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Wellesley woman in Natick musical comedy

By bbrown | Published: March 5, 2011

Look for Wellesley’s Cathy Merlo (shown right, below) as one of the leads in The Center for Arts in Natick (TCAN) production of  “I Love You, You’re Perfect….Now Change,” which premiered on March 4 and runs through March 13 on weekends. Remaining shows are performed March 5 (8pm), 6 (2pm), 11 (8pm), 12 (8pm) and [...]

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“Annie” coming to Wellesley in March

By bbrown | Published: March 1, 2011

The Wellesley Players will perform the musical “Annie” six times in March at Babson College’s Sorenson Center for the Arts on the weekends from March 11 – 20. Based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, Annie tells the story of an orphan in New York City in the early 20th century. [...]

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Wellesley High students to perform The Shadow Box

By bbrown | Published: February 27, 2011

Performances at WHS: Wed. 3/2 @ 4:30 pm – Cast A Wed. 3/2 @ 7:30 pm – Understudies Thurs. 3/3 @ 4:30 pm – Understudies Thurs. 3/3 @ 7:30 pm – Cast A Tickets will be available at the door. $5 each for Wed. & Thur. performances. General Admission, no assigned seats. Additional Performance: Sat. 3/5 @ [...]

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Wellesley 8th graders sweet on Willy Wonka

By bbrown | Published: January 25, 2011

Wellesley Middle School’s 8th graders (with help behind the scenes from WMS students of all grades) put on two spirited and colorful performances of the musical Willy Wonka. Attendees, who last night braved the cold to enjoy the show, also had a chance to win prizes if they bought a chocolate bar with a golden [...]

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From Wellesley to the big screen: “The Company Men”

By bbrown | Published: January 24, 2011

A reminder that the new Ben Affleck movie, “The Company Men”, was shot partly in Wellesley in 2009. Film crews invaded Wellesley’s  Cliff Estates area, transforming fake green lawns into fake snowy lawns. (Has anyone who has seen it got any feedback on how Wellesley looks on the big screen this time around? Better yet, [...]

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Willy Wonka coming to Wellesley Middle School this week, golden tickets and all

By bbrown | Published: January 19, 2011

UPDATE: The 4:30pm Wednesday show has been postponed until 4:30pm on Thursday Wellesley Middle School students this Thursday (4:30pm) and Friday (7pm) will perform the musical “Willy Wonka.” Admission is free, though donations are welcome. Wonka Bars will be sold, and there will be 5 golden tickets in the bunch that can be exchanged for [...]

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The Last Night of Ballyhoo coming to Wellesley College in January

By bbrown | Published: December 22, 2010

From Wellesley Summer Theatre: Opening January 6th @ 7pm in the Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre It is December 1939 and the world is facing numerous grave challenges.   The Freiberg household in Atlanta is consumed with more immediate matters, such as the world premier of Gone with the Wind and whether or not Lala will secure [...]

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Wellesley students to star in jazzed up Nutracker

By admin | Published: December 2, 2010

A slew of young performers from Wellesley will be among those in Broadway Bound Dance Center‘s presentation of the Nuts & Bolts Nutcracker at Natick High School on Dec. 11 at 11AM and 3PM. Nuts & Bolts is a jazz, modern, lyrical and ballet version of the original Nutcracker ballet. Students of BBDC from twelve [...]

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Wellesley Players auditions coming up for “Aladdin & Adora” and “Annie”

By bbrown | Published: November 28, 2010

The Wellesley Players have auditions coming up soon for two shows: * Auditions for Aladdin and Adora (Performances will be Feb. 12) Monday, November 29 and Tuesday, November 30 in the basement of Christ Church, United Methodist, 2 Brook St, Wellesley: children at 7:00 p.m., adults at 8:00 p.m. * Auditions for Annie (performances in [...]

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Fiddler on the Roof, Jr. coming to Wellesley Middle School

By bbrown | Published: November 16, 2010
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Wellesley theatre district hopping this weekend

By bbrown | Published: November 12, 2010

Wellesley High School presents Chicago Friday night and Saturday afternoon and night  (tickets are hard to get but expect some to be released shortly before shows) Wellesley College Theatre presents Sonia Flew at Alumnae Hall tonight and Saturday night at 8pm, Sunday at 2pm. Wellesley College Shakespeare Society performs Othello at the Shakespeare House at [...]

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Wellesley Players present: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

By bbrown | Published: November 8, 2010
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Wellesley meets Chicago this week

By bbrown | Published: November 7, 2010

UPDATE: As of Monday afternoon, evening performances were sold out, tickets were still available for Saturday afternoon WHS Performing Arts Department presents ‘CHICAGO’ Thursday, November 11 @ 4:30 pm Friday,     November 12 @ 7:30 pm Saturday, November 13 @ 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm Adults – $15.00 Students (Grades K-12) – $6.00 Senior Citizens [...]

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Wellesley College Theatre presents “Sonia Flew”

By bbrown | Published: November 1, 2010

Sonia Flew, written by Wellesley College faculty member Melinda Lopez, opens Nov. 10 a the Ruth Nagel Jones Theater on the Wellesley College campus. To protect their daughter from the Communist regime, Sonia’s parents sent her to the United States during the Cuban revolution and she never saw them again. Thirty years later and living [...]

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Wellesley Players to present: Thank You For The Music – A Tribute to Broadway

By bbrown | Published: October 14, 2010

The Wellesley Players perform some of the most memorable music in Musical Theatre. The musical tribute spans the ages with much revered musicals of the early 60’s to recent Broadway shows. The show features some of the best voices in local theatre, who join the Players in a philanthropic effort. Partial  proceeds from this show support [...]

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