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is. And it’s making its presence known in Boston with the arrival this week of the Tony Award-winning mega-hit “Hadestown” on through Nov. 14 at the Citizens Bank Opera House. The show, winner of 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, follows two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — and invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. It is written by celebrated singersongwriter Anais Mitchell and developed with innovative director Rachel Chavkin and marks the first time in over a decade that a woman has been the solo author of a musical, writing the music, lyrics and book. Tickets start at $44.50. Proof of vaccination against COVID-19 and face masks required in the venue. Visit https:// boston.broadway.com/ covid-19/ for full policy details.
BOCH CENTER SHOWS » Live performances are making a comeback in a big way at Boston’s Boch Center for the Performing Arts, which has the Wang and Shubert Theatres under its performance umbrella. Tickets go on sale this week for Darius Rucker, playing his new music compositions Feb. 24 and Kraftwerk, electronic music pioneers and new inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on June 11. Also going on sale are tickets for former Comedy Central star Jim Jeffries, who brings his Moist Tour here on Feb. 26, and The Masked Singer National Tour, the stage version of the hit TV reality series, on June 19. Already on sale are tickets for “A Christmas Story, the Musical,” from the songwriting team behind “La La Land” and “Dear Evan Hansen,” playing here
Dec. 7-19. Visit www.bochcenter.org for details, dates, tickets and COVID guidelines.
A PLUM ROLE » Esteemed, award-winning actress-director Paula Plum will become the interim artistic director at Gloucester
Stage Co. when current artistic director Robert Walsh steps down from the role he has held since 2015 and will fill that role as the company undertakes a search for a permanent replacement. Walsh and Plum, who both have worked at Lowell’s Merrimack Repertory Theatre in the past, are well-known in the Boston theater community. Walsh plans to take on more acting roles in the future as he lays down his administrative duties. Visit https:/ /gloucesterstage.com/ transition/ for details and a video of Plum and Walsh explaining the transition. JEWISH FILM FEST » The Boston Jewish Film Festival gets underway Nov. 7-21 with an array of the
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