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North End Music & Performing Arts Center Perform-a-Thon at Improv Asylum

It was truly a marathon of music and song at the Improv Asylum for the annual Perform-a-thon to support the North End Music & Performing Arts Center and benefit NEMPAC’s music scholarships and educational programs. Held on Sunday, April 7th, at the Improv’s North End theater, the event featured four hours of non-stop student and Read More…

Arts & Culture

Nazzaro Center Theater Group Performs “Lend Me a Tenor” [Photos]

The Nazzaro Center theater group performed Lend Me a Tenor, a nine-time Tony Award nominated comedy, at the North End Improv Asylum on Friday, May 4th. Performing in the group were Jackie Gallarelli, Elena D’Elia, Daniel Scibelli, Giulia Genatossio, Trinity Martignetti, John Gray, Emma Perez, Isabella Morales and Atticus Duck. The play is set in 1934, in a hotel suite in Cleveland, Ohio. The set has a sitting room with chairs on Read More…

Daily Briefs

Weekend Brief: Improv Asylum Marathon Performance, ABCD Holiday Party, Elf Showing at the NE Library, 20 Most Visited Restaurants in Boston

Things to know for Friday Your daily roundup for Friday, December 22: 12:00AM No Rest for the Wicked Funny. The Improv Asylum on Hanover Street is holding it’s annual marathon performance starting Thursday night and ending Friday at 7PM. Ticket buyers can come and go throughout the 24-hour period and proceeds will benefit Globe Santa, Read More…

Arts & Culture Kids & Families

North End Music and Performing Arts Center Presents “Seussical Kids” at the Improv Asylum

After weeks of hard work from 20 talented young actors and singers from the North End and Charlestown, the North End Music and Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) Children’s Music Theater Troupe brought down the house on Thursday, May 18th and Saturday, May 20th with their production of “Seussical Kids” at the Improv Asylum. Directed by Read More…

Arts & Culture Community

A Full House for NEMPAC’s “Seussical Kids” at the Improv Asylum!

After weeks of hard work from 20 talented young actors and singers from the North End and Charlestown, the NEMPAC Children’s Music Theater Troupe brought down the house on Thursday, May 18th and Saturday, May 20th with their production of “Seussical Kids” at the Improv Asylum. Directed by Music Theater Program Director Allie Meek, with Read More…

Arts & Culture Kids & Families

Nazzaro Center Presents the Play “Clue”

Nazzaro Center Presents “Clue” Wednesday May 24, 2017 6:00 pm Improv Asylum (216 Hanover Street) Tickets are FREE Six guests attend a dinner party, hosted by a butler and a maid, each guest using a colourful pseudonym.They are all connected in some secret, humiliating manner. They are all also being blackmailed. When the blackmailer arrives, Read More…

Community Kids & Families

Improv Asylum Hosts North End Against Drugs for Family Vacation Show

The Improv Asylum on Hanover Street once again hosted North End Against Drugs (NEAD) for a Family Improv Show during April school vacation. Close to 100 NEAD family members attended this hilarious event on Wednesday, April 19. The children were treated to pizza donated by Regina Pizzeria, soft drinks provided by the Improv, and of course Read More…

Announcements Event Notices

Asperger’s Are Us Comedy Troupe at Improv Asylum on Sunday, April 23rd

Asperger’s Are Us will have a show on Sunday, April 23, at 7 p.m. at the Improv Asylum in Boston. Asperger’s Are Us is an autistic comedy troupe. The four members; Michael Ingemi, Noah Britton, Jack Hanke, and Ethan Finlan, met at summer camp in 2010 and have been performing together ever since. Their custom-made “I Read More…

Announcements Event Notices

Improv Asylum to Host NEAD Vacation Family Show

Improv Asylum to Host NEAD Vacation Family Show The Improv Asylum on Hanover Street will once again host an awesomely funny Family Improv Comedy Show for North End Against Drugs (NEAD) during April School Vacation. This years’ show will be on Wednesday, April 19th at 12 Noon to 2pm. Pizza will be served from 12 Read More…

Arts & Culture Community

NEMPAC Expands Summer Programming: Broadway Bootcamp Intensive and Youth Improv now enrolling!

NEMPAC is expanding its Summer Program Offerings to include two exciting new week-long intensive camps, a Youth Improv Camp for ages 9-13 and Broadway Bootcamp: Hamilton to Matilda! for ages 10-15. After years of success with the popular Music Theatre Summer Workshop, a week long day camp program offered for three weeks in July in which children ages 5 Read More…

Arts & Culture Event Notices

NEMPAC and Improv Asylum Collaborate on New Youth Program this Winter 2017

The North End Music and Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) is happy to announce a brand new partnership with the Improv Asylum. The two organizations will collaborate to offer a Youth Improv Class in our upcoming winter session for children ages 7-10 that will be led by staff from both organizations. Kelly Dooley from Improv Asylum Read More…

Arts & Culture Kids & Families

“Hamilton” Kids Performance Amazes at North End’s Improv Asylum Theater

Boston Community Collaborative (BCC) is extremely proud of its drama intensive students for their amazing performance of an abridged version of Hamilton this past Friday. Ingrid Oslund’s abridgment and direction of the wildly popular musical included children ages 7-14. The drama intensive had the children rehearsing four hours each day for a week to pull Read More…