Fundraising ‘Icarus’ lands in Central Square theater for two days in May
The Liars & Believers theater company brings its latest experiment, “Icarus,” to the Cambridge YMCA Theatre next month for a two-day run, and it looks, as usual, complex, creative and wonderful.
It’s still improv, but ‘Playbook’ lets some local playwrights launch the laughs
It turns out the play’s not the thing. In “Playbook,” the ImprovBoston show running late Fridays from March 15 to April 12, the play’s only the first minute or so of the thing.
‘Vagina Monologues’ shows Wednesday, Friday benefit three women’s charities
With Eve Ensler’s “Vagina Monologues” now as associated with February as Valentine’s Day, Arts at the Armory in Somerville may be offering your last chance to see the show for a year.
Org: Literati brings books to life Thursday with splash of ‘Cold Blood’
It’s murder that inspired Thursday’s show at Oberon — the 1959 murder of the Clutter family in Kansas, which led to the 1965 Truman Capote novel “In Cold Blood,” which inspired the art band Jaggery to record a five-song EP called “Private Violence,” which gets its official release at Org: Literati with music, aerial performance and dance, film and theater.
‘Dumber Faster’ looks at the fine print of humanity’s smartphone plan
There was a time comic and storyteller David Mogolov couldn’t imagine how he was going to raise a daughter. Now he can’t even work a smartphone.
December ‘Hairspray’ sets records, and spins them, at CRLS
The high school’s December musical comedy, John Waters’ “Hairspray,” promises to be big in every way.
Halloween, courtesy of a bunch of bloody nerds
Sure, Salem is more haunted than Cambridge. But Cambridge has more nerds — and gore.
Poe party continues Thursday with cemetery reading
The Edgar Allan Poe parties start Wednesday with a musical tribute and continues Thursday with a reading in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Harvard Square getting twice the ‘Rocky Horror’
If you were wondering where the world headquarters of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” was, wonder no more: It’s Harvard Square. Oberon premieres a Friday live version to complement the square’s Saturday midnight showings.
Amanda Palmer joins tonight’s Org: Asylum show at Oberon
The minds behind the Org: Asylum show tonight at Oberon promised more artists were being added to the lineup, and they weren’t crazy. One very notable addition: Amanda Palmer.
