Review: Little to Marvel at in SpeakEasy Stage's LIZARD BOY
by R. Scott Reedy - November 06, 2025
Comic strips and cartoons have long been the basis for stage plays and musicals – from “It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman,” “Annie,” “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” and “Doonesbury” to “Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark” and “The SpongeBob Musical” – and, of course, have also spawned the hugel...
Interview: Liz Callaway is BOUND FOR BOSTON
by R. Scott Reedy - October 03, 2025
Liz Callaway isn’t only a Tony Award-nominated actress and singer, she’s also an Emmy Award-winning television talk-show host....
Review: PRIMARY TRUST is Superb Opener for SpeakEasy Stage Company's 35th Season
by R. Scott Reedy - September 21, 2025
When it comes to grieving and loss, closure can be elusive. Indeed, loss can haunt a person for a long time, changing the trajectory of a survivor’s life along the way....
Speakeasy Stage Company To Open 35th Season With Pulitzer Prize-Winning PRIMARY TRUST
by A.A. Cristi - August 14, 2025
SpeakEasy Stage Company will launch its 35th season with Primary Trust, Eboni Booth’s 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning play about how small acts of kindness can transform a life. ...
Interview: Maureen Keiller Tells of Being Invited to THE PROM at Wheelock Family Theatre
by R. Scott Reedy - June 05, 2025
Talent and versatility are just two of the reasons that Maureen Keiller is one of greater Boston’s busiest performers....
Interview: Aimee Doherty says HELLO, DOLLY! in Her First Jerry Herman Musical
by R. Scott Reedy - May 27, 2025
Classic American theater composers like Leonard Bernstein, John Kander, and Stephen Sondheim have been good to Aimee Doherty – giving her a wide range of characters to play and songs to sing. She has returned the favor by giving standout performances in their musicals that have made her one of the l...
Review: SpeakEasy Stage Company's JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING
by R. Scott Reedy - May 11, 2025
And when it comes to the humble Harlem hair salon in Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, now in its New England premiere at SpeakEasy Stage in the Roberts Studio Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA, through May 31, make that something to marvel at....
JAJA’S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING Comes to SpeakEasy Stage
by Stephi Wild - April 04, 2025
SpeakEasy Stage Company presents the New England Premiere of the Tony-nominated play Jaja’s African Hair Braiding by Jocelyn Bioh, a powerful comedic tale about joy, dreams, community, and sisterhood. ...
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?...
A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE Comes To SpeakEasy Stage This Month
by A.A. Cristi - February 05, 2025
SpeakEasy Stage Company will present the award-winning musical A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, featuring a book by Terrence McNally, music by Stephen Flaherty, and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. ...
Past Shows
PRIMARY TRUST
9/12 - 10/11/2025
SpeakEasy Stage Company presents the Boston premiere of PRIMARY TRUST, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Eboni Booth, running from September 12 to October 11, 2025. ...
A Strange Loop
4/26 - 5/25/2024
A CO-PRODUCTION WITH FRONT PORCH ARTS COLLECTIVE “A dazzling ride. No measure of praise could be too much.” – The New York Times Winner! 2020 ...
Cost of Living
3/8 - 3/30/2024
Winner! 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama! In this wry and quietly observed play, Polish-born playwright Martyna Majok interweaves the stories of four lonely souls to ...
A Case for the Existence of God
1/26 - 2/17/2024
“Easily one of the best of the year”— The Wall Street Journal Winner! Best Play – New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award! Inside a cubicle ...
“The likelihood that you will laugh until your face hurts is one of near certainty”– Entertainment Weekly Direct from Broadway! It’s The Women meets House ...
The Prom
5/5 - 6/3/2023
Emma didnt want to be a newspaper headline or the face of a movement; she just wanted to take her girlfriend Alyssa to their high ...
Wild Goose Dreams
3/24 - 4/22/2023
New England Premiere! In an age where technology offers easy connection, Nanhee and Minsung are alone in Seoul, South Korea. Nanhee is a North Korean ...
Fairview
2/17 - 3/18/2023
Grandmas birthday at the Frasier household has all the makings of your standard family comedy: drinking, squabbles, hijinks with the silverware; and thats before Tyrone ...
English
10/21 - 11/19/2022
English Only. Thats the mantra of Marjan, an English teacher in Karaj, Iran struggling to prepare her four students to take the Test of English ...
Heroes of the Fourth Turning
9/9 - 10/8/2022
One week after the Charlottesville riots in 2017, four young conservatives gather in a Wyoming backyard to gossip and reminisce. Theyve assembled to honor Gina, ...
Allegiance
5/4 - 6/2/2018
East Coast Regional Premiere! Inspired by the true childhood experience of actor and social media icon George Takei (Mr. Sulu on "Star Trek"), ALLEGIANCE tells ...
Every Brilliant Thing
3/2 - 3/31/2018
Boston-Area Premiere! Featuring Adrianne Krstansky. 1. Ice cream 2. Water fights 3. Staying up past your bedtime and being allowed to watch TV. These are ...
Shakespeare in Love
1/12 - 2/10/2018
New England Premiere! Mistaken identities, courtly intrigue, and backstage bickering are all part of the fun in this raucous romantic comedy of errors, based on ...
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
10/20 - 11/25/2017
Boston Regional Theatre Premiere! Based on the best-selling novel, and winner of five Tony Awards including Best Play, ThE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN ...
Men on Boats
9/8 - 10/7/2017
Boston Premiere! MEN ON BOATS is a rollicking adventure tale brought thrilingly to life by a gender-flipping cast of diverse performers who tell the story ...
GRAND CONCOURSE
3/3 - 4/1/2017
GRAND CONCOURSE tells the story of Shelley, a Catholic nun and former high school basketball star, who now struggles to find meaning in her work ...
In the Heights
5/10 - 6/8/2013
Roberts Studio Theatre: - book: Quiara Alegr...
Clybourne Park
3/1 - 3/30/2013
Home is where the heart—and history—is in Clybourne Park, a "buzz-saw sharp new comedy" (The Washington Post) that cleverly spins the events of A Raisin ...
Other Desert Cities
1/11 - 2/7/2013
Wimberly Theatre: - Jon Robin Baitz; dir: Scott Edmiston....
Next to Normal
3/9 - 4/7/2012
Xanadu
5/11 - 6/9/2011
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Jonathan Larson's RENT
The Historic Highfield Theater (12/12 - 12/21)
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Les Miserables
Citizens Opera House (6/25 - 6/25) | |
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Some Like It Hot
Boston Opera House (1/27 - 2/8) | |
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Mozart’s Idomeneo
Robert J. Orchard Stage at the Paramount Center (4/24 - 4/26) | |
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Let's Celebrate
BCA Plaza (1/10 - 1/11) | |
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The Simon and Garfunkel Story
Emerson Colonial Theatre (4/3 - 4/6) | |
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Samay Raina
Emerson Colonial Theatre (2/7 - 2/7) | |
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We Had a World
Huntington Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA, Wimberly Theatre (2/12 - 3/15) | |
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