By Magda Romanska American scholars have long noted the comparative scarcity of informal public spaces in American social and cultural life. In the last few decades, the public sphere, parks,...
Read MoreIn anticipation of The Andersen Project, Emerson professor Magda Romanska talks to Lawrence Switzky, professor of English and drama at The University of Toronto and author of The Rise of...
Read MoreBy Magda Romanska The first American coffee house opened in Boston in 1676. Right away, beginning in the late seventeenth century, coffee houses in Boston and New York served as...
Read MoreBy Corrie Glanville FILMS/THEATRE Man on a Tightrope (1953) The intrigue of a Czech circus is the center of this 1950s classic directed by Elia Kazan; in 1952 Czechoslovakia Karel...
Read MoreBy Alyssa Mulligan ROBERT LEPAGE Born: December 12, 1957 Hometown: Quebec City Career Highlights: In 1982 he joined Théâtre Repère In 1985 The Dragon’s Trilogy won him immediate international attention Artistic...
Read MoreBy Magda Romanska Coffee, the sober drink, the mighty nourishment of the brain, which unlike other spirits, heightens purity and lucidity; coffee, which clears the clouds of the imagination and...
Read MoreBy Corrie Glanville Billed as a “Certified Lunatic and Master of the Impossible,” the unusual talents of Tomáš Kubínek are notoriously hard to resist; after his sold out run on...
Read MoreBy Corrie Glanville FILMS Le Confessionnal (1995) In this early work written and directed by Robert Lepage, teenage Rachel, who finds herself alone and pregnant in 1950s’ Quebec, reveals her...
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Emerson Paramount Center
559 Washington St, Boston, MA 02111
THU-SAT: 12–6PM
SUN & MON: Closed
TUE-SAT: 12–6PM
SUN & MON: Closed
The Paramount and Cutler Majestic Box Offices are open 2 hours prior to any event. The Cutler Majestic Box Office is open during performances only.
