Gloucester performing arts events

Lewis Black

Thursday, Nov 14 8:00p

Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, Worcester

LEWIS BLACK, Grammy Award-winning stand-up comedian, is one of the most prolific and popular performers working today. He executes a brilliant trifecta as stand-up comedian, actor and author...

Rockport Music presents: Metropolitan Opera Live in HD, Puccini: Turandot

Tuesday, Aug 13 7:00p

Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport

Director Franco Zeffirelli’s breathtaking production of Puccini’s last opera is a favorite of the Met repertoire...

Lecture: Nature Poetry Reading

Wednesday, Aug 21 7:30p

Mass Audubon-Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, Topsfield

Joppa Flats Education Center offers a monthly lecture series on natural history topics. Free to Mass Audubon members. Children ages 8 and up are welcome. Preregistration is not required...

Rockport Chamber Music Festival: MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER’S LA DESCENTE D’ORPHEE AUX ENFERS AND LA COURONNE DE FLEURS

Monday, Jun 17 8:00p

Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport

With an international reputation for groundbreaking work reviving Baroque opera masterpieces, the Boston Early Music Festival brings the glamorous world of Baroque opera to life, complete with an i...

Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: Rossini, Armida

Tuesday, Jul 30 7:00p

Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport

This mythical story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison has inspired operatic settings by a multitude of composers, including Gluck, Haydn, and Dvorák...

"Opera Fest" by Chorus North Shore

Saturday, Jun 1 8:00p

Our Lady of Hope Church, Ipswich

The New England Chamber Opera Series joins forces with 150 member Chorus North Shore conducted by Sonja Dahlgren Pryor for a concert of opera highlights with soloists Andrea Matthews, Gale Fuller...

National Theatre Live in HD: The Audience, starring Helen Mirren

Tuesday, Jun 18 7:00p

Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport

Helen Mirren reprises her Academy Award winning role as Queen Elizabeth II in the highly-anticipated West End production of The Audience...

Rockport Music presents: Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: Verdi, IL Trovatore

Tuesday, Jul 23 7:00p

Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport

David McVicar’s stirring production of Verdi’s intense drama premiered at the Met in the 2008–09 season...

Rockport Music presents: Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: Bizet, Carmen

Tuesday, Jul 16 7:00p

Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport

Richard Eyre’s hit production stars Elina Garanca as the seductive gypsy of the title, opposite Roberto Alagna as the obsessed Don José...

This Is Our Youth

Thursday, Aug 8 8:00p

Gloucester Stage Company, Gloucester

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Friday, Jun 28 10:00a

North Shore Music Theatre, Beverly

Amazing things happen when Snow White finds the little cottage in the woods...

Rockport Music presents: Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: Verdi, La Traviata

Tuesday, Aug 6 7:00p

Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport

Natalie Dessay stars as Verdi’s most beloved heroine in Willy Decker's stunning production, first seen at the Met in 2010...

Beauty & the Beast

Friday, Jul 26 10:00a

North Shore Music Theatre, Beverly

Beauty saves her father but then must endure the hardships of the Beast's castle while her silly sisters, Flora and Dora, delight in her absence...

Story Trails: Sing Out for Papa

Sunday, Jun 9 2:00p

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem

Meet award-winning author/illustrator Marit Menzin and hear her read Song for Papa Crow. Then get ready for Father’s Day by creating your own collage artwork inspired by Menzin’s vibrant art...

Rockport Chamber Music Festival: The Play of Daniel: A Twelfth-Century Music-Drama

Friday, Jun 21 8:00p

Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport

The critically-acclaimed production of Ludus Danielis commissioned and presented by The Cloisters in 2008 was originally written in Beauvais, France, in the twelfth century to celebrate the Feast o...

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