April 4-12, 2011: Robots, Humanist Convention, Civil War Fests, Easter Egg Hunts, & Tickets to HAIR, Rent, Black Adder, & Tim Conway
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| Tue 3/22 – Sun 4/10Boston MetroHAIR – tix giveaway |
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“‘HAIR’ is blessed with a dream cast of charismatic performers. A celebration…not to be missed!” -BostonChannel.com. The Public Theater’s new Tony®-winning production of HAIR, directed by Boston’s own Diane Paulus, is the most electric celebration on Broadway! Its relevance is UNDENIABLE. Its energy is UNBRIDLED. Its truth is UNWAVERING. It’s HAIR, and IT’S TIME. This exuberant musical about a group of young Americans searching for peace and love in a turbulent time has struck a resonant chord with audiences young and old. HAIR features an extraordinary cast and dozens of unforgettable songs, including Aquarius, Let the Sun Shine In, Good Morning, Starshine and Easy To Be Hard. DISCLAIMER: While many find this show suitable for young adults (13 and older), parental discretion is advised. There is a dimly lit 20-second scene with nudity that is non-sexual in nature. Art by Amy Guip. |
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Like The Sound of Music set in the 1940s and West Side Story set in the 1950s, HAIR is the must-see production that exemplifies the cultural and creative revolution of the 1960s. This is the production that revived HAIR in Boston, moved it to Broadway and won a Tony award for Best Revival of a Musical. So it’s worth any price to see and you are supporting a Boston gem when you do. It’s directed by the famous artist, Diane Paulus, who co-created The Donkey Show and most recently ran Prometheus Bound in Cambridge. It’s a sensational combiation and I have two tickets to give away for the April 7 show at 7:30pm (and they asked that I not edit their blurb in the previous paragraph). Email johnny@eventsINSIDER.com to win! Colonial Theatre, Boston, MA. |
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| Fri 4/1 – Sat 4/16Boston MetroRENT – tix giveaway |
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| And Rent is the musical that most typifies the 1990s. Did you know that “Rent” is based on Puccini’s opera, “La boheme”? It’s a rock and roll musical that tells the story of modern “bohemians”: struggling artists and musicians who not only have to deal with their landlord, they live under the black cloud of the AIDS epidemic. This week, I have one more pair of tickets to give away for the matinee on April 10 at 2pm! Email johnny@eventsINSIDER.com. Footlight Club, 7A Eliot St, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sun 4/10Boston MetroComedian Tim Conway & Friends – tix giveaway |
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| Tim Conway is the veteran comedian who’s so famous that neither the Wilbur Theatre nor Ticketmaster bothers to describe his show. I guess that makes sense. He came to fame in McHale’s Navy and The Carol Burnett Show in the 1960s and he’s recently made a comeback through viral Internet videos. Like Bill Cosby, he does a family-oriented comedy show that doesn’t need profanity. I have 2 tickets to give away! 4pm. The Wilbur Theatre, Boston, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Fri 4/8 – Sat 4/23Boston MetroBlackadder II – ticket giveaway |
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| The Black Adder was the BBC Show in the 1980s that brought comedian Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) to prominence. A medeival prince constantly schemes to steal the king’s crown from his father and brother. Now a local theatre is doing a run of two-night performances where they will act out the entire second season! It’s one of the greatest comedies of all time! I have two pairs of tickets to give away to the April 15 + 16 shows and I’ll post a review next week, too. Charlestown Working Theater, 442 Bunker Hill Ave, Charlestown, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Apr 7 – May 8Boston MetroBreaking the Code – tix giveaway |
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| I really want to see this! During World War II, a group of math geniuses led by Alan Turing broke the German secret code. And that’s just the start of the impact Turing had on the future of computers. I have two pairs of ticekts to give away for the Thu 4/7 show at 7:30pm. Email johnny@eventsinsider.com. Central Square Theatre, 450 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sat 4/9Boston MetroWatson Adventures’ Secrets of Old Boston Scavenger Hunt – tix giveaway |
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| A scavenger hunt no longer means stealing stop signs and garden gnomes. Now it means criss-crossing Boston visiting historic sites and following a path of clues. Watson Adventures not only runs this tour, which takes you to Faneuil Hall, Bosotn Common, and other Freedom Trail locations, they also have adventures at the MFA, the Museum of Science, Salem, and beyond. It’s a great idea to compete against friends and see who collects the clues first! I have four tickets to give away. Register in advance! Boston, MA.877-9-GO-HUNT. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Fri 4/8Boston MetroBizarre Animals II: An Evening of Contemporary Art Interventions |
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| What’s better than a world class museum with dinosaur bones, dozens of flowers made from blown glass, and hundreds of exhibits from the natural world, from rocks to stuffed animals? When they fill it with partygoers and artistic “animal themed” displays, all with a bizarre theme (including the partygoers)! I went to this last year and it was out of this world. Havard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA. see details on the complete Events Insider |
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| Sat 1/1 – Sat 12/31Boston MetroReview for Events INSIDER, get sent to see shows for free! |
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| Holy Tom, a Fan of the Opera! I just did a google image search for “theatre reviewer” and my own photo came up! That is way too freaky. Well, I’m looking for an additional theatre reviewer. Write reviews for Events INSIDER, get sent with a guest to see shows for free — forever! I need someone organized enough to keep a schedule, with enough edumacation to have insights that make people think “wow!”, but enough groundedness to write reviews for people who don’t read Medea on the toilet like you do. Email johnny@eventsINSIDER.com and make me want to pick you. Everywhere. see details on the complete Events Insider |
And a lot more this week at Boston Events Insider, the most popular events blog in New England, including:
American Humanist Association Conference, Boston FIRST Robotics Competition, National Robotics Week, Free movie previews, Arthur, Inventory – ticket giveaway, A Visit with Abraham Lincoln, Minuteman Parade, Pole Capping, & Paul Revere Capture Ceremony, Patriot’s Day Kite Fly at Blue Hills in Milton, Civil War Sesquicentennial Commemoration, Civil War Encampment, Center for Arabic Culture Open House, Greek Independence Day Parade & Expo, African American woman in Colonial America re-enacted, City Fantastique – It’s a Conga Line, Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day, A Saturday with Shakespeare, The Harvard Square Bookish Ball, H.P. Lovecraft Tribute Service, Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School Burlesque Life Drawing, Larpercalia: Festival of the LARPs, EnviroFest at The Clay Center, MIT Hacks – A Book Talk & Party, Scrabble Boston Area Tournament, Committed to C.R.I.M.E., Against the Odds: Stories of Adaptation, Translation, and Survival – tix giveaway, Spring Egg Hunt at Parker Hill Boston Public Library, Easter Egg Hunt – Maynard, MA, Spring Egg Hunt & Bunny Breakfast at Littleton, MA, Easter Egg Hunt – Medway, MA, Easter Egg Hunt — Winslow Farm, Easter Egg Hunt at Foxboro, MA, Easter Egg Hunt – Swansea, MA, Skeptic’s Tour of Salem, Revere Spring Carnival, Giant Carnival, Harvard Intercollegiate Kendo Tournament, Earth Day at Salem State College, CRWA Earth Night, It’s Big Night at Ipswich & Norfolk, Repression, Religion, Revolution, and Rights: Uprisings in the Middle East, North Africa, and Beyond, The Weather at War, Bittersweet Humanitarianism with Ashley Judd, The Zombie Autopsies: Secret Notebooks from the Apocalypse, Mount Auburn’s Forgotten Nobility: A Walking Tour, Illumination Night, King Richard’s Faire Auditions, King Richard’s Faire Auditions, Kite Month flying at Pope John Paul II Park, Childrens’ Hospital Keeping The Beat 5K and Kite Fly, Athol-Orange River Rat Race, The Boston National Poetry Month Festival, Barcamp, My Perestroika w/ Director Q&A, Events INSIDER Question of the Week, Events INSIDER Restaurant Reviews, 9 Circles – review, Steve Martin’s “The Underpants, Mortified Boston, Parish Blues, BSO members, NEC faculty to perform in Japan Relief Chamber Concert 4/10, Intergalactic Cardboard Sled Race at Mt. Sunapee, Juleps & Viragoes Ball of the Rebellion, Cherry Blossom Festival
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