Boston

What’s happening the next few weeks:

* At the Museum of Fine Arts Sunday-Dec. 27: “Monet in the 20th Century,” the first exhibition to focus exclusively on Monet’s style during the opening decades of the 20th century. Boston is the exhibition’s only U.S. venue. 465 Huntington Ave. (617) 267-9300.

* Sept. 18-Oct. 10: The American Repertory Theatre’s production of “How I Learned to Drive,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Paula Vogel, starring Debra Winger. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Cambridge. (617) 547-8300.

* Returning to the Hasty Pudding Theatre Sept. 30-Oct. 10, the American Repertory Theatre New Stages’ production of “Nobody Dies on Friday” by Robert Brustein is an examination of the poisoning effect of celebrity on human relationships, charting the impact of Marilyn Monroe on the Lee Strasberg family during one day in their lives. 12 Holyoke St., Cambridge. (617) 547-8300.

* Opening the Boston Ballet’s 35th season is “Giselle,” a haunting, ethereal journey from a peasant village to the afterlife set to the music of Adolphe Adam. Oct. 1-11. Wang Theatre, Tremont St. (617) 482-9393.

* The 1998 Boston Symphony Orchestra season opens Sept. 23. Seiji Ozawa conducts Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, with soloists Christine Goerke, Florence Quivar, Frank Lopardo and Jose van Dam, joined by the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Ozawa conducts an all-Berlioz program Sept. 25-26. The season continues through April. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave. (617) 266-1492.