True professionals here. Great shows in such a gorgeous theater. Arrive early and have a drink!…read more Parking locally. The staff are so good.

Art deco details everywhere, lavish designs across the two level atrium and into the theater where…read morethey have shows. I think this would be a lovely architecture tour if we didn't have the event lights and noise of a DJ at the site. We visited an event here (not the theater part) where they had a Music America exhibit downstairs, and servers and music up in the main lobby. Very loud space and could use some more seating for the event, but was a fun gathering for ISDA hosted by LSEG. Cool venue, contains both the Wang and Shubert Theatres. An extraordinary gift in 1983 from Dr. An Wang, founder of Wang Laboratories, ushered in the era of The Wang Center for the Performing Arts and lead to a total of around $10mm in donations to help restore the theater in the 1980s.

It's a super easy walk from the E Line Northeastern T stop - just get off the train and walk a…read morelittle bit towards Boston and Ell Hall, which houses the theater, will be to your right - yeah, that building facing you that is set off a touch from the street. http://www.centerforthearts.neu.edu/directions.html Walk into the Hall, and just ahead to the left is the ticket window where my tickets were waiting for me neatly sealed in a white envelope, alphabetized by last name. Doors to the auditorium opened about a half hour before show time, and the student ushers were able to show us to our seats without a hitch. Bathrooms are located downstairs - 5 or 6 stalls in the women's room, and not enough soap dispensers (if you aren't going to have one dispenser per sink, at least place them so I won't have to walk away from my sink in search of soap!) - and lines are an issue as usual. Our seats in the Orchestra Center were in the second to last row, but I didn't need to take out my binoculars (I brought them along in case, since it was my first visit). Unfortunately, however, the rows aren't offset from one another and there isn't much of an angle to the auditorium floor, so if there is a tall person in the seat infront of you, you're just out of luck! I don't know if it was just the performance I attended (The Shangri-La Chinese Acrobats), or normal for this theater, but tickets were $20 general admission, while a quick scan online showed me that tickets at most other locations for this particular tour were closer to $30. Commuting tip - if you are taking the T from the Green Line above ground, you can switch to a E Line outbound train at the Arlington T stop without paying again. Afterwards, if you don't want to make the reverse trip, you can take an easy (10 min?) walk over to the Hynes T stop to catch your ride home. (walk towards Boston, take a left at Boston Symphony and head down Mass Avenue)

The actual auditorium is nothing special, but they do get some pretty bangin' acts in here. I saw…read moreBen Folds hit this stage and I've also seen some awesome comedians and celebrities. What it lacks in grandeur, it makes up for in some great talent coordinators. The sound is decent and the seat are fairly spacious. I'd know- I've taken quite a few finals in this auditorium and those lap desks fit oh so perfectly across the arm rests.

This is a beautiful, intimate, classic old theater! Surrounded by lots of easy parking options and…read moresome terrific restaurants and bars, this is a fun destination in Boston! Well worth the drive, and the tickets were reasonably priced! We saw a fabulous performance by the Mark Morris dance group. It was our first time visiting this Theater and we will definitely be back!

Second time, first being 6 years ago, I sit up in the balcony and feel horrible. I swear I will not…read moreset foot there again. It is EXTREMELY steep, don't even know how it is legal. Vertigo ensues almost immediately. The seats are also ridiculously uncomfortable: absolutely no leg room, worse than the worst airplane seat. No clear evacuation procedures, God forbid something happens, you can't even get out of the seat in a timely manner. But steepness and vertigo are literally making me sick. It is a hazard for health! Not to mention that bathrooms are "inclusive " right now, with multiple stalls. So men and women mingle and wait in same lines for same toilet stalls. Speak about made feel uncomfortable. I guess the comfort of majority is unimportant now.

The best venue...nothing is close..Great sight lines, sound...excellent staff. Roof top is…read moregreat...lounge is awesome

Just recently my wife and I recently attended our first concert here. The concert was for Bilmuri,…read moreThe Home Team, as well as GANG for the opening act. It was a phenomenal concert with such great energy from the crowd. MGM Music Hall has the Pit/General admission on the bottom level then two upper levels that have assigned tables and seats as well as some standing general admission spots behind seats too. Overall a good set up but can only really speak to the bottom level GA experience. Plenty of bars throughout the building with minimal lines and the mocktails we got were decently priced for a concert venue. They also had a tablet for ordering food and we got a chicken Ceasar wrap and had fries. It was only $13 which I was surprised due to the venue and speed at which it arrived was very quick. Despite the five stars I will say some negatives of the venue do exist. They could realistically have more bathrooms available with the woman's on first floor and men's on second floor. Also due to the overall design of the venue merch booth lines were a little out of control going up the levels. Lastly they offered an early entry add on for tickets for $20 a piece which with the heat outside made it tempting while waiting in normal line expecting they'd be let in 15-30 minutes early. Well....not so much, when in reality they were let in a mere 5 minutes earlier than us maybe even less. $40 for 5 minutes is not worth it in my opinion and glad I didn't buy it. Overall a music venue worth checking out!

Recently went to a sold out show, alone as a female at the Sinclair, and had a blast. I stayed at a…read morehotel in Harvard Square and had no idea how close the venue was. I was walking around, wasting time, before the concert and stumbled on the venue. I was happily surprised to have found it without Google walking directions! I bought merch and literally walked it back to my hotel in between bands and walked back before the show started again. Event staff stamped my hand and getting back in was easy peasy. The bathrooms were clean and the bartenders were nice. I don't recall seeing any food options, but there are tons of options nearby. You have a good view of the stage no matter where you are in the venue. I would 100% see another show here.

Attended a show here last month, the air conditioning was broken and it was 90+ degrees outside…read more They made no mention of the AC being broken, as the sold out audience started packing in, it got even hotter. People passed out due to the extreme heat, the floors were soaking wet from condensation, the performers had to ask the venue to bring water in for the audience. The whole ordeal was handled poorly, but the performers handled it like champs!

STOP........You all need to see this Bombastic Production of :…read more"MOULIN ROUGE" The Musical! From the moment we sat down and the Music was playing you will experience the VERY BEST IN MUSICAL PRODUCTION! I have seen countless Broadway Productions all around from New York to Atlanta to Chicago and more BUT THIS MOULIN ROUGE, Truly and Honestly the Very Best I have ever sat through Ever!!! It Dazzled all of us ! The Songs, The Costumes, The Stage, The Choreography, The Synchronized Dancing, The Characters, The Enthusiasm was The Best in every which way! I can tell you that each Character played their part perfectly! I focused on how the voices which were strong and powerful. The pace of this amazing Production truly kept your attention and grabbed it through out the show! You could not blink for you might miss its stunning visual performance! I can tell you I LOVED IT AND CRAVED FOR MORE AND MORE WHEN IT ENDED! The Audience went wild with claps and shouting praise! It was a wonderful spectacle to witness! The Cast Gabriela Carrillo/ Satine was Brilliant and Powerful Actress and her Voice truly a gift for all to hear! Luke Monday/Christian Commanded your attention by his incredible voice! I have never experienced such range and perfection he demonstrated, Robert Petkoff/ Harold Zidler a character of great talent and style, Alex Nicholson/ Toulouse-Lautrec a beloved character and style with amazing talent, Aaron C. Finley/ The Duke of Monroth played his character so well that I believed in his bad behavior but brilliantly played! So many actors and singers to mention but they all performed the best on any stage. 35 talented cast for sure! Thank you for sharing your talent with the audience! I know I will not forget you all! this Production shows the real Spirit of the Moulin Rouge The Stage is set in 1899 inside the Moulin Rouge and parts of Paris! this theatrical imagination will transport us all back October 6, 1889 when the Moulin Rouge opens in Paris ! The Moulin Rouge in Paris is so Famous all around the World and is Celebrating its 135 Anniversary! I was lucky to be in Paris and experience this Landmark of the World!

Wow is the only word I can think of as well. It doesn't even matter which show you choose, this…read morevenue is stunning! And I've been to a lot of theaters in Chicago, NYC and LA. It's also very big, so if you're choosing seats, keep that in mind. We were mezzanine but already felt so far away from the stage.

I've been meaning to check out the free "Your Terrible Ex!" show at The Riot Theater for a few…read moremonths now. But it takes place at 10pm on a Friday night, and I tend to have to wake up early the next day. So what finally brought me out to this area of JP? A free ComedySportz Improv show courtesy of CSZ Boston and the Yelp Elite Culture Club. With ComedySportz at 8pm - 9:30pm (free for me that night only, otherwise $15 plus $1.50 fee) and Your Terrible Ex! from 10pm - 11:30pm (free all the time, whether for you or for me), I decided, yes, it was time. I would show up for the first, and just simply stay put for the 2nd. Being a girl arriving by myself, I drove by maybe 6-8 times before a driver magically appeared to get into the car situated right on the corner by The Riot Theater. I didn't want to park too long a walk away, although there were some spots maybe 3 blocks off on South Street. According to their website, The Riot Theater, is housed in A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra's storefront rehearsal space, and seeks to bring quality comedy to a part of Boston that has a wealth of support for the arts but little in the way of a regular comedy scene. ComedySportz was fun and entertaining, and entirely family friendly - but I knew this already from a past experience. Ideas were requested of the audience, so it was interactive and what I imagine improv to be - thinking on your feet with information that you have no control over. A myriad of games were played, each with its own name and rules, such as Pile Up, Dirty Hand Randy, Five Things, I Can Do Better, Four Corners, Twinsies (with actual physical audience participation) and 185. I found out that night for the first time that ComedySportz is not just a Boston Institution, but is located in 23 cities across the country, and even in Manchester, UK and Berlin, Germany! That was pretty cool. After the ComedySportz crowd (aka tonight's loyal fans) exited to high fives from our show's cast, a new group took over the space, removed the score screen, set up some folding chairs along the stage, and adjusted the audience's seating a bit. We were told that Your Terrible Ex! would start 5 min late as always. A single private bathroom was available for use, and concessions were available at a table by the entrance. As often happens at events, the headlining show was preceded by a pre-show. And this evening, the guest comedy troupe was The Gorge, a four person group. Perhaps I missed something, but I didn't remember any audience participation. They just flung themselves into acting out a number of situations that confused me and seemed to confuse their improv partners as well. After The Gorge were done, Naffy Improv took over the stage for Your Terrible Ex!, interviewing one eager audience volunteer about his ex with whom he and his current girlfriend (who had introduced them) were no longer friends with. Taking from the interview the fact that he'd gone to museums on dates with this art student ex, the cast ran with it and came up with a skit that took place in a museum. Swears and certain intimate body parts were tossed nilly willy. The scene from Ghost was reinacted to a degree. Children died. Wine was bought; then promptly broken over someone's head. Oregano was requested. Naffy did a bit better on the improv front. Professionally, both groups were a bit lacking, as they would react to each other's bits when as actors they should not have. But hey, it was a free show that runs on donations. Based on this one visit, my order of preference by sheer entertainment value would be: ComedySportz, Naffy, guest group. Background music beat through the wall from Jeanie Johnston Pub & Grill next door, where it was suggested that we could grab a quick shot since The Riot Theater didn't have anything alcoholic.

This review is for Riot Stand Up Comedy at the Riot Theater in Roslindale, Saturday night at 10pm…read more I would not recommend this comedy venue for anyone over the age of about 30. On this evening, the audience was made up of comics and friends and partners of comics, and then there was our group. It's a very small space, so we immediately stuck out. Initially we didn't find the host or the first couple of comics very funny, and we politely chuckled and smiled. As the night wore on, the comics seemed to take offense that we were not laughing, and took it as a personal challenge to "break" us down, until toward the end of the evening the entire focus was on us. The jokes also got more vulgar with one pointing to our group to see if we might want to try a couples swap. The last straw was the next comic who worked himself up to saying he wanted to blank us and we just walked out. I can understand that this is a venue for budding comics to try develop a craft, but this group of 20- and 30-somethings couldn't connect outside their own generation. Some jokes were mildly funny, but too many had obscure references and missing punch lines. Even more, most of them didn't grasp the basic concept of comedy--present your material and if it doesn't get a laugh, you move on rather than take offense and single out or bully people not laughing.

I had a great time visiting the mapparium. The guide was informative and answered questions as…read morewell, they were also volunteers. Tickets are $6. Well worth it. There are also discounts for: students, children, library card reservation, military, Mass residents.

Came here by myself when I helped my daughter move into her college dorm 5 years ago, now today…read morebrought my husband, brother and sister-in-law, because a cool unique historical glass give of the world as known in 1935. When I came by myself, I spent over an hour reading all the exhibits and information about the history of Christian Science. Pretty interesting. Today we just did the 20 minute tour of the mapparium and appreciated the artistry, engineering, acoustics, and historicity of the globe as well as the two timepieces hanging in the main atrium. All the staff were very welcoming. Brad and Steve did a great job giving us the tour. They have gorgeous tile work even in the restrooms, and speak with pride about the every aspect of the design of the building. They offer a coat room so that you can safely store your bags and water bottles to avoid any chance of dropping anything inside the mapparium. Glad to come back again with family. Very memorable.