THEATER DISTRICT — Several hundred guests turned out on Nov. 24, 2018 for “Boston’s Biggest Disco,” the 3rd annual event to benefit Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, while also benefiting South Shore Hospital through the clinical affiliation with DFCI. (A portion of all the funds raised from the event will stay local – benefiting Dana Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center in clinical affiliation with South Shore Hospital.) The organizers said it was a “fun opportunity to keep…

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Hollywood legend Jimmy Durante performed at the Wilbur in 1968 after a fire destroyed Blinstrub’s Village. PHOTO BY BILL BRETT Jimmy Durante, center, with US House Speaker John W. McCormack, left, with Thomas Eisenstadt, who was on the Boston School Committee and running for Suffolk County Sheriff. THEATER DISTRICT — Jimmy Durante, the famed vaudevillian and comic, made Boston a regular stop on his many national tours. His favorite stop, The Boston Globe’s Ernie Santosuosso…

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PHOTO BY BILL BRETT UPDATE, January 16, 2018: BOSTON — Tickets go on sale on Wednesday, January 17, for the world premiere of “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” which will mark the re-opening of the Emerson Colonial Theatre, producers Global Creatures and the Ambassador Theatre Group announced today. The historic Boston theater, the anchor of Boston’s Theater District, will re-open on June 27 for just 36 performances. “Moulin Rouge!,” is based on the Baz Luhrmann’s 2001…

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