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A one-man show about an actor’s time teaching in Boston Public Schools opens Boston Playwrights’ Theatre’s 2023-2024 Season.

Hannah Simone (New Girl; Mira, Royal Detective) stars alongside her real-life father Naren Simone in a South Asian tale about the power of self-reliance.

Produced by Front Porch Arts Collective, The Nora@Central Square and Greater Boston Stage Company, the play is a tribute to the music of Fats Waller, a revered pianist and composer with a larger-than-life personality. Jacquinn Sinclair reviews the show.

The Front Porch Arts Collective has announced its two-play 2022-2023 season, which includes Broadway hit Chicken & Biscuits and romantic comedy K-I-S-S-I-N-G.  Performances will begin in the fall of 2022, with one production taking the stage at the Wimberly Theatre in the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA in Boston's South End. 

Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen gets a lesson on ancient art and teaching in the Boston Public School system.

Plus, Pretty Woman: The Musical has arrived in Boston.