November 19, 2014 | Theatre,
PigPen’s Musical Muses
No one knows how to grab inspiration from one another like artists, and Pig Pen is no exception. Here is a list of some of the musicians that inspire this...
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October 24, 2014 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,
Get Disinformed
I arrived at the performance of Isango’s The Magic Flute feeling heavy. I’d flown from Boston overnight to Munich to be there for it. I was tired and out of...
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October 22, 2014 | Theatre,
Sacred Storytelling
This summer I had my own little version of Eat, Pray, Love—except mine was a little more like Eat, Fight Off Mosquitos, and Manual Labor in the Hot Sun. Despite...
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October 22, 2014 | Theatre,
The Magic Flute – A Synopsis
Mozart’s classic opera, The Magic Flute, has been completely re-imagined, transformed and translated into multiple dialects (including English, Xhosa, Zulu and Tswana) by the Isango Ensemble— but the story remains...
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October 21, 2014 | Theatre,
Nine Hours with Brook and Carriere
This week, we welcome Jean Claude-Carriere and his 90 minute telling of the one of the world’s oldest foundational texts The Mahabharata. In preparation, Rob Orchard shares his memories of seeing Peter...
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October 10, 2014 | Theatre,
In Their Own Words – The Magic Flute
As a presenting organization, we face an interesting challenge when it comes to talking about productions. Often only one or two members of the staff have actually seen what comes...
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October 9, 2014 | Theatre,
Kicking off our 5th Anniversary Season – the Mass Ave Challenge
In celebration of the launch of our 5th Anniversary Season, we threw a challenge to our audiences – take a picture of yourself by ArtsEmerson’s SouthEnd Spectacular (located at the...
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October 7, 2014 | Theatre,
In the Room with Lear
There is a beautiful serendipity to the pairing of productions in our season that is created through the simple necessity of the calendar. Productions that might not otherwise seem connected...
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