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October 22, 2013 | Theatre,

“It’s SO Beckett” Contest – Enter to win a pair of tickets to a performance of Samuel Beckett’s, Waiting for Godot at the Emerson/Paramount Theatre!

On a country road towards the end of day, two friends wait for a man named Godot to arrive. By nightfall they’re still waiting. That’s how Beckett’s classic play unfolds...

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October 15, 2013 | Theatre,

Sixty Years of Waiting

In the sixty years since the first production of Waiting for Godot the play has firmly secured its place as a modern classic. It is read, studied, and performed by everyone...

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October 9, 2013 | Theatre,

CHECK OUT THESE FILMS, BOOKS, AND MUSIC RELATED TO BARITONES UNBOUND

FILMS Broadway — The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2004) “This is my favorite Broadway DVD.” Jeff Mattsey An oral history of the Broadway community and culture from the...

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October 7, 2013 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

Have I Seen You Somewhere Before?

  Visitors to our production of Baritones UnBound: A Celebration of the UnCommon Voice of the Common Man may recognize a set element from our Spring production of Maurice Hines’...

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October 4, 2013 | Theatre,

Baritones Through History

  First used at the end of the 15th century, the term “baritone” originates from the Greek barytonos, which translates to “deep-sounding.” It lands smack dab in the middle between...

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September 23, 2013 | Theatre,

Aiming to End “Tragedies Like This”

  This past year, full of horrific events like the Aurora shooting (July 2012), the Sandy Hook shooting (December 2012), the Boston Marathon bombings (April 2013) and the DC shootings...

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September 21, 2013 | Theatre,

The Aftermath of Columbine

  Just after 11am on April 20th, 1999, juniors Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked through the doors of Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado armed with a pistol, a...

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September 16, 2013 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

My Story

  This note from our Director of Artistic Programs appears in the program for columbinus. We post it here to continue the conversation started by the Boston Globe over the...

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