Audio Described performances for the 2010-2011 Season at Broadway Across America venues -- The Colonial Theatre, The Huntington Theatre, and Wheelock Family Theatre.
Please come to these exciting blockbuster
productions with audio description during the 2010-2011 fall/winter
theater season. The following Audio Described performances will
be at the designated theatre venues listed below:
"Annie"
- Friday, November 19, 2010, 7:30 PM and Sunday, November 21, 2010, 3:00 PM
- Wheelock Family Theatre
200 The Riverway, Boston
Broadway's beloved orphan comes
to Wheelock in Jane Staab's historically sensitive production of Annie,
where even amidst the backdrop of Depression-era America, Annie still
convinces us that "the sun'll come out tomorrow".
Seating and Tickets:
By Phone:
call (617) 879-2300.
Online:
visit www.wheelockfamilytheatre.org
"Jersey Boys"
- Sunday, January 9, 2011, 2:00 PM
- Colonial Theatre
106 Boylston Street, Boston
2006 Tony Award Winner for Best Musical. "It's just too good to be true!" (Clive Barnes, New York Post) Broadway's biggest success story takes you behind the music of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons-and, as The New York Times says, "the crowd goes wild!" Follow the rags-to-rock-to-riches tale of four blue-collar kids working their way from the streets of Newark to the heights of stardom. Featuring such hits as "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Can't Take My Eyes Off You," "Oh, What a Night" and more. It's great fun!
Seating and Tickets:
By Phone:
call (617) 880-2419. Please leave a detailed message including a day/evening
phone number and specific information regarding what kind of seating
needs you have, how many headsets will be required, large print or braille
programs and whether you travel with a guide dog to ensure seating with
adequate space.
In Person:
at The Colonial Theatre Box Office, 106
Boylston Street, Boston. Hours: Monday-Saturday 10am-6pm.
"Ruined"
- Saturday, January 29, 2011, 2:00 PM
- Huntington Theatre at B. U.
264 Huntington Avenue, Boston
Ruined by Lynn Nottage and directed
by Liesl Tommy. 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winner. Savvy business woman Mama Nadi knows how to
survive in the midst of the Congo civil war: don't take sides.
She sells beers and girls to any man who'll leave his gun at the door.
The good-time atmosphere of the canteen and her sharp wits can't always
protect her and her girls from the atrocities afflicted on them, but
their courage, humor, and hope live on in this gripping drama.
Seating and Tickets:
By Phone:
call (617) 273-1558. Tickets are $15 for each blind or low vision patron and one guest. Large print and braille
programs are provided.
By Email:
Contact
Preshow description
of sets and costumes for all performances at all theatre locations
generally begins 30 minutes prior to curtain. Please arrive early to
allow time to get headsets and programs and to be seated.
This announcement was provided by Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library.
