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Zeiterion Performing Arts Center is pleased to unveil its 2019-2020 season of performances and events, which include Daughtry, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Colin & Brad: Scared Scriptless, New Bedford Lyceum’s presentation of Monica Lewinsky, and many more. Tickets can be purchased by calling 508-994-2900, online at https://zeiterion.org/, or at the Zeiterion Box Office at 684 Purchase Street in New Bedford. Group sales for select shows are available for 10 tickets or more, which can be purchased by calling 508-997-5664 x123.
“We strive to assemble a season of performances that features something for everyone in the Southcoast, because The Z is for everyone,” said Rosemary Gill, Executive Director, Programming and Development. “When you come to The Z, you’re gathered for a shared experience. You’re making memories that will last well beyond your visit.”
The 2019-2020 season includes a line-up of 75 performances and events at the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, including those presented by New Bedford Symphony Orchestra (NBSO), New Bedford Festival Theatre (NBFT), and New Bedford Lyceum’s next installment featuring Monica Lewinsky to address cyber bullying, resiliency, and equality.
The Zeiterion will offer the best in music, including Daughtry, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Damien Sneed’s We Shall Overcome: A Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., On A Winter’s Night featuring Christine Lavin, John Gorka, Patty Larkin, Cheryl Wheeler and Cliff Eberhardt, and fado superstar Mariza. The Zeiterion will also host top-notch tribute shows RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles, Get the Led Out, and Doo Wop XVIII: The Hitmakers.
The national tours of several Broadway hits will take the Zeiterion stage this season, including Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Once: The Musical, and The Color Purple, as well as the documentary paly Seven. Family-friendly spectaculars include Taj Express: The Bollywood Musical Revue, Paris! The Show, Drum Tao 2020, The Peking Acrobats, The TEN Tenors: Home for the Holidays, and the return of the beloved A Christmas Carol from Nebraska Theatre Caravan. Plus, a selection of dance performances includes companies like Philadanco, Folclórico Nacional de México, and Ian Berg, and several free Dance Barre events to explore the art form.
For those who love to laugh, there’s The Chipper Experience: Where Comedy and Magic Collide, The Second City, The Edward Twins, One Funny Mother, Boston Comedy Jam hosted by Lenny Clarke, and Colin & Brad: Scared Scriptless. The season will feature several “blasts from the past,” like a screening of Napoleon Dynamite with a conversation with the cast and Mystery Science Theatre 3000 Live! that gives fans the chance to sit in the theater with their favorite characters from the TV series. The Zeiterion will also introduce Movie Mondays that will feature a slate of fan-favorite movies for $3, like Caddyshack, Good Morning, Vietnam, Groundhog Day, A League of Their Own, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, among others.
The complete Zeiterion Performing Arts Center’s 2019-2020 season is as follows:
CADDYSHACK – Movie Monday
9/9/2019
TINY DANCES
9/12/2019
CENTER STAGE GALA
9/28/2019
NBSO: MOZART AND MAHLER
10/5/2019
NBSO: MOZART AND MAHLER – matinee
10/6/2019
THE BIRDCAGE – Movie Monday
10/7/2019
TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE
10/11/2019
DANCE BARRE: KICKING AND SCREENING
10/16/2019
DAUGHTRY
10/17/2019
PARIS! THE SHOW
10/18/2019
ONCE: THE MUSICAL
10/26/2019
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA – Silent Movie
10/27/2019
THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK – Movie Monday
10/28/2019
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
10/31/2019
NBSO: PROKOFIEV RULES
11/2/2019
NBSO: PETER AND THE WOLF – matinee
11/3/2019
BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL
11/4/2019
GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM – Movie Monday
11/11/2019
NAPOLEON DYNAMITE – Conversation with Cast
11/16/2019
TAJ EXPRESS: THE BOLLYWOOD MUSICAL REVUE
11/17/2019
NBFT: THE BEST OF TIMES
11/30/2019
THE TEN TENORS: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
12/5/2019
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
12/7/2019
THE CHIPPER EXPERIENCE
12/8/2019
NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION – Movie Monday
12/9/2019
POPA CHUBBY – Stage Door Live!
12/12/2019
NBSO: FAMILY HOLIDAY POPS
12/14/2019
CULTURAL ROAD TRIP: BOSTON BALLET’S THE NUTCRACKER
12/15/2019
WAITING TO EXHALE – Movie Monday
1/6/2020
NBSO: ALL JOHN WILLIAMS
1/11/2020
THE SECOND CITY
1/16/2020
WE SHALL OVERCOME
1/20/2020
DANCE BARRE: BLACK TRADITIONS IN DANCE
1/22/2020
GET THE LED OUT
1/23/2020
IAN BERG – Stage Door Live!
1/30/2020
GROUNDHOG DAY – Movie Monday
2/3/2020
PHILADANCO DANCE
2/7/2020
ARCATTACK
2/9/2020
DANCE BARRE: ARE ALL DANCES FOLK DANCES?
2/12/2020
ERIC WYATT QUINTET – Stage Door Live!
2/13/2020
DRUM TAO 2020
2/16/2020
COLBY JAMES – Stage Door Live!
2/27/2020
COUNTY OF KINGS
3/5/2020
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 – LIVE!
3/5/2020
FOLCLÓRICO NACIONAL DE MEXICO
3/7/2020
MOONSTRUCK – Movie Monday
3/9/2020
ON A WINTER’S NIGHT
3/12/2020
NBSO: BREAKING BOUNDARIES
3/14/2020
NATALIA ZUKERMAN – Stage Door Live!
3/19/2020
RAIN: A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES
3/22/2020
BOSTON COMEDY JAM
3/26/2020
THE PEKING ACROBATS
3/27/2020
Todd Baptista’s DOO WOP XVIII: THE HITMAKERS
3/28/2020
BUSTER KEATON DOUBLE FEATURE – Silent Movies
3/29/2020
SEVEN
4/2/2020
LLAMA LLAMA – LIVE!
4/5/2020
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN – Movie Monday
4/6/2020
GRACE MORRISON – Stage Door Live!
4/9/2020
NBSO: HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUDWIG!
4/18/2020
NBSO: HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUDWIG! – matinee
4/19/2020
INTERNATIONAL PORTUGUESE MUSIC AWARDS
4/25/2020
THE EDWARDS TWINS
5/2/2020
EMISUNSHINE – Stage Door Live!
5/7/2020
ONE FUNNY MOTHER
5/8/2020
MARIZA
5/9/2020
SELENA – Movie Monday
5/11/2020
MONICA LEWINSKY presented by NB LYCEUM
5/15/2020
THE COLOR PURPLE
5/16/2020
NBSO: THE FINNISH LINE
5/23/2020
MAX HATT AND EDDA GLASS – Stage Door Live!
5/28/2020
COLIN & BRAD: SCARED SCRIPTLESS
5/31/2020
FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF – Movie Monday
6/1/2020
NEW BEDFORD FOLK FESTIVAL
7/11-7/12/2020
NBFT: ANNIE
7/24 – 8/2/2020
The Zeiterion Performing Arts Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to provide New Bedford and the region with performing arts programming of excellence that inspires, educates, engages and entertains. Tickets are available for purchase at www.zeiterion.org, by calling 508-994-2900, or in person at the box office at 684 Purchase Street, New Bedford, Mass. Zeiterion Box Office hours are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and two hours before each performance.
