All of us here at ArtsEmerson are honored to be selected as recipients of a “You Rock” award at this year’s Roxbury Rocks event. The awards will be distributed during the festival, at approximately 2:30PM. More on this fantastic community event below: Roxbury Community College invites all to attend this year’s Roxbury Rocks! Whether it’s through the music of this year’s exciting line up or one of the many fun activities for kids, the 4th…
Last summer, ArtsEmerson partnered with Malia Lazu at Epicenter Community to produce New England’s inaugural Fashion Accessibility Project to a sold out audience in the Jackie Liebergott Black Box at the Emerson Paramount Center. Local fashion designers were paired with individuals with disabilities to collaborate on custom made garments that would suit the client’s needs, but also allow them to still embrace fashion as a creative part of their identity. Often beauty and function are…
ArtsEmerson’s Audience Development Manager Akiba Abaka was in a taxi over a decade ago when she had a revelation about the theatre. The driver asked her if she had read the most recent Oprah Winfrey book-club selection. She was not used to receiving book recommendations from strangers, but Oprah had somehow cracked the code, sending over fifty books straight to the best-seller list and inspiring people of all backgrounds to be mavens for the…
William Shakespeare was a man of many mysteries. Despite being the most well known author in history, historians know relatively little about Shakespeare’s personal life. There are strewn facts and unusual circumstances that cloud the playwright in mystery, from questioning the authorship of his plays and poems to his family life in Stratford-upon-Avon. However, we do know Shakespeare had one son. His name was Hamnet. Hamnet Shakespeare was born in the early months of 1585…
Born For This: A New Musical brings the legendary artist BeBe Winans‘ story to life with acclaimed new music and lyrics by BeBe Winans that has audiences rising from their seats in thunderous ovations. When it came time to cast a fresh face to portray Winans in Boston, the production cast its eye to a rising star portraying Alexander Hamilton during the weekend performances. Meet Donald Webber Jr. Webber was raised in a family of artists…
