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The Miracle at Naples, a world premiere by David Grimm, directed by Peter DuBois, April 3 through May 9, 2009 at the Huntington Theatre Company's second stage; The Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA.
Buy tickets online or call 617 266-0800.

Hot Tickets - The Miracle at Naples

Ticket sales for this weekends performances of The Miracle at Naples are HOT HOT HOT - but we're not sold out YET.

Here are some tips for making sure you get a seat.

1) Buy in advance - availability is better a few weeks out.

2) Check our website regularly. Additional tickets COULD become available at any time.

3) Call the Box Office at 617 266-0800 if you don't see what you want online. If you don't have any luck try again a little closer to curtain time.

4) Head to the Box Office in person. Get here at least an hour before curtain. Additional tickets COULD become available at any time. We have a wait list when necessary.

And if you are a subscriber and are not planning to use your tickets - call us (617 266-0800) and let us know. You can donate your tickets back - or you may be able to swap for a future performance. Either way we get a chance to get someone into your unused seats.

"Fantastic! Raunchy potent comedy! The audience is having a blast!" - Boston Herald.

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The Miracle at Naples, a world premiere by David Grimm, directed by Peter DuBois, April 3 through May 9, 2009 at the Huntington Theatre Company's second stage; The Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA.
Buy tickets online or call 617 266-0800.

The Miracle at Naples - Your Comments

Here is where YOU get to comment about your experience at The Miracle at Naples.

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Love is a central theme in The Miracle at Naples and the message is delivered with humor. How did the play tickle your funny bone and tug at your heartstrings? What moments did you most identify with?

While the play is set in 1580's Italy, with the roots of it's style in Comedia dell'Arte, there are also lots of modern influences and colloquialisms mixed in. Did you feel the stamp of other comedy styles in this piece? How did this mix help tell the story?

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Did you stay after the performance at the Calderwood Lounge to discuss the play with fellow audience members?

Cast members Pedro Pascal, Lucy DeVito, and Christina Pumariega mingle with patrons at the Calderwood Lounge following a preview performance of The Miracle at Naples

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The Miracle at Naples, a world premiere by David Grimm, directed by Peter DuBois, April 3 through May 9, 2009 at the Huntington Theatre Company's second stage: the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA.
Buy tickets online or call 617 266-0800. Photos: T. Charles Erickson.

The Miracle at Naples - The Happy Couples

Love in all it's forms....

The Company Arrives

Don Bertolino (Dick Latessa) reunites with Francescina (Alma Cuervo)

Tristano (Pedro Pascal) woos Flamina (Christina Pumariega)

Flamina woos Matteo (Gregory Wooddell)

Tristano and Mateo woo each other

Flaminia falls for Giancarlo (Alfredo Narciso)

Flaminia consoles LaPicolla (Lucy DeVito)

La Piccola gets her man

and Francescina and Don Bertolino - afterglow

The Miracle at Naples, a world premiere by David Grimm, directed by Peter DuBois, April 3 through May 9, 2009 at the Huntington Theatre Company's second stage: the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA.
Buy tickets online or call 617 266-0800. Photos: T. Charles Erickson. Rated V for Very Adult Comedy.

The Miracle at Naples - Video

Behind the Scenes Video of The Miracle at Naples


Lucy DeVito invites you to come see the show!


Lucy's parents pose with the company following last night's performance.
Front Row: Peter DuBois , Lucy DeVito (La Piccola), Rhea Perlman , Danny DeVito
Back Row: Dick Latessa (Don Bertolino), Pedro Pascal (Tristano), Alfredo Narciso (Giancarlo), Alma Cuervo (Francescina), Gregory Wooddell (Matteo), Christina Pumariega (Flaminia) and David Grimm

The Miracle at Naples, a world premiere by David Grimm, directed by Peter DuBois, April 3 through May 9, 2009 at the Huntington Theatre Company's second stage: the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA.
Buy tickets online or call 617 266-0800. Rated V for Very Adult Comedy.

Grimm Rehearsal Photos

Here's a peek at The Miracle at Naples rehearsals through the eyes, cameras, and cell phones, of our cast members and company.

(L to R) Pedro Pascal (Tristano), Christina Pumariega (Flamania), and Lucy DeVito (La Piccola)

(L to R) Alfredo Narciso (Giancarlo), Gregory Wooddell (Matteo), Christina Pumariega, Lucy DeVito, Pedro Pascal, and Dick Latessa (Don Bertolino Fortunado) pose in our scene shop - visiting to check out their wagon.

David Grimm (Playwright), Charles Haugland (Dramaturge), and Pedro Pascal

Alma Cuervo (Francescina) takes a break at the Calderwood Pavilion

Christina Pumariega and Leslie Sears (Stage Manager)

Peter DuBois (Director) , Chris Carcione (Assistant to the Artistic Director), and Alma Cuervo gather for some table work.

Lucy DeVito - framed

Alma Cuervo, Alfredo Narciso, and Dick Latessa at the table

Gregory Wooddell and Lucy DeVito chat while David Grimm gives a line change.


Dick Latessa mugs for the camera


and Lucy cuts it up with two unidentifiable vagrants. Doesn't look like Comedia del Arte to me....

The Miracle at Naples, a world premiere by David Grimm, directed by Peter DuBois, April 3 through May 9, 2009 at the Huntington Theatre Company's second stage: the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA.
Buy tickets online or call 617 266-0800. Rated V for Very Adult Comedy.

The Miracle at Naples - Full Cast Arrives

by Chris Carcione

The full cast assembled on March 10. After the Meet and Greet (see slideshow below) we read through the script and began “table work,” the process of going slowly through the script and analyzing each scene in terms of back-story, character, and plot. Our dramaturge, Charles Haugland, also presented some relevant research to help the actors better understand the world of the play. For me, table work was a little tedious because I could see the actors getting so excited about the text that I wanted them to just jump up and get on their feet, but this is an important part of the process. I quickly discovered this when we began blocking the show. We spent the rest of the week staging the whole show, trying out different blocking and seeing what works and what doesn’t.

Of course, one of the most thrilling parts of working on a brand new play is that no precedent exists for it; we are creating everything for the first time. It’s a thrill and a privilege to have the playwright in the room during the rehearsal process, particularly for confusing or sticky parts of play. Already, David Grimm has made tiny text changes that seem inconsequential like removing a line or changing a few words, but each edit had proved to have a profound impact of the mood of the scene. It really goes to show how delicate a play is. Each line has volumes behind it and to misplace even one is to alter the whole piece significantly, for better or worse.

It’s great to hear David’s perspective during conversations about the various scenes, but it’s interesting to learn that he doesn’t necessarily have all of the answers. It seems that once he writes the play, it exists somewhat apart from him, and he really lets the characters have a life of their own. He approaches the characters the same way we do, just with a better understanding of where they came from.

After ten days of rehearsal, we have the play fully-staged and are ready to move toward refining and exploring the play on a deeper level. I can’t wait to see this exciting new world come more clearly into focus over the next few weeks!

Meet and Greet Slideshow


The Miracle at Naples, a world premiere by David Grimm, directed by Peter DuBois, April 3 through May 9, 2009 at the Huntington Theatre Company's second stage: the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA, 527 Tremont Street, Boston, MA> 02116. Buy tickets online or call 617 266-0800. Rated V for Very Adult Comedy.

The Alleged Miracle at Naples

The Miracle at Naples, a world premiere by David Grimm, directed by Peter DuBois, April 3 through May 9, 2009 at the Huntington Theatre Company's second stage: the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA, 527 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02116. Buy tickets online or call 617 266-0800. Rated V for Very Adult Comedy.

The Miracle at Naples - Rehearsals Begin

By Chris Carcione

Of all my various tasks as Assistant to the Artistic Director, none have been as exciting as having the opportunity to be in rehearsals assisting Peter DuBois on his Huntington directorial debut, The Miracle at Naples.

Peter has been working with playwright David Grimm on this play for almost three years, from developing the original concept, and in readings in workshops. Last summer, the Huntington hosted the final workshop of the play, and many of those actors are featured in this world-premiere production.

We began the rehearsal process at the beginning of March with only a few of the actors. The play takes place in 16th century Naples and focuses on a traveling Commedia dell’arte troupe of players. Those early days, we focused exclusively on learning the stock characters of commedia and how these shows were performed. Because it is a masked performance style, much of its vocabulary relies on physical movements and posture, and each stock character has specific movements and gestures. Judith Chaffee, a commedia specialist from B.U., taught us about these, and then actors began to riff on the traditional commedia gestures to adapt them to better suit our play.

Peter Golub, the show’s composer, was also in rehearsal to teach the troupe their opening song, as it was customary to enter a town singing to attract audience members.

The most interesting part of the commedia work was seeing how it has influenced comedy over the years, particularly slapstick and situational comedy. Many of the commedia scenari, or storylines, involve elements found in sitcom comedy today: misunderstanding, mistaken identities, mix-ups, trickery, etc; and the lazzi involve elements seen in slapstick comedy like that found in the Marx Brothers, a big inspiration of Grimm’s. Much of the comedy we see today traces its roots back to the quirky comic style of commedia.

On the last day of the commedia workshop, we staged the play-within-a-play scene using the masks and a bunch of silly musical instruments to make sound effects and accent certain moments. It was really exciting to see how entertaining this centuries-old art form can be, and how influential it has been. Not bad for four days of work!


The Miracle at Naples, a world premiere by David Grimm, directed by Peter DuBois, April 3 through May 9, 2009 at the Huntington Theatre Company's second stage: the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. Buy tickets online or call 617 266-0800. Rated V for Very Adult Comedy.

Miracle at Naples - Casting Announced!

"Huntington Theatre Company Artistic Director Peter DuBois makes his Boston directorial debut with the world premiere of David Grimm's outrageous comedy, "The Miracle at Naples." Tony and Drama Desk Award-winner Dick Latessa ("Hairspray") returns to the Huntington to play Don Bertolino Fortunato, the leader of a troupe of commedia players who are down on their luck. Lucy DeVito, daughter of acclaimed actors/comedians Danny DeVito and Rhea Pearlman, makes her Huntington debut as La Piccola, Don Bertolino's long-suffering daughter and member of the troupe. "The Miracle at Naples" is for mature audiences." - read more at BroadwayWorld.com

Photo Credits: Dick Latessa (Mr. Maraczek) and Brooks Ashmanskas (Georg Nowack) in the Huntington Theatre Company's revival of She Loves Me, May 16 - June 15, 2008 at the Huntington's mainstage, the B.U. Theatre. Photo: T. Charles Erickson.

The Miracle at Naples, a world premiere by David Grimm, directed by Peter DuBois, April 3 through May 9, 2009 at the Huntington Theatre Company's second stage: the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. Buy tickets online or call 617 266-0800. Rated V for Very Adult Comedy.

Catching Up and Looking Forward

I'm sitting on a bus heading to NY to see Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo, directed by our very own Peter DuBois. We're about to head into rehearsals here in Boston for The Miracle at Naples with Peter. We know him pretty well by now - he's been around for almost a year but, finally, our chance to work with him as a Director is here - so I am looking forward to get a glimpse of Peter's directing style tonight.

I am really excited about the work we are doing for the remainder of this season - it's our busiest time of the year - and the upcoming projects are all really interesting.

The company of Two Men of Florence recently spent a couple of days in the scene shop working on the double turntables that have a role of their own in this production. The circular turntables, echoing the earth rotating on it's axis - or the planets circling the sun, move the actors around in orbit of each other. It is a fascinating dynamic - and it was a lot of fun to watch the cast find their balance, learn how to move, and bring these scenes to life. It was also fun to have a rehearsal in the scene shop, and to sit next to Dick and Doris Kearns Goodwin for the morning. I wanted to take photos and video for you - but had not thought in advance to get the permissions necessary. Next time. We go into tech on Sunday. Click here for other video, other multimedia and more information.

The Miracle at Naples begins rehearsals next week. The set is nearly complete - a lovely Italian plaza, featuring a statue of St. Genaro compliments of our talented sculptor and charge scenic artist, Corey Shipler. This show is going to be fun. I hope I can find the time to spend a lot of time in rehearsal.

In April the Huntington staff will be building Lucia di Lammermoor for BU's College of Fine Arts, working together with the students and faculty of the School of Music, Opera Institute and School of Theatre. If you have never attended an opera at the BU theatre I highly recommend it - there is a lot of great talent in these programs.

Pirates! (or Gilbert & Sullivan Plunder'd) is also progressing well, we've got a great artistic team - a funny new book that combines the patter and cadence of Gilbert and Sullivan with a fun new look at the Pirate King and friends.

We are also workshoping a new production written and performed by Maureen McGovern this coming month as part of the developmental work the Huntington is committed to doing.

Our spring is very ambitious, which is even more challenging given the times were in. I hope the challenges will be transparent to you so that you enjoy the magic, fun, fantasy, and history about to unfold on our stages.

I'm back!

No I have not given up blogging. I've had some time away - spent two weeks away on vacation with family in trips to Ottawa and then the Lake Winnipesaukee region in southern New Hampshire. I got back to work on Tuesday and I still have yet to get through the backlog of email. Sorry if I have not got back to you yet!

We have two shows in rehearsals now! How Shakespeare Won the West started on Tuesday here in Boston with playwright Richard Nelson and Director Jon Moscone. Rock 'n' Roll also began rehearsals on Tuesday in San Francisco. Long time Huntington friends playwright Tom Stoppard and director Carey Perloff will open this production first at ACT and then we'll ship the whole thing across country to bring to you later this fall.

I can't short change Boleros for the Disenchanted here. Alexander Dodge has been busy designing another gem for us to put into our jewel box Wimberly Theatre at the Calderwood Pavilion.

Subscriptions are available NOW, and single tickets go on sale on Tuesday, August 19th. I really mean on SALE too... just $27 each for the one day only.

We also announced a couple of fun fall Huntington Presents productions. Adam Pascal will be at the Calderwood Pavilion and Carrie Fisher will bring Wishful Drinking to the BU Theatre. Playbill has the news here.

And, while I was in New Hampshire, artistic director Peter DuBois and playwright David Grimm got together on the Cape to work on The Miracle at Naples. This is an insanely funny, smart, and bawdy play - getting ready for it's world premier production here at the Huntington this coming spring - and where else but Provincetown could these two get together to spend some quality time on the play. They then got a cast together and brought the fruits of their labor back to Boston for a reading for Huntington staff and guests at the Calderwood Pavilion. The ONLY regret I have at being away for 15 days was missing that.

Get more info and ticket information about all of these shows at huntingtontheatre.org

And, hey, I gotta crow a little. The blog directory blogged.com recently evaluated this here blog and gave us an "great" rating... putting us right up there with some of our institutional peers! They say they based their rating on "Frequency of Updates, Relevance of Content, Site Design, and Writing Style". Thanks!

There's a lot going on - and a lot of excitement around having Peter DuBois in town. I'll be getting back in the blogging groove over the next several weeks letting you in on the backstage news about it all. It's going to be one heck of a year.