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Review: 14TH ANNUAL 10 X 10 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL at Barrington Stage Company


by Marc Savitt - February 27, 2025

BSC’s 2025 10X10 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL offers plenty of humor along with moments that will have audience members saying hmmh, topical relevant content, and something for just about everyone....

Review: LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL Makes Impressive Return to Merrimack Repertory Theatre


by R. Scott Reedy - February 16, 2025

What did our critic think of LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL at Merrimack Repertory Theatre?...

Review: Excellence Abounds in Actors' Shakespeare Project's Finely-Tuned Production of AUGUST WILSON'S THE PIANO LESSON


by R. Scott Reedy - February 13, 2025

With its magnificent mounting of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson,” at Hibernian Hall in Nubian Square, Roxbury, through February 23, Actors’ Shakespeare Project has given Boston theatergoers the first must-see production of 2025....

Review: Company One Theatre's HAUNTED Uses Humor To Make Case for Indigenous Land Acknowledgments


by R. Scott Reedy - February 02, 2025

What did our critic think of HAUNTED at Company One Theatre?...

Review: Re-Imagined PETER PAN Takes Flight at Citizens Opera House


by R. Scott Reedy - January 24, 2025

Theater fans have a long and affectionate history with the musical “Peter Pan,” and the J.M. Barrie play, “Peter Pan; or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up,” and subsequent novelization, “Peter and Wendy,” of the classic story of the little boy who can fly that inspired it....

Review: CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY Comes To Moving Life At Lyric Stage Boston


by R. Scott Reedy - January 17, 2025

What did our critic think of CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY at Lyric Stage Boston?...

Review: A NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION WITH BERNADETTE PETERS AND THE BOSTON POPS


by R. Scott Reedy - January 03, 2025

What did BroadwayWorld's critic think of A NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION WITH BERNADETTE PETERS AND THE BOSTON POPS at Boston Symphony Hall? Read the review here!...

Review: American Repertory Theater's DIARY OF A TAP DANCER is Illuminating Look at Dance History


by R. Scott Reedy - January 02, 2025

Get a ticket, if you still can, to her illuminating and immensely entertaining new play “Diary of a Tap Dancer” – being given its world premiere production by the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge through January 4, 2025 – and you’ll never forget it....

Review: Theater UnCorked's THE LION IN WINTER Roars with Royal Intrigue


by R. Scott Reedy - December 13, 2024

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 holida...

Review: Satire Aplenty in Moonbox Productions' THE THANKSGIVING PLAY


by R. Scott Reedy - December 09, 2024

Thanksgiving pageants – complete with Pilgrims, Native Americans, and oddly over-stuffed turkeys – were once the order of the day at elementary schools, with centuries-old precepts presented as truths....

Past Shows

WEST SIDE STORY
11/14 - 11/17/2019


West Side Story, a modern Romeo and Juliet set against the backdrop of gang violence, is a powerful and timeless musical. The music was composed ...

Mamma Mia!
10/11 - 10/19/2019


Over 60 million people worldwide have fallen in love with the characters, the story and the music that make Mamma Mia! the ultimate feel-good show!...

NEXT TO NORMAL
11/1 - 11/3/2018


Next to Normal delves into the raw and complex world of mental illness, specifically focusing on bipolar disorder. The story centers around Diana, a wife ...

SWEENEY TODD
12/6 - 12/8/2017


Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, is a darkly gripping musical thriller that has garnered numerous accolades, ...

SPRING AWAKENING
10/27 - 11/4/2017


Spring Awakening explodes onto the stage with a raw and powerful exploration of teenage angst and sexual awakening in a repressed society. Set in late ...


Winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has charmed audiences across the country ...

VIOLET
4/3 - 4/16/2017


Winner of the Drama Critics' Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical when it premiered Off-Broadway in 1997, and then on to a ...

INTO THE WOODS
12/8 - 12/9/2016


Stepping into the world of Into the Woods, the musical by James Lapin with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, is like entering a twisted ...

LEGALLY BLONDE
11/5 - 11/8/2015


Elle Woods, a bubbly sorority girl known for her love of pink and all things fashion, isn't taken seriously. But when her boyfriend Warner dumps ...

THE LAST FIVE YEARS
4/2 - 4/5/2015


The Last Five Years, a poignant and unconventional musical by Jason Robert Brown, explores the complexities of love and relationships through a fragmented timeline. Unlike ...

AVENUE Q
3/10 - 3/11/2015


Winner of 2003 Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book, Avenue Q is part flesh, part felt and packed with heart. The ...

DOGFIGHT
10/31 - 11/8/2014


The hauntingly beautiful musical, Dogfight, by Pasek and Paul (Edges, James and the Giant Peach, A Christmas Story) and Peter Duchan, was praised by countless ...

BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON
12/5 - 12/9/2013


BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON  creators Michael Friedman and Alex Timbers cook up an alternate universe (and draw parallels to today's political/populist landscape) with their musical ...

COMPANY
12/5 - 12/8/2013


The clashing sounds and pulsing rhythms of New York City underscore this landmark "concept" show, considered by many to have inaugurated the modern era of ...

THE FANTASTICKS
12/5 - 12/8/2013


Talk about a time-provenaudience-pleaser! "Try To Remember" a time when this romantic charmerwasn't enchanting audiences around the world. THE FANTASTICKS is thelongest-running production of any ...

LITTLE WOMEN
10/31 - 11/10/2013


Based on Louisa May Alcott's own family experiences (and novel), LITTLE WOMEN , follows the adventures of Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March as they ...

RENT
12/9 - 12/12/2012


Set in the East Village of New York City, RENT is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. Winner of the ...

NEXT TO NORMAL
12/6 - 12/9/2012


Pulitzer-Prize winning rock musical  NEXT TO NORMAL ,  with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt, explores how one suburban household ...

Videos


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Boston Center for the Arts Plaza Theatre (2/28 - 3/2) Tracker
The Fig Tree, and The Phoenix, and The Desire to Be Reborn in Boston The Fig Tree, and The Phoenix, and The Desire to Be Reborn
Boston Playwrights' Theatre (2/20 - 3/9) Tracker
Daddy's Little Girl in Boston Daddy's Little Girl
The Chester H. Hawrylciw Theater, Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill. MA (2/21 - 3/2) Tracker
Where We Belong in Boston Where We Belong
The Umbrella Arts Center (2/28 - 3/23) Tracker
The Recursion of a Moth in Boston The Recursion of a Moth
Boston Playwrights' Theatre (2/27 - 3/9) Tracker
Ada and the Engine in Boston Ada and the Engine
Castle Hill Productions (2/27 - 3/9) Tracker
Los Tigres del Norte in Boston Los Tigres del Norte
Boch Center Wang Theatre (5/23 - 5/23)
World War Women™ The Unsung Heroines of WWII in Boston World War Women™ The Unsung Heroines of WWII
Longmeadow Adult Center (3/6 - 3/6)
Persian Songs Old + New in Boston Persian Songs Old + New
Bijou de la Vida Gallery (3/21 - 3/21)
New Music New England in Boston New Music New England
Boston University Tsai Performance Center (3/2 - 3/2)
Countess Cabaret in Boston Countess Cabaret
Boch Center Shubert Theatre (5/31 - 5/31)
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