5 Best Performing Arts Venues in The South End, Boston

The city's premier dance company performs at the Boston Opera House. Shows have included Romeo and Juliet, classic Balanchine, and La Sylphide. And, of course, if you're visiting during the holidays, be sure to score seats to The Nutcracker.

This group serves as a clearinghouse for an amazing array of local dance companies' classes, performances, and workshops. Visit the alliance's website for upcoming performances and venues.

With an aim to "inspire change, build community, and celebrate difference," the Boston Gay Men's Chorus has a repertoire that ranges from holiday favorites to show tunes to chamber selections to pop hits. With more than 300 members, the group performs at the New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall.

Boston's largest resident theater company consistently performs a high-quality mix of 21st-century plays and classics under the artistic direction of Loretta Greco, and commissions playwrights to produce original dramas. The Huntington performs at two locations: its own newly renovated theater at Boston University and the South End's Calderwood Theatre Pavilion.

For almost 50 years, this company has mounted a top-notch mix of productions, classic and new, musical and non-musical. Performances over the years have included O'Neill's Death of a Salesman, Moss Hart's Light Up The Sky, and Sondheim's musical Into The Woods.