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Review: Harbor Stage Serves Up a Tasty MY DINNER WITH ANDRÉ


by R. Scott Reedy - March 28, 2025

Written by and starring comedic actor and playwright Wallace Shawn and avant garde theater director André Gregory, and based on their lives, the 1981 film is the story of two old friends who share dinner at a New York bistro while revisiting their ongoing debate about the life of an artist and the a...

Review: The Huntington's THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE is Just That


by R. Scott Reedy - March 20, 2025

The first production of Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux’s “The Triumph of Love” – performed in Paris in 1732 – was no box-office bonanza. Indeed, it closed after just six performances, with audiences apparently finding distasteful the story of a princess seducing not only a young man but an o...

Review: No One Should Pass by Emerson Colonial Theatre's PARADE


by R. Scott Reedy - March 16, 2025

What did our critic think of PARADE at Emerson Colonial Theatre?...

Review: SpeakEasy Stage's Splendid A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE is Paul Daigneault's Fitting Farewell to the Company He Founded


by R. Scott Reedy - March 06, 2025

What did our critic think of A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE at Roberts Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion At Boston Center For The Arts?...

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?...

Past Shows

The Seasons
The Seasons
3/12 - 3/16/2025


A group of contemporary artists comes to a retreat in nature to make their art. They feel the emotional weather inside of them more than ...

Life & Times of Michael K
Life & Times of Michael K
1/31 - 2/9/2025


The Booker Prize-winning Life & Times of Michael K, written by J.M Coetzee, is a stunning novel depicting the arduous personal struggles that accompanies from ...

On the Eve of Abolition
On the Eve of Abolition
10/31 - 11/3/2024


In this bilingual, multimedia masterpiece, puppets, video projection, and miniature sets collide to transport audiences to a future where prison abolitionists have created the conditions ...

Fight Night
Fight Night
9/20 - 9/21/2024


The show begins with five candidates on stage. At the end of the show, only one will be victorious. Through a series of guided prompts ...

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LE ROI SOLEIL in Boston LE ROI SOLEIL
ZENITH D'ORLEANS (3/7 - 3/8)
Thee Phantom & The Illharmonic Orchestra in Boston Thee Phantom & The Illharmonic Orchestra
Emerson Colonial Theatre (5/24 - 5/24)
Back to the Future: The Musical in Boston Back to the Future: The Musical
Boston Opera House (7/8 - 7/20)
Stardew Valley: Symphony of Seasons in Boston Stardew Valley: Symphony of Seasons
Boch Center Wang Theatre (10/5 - 10/7)
In the Clearing in Boston In the Clearing
The Church of the Covenant (5/18 - 5/18)
MONTE CRISTO in Boston MONTE CRISTO
ZENITH D'ORLEANS (11/7 - 11/7)
The Cher Show in Boston The Cher Show
North Shore Music Theatre (10/21 - 11/2)
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