A workshop production of Factory Girls, presented by Boston Conservatory Theater Ensemble is set for the Burgoyne Theater at Lowell High School from Friday, June 3 to Sunday, June 5, and the Boston Conservatory Theater from Friday, June 9 to Sunday, June 12. Shows in Lowell are free and scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Shows at the Boston Conservatory Theater are scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Boston tickets are 25 general admission, $15 for senior citizens and $10 for all students with valid ID. Creighton Irons and Sean Mahoney wrote the music and lyrics. A book by Maggie-Kate Coleman told the story of 19th century factory workers Sarah Bagley and Harriet Farley. Contact the Boston Conservatory Box Office for ticket information at (617) 912-9222 or http://bostonconservatory.ticketforce.com/.
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The Boston Conservatory presents three worthwhile programs in March in the Fenway neighborhood.
The Boston Conservatory's String Masters series features violist Hsin Yun-Huang, viola, and pianist Yi-Fang Huang on Sunday at 5 p.m. at The Boston Conservatory’s Seully Hall at 8 The Fenway. The program includes works from Beethoven, Hall Overton, Elliot Carter, and Sergei Prokofiev. Both Hsin-Yun Huang and Yi-Fang Huang are from Taiwan and studied at the Juilliard School. For information call 617-912-9240 or visit www.bostonconservatory.edu.
Ann Schein performs tonight at 8 p.m. at the Boston Conservatory as part of the Piano Masters series. Schein will perform Chopin and Schumann. Schein has performed in 50 countries around the world with many of the top conductors and orchestras. Schein's performance is scheduled for the Boston Conservatory’s Seully Hall, 8 The Fenway. Tickets are $15, $10 for seniors, and free for all students with valid ID and are available by phone at 617-912-9222 or at http://bostonconservatory.ticketforce.com/. Schein will offer a free master class with Conservatory students on Wednesday from 4-6 p.m. in Seully Hall. The class is open to the public.
debuts at the Boston Conservatory's newly renovated theater on Thursday. The Conservatory Theater Ensemble's production of Stephen Sondheim’s rendition of Hugh Wheeler is the first musical theater production in the new theater. Neil Donohoe will direct. Performances run from Thursday to Saturday, at 8 p.m. Matinees are set for Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25, $15 for senior citizens and $10 for all students with valid ID. Call 617-912-9222 or visit http://bostonconservatory.ticketforce.com/ for information.
Can the newly restored Paramount rock? Well, Deerhoof will try to find out when play there on Sunday, October 10 at 7:30 p.m. Deerhoof formed in San Francisco in 1994 and now is signed with Kill Rock Stars. The band includes Satomi Matsuzaki, John Dieterich, Ed Rodriguez and Greg Saunier, and they're working on a new record. The band is hard to categorize so you'll have to see the show to experience them. Xiu Xiu and Father Murphy are also slated to perform. Tix: $18, available at www.artsemerson.org or 617-824-8000. Paramount Theatre, 559 Washington Street, Boston.
What draws young people into the opera, leads them to pour their fresh talent into the old wineskins of a foreign art? And why does a monolingual schlub like this Bostonist--whose primary engagement with culture is a daily trip to 7-Eleven--find joy in watching and half-understanding them? And why don't we all live in Fort Point?
Starting Wednesday night, the Boston Conservatory brings us the year's second helping of Follies (the first dollop just closed at the Lyric Stage). Stephen Sondheim's musical of marriages haunted by flashbacks and vaudeville nightmares has been the recipient of Tony awards and an object of cult affection. The Conservatory will present it with an unusually large, duly sequined cast, and the troupe kindly let Bostonist take a few photographs during last night's dress rehearsal.
In Mozart's delightfully farcical opera Così fan tutte, everyone is culpable. The title—roughly, "They're all like that"—refers to the fickleness of Woman, the hypothetical Fiordiligi and Dorabella in particular (sung by Leah Sapko and Kristina Reagle in Thursday's performance) but their fiancés Ferrando and Guglielmo (David Vogel and Jonathan Nussman) likewise prove themselves to be utter cads in the course of their very complicated attempt to prove the sisters' fidelity.
March 18, 19, and 22 at 8 p.m., $6-$24 (20% discount if purchased through the Juventas web site)