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Commonwealth Shakespeare Company Reveals 2025 Gala THE ARDEN PARTY


by Josh Sharpe - March 04, 2025

The Commonwealth Shakespeare Company has announced this spring’s annual gala titled THE ARDEN PARTY, to take place on Saturday, April 5 at The Newbury Hotel in Boston....

Cast and Creative Team Set for THE GROVE World Premiere at The Huntington


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 14, 2025

The Huntington will continue the sweeping nine-play Ufot Family Cycle and revealed the cast and creative team of The Grove, the stirring and timely play written by Mfoniso Udofia and directed by Awoye Timpo. Learn more!...

Interview: Will Lyman Talks Playing Scrooge in Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's A CHRISTMAS CAROL


by R. Scott Reedy - December 06, 2024

Boston has a long history with “A Christmas Carol.” Victorian-era author Charles Dickens gave his first American reading of the holiday classic at Tremont Temple in December 1867 while he was living just a block away at the Parker House....

Cast SSet For SOJOURNERS at the Huntington


by Stephi Wild - October 09, 2024

The Huntington will kick off the nine-play Ufot Family Cycle and has announced the cast and creative team of Sojourners, the moving and heartfelt play written by Mfoniso Udofia and directed by Dawn M. Simmons....

Regional Premiere of THE HOMBRES Comes to Gloucester Stage


by Stephi Wild - August 14, 2024

The Gloucester Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Rebecca Bradshaw and Managing Director Christopher Griffith, will close out its celebratory 45th season in the theater's first-of-its-kind collaboration with Teatro Chelsea, with the regional premiere of 'THE HOMBRES' by Tony Me...

Review: Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's THE WINTER'S TALE Makes for a Splendid Summer Evening


by R. Scott Reedy - August 01, 2024

What did our critic think of THE WINTER'S TALE at Commonwealth Shakespeare Company?...

The Regional Premiere of WISH YOU WERE HERE Comes to Gloucester Stage Company


by Stephi Wild - July 16, 2024

Gloucester Stage Company will continue its 45th-year celebration with the regional premiere of 'WISH YOU WERE HERE' by Pulitzer Prize Winner Sanaz Toossi. ...

Boston Summer 2024 Arts Offerings Include Musicals, Plays, Concerts and More!


by R. Scott Reedy - June 25, 2024

Helping keep that moniker as accurate today as ever are a vibrant theater district presenting pre-Broadway productions and national tours, award-winning regional theaters, and a host of other theater companies focused on everything from Shakespeare to contemporary plays and musicals. Boston audience...

Berkshire Pulse Appoints Abigail Rollins as New Executive Director


by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 13, 2024

Berkshire Pulse has revealed that Abigail (Abi) Rollins will join the organization as its first-ever Executive Director. Learn more about Rollins! ...

WIPEOUT Comes to Gloucester Stage Company


by Stephi Wild - June 13, 2024

Gloucester Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Rebecca Bradshaw and Managing Director Christopher Griffith, is thrilled to announce the next production in its 2024 season, WIPEOUT by Aurora Real de Asua. As part of its rolling world premiere through the National New Play Network...

Past Shows

Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'


Journey back to Victorian England and experience Dickens’ heart-warming classic story brought to brilliant life!

Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
7/20 - 8/7/2022


"Much Ado About Nothing" is Shakespeares hilarious tale of wits and wills, where love and justice nevertheless manage to prevail with vigorous joy! Directed by ...

The Tempest
The Tempest
7/21 - 8/8/2021


Commonwealth Shakespeare Company invites you to The Tempest, a night of free Shakespeare on the Boston Common! Join us under the stars July 21- August ...


The plays of Shakespeare have been translated into more than one hundred languages, and his timeless stories have inspired great works in many art forms. ...


Commonwealth Shakespeare Company will continue its online series "The Actor's Craft" with acclaimed actors Amy Ryan and Jason Butler Harner exploring the roles of Beatrice ...

The Tempest: Online Script-In-Hand Performance


The performance will be free and open to the public on CSCs YouTube channel and can be accessed via www.commshakes.org.Due to the continued effects of ...

Cymbeline
Cymbeline
7/17 - 8/4/2019


Free Shakespeare on the Common takes up residence once again with Shakespeares lovely mystical dramedy Cymbeline. The play chronicles the fates of King Cymbeline and ...

BIrdy
BIrdy
2/27 - 3/17/2019


Adapted by Naomi Wallace from the novel by William WhartonDirected by Steven MalerFeaturing Steven Barkhimer*, Maxim Chumov, Spencer Hamp*, James Ricardo Milord*, Will Taylor*, and ...

Richard III
Richard III
7/18 - 8/5/2018


Shakespeare’s searing drama chronicles the ruthless ascension of a king and the devastation he leaves in his wake as he gains power over the realm. ...

Death and the Maiden
Death and the Maiden
1/30 - 2/11/2018


January 30-February 11 Sorenson Black Box Theater, Babson College, Wellesley By Ariel Dorfman Directed by Steven Maler Featuring Flora Diaz, Mickey Solis, and Mark Torres ...

Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night
7/23 - 8/10/2014


One of Greater Boston's most beloved summer traditions, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s (CSC) “Free Shakespeare On The Common,” presents the Bard’s classic comedy of love in ...

Videos


Where We Belong in Boston Where We Belong
The Umbrella Arts Center (2/28 - 3/23) Tracker
EXTENDED: Ada and the Engine in Boston EXTENDED: Ada and the Engine
Castle Hill Productions (2/27 - 3/16) Tracker
Clue in Boston Clue
Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts (4/4 - 4/6) Tracker
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in Boston Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Emerson Colonial Theatre (11/9 - 12/20)
Chris D'Elia in Boston Chris D'Elia
Boch Center Shubert Theatre (5/3 - 5/3)
Tina Fey & Amy Poehler in Boston Tina Fey & Amy Poehler
Boch Center Wang Theatre (5/17 - 5/18)
LES 10 COMMANDEMENTS in Boston LES 10 COMMANDEMENTS
ZENITH D'ORLEANS (1/29 - 1/29)
The Shark Is Broken in Boston The Shark Is Broken
North Shore Music Theatre (5/2 - 5/11)
Waitress in Boston Waitress
North Shore Music Theatre (6/3 - 6/15)
CHALLENGER: Soaring with Christa McAuliffe™ in Boston CHALLENGER: Soaring with Christa McAuliffe™
Rutland Free Public Library (4/8 - 4/8)
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