Boston Theatre Newsroom

Shakespeare & Company has revealed its first titles of Season 2025, including a World Premiere, two Shakespeare productions, and a new Jewish play reading series. Learn more!

Passim has awarded $40,500 to 23 artists through their Iguana Music Fund. Established in 2008 the Iguana Fund provides New England musicians funding for hundreds of career building projects. Learn more!

This is the final week to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Boston Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Odyssey Opera, in partnership with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), will present the Boston premiere of Lysistrata at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall. Learn more here!

Trailblazing tap dancer and choreographer Ayodele Casel and longtime collaborator director Torya Beard return to A.R.T. this holiday season to share the joyful, resilient, and liberating spirit of tap. Go inside opening night in new photos.

Ring in the New Year at Samuel Slater’s Restaurant. This unforgettable New Year’s Eve celebration will feature live music from the popular local band Whiskey Boulevard, creating the perfect atmosphere to welcome the new year. Learn how to attend!

Berkshire Pulse has announced the lineup for its highly anticipated 2025 Summer Youth Intensives, offering an array of programs for dancers of all ages, skill levels, and interests.

The entire team of OVO by Cirque du Soleil is currently restaging its famous performance. The renewed show will be presented in Worcester at the DCU Center in January. Learn how to purchase tickets.

American Repertory Theater has appointed Evan O’Brient as the A.R.T.’s next Producer. Evan O’Brient previously served as the Producer at New York Theatre Workshop. Learn more about O'Brient and about the role.

Comedy will return to Samuel Slater’s Restaurant in Webster, MA featuring Kelly MacFarland plus special guests mother-daughter comedy duo Kathe Farris and Jesse Farris for a night of laughs.

The public will soon get a peek into the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame's star-studded inaugural induction ceremony. Learn how to watch.

Margaret Cho, the five-time Grammy and Emmy nominated comedian/actress who has been touring her hilarious stand-up comedy shows in North America for over four decades has added brand new 2025 dates to her highly successful Live and LIVID! tour. 

Trailblazing tap dancer and choreographer Ayodele Casel and longtime collaborator director Torya Beard (Chasing Magic, Funny Girl) return to A.R.T. this holiday season to share the joyful, resilient, and liberating spirit of tap. Check out photos from the show.

The Spire Center for Performing Arts in Plymouth, Massachusetts has revealed four new shows, including Kathleen Parks and many more. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets!

Voting continues for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Boston Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Lea Salonga, who makes her home in New York, was in Los Angeles recently when she took time out for a telephone call to discuss her new holiday album, her debut with the Boston Pops, and more.

Theater UnCorked has opened its sixth season with a sharp, searing production of “The Lion in Winter” that lays out a powerful story of a royal family struggling both with succession planning and with each other. It may be an unconventional offering given this season’s predictable plethora of holiday productions, but the drama – which inspired the Fox-TV series “Empire” – is definitely a gift for discerning theatergoers.

Barrington Stage Company's 025 season will feature a new production of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s classic musical Camelot. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Pianist Jeremy Denk and the Handel & Haydn Society are the headline attractions for Bach's Birthday Bash, a four-concert weekend presented by Music Worcester at Worcester's Mechanics Hall March 21-23, 2025. 

This January, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Andris Nelsons present a special monthlong festival, Beethoven & Romanticism.

American Repertory Theater has revealed programming associated with its upcoming production of Diary of a Tap Dancer including film screenings, on-site engagement, and a post-show conversation with acclaimed dancer Dianne Walker. Learn more!

A Christmas Carol The Musical runs December 20, 21, and 22nd at the Marilyn Rodman Performing Arts Centre in Foxboro, MA.

Calabrian singer-songwriter Peppe Voltarelli will share his diverse catalog of music on January 21st at Club Passim.

For the second straight year, Front Porch Arts Collective, Boston’s leading Black theater company, is presenting a “Holiday Feast” of staged readings of Christmas episodes from classic Black sitcoms, at Central Square Theater, December 12–14.

Lyric Stage Boston begins the new year with CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY, Lynn Nottage's touching portrait of a family longing to find the light and spark that has been dimmed in their everyday lives.