Through April 18

Huntington Theatre Company Presents:
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Huntington Theatre Company - -The Boston University Theatre
264 Huntington Avenue, Boston
617 266-0800 | huntingtontheatre.org

Legendary 1920s blues singer Ma Rainey and her musicians gather in a run-down Chicago studio to record new sides of old favorites when generational and racial tensions suddenly explode. The Huntington completes Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner August Wilson's Century Cycle with this searing drama, Wilson's first Broadway hit. Yvette Freeman pictured left.

Through April 29

Huntington Theatre Company Presents:
Luck of the Irish

Huntington Theatre Company
Calderwood Pavilion, South End
617 266-0800 | huntingtontheatre.org

When an upwardly mobile African-American family wants to buy a house in an all-white neighborhood of 1950s Boston, they pay a struggling Irish family to act as their front. Fifty years later, the Irish family asks for "their" house back. Moving across the two eras, this intimate new play explores personal stories of integration and the conflict of calling any place your home.

April 12

Gaelic Roots Presents:
Irish Songs, a concert by Cathie Ryan

Walsh Hall Function Room
150 St. Thomas More Rd. on BC's Chestnut Hill campus
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. | Free
617 552-0490 | connolsb@bc.edu | bc.edu/centers/irish/gaelicroots

The Gaelic Roots series is directed by renowned fiddler Séamus Connolly, BC's Sullivan Artist-in-Residence, and sponsored by the Center for Irish Programs at Boston College. Seamus hosts this monthly concert featuring the best in traditional Irish music, song and dance.

April 13-15

Broadway in Boston Presents:
Riverdance – Final Tour!

Boston Opera House
539 Washington Street, Boston
Ticketmaster 1-800-982-2787 | BroadwayInBoston.com

Riverdance – the international phenomenon that hit America in 1996 – is coming to Boston for one final encore!  The Grammy award-winning show has been seen live by over 22 million people, and changed the way Irish dance was perceived by the entire world.  Don’t miss this final tribute to one of the most successful Irish shows in history.  Tickets go on sale on February 6.

April 17

JFK Library Presents:
Crabgrass Puppet Theater - haiku, hiphop & hotdogs!

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
Columbia Point, Boston
10:30-11:30 am | Celebrate! Series | Free
617-514-1644 | jfklibrary.org | Register here

It's National Poetry Month, and the award-winning Crabgrass Puppet Theatre weaves favorite children's poems into a seamless tapestry of art and entertainment for all ages. Imagine a symphony composed entirely by the swimming of "The Goldfish"; thrill to the exploits of aerodynamic sausages in "Fearless Flying Hotdogs"; and dance with the "Funky Snowman"!

April TBA

A Celtic Crossing 6th anniversary - - Benefit Concert

Milton High School Auditorium
25 Gile Road, Milton
7:30 p.m. | $25.00 | 617 696-7172 | paulinewells.com

Come join popular Irish-American Singer Pauline Wells and a wonderful cast of musicans and dancers as she hosts the 5th production of "A Celtic Crossing." This year she returns to the music that started this great show. All proceeds to benefit Dana Farber Cancer Institute.

April 26-28

Boston College Arts Festival
Seamus Connolly and students, faculty and staff

Main Tent, O'Neill Plaza - Event Center, Chestnut Hill
Noon - 10 pm | 617 552-0490 | bc.edu/offices/artscouncil

Every year, the Boston College Arts Festival brings the community together to celebrate the arts. Irish Music, Song & Dance, Seamus Connolly and students, faculty and staff. Over 16,500 people attended the 12th anniversary festival in 2010 – participating in art demonstrations, enjoying music, dance and theater performances, browsing through art exhibitions, listening to literary readings, and appreciating films.