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An Afternoon Festival of Storytelling featuring Geraldine Barney and Athene Wilson

New Repertory Theatre’s afternoon festival of storytelling, taking place at the Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown, includes Solo Moments and We Celebrate: Storytelling through Song, Music, and Sound.  Solo Moments, an hour long experience, showcases artists sharing stories through a variety of mediums including spoken word, movement, and music. Featured artists include Fulani […]

Convergent Waves: Boston

Be the first to experience a new site-responsive, immersive, multimedia dance performance by Lenora Lee Dance and Pao Arts Center. The performance celebrates the contributions of activists and non-profit leaders, and reclaims space by eliciting stories of community agency, resilience, and transformation. Thursday, April 21 | 7:00 – 8:00 pm Friday – Saturday, April 22 […]

Nailah Randall-Bellinger’s ‘Initiation—In Love Solidarity’ Dance At Multicultural Arts Center 3/25

Explore the remembering of the Middle Passage as a means to reclaiming Black humanity in Nailah Randall-Bellinger And RootsUprising’s 2-part dance journey “Initiation—In Love Solidarity” at the Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St., Cambridge, on Friday, March 25, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are free. Register via https://www.eventbrite.com/e/initiation-in-love-solidarity-tickets-267798210657. As part of Cambridge Arts’ continuing efforts to […]

Sankofa Danzafro, Accommodating Lie

Saturday, February 26 at 8pm Sunday, February 27 at 3pm Boch Center Shubert Theatre Afro-Colombian dance company Sankofa Danzafro returns to the Celebrity Series for an hour of timely and thought-provoking dance and live music. Accommodating Lie (La Mentira Complacente), the latest work by founder Rafael Palacios, features seven dancers and live musicians to “reaffirm […]

Our Story! Celebrating the African & African Experience

Our Story! A Celebration of the African & African-American Experience through Spoken Word, Dance & Music* is a musical theater production that highlights, educates and celebrates African-American contributions to society.  This production depicts some scenes that will make you laugh, cry, ponder what could have been and what will be.  Directed and produced by Shaumba-Yandje […]

Black Nativity Returns Live for its 51st Season Bringing Gifts of Hope and Joy

Boston, MA – Opening December 10 and continuing through December 19, 2021, The National Center of Afro-American Artists (NCAAA) will present Black Nativity at the Emerson Paramount Center, 559 Washington Street over two consecutive weekends. Saturday and Sunday matinees at 3:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday eveningshows at 8:00 p.m. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines are followed. An art auction and gala will occur virtually. Bostonians will return to a long-standing cherished tradition […]

Tafuta! A Young Child’s Search for the True Meaning of Kwanzaa

Tafuta – written, produced and directed by Shaumba-Yandje Dibinga – blends music, dance and spoken word to tell the story of a young child who is bullied in school because of her family’s tradition of celebrating Kwanzaa. The child ultimately embraces her heritage, discovers her voice and triumphs over the bullies. Tafuta! is the only play of its kind and is surely […]

Mr. Parent

A struggling actor turns to teaching for a steady paycheck, thinking “how hard could it be?” But as he careens from the Boston Public Schools by day to serious thespian at night, Mr. Parent starts to wonder where he really belongs. Based on the stories and real-life adventures of Lyric Stage favorite, Maurice Emmanuel Parent, […]

Urban Nutcracker

Anthony Williams’ Urban Nutcracker, the modern Boston-centric holiday classic, will celebrate its 20th annual season at the Shubert Theatre. The move to the historic Shubert Theatre will continue to allow even more Bostonians an opportunity to experience what The Boston Globe has deemed “a holiday arts tradition reflecting the rich multicultural diversity of Boston.” The […]

The Last Five Years

The Last Five Years is an emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over the course of five years. The show’s unconventional structure consists of Cathy telling her story backwards, while Jamie tells his story chronologically.