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Updated April 22, 2021, 8:00 p.m.
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ONCE VIRTUAL VENUE Things are getting fuzzy at Once Virtual Venue this weekend with a triple bill of doomy punks the Freqs, the starry shoegaze of Lilac Queen, and the high-spirited, noisy Horsehands.
April 23, 8 p.m.
April 29, 7 p.m.
Classical
MUSICIANS OF THE OLD POST ROAD The Boston-based period instrument band gathers at Worcesterâs Trinity Lutheran Church for a livestream season finale, featuring the energetic and eminently danceable music of the French Baroque period.
April 24, 7:30 p.m.
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HYPE MAN: A BREAK BEAT PLAY The issues of racial injustice at the playâs heart remain wrenchingly current, adding to the impact of this superb new streaming version of Idris Goodwinâs play. Directed with imaginative artistry by John Oluwole ADEkoje and Shawn LaCount, âHype Manâ is powered by knockout performances from the original cast of
Whatâs happening in the arts world
Updated April 8, 2021, 8:00 p.m.
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DREAMERâS CIRCUS Celebrity Series presents a prerecorded concert from Copenhagen by this vibrant Danish trio. Consisting of fiddler Rune Tonsgaard Sorensen (also of the Danish String Quartet), pianist/accordionist Nikolaj Busk, and Nordic cittern player Ale Carr, the band is steeped in Nordic folk music traditions but never hesitant to give them its own distinctive spin. Live Q&A with the artists afterward.
April 9, 7:30 p.m. Watchable until April 15.
ABOLITION 2021 Abolition Apostles is hosting four concerts across the next four Fridays to raise funds for a hospitality house for families and allies of people incarcerated at the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary. Among the participating performers: Kronos Quartet, The War and Treaty, Boots Riley, Brandi Carlile, Sam Amidon, Adrianne Lenker, and Vijay Iyer.
Watch a 10-minute play every day and raise money for the Theatre Community Benevolent Fund
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M. Bevin O’Gara has supported the Theatre Community Benevolent Fund, but never expected to ask for its help herself.
The nonprofit was established in the late 1990s to help local theater artists facing unanticipated catastrophes, be it a medical emergency, a stolen laptop, or a house fire. Veteran Boston director O’Gara (CFA’04), whose credits include plays at the Huntington Theatre Company and Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, donated to the fund and even performed in a fundraising video. She has also regularly bought tickets for the Boston Theater Marathon, an annual festival of 10-minute plays that is the fund’s largest revenue source.
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