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December 10, 2015 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

The Dangers of Brittle Orthodoxy

“Intentionally different. Entirely ArtsEmerson.”     If you’ve been following along this year, you’ll recognize that locution. We have been using it to describe the entire season, to let you...

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December 7, 2015 | Theatre,

The Evolving Theatre District

TOP: Tremont Street as it appeared during the ‘great blackout’ of 1965. The Saxon theater on the right is in fact the Majestic (before it became an adult theater—The Agony...

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December 7, 2015 | Theatre,

Now is the Time to Catch Your Breath

The New England work flow was once described to me as unrelenting amounts of work in the fall, a pause for the holidays, brief interruptions from snow, a heavy churn...

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November 12, 2015 | Theatre,

The Artist Without Their Art

By Lynn Mullin Take a moment to consider: What is an artist without their art?   The response may be a list of labels: a teacher, an aunt, an outdoor...

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November 12, 2015 | What Did You Think?,

What did you think of Chopin with Piano!

Thank you for joining us for Chopin without Piano!   This piece is unlike anything we’ve produced here before and we could not be more excited. It comes at you...

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November 12, 2015 | What Did You Think?,

What did you think of uCarmen/Midsummer Night’s Dream?

Thank you for joining us for the return of South Africa’s Isango Ensemble to Boston!   Whether you saw uCarmen or A Midsummer Night’s Dream, we hope you enjoyed the unique...

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November 10, 2015 | Theatre,

Isango on language, surtitles, and celebrating art not in your native tongue:

At ArtsEmerson, we greatly appreciate when an international company comes to our city and inspires us to rethink the way we experience art. Isango Ensemble performs South Africans reimagining of...

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November 4, 2015 | Theatre,

What it’s like to remove the piano from a piano concerto

Next week we’ll bring a show to ArtsEmerson that’s truly hard to compare to other productions (we couldn’t think of one quite like it) and most certainly difficult to describe....

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