TUES 7/5: Shakespeare & Songs

Does anyone want to go out tonight? Maybe to avoid turning on the air conditioner???

At least the Shakespeare listing also lists future gigs...

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TUES 7/5

6pm
"Shakespeare On Love"
at Hardiman Playground, about 350 Faneuil St, Brighton (Oak Sq)
FREE

One of the best perennial cheap thrills in town has to be "Shakespeare on the Common" every summer since 1996.

In association with the professional production of "All's Well That Ends Well" from WED 7/27 to SUN 8/14, students from the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's Summer Academy Apprenticeship are going to different parks and performing a compilation of Shakespeare sonnets and scenes on the theme of love.

This should be a different program if you caught one of their performances last year. On some nights, New England Conservatory students and alumni are doing "A Shakespearean Cabaret" which features songs that were inspired by the Bard's works (e.g. Broadway standards).

The rest of the schedule:

FRI 7/8

3pm
"Shakespeare On Love"
at Christopher Columbus Park, Boston (North End/Waterfront)

SUN 7/10

6pm
"A Shakespearean Cabaret"
at Jamaica Pond, about 507 Jamaicaway, Boston

FRI 7/15

6pm
"Shakespeare On Love"
at Jeep Jones Playground, about 55 Malcolm X Blvd, Roxbury (near Roxbury Crossing T)

TUES 7/19

6pm
"Shakespeare On Love"
at South Street Mall & Courts, about 54 South St, Jamaica Plain

SUN 7/24

6:15pm
"A Shakespearean Cabaret" & "Shakespeare On Love"
at Newton Center Green, about 1220 Centre St, Newton

TUES 7/26

6pm
"Shakespeare On Love"
at O'Day Park, 85 W. Newton St, Boston (South End)

SUN 7/31

5pm
"Shakespeare On Love"
at Christopher Columbus Park, Boston (North End/Waterfront)

SAT 8/6

2pm
"A Shakespearean Cabaret" & "Shakespeare On Love"
at Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common, Boston (Tremont St Side)

SAT 8/13

2pm
"Shakespeare On Love"
at Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common, Boston (Tremont St Side)

Artistic Director Steven Maler said, "Both pieces are meant to introduce audiences that may know little about Shakespeare to some of the great scenes and characters from the canon."

If you don't want to sit through a whole play, these family-friendly productions.

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TUES 7/5

Young & Old (10:50pm), Dolfish (9:50pm), Uke Springsteen (8:50pm)
at TT the Bear's Place, 10 Brookline St, Cambridge (Central Sq)
$8

While there's free music at other Cambridge/Somerville places such as Toad, Atwoods, Bull McCabe's; this is a relatively acoustic gig that doesn't happen regularly.

Along with a couple local acts, Ohio's Dolfish writes quirky tunes and sings in a high voice. It's safe to say that fans of Daniel Johnston or Violent Femmes will dig the sounds. Even Uke Springsteen doesn't seem to play straight ukulele version of Boss tunes.