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America’s Best Dance Crew
September 25, 2008
Wang Theatre
One Night Only - ONE
PERFORMANCE - 7:30 PM
Hot on the heels of
the smash hit MTV show, Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew LIVE
is hitting the streets for its first ever 20-city national tour this fall,
sponsored by Glacéau vitaminenergy™ and promoted by AEG Live. The tour will
feature five of the hottest dance crews from the show’s first two seasons as
they battle it out, live on stage each night. The electrifying tour will feature
the return of America’s Best Dance Crew Season 1 winners, the incredible masked
men of JabbaWockeeZ. They’ll be joined by the amazing b-boys on wheels,
BrakeSk8, an equally exciting crew full of surprises. With three open
spots remaining, competition will go into overdrive as crews previously featured
on the show battle it out to earn a coveted spot on the tour. In addition,
America’s Best Dance Crew and MTV are challenging crews in each tour city to
bring their best game to a local competition they’ll be hosting in each tour
city.
Tyler Perry’s The Marriage Counselor
September 26 - 28, 2008
Wang Theatre
A
marriage is one of the greatest institutions in the world. It transcends
happiness, laughter and the gift of love. Our culture today is designed to
create futile circumstances that are sometimes hard to overcome in marriage. The
#1 urban playwright in the country presents his current stage production,
Tyler Perry’s "The Marriage Counselor" to profile relationships that
put the quest to the test and tells the story of how in the end “love conquers
all” (or makes you smarter.) The 10th production by Tyler Perry is truly a must
see event with extraordinary singing talent that is amazing. Don’t miss the 10th
stage production! Perry, a writer, music composer, producer, director, actor,
filmmaker extraordinaire has had 9 successful stage productions and 2
collaborations since 1997! AND…4 hit movies; and one hit TV sitcom, House of
Payne.
Video Games Live
November 21, 2008
Wang Theatre
Video Games Live™ is
an immersive concert event featuring music from the most popular video games of
all time. Top orchestras & choirs perform along with exclusive video footage and
music arrangements, synchronized lighting, solo performers, electronic
percussionists, live action and unique interactive segments to create an
explosive entertainment experience!
This is a concert event put on by the video game industry to help encourage and
support the culture and art that video games have become. Video Games Live™
bridges a gap for entertainment by exposing new generations of music lovers and
fans to the symphonic orchestral experience while also providing a completely
new and unique experience for families and/or non-gamers. The show is heralded
and enjoyed by the entire family. It's the power & emotion of a symphony
orchestra mixed with the excitement and energy of a rock concert and the
technology and interactivity of a video game all completely synchronized to
amazing cutting edge video screen visuals, state-of-the-art lighting and special
on-stage interactive segments with the audience.
Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical
November 26 - December 28, 2008
Wang Theatre
Re-discover the magic of Dr. Seuss’ classic holiday tale as it comes to life on stage. Conceived by the 3-time Tony Award® winning Director Jack O'Brien, the whimsical world of Whoville is beautifully realized by an A-list creative team in this delightful musical production. Featuring the hit songs “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch” and “Welcome Christmas,” The Grinch discovers there’s more to Christmas than he bargained for in this heart-warming holiday classic. Max the Dog narrates as the mean and scheming Grinch, whose heart is "two sizes too small", decides to steal Christmas away from the holiday loving Whos. Don't miss this record-breaking Broadway hit this holiday season.
David Byrne
October 31, 2008
Wang Theatre
One Night Only - ONE
PERFORMANCE - 8 PM
David Byrne comes to
raise the hair on your arms and the sweat on your palms. Eno and Byrne have made
a new record, their first in 30 years – the formula was lost, but now it has
been found. Byrne and Eno began their artistic relationship in the late
seventies with 3 Talking Heads albums, followed by their groundbreaking album,
My Life in the Bust of Ghosts. Songs from all of the above will be
performed in this concert, but not in that order.
Monty Python's Spamalot
November 18 - 23,
2008
The Colonial Theatre
Special Offer for members
of The Club at Citi Performing Arts Center and Citi Performing Arts Center
Groups.
The funniest show on
earth is back to taunt Boston for a third time! Winner of the 2005 Tony Award
for Best Musical, Monty Python’s SPAMALOT, the musical comedy sensation lovingly
ripped off from the film classic “Monty Python and The Holy Grail,” now returns
to spread laughter and cheer throughout the kingdom. Directed by Tony
Award-winner Mike Nichols, SPAMALOT tells the tale of King Arthur and his
Knights of the Round Table as they embark on their quest for the Holy Grail. But
before they can find their grail, they’re taking a little side-trip to the fair
city of Boston.
Chicago The Musical
starring Tom Wopat
December 9 - 14, 2008
The Colonial Theatre
There's never been a
better time to experience CHICAGO, Broadway's razzle-dazzle smash returns
triumphantly to Boston starring Tony Award nominee Tom Wopat. This triumphant
hit musical is the recipient of six Tony AwardsR, two Olivier Awards, a GrammyR
and thousands of standing ovations. A sensational tale of sin, corruption and
all that jazz, it's no surprise that CHICAGO has wowed audiences from Mexico
City to Moscow, from Sao Paulo to South Africa.
Citi
Performing Arts CenterSM,
which includes both the Wang Theatre and Shubert Theatre, is one of the nation’s
foremost not-for-profit performing arts institutions. As