Chroma, Presented by Boston Ballet, through May 12th at the Boston Opera House.
Boston Ballet presents two beautiful Balanchine classics, and a provocative Company premiere by The Royal Ballet’s Resident Choreographer, Wayne McGregor. The program features McGregor’s stunning Chroma, set on a pure white stage featuring ten dancers in flesh colored leotards, performing two of George Balanchine’s monumental works, Serenade and Symphony in C.
The 31st Annual Elliot Norton Awards Held Monday, May 13 at Arts Emerson’s Paramount Mainstage
Our annual celebration of the best of the Boston region’s theater, thought of as Boston’s version of the Tonys, is presented by the Boston Theater Critics Association. Highlights include the Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence to Will Lyman; a Lifetime Achievement Award for Chita Rivera; and he Lyric Stage Company’s Avenue Q and SpeakEasy Stage Company’s Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.
Samurai! Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection, on view at the MFA now through August 4th.
Fearsome warriors clad head-to-toe in decorative armor, samurai of 12th to 19th-century Japan symbolized the power, honor, and valor of the country’s military elite. Led by omnipotent warlords called shoguns, samurai have long fascinated the public. To provide insight into their military prowess and lifestyle, as well as the artistry of their elaborate armor, helmets, and accouterments of warfare that bear witness to the ‘way of the warrior,’ the MFA hosts the U.S. debut of Samurai! including 21 full suits of armor, three life-size horses clad in armor and beautifully detailed helmets and masks.
The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann, known for his own style in Strictly Ballroom and Moulin Rouge, takes F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby to new heights with exquisitely rendered and emotionally powerful performances by Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby and Tobey Magquire as Carraway. Don’t let the mishmash trailer fool you--you will love the new telling of this classic.
This week on Open Studio:
Take a tour of The Masters at Seattle Art Museum; meet Tom Schroeder, an animator who harkens back to a different day; see Cirque du Soleil go the retro way with Zarkana; and learn how Anders Zorn is reborn at the Gardner Museum.
