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October 7, 2015 | Theatre,

Searching for Boston’s Mr. Joy

For the run of Mr. Joy, we’ve had a place in the lobby for folks to let us know who their Mr. Joy is. The answers have been illuminating and...

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October 7, 2015 | Theatre,

Welcome to the Neighborhood

By Kevin Becerra       While this neighborhood has had many names and identities in the almost 400 years of the city’s existence, none of them have had the...

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October 7, 2015 | Theatre,

The Audience Is the Most Important Thing

Not too long ago, there was a big to-do in New York when an audience member at a performance went onto the stage right before the show started to plug...

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September 23, 2015 | Theatre,

A Season of Strong Women

This past March, the ArtsEmerson staff sat around a table in the basement of the Paramount Theatre and had our first big conversation about the 2015/2016 season. We looked at...

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September 22, 2015 | Theatre,

Let’s talk about JOY!

Thank you for attending our production of Daniel Beaty’s Mr. Joy. There is a lot to process in this story – some of it to be delicately considered – others to...

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September 22, 2015 | Theatre,

BREAD Video: Finding Boston’s Mr. Joy

    In honor of Mr. Joy, Boston’s Racial & Economic Activated Dialogue (BREAD) is partnering with ArtsEmerson to bring videos that highlight Boston’s “Mr. Joy’s”, who are often the staples...

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September 22, 2015 | Theatre,

A Journey of Transformation with Daniel Beaty

As we moved into the final days of rehearsal for Mr. Joy, I suddenly realized I have been presenting Daniel Beaty’s work over a span of ten years at this...

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September 20, 2015 | Theatre,

Tell us about your adventure with Ernest Shackleton!

Thanks for joining us for Ernest Shackleton Loves Me! Now that your skype session is over and everyone has gone back through the freezer from whence they came – how are you...

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