{"id":12865,"date":"2018-11-19T14:32:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T19:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/?p=12865"},"modified":"2018-11-26T15:09:15","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T20:09:15","slug":"cfa-school-of-theatre-runaways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/2018\/11\/19\/cfa-school-of-theatre-runaways\/","title":{"rendered":"School of Theatre: Runaways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/artsadmin\/files\/2018\/11\/CFA-runaways-636x382.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"382\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2018\/11\/CFA-runaways-636x382.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2018\/11\/CFA-runaways-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2018\/11\/CFA-runaways-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2018\/11\/CFA-runaways.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Join CFA School of Theatre for the musical,\u00a0<i>Runaways,<\/i><span>\u00a0a collection of songs, dances, and spoken-word pieces performed by youth who have run away from their homes.\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span>Initially created from interviews with homeless children and those in orphanages, Liz Swados weaves songs about personal struggle and the world at large through the eyes of youth in New York City in the 70s. The show blends different musical styles, from pop to hip-hop and jazz to reggae, while asking why children can\u2019t remain children. Nominated for five Tony Awards and three Drama Desk Awards when first produced in 1978.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHERE\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/urCqTtsvZgz\">Joan &amp; Edgar Booth Theater<\/a>, 820 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>December 7, Friday, 8:00 pm<\/li>\n<li>December 8, Saturday, 8:00 pm<\/li>\n<li>December 9, Sunday, 2:00 pm<\/li>\n<li>December 11, Tuesday, 7:30 pm<\/li>\n<li>December 12, Wednesday, 7:30 pm<\/li>\n<li>December 13, Thursday, 7:30 pm<\/li>\n<li>December 14, Friday, 8:00 pm<\/li>\n<li>December 15, Saturday, 2:00 pm &amp; 8:00 pm<\/li>\n<li>December 16, Sunday 2:00 pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Approximate running time: one hour and forty minutes, with no intermission<\/p>\n<p><strong>TICKETS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tickets can be purchased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/runaways-tickets-50537070739\">here<\/a>, FREE with BU ID, at the door, day of performance, subject to availability<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit CFA Season 2018-2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/theatre\/season-2\/\">website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Image Credit: BU College of Fine Arts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join CFA School of Theatre for the musical,\u00a0Runaways,\u00a0a collection of songs, dances, and spoken-word pieces performed by youth who have run away from their homes.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15448,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12865"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15448"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12865"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12898,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12865\/revisions\/12898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}