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Soft Star
Soft Star
11/14 - 11/22/2024


Jane and Belle are best friends. Their husbands are best friends. Someday, their children will be best friends. And of course, they don’t have any ...

How to Not Save the World with Mr. Bezos


A throne of red Solo cups, a pile of teeth, the ghost of Pete Seeger, and a little something for dinner. It’s 2030, and it’s ...

How to -Not- Save the World with Mr. Bezos


How to Not Save the World with Mr. Bezos by Maggie Kearnan Directed by Taylor Stark A throne of red Solo cups, a pile of ...

Soft Star
Soft Star
11/14 - 11/24/2024


Soft Star by Tina Esper Directed by Bridget Kathleen O’Leary Jane and Belle are best friends. Their husbands are best friends. Someday, their children will ...

Tartuffe
Tartuffe
11/9 - 11/24/2024


Hypocrisy Has Never Been This Hilarious! Poor gullible Orgon refuses to see what's hiding in plain sight! He's been duped by Tartuffe, a charismatic con ...

Sojourners
Sojourners
10/31 - 12/1/2024


Rising star playwright Mfoniso Udofia launches her sweeping cycle with a family’s origin story. Marriage, migration, and the pursuit of education collide when a young ...

Miracle on 34th Street: A Live Radio Play


This holiday season, believe in magic . . . believe in kindness . . . believe in hope . . . BELIEVE! Join us this ...

“CHALLENGER: Soaring with Christa McAuliffe™


History At Play™, LLC (HAP) has garnered nationwide acclaim for their Immersive Living History Experiences, chronicling the lives of legendary figures who changed society. Their ...

Shit-faced Shakespeare®: A Midsummer Night’s Dream


An entirely serious production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with an entirely shit-faced cast member

THE LION IN WINTER
THE LION IN WINTER
12/5 - 12/15/2024


What shall we hang? The holly or each other?

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
11/29 - 12/22/2024


A joyous South Shore tradition returns – our signature production of Charles Dickens’  A Christmas Carol . Three spirits visit the miserly Scrooge on Christmas ...

Diary of a Tap Dancer
Diary of a Tap Dancer
12/12 - 1/4/2025


Trailblazing tap dancer and choreographer Ayodele Casel and longtime collaborator director Torya Beard ( Chasing Magic ,  Funny Girl ) return to A.R.T. this holiday ...

The Fig Tree, and The Phoenix, and The Desire to Be Reborn


The Fig Tree, and The Phoenix, and The Desire to Be Reborn by Isabelle Fereshteh Sanatdar Stevens Directed by Nikta Sabouri Figs fall from the ...

The Grove
The Grove
2/7 - 3/9/2025


Playwright Mfoniso Udofia stages a family homecoming, asking what it means to draw on the wisdom and beauty of our ancestors when the bonds of ...

The Recursion of a Moth
The Recursion of a Moth
2/27 - 3/9/2025


The Recursion of a Moth by Brandon Zang Directed by Katie Brook Icarus and Mikey time travel. Icarus and Mikey fall out of love. Icarus ...

The Triumph of Love
The Triumph of Love
3/7 - 4/6/2025


Love takes center stage in this uproarious classic French comedy by 18th century playwright Pierre Carlet de Marivaux. A clever princess is smitten at first ...

Don't Eat the Mangos
Don't Eat the Mangos
3/26 - 4/27/2025


Winner! 2021 Will Glickman Award for Best Play  Playwright Ricardo Pérez González’s wickedly funny tragedy  Don’t Eat the Mangos  portrays life on his home island ...



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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

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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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