Here’s a listing of special events, openings, closings, and upcoming performances and events for the week of April 12 through 18.

Special Events This Week

Shakespeare's Birthday Celebration • news wire
Actors' Shakespeare Project • actorsshakespeareproject.org • 866-811-4111

Broadway Unplugged! • news wire
Zeitgeist Stage Company • zeitgeiststage.com • (617) 504-7393

Closing This Week

A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline • news wire, Bridget Beirne Proust questionnaire, preview photos
John Hancock Hall • backbayeventscenter.com. • (877) 548-3237

Opus • news wire, Ben Evett Proust questionnaire
New Repertory Theatre • newrep.org • (617) 923-8487

Now Playing

The Donkey Show • news wire, extension announcement, second extension, preview photos
American Repertory Theater • americanrepertorytheater.org • (617) 547-8300

From Orchids to Octopi • news wire
Central Square Theater • centralsquaretheater.org • 1-866-811-4111

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill • news wire
Lyric Stage Company of Boston • lyricstage.com • (617) 585-5678

Opening this Week

Act A Lady • news wire
Theatre on Fire at Charlestown Working Theatre • charlestownworkingtheater.org • (617) 242-3285

The Little Mermaid • news wire
Wheelock Family Theatre • wheelockfamilytheatre.org • (617) 879-2300

Mammals • news wire
Apollinaire Theatre Company • apollinairetheatre.com • (617) 887-2336

Upcoming Special Events

2009 IRNE Awards • news wire
Independent Reviewers of New England

35 Below Wrap Party for 'Prelude to a Kiss': "Leave with the Wrong Girl" • "35 Below" news wire
Huntington Theatre Company • huntingtontheatre.org • (617) 266-0800

Emerging America • news wire
emergingamericafestival.orgg

"Experience the Magic" • news wire
Merrimack Repertory Theatre • merrimackrep.org • (978) 654-7552

Jesus Christ Superstar • news wire
Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre • citicenter.org • (866) 348-9738

Merrily We Roll Along • news wire, preview photos
Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Theatre • bu.edu/cfa/bcap • (617) 933-8600

Strike Up The Band • news wire
Boston Conservatory Theatre Ensemble • http://www.bostonconservatory.edu/tickets • (617) 912-9222

British National Theatre's The Habit of Art • news wire
Coolidge Corner Theatre • coolidge.org • (617) 734-2500

British National Theatre's The Habit of Art • news wire
Coolidge Corner Theatre • coolidge.org • (617) 734-2500

Upcoming Productions

2 Pianos 4 Hands • season release
Peterborough Players • peterboroughplayers.org • (603) 924-7585

A Moon for Misbegotten • season release
Central Square Theater • centralsquaretheater.org • 1-866-811-4111

afterlife: a ghost story • season release
New Repertory Theatre • newrep.org • (617) 923-8487

Antony & Cleopatra • season release
Actors' Shakespeare Project • actorsshakespeareproject.org • 866-811-4111

Boston Marriage • season release
New Repertory Theatre • newrep.org • (617) 923-8487

Blithe Spirit • news wire
Lyric Stage Company of Boston • lyricstage.com • (617) 585-5678

Breaking the Code • season release
Central Square Theater • centralsquaretheater.org • 1-866-811-4111

Cherry Docs • season release
New Repertory Theatre • newrep.org • (617) 923-8487

Cymbeline • season release
Actors' Shakespeare Project • actorsshakespeareproject.org • 866-811-4111

DollHouse • season release
New Repertory Theatre • newrep.org • (617) 923-8487

Family Stories • news wire
Whistler In The Dark • whistlerinthedark.com

Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune • season release
New Repertory Theatre • newrep.org • (617) 923-8487

Freud's Last Session • season release
Peterborough Players • peterboroughplayers.org • (603) 924-7585

Farragut North • news wire
Zeitgeist Stage Company • zeitgeiststage.com • (617) 933-8600

From Places Unknown • news wire
11:11 Theatre Company • 1111theatre.com

Henry IV, part 1 • season release
Actors' Shakespeare Project • actorsshakespeareproject.org • 866-811-4111

Henry IV, part 2 • season release
Actors' Shakespeare Project • actorsshakespeareproject.org • 866-811-4111

Hysteria, or Fragments of an Analysis of an Obsessional Neurosis • season release
Central Square Theater • centralsquaretheater.org • 1-866-811-4111

Johnny Baseball • news wire, cast announcement, extension announcement
American Repertory Theater • americanrepertorytheater.org • (617) 547-8300

Living In Exile • season release
Actors' Shakespeare Project • actorsshakespeareproject.org • 866-811-4111

Othello • news wire, casting announcement
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company • commshakes.org

Passing Strange • season release
New Repertory Theatre • newrep.org • (617) 923-8487

Prelude to a Kiss • "35 Below" news wire, news wire
Huntington Theatre Company • huntingtontheatre.org • (617) 266-0800

Radio City Christmas Spectacular • season release
Citi Center for the Performing Arts • citicenter.org/rockettes • 866-348-9738

Ramona Quimby • season release
Peterborough Players • peterboroughplayers.org • (603) 924-7585

Silver Spoon • season release
Central Square Theater • centralsquaretheater.org • 1-866-811-4111

Sophie Tucker: The Last of the Red Hot Mamas • news wire, news wire 2
New Repertory Theatre • newrep.org • (617) 923-8487

Tartuffe • season release
Peterborough Players • peterboroughplayers.org • (603) 924-7585

The Blonde, The Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead • news wire
Merrimack Repertory Theatre • merrimackrep.org • (978) 654-4MRT (4678)

The Blonde, The Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead • season release
Peterborough Players • peterboroughplayers.org • (603) 924-7585

The Fever Chart: Three Visions of the MIddle East • season release
Central Square Theater • centralsquaretheater.org • 1-866-811-4111

The Foreigner • season release
Peterborough Players • peterboroughplayers.org • (603) 924-7585

The Hotel Nepenthe • season release
Actors' Shakespeare Project • actorsshakespeareproject.org • 866-811-4111

The Hound of the Baskervilles • season release, news wire
Central Square Theater • centralsquaretheater.org • 1-866-811-4111

The Last Five Years • season release
New Repertory Theatre • newrep.org • (617) 923-8487

The Torch-Bearers • season release
Peterborough Players • peterboroughplayers.org • (603) 924-7585

This Verse Business • season release
Peterborough Players • peterboroughplayers.org • (603) 924-7585

Ti-Jean & His Brothers • season release
Central Square Theater • centralsquaretheater.org • 1-866-811-4111

Tom Sawyer • season release
Peterborough Players • peterboroughplayers.org • (603) 924-7585

Truth Values: One Girl’s Romp Through MIT’s Male Math Maze • season release
Central Square Theater • centralsquaretheater.org • 1-866-811-4111

You Can't Take It With You • season announcement
Huntington Theatre Company • huntingtontheatre.org • (617) 266-0800

We compile this listing from the press releases we receive. Don't see your event listed here? Contact us.

ExploreBostonTheatre.com. Your source for news and information about Boston Theatre. Join our email list, follow us on Twitter @exploretheatre and become a fan on Facebook.