and ParkARTS — features Berklee faculty, students, and guest artists hailing from various parts of Latin America, including the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and Mexico. The free music series takes place on four Thursday evenings—July 9, 16, 23, and 30—outdoors in two locations in the city. The concert July 9 happens at Mozart Park, 10 Mozart St., in Jamaica Plain, MA, accessible by the Jackson Square T stop on the orange line. The concerts July 16, 23, and 30 take place at O'Day Park, next door to Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, 85 West Newton Street, in Boston’s South End. All concerts are from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. For more information, call 617-927-1717, email aalvear@iba-etc.org,  or visit http://berklee.edu/events/summer.  The parks are wheelchair accessible.

BOSTON: MSG Entertainment, Citi Performing Arts Center & Jam Present Steely Dan’s Resident Run at the Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre - July 22, 24 and 25 at 8PM. Tickets: $45, $65, $85, $125, $195, on sale to general public June 6 at 10am. To Purchase Tickets: Online @ www.citicenter.org;  By Telephone: 866-348-9738 or at the Citi Performing Arts Center box office

BOSTON: For the second straight year, the Salem Jazz and Soul Festival (August 15-16) will kick-off in May with the Berklee Summer Series, featuring the college's top student ensembles. The lineup includes Cole DeGenova and the Peoples Republic (soul, funk); Carols Averhoff, Jr (Latin jazz); Roy Guzman (modern jazz); and Dopapod (funk, r&b). Another Berklee act, Manami Morita / Randy Runyon Group (modern jazz), will be featured performers at the Salem Jazz and Soul Festival, on August 15. All concerts are free and open to the public. The series will take place one Saturday a month, from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., May - August, at Derby Square, in front of Old Town Hall, Front Street, Salem, MA. The rain location is in the lobby of the Museum Place Mall, off Essex Street. The Salem Jazz and Soul Festival is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that produces free concerts for the public and raises money to support music education programs. For more information, visit: www.salemjazzsoul.org or call 978-744-8258.

BOSTON: 10/16-17 - Amadigi di Gaula; 12/11-12 - Messiah; 2/19-20 - Vespers of 1610; 5/7-8 - Exsultate, Jubilate @ Boston Baroque, Jordan Hall, NEC - (617) 484-9200; www.bostonbaroque.org

CAMBRIDGE: 12/31-1/1 - Mozart, Bastien & Bastienne @ Boston Baroque, Sanders Theatre, Harvard University - (617) 484-9200; www.bostonbaroque.org

NEW!! COTUIT: On Saturday, July 25 at 8pm it's HAVANA NIGHTS with the Mike Garvan Group, a 6-piece band playing original Latin Jazz infused with Brazilian, Cuban & Caribbean styles & rhythms and featuring special guest artist, Michael Oakland, the "Tropic Gypsy". Tickets for each of the concerts are $20. Concerts are for adults 21+; ID required. The final concert in this series is by the Duke Robillard Band, at 8pm on Saturday, July 31. Duke Robillard, a four-time winner as Best Guitarist at the Blues Music Awards, has been thrilling audiences for over three decades. Duke's playing is a marvel to behold as is the depth of his feeling for the blues; yet, his virtuosity never overpowers the songs. Tickets for this adult 21+ concert are $25. Tickets for all of the concerts may be purchased online at www.CotuitCenterForTheArts.org or at the box office at 508-428-0669.

LENOX: Buenos Aires songwriter and guitarist Federico Aubele will be the opening act for Diana Krall’s special July 4th concert at Tanglewood. Building on the culture of his native Argentina, Aubele infuses the Latin rhythms with influences from throughout the Americas to create his own unique sound. Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Aubele started playing music at 12. His 2003 debut album Gran Hotel Buenos Aires, was hailed as a stunning debut by the Chicago Times. His 2007 follow up Panamericana was called the “ultimate Latin lounge record of the year” in the NY Post’s Best of 2007 round up. His newest album, Amatoria, was released on May 19, 2009. Tanglewood’s Fourth of July concert will feature singer and pianist Diana Krall, who is well known for her sophisticated and swinging interpretations of jazz and American Songbook standards. There will be fireworks following the concert. Tickets range from $25-$76 and can be purchased by visiting www.tanglewood.org or by calling 888-266-1200.

LOWELL: 7/10 - The Offspring/Sum 41 @ Tsongas Arena - www.paultsongasarena.com

NEW!! LYNN: Mass Theatrica presents an Italian Opera Night on Wednesday, July 15, 7:30 PM at LynnArts, The Neal Rantoul Vault Theater, 25 Exchange Street.  Come all opera aficionados and newcomers alike! Enjoy some beloved and timeless favorites, including arias and duets from operas by Handel (Giulio Cesare), Mozart (Cosi Fan Tutte), Donizetti (L’Elisir d’Amore and Lucia di Lammermoor), Puccini (Gianni Schicchi, La Boheme and Madama Butterfly) Verdi (Rigoletto), Mascagni, Cilea and more! We bet you will recognize a number of these classics from television, radio and the cinema!  Mass Theatrica is pleased to present sopranos Elizabeth Johnson and Meredith Lavine, mezzos Jacque Eileen Wilson and Angeliki Theoharis, tenors Robert Cameron and Antanas Meilus and baritone James Lambert, accompanied by Bradley Pennington, piano.  Admission is $15, $13 seniors and students. For more information about the program, please contact Mass Theatrica: phone: 508-757-8515, email: masstheatrica@yahoo.com or website www.masstheatrica.org. For directions to LynnArts, visit Directions to LynnArts

MARBLEHEAD: 7/4 - Marblehead Festival of Arts @ Crocker Park, 11 Front St. - www.marbleheadfestival.org

New Hampshire

Rhode Island

CHARLESTOWN: 12th Annual RYHTHM & ROOTS FESTIVAL, Sept. 4-6, 2009 @ Ninigret Park, 4890A Old Post Rd, Rt 1, Charlestown. Fri: 5 pm – midnight, Sat & Sun: noon – midnight, Info: 1-888-855-6940; www.rhythmandroots.com,  Email: office@rhythmandroots.com.  Tickets: By Aug 15th: $25-$160; After Aug 15: $30-$175; Children 12 and under: free; Sr discount (60+) at gate. Special early bird discount: Full weekend with camping $145 by June 30th.

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MANCHESTER: Spanish Harlem Orchestra will appear at The Music Hall Friday June 26, 2009, 8pm. General admission ticket prices are $34 and can be purchased at The Music Hall box office at 28 Chestnut Street, Portsmouth, NH, by phone at 603-436-2400, or online at www.themusichall.org.

Rhode Island

NEWPORT: 7/17-26 - Dance? Dance. DanceIII @ Island Moving Co., Great Friends Meeting House - (401) 847-4470; www.islandmovingco.org

NEWPORT:  Island Moving Co.’s annual summer gala and live auction will be held June 27, 2009, at Doris Duke’s Rough Point. Due to Miss Duke’s love of dance and the performing arts, the Company is the only non-profit honored to be able to use her Newport home for a fundraising event. The gala’s theme this year is “An Evening in Shangri-La.” Tickets are $250 for the entire evening; a special $75 ticket is available for after dinner dancing and open bar, with music by the Alex Donner Orchestra. Rough Point is located at 680 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, RI.  The event’s Chairman is Island Moving Co. Board member Theodora Aspegren, who has again assembled a fabulous evening, including celebrity auctioneer Kathy Kingston; Alex Donner’s electrifying dance band; catering by Blackstone Caterers and auction items donated from a galaxy of donors. The auction echoes the Shangri-La theme, offering fantastic escapes and distinctive delights.  The Shangri-La Gala on June 27th benefits the programs Island Moving Co. presents in area schools, introducing thousands of children annually to the expressive possibilities of dance. Shangri-La is the name of Miss Duke’s estate in Hawaii, and evokes a mystical and enchanted world, far from every day cares.  For information, contact Island Moving Co. at 401 847-4470 or info@islandmovingco.org.

NEWPORT: 10/16-18 - Dracula @ Island Moving Co., Belcourt Castle - (401) 847-4470; www.islandmovingco.org

NEWPORT: 10/27-12/4 - Newport Nutcracker @ Rosecliff - (401) 847-4470; www.islandmovingco.org

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