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Video: Cast & Director Matthew Penn On Barrington Stage's 10x10 Play Festival


by Joshua Wright - February 22, 2024

Watch a discussion about the artistic process of producing Barrington Stage's annual 10 minute play festival - featuring director Matthew Penn and cast members Peggy Pharr Wilson, Matt Neely and Robert Zukerman....

CSC and the Coolidge to Present SHAKESPEARE REIMAGINED: A MIDWINTER'S TALE This Month


by Blair Ingenthron - February 11, 2024

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company and Coolidge Corner Theatre present Shakespeare Reimagined: A MIDWINTER’S TALE, a new production written and directed by Kenneth Branagh. This article provides details about the upcoming performance on Thursday, February 29 at 7 PM....

Lyric Stage Boston to Present TROUBLE IN MIIND This Winter


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 19, 2023

A tale that was meant to be told over 60 years ago, Dawn M. Simmons brings to Lyric Stage Boston, Alice Childress's unflinching look at the standards of 1950's Broadway in Trouble in Mind.  ...

Plays, Playwrights & Casts Set for Barrington Stage Company's 10X10 New Play Festival


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 18, 2023

Barrington Stage Company presents the Award-Winning 10X10 New Play Festival this winter. Learn how to purchase tickets!...

Lyric Stage Boston Presents Ken Ludwig's THE GAME'S AFOOT: HOLMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS


by A.A. Cristi - October 18, 2023

Join Lyric Stage Boston for a laugh-out-loud comedy mystery, 'The Game's Afoot: Holmes for the Holidays.' Don't miss this memorable multigenerational holiday outing....

Exiled Theatre Presents HAUNTINGS I HAVE LIVED THROUGH Written And Directed By James Wilkinson


by A.A. Cristi - October 11, 2023

Exiled Theatre presents 'Hauntings I Have Lived Through,' a world premiere production written and directed by James Wilkinson. Explore the question of what this world truly is through the stories of three characters....

MR. PARENT to Open At Boston Playwrights Theatre This Week


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 10, 2023

Get ready for the highly anticipated production of 'Mr. Parent' by Melinda Lopez, featuring Maurice Emmanuel Parent, at Boston Playwrights Theatre. This deeply felt and hilarious solo performance explores the challenges of being an actor turned teacher and the search for belonging. Don't miss out on...

Boston Playwrights' Theatre to Kick Off 2023-24 Season With MR. PARENT


by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 15, 2023

The first production of Boston Playwrights’ Theatre’s season will be the hilarious and heartbreaking Mr. Parent, written by Melinda Lopez with Maurice Emmanuel Parent, conceived with and directed by BPT Artistic Director Megan Sandberg-Zakian. Learn how to purchase tickets!...

ROOTED Comes to Lyric Stage Boston in June


by Stephi Wild - May 15, 2023

The 2022/23 Lyric Stage season concludes with Rooted by Deborah Zoe Laufer and directed by Courtney O'Connor....

Boston Premiere of FAIRVIEW to Open at SpeakEasy Stage Company in February


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 19, 2023

From February 17 to March 11, 2023, SpeakEasy Stage Company will present the Boston premiere of Jackie Sibblies Drury’s acclaimed comedy FAIRVIEW....

Past Shows

Driving in Circles
Driving in Circles
3/21 - 4/6/2024


Driving in Circles: a new musical by Jay Eddy Directed by Sam Plattus Driving in Circles  is a solo-ish new work that traverses the highway ...

Mr. Parent
Mr. Parent
10/10 - 10/22/2023


A solo piece about Parent’s experiences in Boston Public Schools

Boston Theater Marathon XXIV


Boston Theater Marathon XXIV features 50 ten-minute plays written by New England playwrights and presented by New England theatre companies which donate their time (and ...

Beasts
Beasts
4/7 - 4/17/2022


Beasts by Cayenne DouglassDirected by Kelly GalvinApril 7-17, 2022Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m.The chaos of American womanhood plays out ...

Rx Machina
Rx Machina
2/17 - 2/27/2022


Rx Machina unpacks big pharmas impact on everyday American culture through the eyes of five women on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic. An ambitious ...

Incels and Other Myths
Incels and Other Myths
12/2 - 12/12/2021


Incels and Other Myths by Ally SassDirected by Erica Terpening-RomeoDecember 2-12, 2021Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m.Incels and Other Myths ...

Gone Nowhere
Gone Nowhere
11/4 - 11/14/2021


Gone Nowhere by Daniel C. BlandaDirected by Noah PuttermanNovember 4-14, 2021Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m.At an old house in ...

LORENA: a Tabloid Epic
LORENA: a Tabloid Epic
10/14 - 10/24/2021


LORENA: a Tabloid Epic spins out of the media hailstorm surrounding Lorena Bobbitt, who became a sensation after she used a kitchen knife against her ...

Deal Me Out
Deal Me Out
2/13 - 3/1/2020


February 13-March 1Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m.November, 2016. A close-knit board game group meets for its weekly game night ...

the smuggler
the smuggler
11/7 - 11/24/2019


the smuggler by Ronan Noone Directed by Judy Braha November 7-24 Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Tim Finnegan came ...

The Book Club Play
The Book Club Play
9/26 - 10/13/2019


Ana is a Type A personality who lives in a letter-perfect world with an adoring husband, the perfect job, and her greatest passion: Book Club. ...

Boston Theater Marathon XXI


The Boston Theater Marathon (BTM) is an award-winning all-day marathon of new ten-minute plays. The plays are chosen from close to 400 entries from New ...

Dead House
Dead House
4/18 - 4/28/2019


By Beirut BalutisDirected by Adam KassimIn Bone Flat, Pennsylvania, the high school community is plunged into shock and grief following the death of a beloved ...

Laughs in Spanish
Laughs in Spanish
2/21 - 3/3/2019


Laughs in Spanish by Alexis ScheerDirected by Sara KatzoffFebruary 21-March 3Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m.Its Art Basel and the ...

Winter People
Winter People
12/6 - 12/16/2018


Every winter in the Hamptons, locals live in the shadow of the summer people’s empty mansions. When one of those mansions erupts in flames, tensions ...

Videos


Chess: The Musical in Boston Chess: The Musical
Wheaton College - Watson Fine Arts (6/14 - 6/15) Tracker
PHOTOS
On the Eve of Abolition in Boston On the Eve of Abolition
Robert J. Orchard Stage, Paramount Center (10/31 - 11/3)
A Woman Ain't I: A Depiction of Sojourner Truth in Boston A Woman Ain't I: A Depiction of Sojourner Truth
The National Archives (6/20 - 6/20)
Disney’s Descendants The Musical in Boston Disney’s Descendants The Musical
The Company Theatre (11/8 - 11/10)
The Weir in Boston The Weir
Unicorn Theatre (9/26 - 10/27)
The Seasons in Boston The Seasons
Robert J. Orchard Stage, Paramount Center (3/12 - 3/16)
Orphie and the Book of Heroes in Boston Orphie and the Book of Heroes
The Ruth Corkin Theatre at Brimmer and May (6/8 - 6/9)
PHOTOS
The Comedy of Errors in Boston The Comedy of Errors
Shakespeare & Company (7/13 - 8/18)
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