PERFORMING ARTS VENUES
1.Symphony Hall
301 Massachusetts Ave • 617 266 1492 • www.bso.org 
Opened in 1900, Symphony Hall is one of the world’s most acoustically perfect concert venues and is the home of the internationally renowned Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops. The BSO commissions new works, hosts world premieres, and frequently welcomes sought-after guest conductors and soloists.
Boston Pops Orchestra playing at the Symphony Hall
2.Citi Performing Arts Center – Wang Theatre
270 Tremont St • 617 482 9393 • www.citicenter.org Capturing the gilded and marbled opulence of its muse, Versailles, the 3,600-seat Wang ranks among the city’s most beautiful buildings. The Wang hosts touring productions from Broadway and London’s West End as well as dance and opera productions by local companies.
3.Hatch Shell
The Esplanade • 617 635 4505 This shell around a performance stage projects music across the Esplanade. Every July 4th the Boston Pops Orchestra rings in Independence Day here. Free Friday Flicks (for further details see Hatch Shell) brings firm family faves such as The Wizard of Oz and Frozen to the screen, while dance and music events occur almost nightly during summer.
4.Boston Center for the Arts
539 Tremont St • 617 426 5000 • www.bcaonline.org Home to four theater companies, four stages (including Boston’s first new theater in 75 years), and a gallery, the BCA is the cornerstone of the South End arts scene. The artists who perform and exhibit here present work as provocative as you might find in New York.
5.Somerville Theatre
55 Davis Sq, Somerville • 617 625 5700 • www.somervilletheatreonline.com Extensive renovation has returned this Davis Square landmark to its original, ornate glory. When it isn’t hosting some of the country’s finest jazz, world music, and underground rock acts, the Somerville packs audiences in for great-value, second-run movies.
Somerville Theatre
6.New England Conservatory, Jordan Hall
30 Gainsborough St • 617 585 1260 • www.necmusic.edu Dozens of local orchestral and choral ensembles call the NEC’s Jordan Hall home. Built at the turn of the 20th century and renowned for its intimacy and impressive acoustics, the New England Conservatory hosts more than 450 free concerts a year.
7.Boston Opera House
539 Washington St • 617 259 3400 • www.bostonoperahouse.com The Boston Opera House was one of the city’s most ornate movie palaces when it opened in 1928. With a $54 million renovation in 2004, the theater was returned to its former glory, and today it presents a steady stream of mostly Broadway shows and is also the home of the Boston Ballet.
8.TD Garden
100 Legends Way • 617 624 1050 • www.tdgarden.com Seating almost 20,000 and with over 3.5 million visitors a year, this arena is home to the NBA’s Boston Celtics and the NHL’s Boston Bruins, plus the Sports Museum of New England. It offers a full schedule of concerts, family entertainment, ice shows, public and sporting events.
9.Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Ave • 617 266 7455 • www.berklee.edu/BPC Berklee, the world’s largest independent music college, boasts this premier venue. The great acoustics ensure that some of the most highly distinguished jazz, folk, and world musicians play here.
Berklee Performance Center
10.Sanders Theatre
45 Quincy St, Cambridge • 617 496 2222 Located in Harvard’s splendid Memorial Hall, this theater has hosted many luminaries over its 120-plus years. Great performers of the past century have graced its intimate stage, including mime artist Marcel Marceau; and Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Ralph Wardo Emerson were among its early audiences.
