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November 1, 2015 | Theatre,

Habanera – The Rebellious Song No One Can Tame

Habanera is a bold and beautiful statement from the title character of Bizet’s Carmen. She opens with “Love is a rebellious bird that no one can tame.” Translations vary describing the...

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October 19, 2015 | Theatre,

Do Not Use Our Music

It’s an event you can almost set your watch to these days: a U.S. politician plays a popular U.S. artist’s music at a rally, and in turn, that artist tells...

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October 8, 2015 | Theatre,

What is it like having An Audience with Meow Meow?

You’ve done it – you’ve had an audience with Meow Meow – or rather, you were an audience with Meow Meow. Either way, there should be plenty to talk about...

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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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