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Massachusetts State House the unlikely stage for new play by Boston theater company
BOSTON – The Massachusetts State House may not be the first place you would think of to see theater, but that’s what makes a new play so special. Performances of “A Light Under the Dome” are now underway in the Senate Chamber.
The State House is the perfect stage
The production is from Plays in Place, a Boston-based theater company specializing in creating site-specific plays. For each piece, the company partners with museums, historic sites, or, in this case, National Parks of Boston.
Katie Woods, a digital public historian with Parks, tells us work started four years ago, saying, “We came together and decided that we wanted to do a series of three plays that talked about the intersection of the suffrage and abolitionist movements in Boston.”
“It’s an element of Boston history that’s often overlooked. We think of abolition, we think of the Revolutionary War a lot and all the time, but the role that the women’s movement played here is often vastly overshadowed by New York and Philadelphia,” explains playwright and producing artistic director of Plays in Place, Patrick Gabridge.
In 1838, Angelina Grimke addressed the Senate Chamber at the State House, becoming the first American woman to speak before a U.S. legislative body.
“She was really breaking new ground and in a space that not only was not open to her, but was not welcome to her, and so being able to kind of create this moment and bring it to life seemed like a perfect opportunity,” Wood says.
“Really, really special”
The actors, including Marge Dunn, are reveling in the unique opportunity.
“There’s nothing like performing in a room like this. Obviously, it’s challenging in some ways because you don’t have a strict audience space; you don’t have a strict stage to perform on. Acoustically, sometimes it’s kind of strange to talk in that room, but there’s something that just brings this gravitas and this weight to the piece that is really, really special,” Dunn says.
Gabridge tells WBZ-TV it’s difficult to fully understand the past when you only have history books to rely on.
“Our work works to unflatten history and really show the complexity that people faced in historical times.”
You can see “A Light Under the Dome,” for free at the State House. There are two daily performances through Thursday.
Boston police have arrested a 44-year-old Boston man following a drug bust in Dorchester
Bodio Hutchinson has been charged with:
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Distribution of Class B (Crack Cocaine)
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Possession with Intent to Distribute Class B
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Possession with Intent to Distribute Class B (Subsequent Offense)
Police conducted a drug interdiction operation back on Tuesday after an increasing number of complaints from the community about open drug use and distribution in the area of 6 Lyndhurst Street.
Surveillance teams saw people loitering in front of the address and witnessed behavior consistent with street-level drug transactions.
Police deployed an undercover officer, who was giving documented buy money, and went up to a suspect, identified as Hutchinson, and retrieved a plastic bag believed to be crack cocaine.
Officers took Hutchinson into custody. While doing so, officers noticed a plastic bag containing four smaller baggies of crack cocaine was located next to where he had been sitting, along with his personal belongings.
During a subsequent search, officers recovered an additional 26 baggies from the suspect’s back pocket, as well as a medium-sized plastic bag of crack cocaine concealed inside a cigarette box. Officers also seized an undisclosed amount of U.S. currency totaling $119, which included the previously marked buy money.
Hutchinson is expected to be arraigned in Dorchester District Court at an unspecified date.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.
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Former Boston Red Sox player Jim Rice throws out the ceremonial first pitch before game four of the American League Division Series between the Houston Astros and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on October 9, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
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This week’s show was recorded in Boston with host Peter Sagal, judge and scorekeeper Bill Kurtis, Not My Job guest Jim Rice and panelists Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Adam Felber, and Maz Jobrani. Click the audio link above to hear the whole show.
Who’s Bill This Time
An Even Worse Way to Fly; A Beauty Contest You’ll Never Win; Party News That Changes Everything
Panel Questions
Intro To Adulthood
Bluff The Listener
Our panelists tell three stories about romantic gestures gone awry, only one of which is true.
Not My Job: Baseball hall-of-famer Jim Rice answers our questions about green monsters
Legendary Boston Red Sox left fielder Jim Rice plays our game called, “Watch Out For THESE Green Monsters” Three questions about monsters that are green.
Panel Questions
A Pre-Marriage Mystery; A New Way to Do Something Old
Limericks
Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Your Teeth Will Never Be the Same; Having A Blast On Everest; An Appealing Scent of the Summer
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All the news we couldn’t fit anywhere else
Predictions
Our panelists predict, now that Clemson says double-dipping is okay… what surprising thing will they say is okay to do next?
Shakira cancels Boston concert hours before showtime
Hours before doors opened, ticket seller Live Nation announced that the Shakira and Jason Aldean and Brooks & Dunn concert had been cancelled.
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A day after her Boston concert was canceled, Shakira’s tour is suffering another setback.
The popstar’s scheduled show in Washington, D.C. — which was part of her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour and WorldPride DC 2025’s Welcome Concert — on May 31 has also been canceled. The reasoning was “due to complications with the previous show in Boston,” according to a statement released by Nationals Park May 30.
“Shakira’s full tour production cannot be transported to Washington, D.C. in time for her scheduled performance,” the statement read. “As a result, the D.C. show has been canceled. Despite every effort to make it happen, it is not possible to move forward as planned.”
Ticketholders will automatically receive refunds for Ticketmaster and nationals.com purchases. Those who purchased from a third party should contact the seller.
Shakira shared a statement about her heartbreak over the show’s cancellation, writing, “Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am sad and heartbroken that I will not be able to be in Washington, D.C. with you tomorrow. I hope that I can come back to D.C., as soon as I am able.
“Meanwhile, please know that I am eternally thankful for your unconditional support.”
Why Shakira’s Boston concert was canceled
In a May 30 statement to USA TODAY, Live Nation said the cancelation of several shows at Fenway Park was due to issues discovered during routine checks before the Shakira show.
“Structural elements were identified as not being up to standard, so the shows were canceled. All team members are safe,” the statement said. The issue also affected upcoming shows from Jason Aldean and Brooks & Dunn.
Shakira is next scheduled to perform in Atlanta June 2.
The Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour kicked off in South America in February and began its North American leg May 13.
Opening up about the work that went into the tour, Shakira recently told USA TODAY, “I’ve worked so much on every detail of this show. I’m building the biggest setlist of my career.
“There are going to be visuals I created, the narrative and the details of them. There are 145 people on this tour to make it happen every night,” she explained. “I’ve created original music for the transitions in the show, new choreography and arrangements. I have 13 costume changes, so all of what I’ve learned these years of making music, I feel like this is a recap of that journey.”
Contributing: Anthony Robledo and Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY
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