Here’s a listing of special events, openings, closings, and upcoming performances and events for the week of May 10 through 16.

Special Events This Week

2010 Gala • news wire
New Repertory Theatre • newrep.org • (617) 923-8487

Emerging America • news wire
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Closing This Week

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

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

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

Now Playing

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

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

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

Half-Wits • news wire

Hot Mikado • news wire
New Repertory Theatre • newrep.org • (617) 923-8487

The Great American Trailer Park Musical • news wire, extension, final extension
SpeakEasy Stage Company • speakeasystage.com • 617-482-3279

Opening this Week

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

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

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

The Lady with All The Answers • season release
Central Square Theater • centralsquaretheater.org • 1-866-811-4111

Upcoming Special Events

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

Boston Theater Marathon XII and The Warm-Up Laps • news wire
Boston Playwrights' Theatre • bostonplaywrights.org • (617) 353-5443

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

NickelodeonStorytime Live! • press release
Citi Center for the Performing Arts • citicenter.org/ • 866-348-9738

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

A Picasso • news wire
Merrimack Repertory Theatre • merrimackrep.org • (978) 654-4MRT (4678)

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

Alice vs. Wonderland • news wire
American Repertory Theater • americanrepertorytheater.org • (617) 547-8300

An Ideal Husband • season announcement
Gloucester Stage • gloucesterstage.org • 978-281-4433

Annie Baker's Shirley, Vermont plays • festival release
Boston Theatre Scene • bostontheatrescene.com • (617) 933-8600

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

Beasley’s Christmas Party • news wire
Merrimack Repertory Theatre • merrimackrep.org • (978) 654-4MRT (4678)

Body Awareness • festival release
SpeakEasy Stage Company • speakeasystage.com • 617-482-3279

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

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

Bus Stop • season release
Huntington Theatre Company • huntingtontheatre.org • (617) 266-0800

Cabaret • news wire
American Repertory Theater • americanrepertorytheater.org • (617) 547-8300

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

Circle Mirror Transformation • news wire, festival announcement
Huntington Theatre Company • huntingtontheatre.org • (617) 266-0800

Comedy of Errors • season release
Huntington Theatre Company • huntingtontheatre.org • (617) 266-0800

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

Death and the Powers • news wire
American Repertory Theater • americanrepertorytheater.org • (617) 547-8300

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

Educating Rita • season release
Huntington Theatre Company • huntingtontheatre.org • (617) 266-0800

Four Places • news wire
Merrimack Repertory Theatre • merrimackrep.org • (978) 654-4MRT (4678)

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

Hamlet in Somerville • news wire
GAN-ә-meed Theatre Project • www.GANemeed.org

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

In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) • first four shows
SpeakEasy Stage Company • speakeasystage.com • 617-482-3279

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

Lost & Found Riders To The Sea and Brilliant Traces • season announcement
Gloucester Stage • gloucesterstage.org • 978-281-4433

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

OVO • news wire
Cirque du Soliel • cirquedusoleil.com

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

Prometheus Bound • news wire
American Repertory Theater • americanrepertorytheater.org • (617) 547-8300

Reasons to Be Pretty • first four shows
SpeakEasy Stage Company • speakeasystage.com • 617-482-3279

R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (and Mystery) of the Universe • news wire
American Repertory Theater • americanrepertorytheater.org • (617) 547-8300

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

Richard III • season release
Huntington Theatre Company • huntingtontheatre.org • (617) 266-0800

Ruined • season release
Huntington Theatre Company • huntingtontheatre.org • (617) 266-0800

Striking 12 • first four shows
SpeakEasy Stage Company • speakeasystage.com • 617-482-3279

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

Sons of the Prophet • news wire
Huntington Theatre Company • huntingtontheatre.org • (617) 266-0800

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

Table Manners • season announcement
Gloucester Stage • gloucesterstage.org • 978-281-4433

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

Tender • season announcement
Gloucester Stage • gloucesterstage.org • 978-281-4433

The Aliens • festival release
Company One • companyone.org • (617) 933-8600

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

The Blue Flower • news wire
American Repertory Theater • americanrepertorytheater.org • (617) 547-8300

The Complete World of Sports (abridged) • news wire
Merrimack Repertory Theatre • merrimackrep.org • (978) 654-4MRT (4678)

The Exceptionals • news wire
Merrimack Repertory Theatre • merrimackrep.org • (978) 654-4MRT (4678)

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

Timon of Athens • news wire
Actors' Shakespeare Project • actorsshakespeareproject.org • 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

Trying • season announcement
Gloucester Stage • gloucesterstage.org • 978-281-4433

Tryst • news wire
Merrimack Repertory Theatre • merrimackrep.org • (978) 654-4MRT (4678)

Two Jews Walk Into A War... • news wire
Merrimack Repertory Theatre • merrimackrep.org • (978) 654-4MRT (4678)

Vengeance is the Lord's • news wire
Huntington Theatre Company • huntingtontheatre.org • (617) 266-0800

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