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Pinocchio: The Musical
Pinocchio: The Musical
11/14 - 11/17/2024


Step into the whimsical world premiere of Pinocchio: The Musical, a Boston Globe Critics’ Pick, featuring thrilling adventures, vibrant characters, and stunning effects for all

Now. Here. This.
Now. Here. This.
11/7 - 11/17/2024


A musical jaunt full of humor, heart, and self-discovery that reminds us of the importance of life's simple moments and the power of human connection

Jonathan Larson's RENT
Jonathan Larson's RENT
11/8 - 11/24/2024


Jonathan Larson’s - RENT Book, Music and Lyrics by: Jonathan Larson Based on the opera La Boheme by: Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Puccini   “In these ...

Bethlehem: A Nativity Rock Opera


Under the threat of civil unrest during a military coup, a young group is forced to perform their upcoming church Christmas play to prove their ...

DINNER FOR ONE
11/1 - 11/17/2024


Join us at Greater Boston Stage Company for "DINNER FOR ONE," a delightful comedic performance beginning on November 1st, 2024. This hilarious show runs until ...

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
11/7 - 11/24/2024


The Madcap Musical, DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS Opens at the BCC                                                                                     The Barnstable Comedy Club proudly presents DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS ,  book by Jeffrey ...

The Drowsy Chaperone
The Drowsy Chaperone
11/22 - 11/24/2024


Winner of 5 Tony Awards  (including Best Book and Best Original Score),  The Drowsy Chaperone  is a loving send-up of the Jazz age musical featuring ...

The Drowsy Chaperone
The Drowsy Chaperone
11/22 - 11/24/2024


Winner of 5 Tony Awards  (including Best Book and Best Original Score),  The Drowsy Chaperone  is a loving send-up of the Jazz age musical featuring ...

The Threepenny Opera
The Threepenny Opera
11/16 - 11/24/2024


The Belmont Dramatic Club is pleased to present our fall musical: The Threepenny Opera! The Belmont Dramatic Club is back for its 121st Season with ...

Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'


Journey back to Victorian England and experience Dickens’ heart-warming classic story brought to brilliant life! Commonwealth Shakespeare Company brings a dazzling new production of Dickens’ ...

Winter Wonderettes
11/29 - 12/22/2024


Tuneful holiday music wrapped in the aluminum glow of the 1960s delivers a sleigh-full of entertainment as the Wonderettes return with a Christmas treat. The ...

Dear Evan Hansen
Dear Evan Hansen
1/10 - 1/12/2025


Declared “one of the most remarkable shows in musical theater history” by  The Washington Post  and “an anthem resonating on Broadway and beyond” by  NBC ...

Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical


Cat Kid and Molly Pollywog have started an epic club to teach 21 rambunctious baby frogs how to make their own comics! Their fishy father ...

An Evening with John Cusack


Experience the ultimate  High Fidelity  evening! Join us for a special screening of the iconic film starring  John Cusack , followed by an engaging post-show ...

Prison Dancer: The Musical
Prison Dancer: The Musical
2/22 - 3/16/2025


In 2007, a YouTube video showing the inmates of a maximum-security prison in the Philippines dancing to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” went viral on the internet. ...

Parade
Parade
3/11 - 3/23/2025


Winner of the 2023 Tony Award® for Best Revival of a Musical,  PARADE  has been proclaimed as “a work of art! As commanding as any ...

Mean Girls
Mean Girls
4/29 - 5/4/2025


Direct from Broadway,  MEAN GIRLS  is the hilarious hit musical from an award-winning creative team, including book writer TINA FEY (“30 Rock”), composer JEFF RICHMOND ...

The Light in the Piazza
The Light in the Piazza
5/8 - 6/15/2025


Winner! 6 Tony Awards including Best Original Score  A lush and soaring romance unfolds as Huntington Artistic Director Loretta Greco ( Prayer for the French ...

Little Shop of Horrors
6/6 - 6/29/2025


A down-and out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon ...



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Review: Greater Boston Stage Company's DINNER FOR ONE Serves Up the Laughs


by R. Scott Reedy - November 15, 2024

A distant cousin of America’s New Year’s Eve Times Square ball-dropping tradition, “Dinner for One” is an iconic comedy sketch broadcast every New Year’s Eve in countries including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, and Estonia, and on other days of the year in Norway, Australia, and South Afri...

Review: GALILEO’S DAUGHTER at WAM Theatre


by Marc Savitt - November 05, 2024

GALILEO’S DAUGHTER is a strong representation of WAM theater’s mission and values that include “producing theatrical events for everyone, with a focus on women theatre artists and / or stories of women and girls”....

Review: A Stirring, Unforgettable TITANIC: THE MUSICAL at Bill Hanney's North Shore Music Theatre


by R. Scott Reedy - November 05, 2024

More than 112 years after RMS Titanic – then the largest ocean liner afloat – struck an iceberg and sank on April 15, 1912, during its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York, the public’s fascination with its tragic story remains unabated....

Review: Thought-Provoking Humor Infuses the Huntington's NASSIM


by R. Scott Reedy - October 13, 2024

What did our critic think of NASSIM at Calderwood Pavilion?...

Review: Merrimack Repertory Theatre Makes THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE Worth Joining


by R. Scott Reedy - October 09, 2024

What did our critic think of THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE at Merrimack Repertory Theatre?...

Review: Moonbox Productions DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS is a Devilish Delight


by R. Scott Reedy - October 06, 2024

What did our critic think of DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS at Moonbox Productions? Read the review... ...

Review: THE WEIR at Berkshire Theatre Group


by Marc Savitt - October 01, 2024

THE WEIR promises an exploration of human connection, the echoes of personal haunting, and the mystical allure of Ireland's folklore, captivating audiences with its hauntingly evocative storytelling. The experience made all the more relevant as we change the calendar to October. THE WEIR continues a...

Review: Lyric Stage Company of Boston Keeps Things Flowing in Uproariously Funny URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL


by R. Scott Reedy - September 27, 2024

What did our critic think of URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL at The Lyric Stage Company Of Boston? ...

Review: The Huntington's LEOPOLDSTADT is Heart-Rending Epic


by R. Scott Reedy - September 27, 2024

Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard, 87, was the child of non-observant Jews whose family fled Czechoslovakia during World War II, just prior to Nazi occupation. Stoppard then spent much of his young life in India, and then Nottingham and Yorkshire in England, becoming the ve...

Review: PRIMARY TRUST at Barrington Stage Company


by Marc Savitt - September 24, 2024

PRIMARY TRUST is a refreshingly intimate production. The production provides a space in which audiences are encouraged to examine our relationship to loneliness, grief, and our desire for connection. I encourage seeing charming, delightful, relevant, powerful production of PRIMARY TRUST at Barringto...



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