Review: A Breathtaking RHINOCEROS at American Repertory Theater
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Review: DALLOWAY: FIRST LOVE Explains It All at Gloucester Stage Company
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Review: A Formulaic ROCK OF AGES at Bill Hanney's North Shore Music Theatre
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Review: HAMLET at Shakespeare & Company
Shakespeare’s most searching play – a gripping story of grief, conscience, and the cost of inaction.
Review: Hugh Jackman Dazzles in Debut with Boston Pops at Tanglewood
Making his debut with the Boston Pops at Tanglewood on August 11, Hugh Jackman dazzled his sold-out audience – under the Koussevitzky Music Shed and stretching as far as the eye could see on the lawn that surrounds it – from the moment he took the stage.
Review: DEAD GIRL’S QUINCEAÑERA at Barrington Stage Company
Typical of BSC efforts, everything about this production is of first-rate quality.
Review: An impressive DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Harbour Lights Theatre
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Review: THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE at Berkshire Theatre Group
So, if you like good lip-synching, a driving 4/4 beat, hair and makeup that’s “too – Fabu” or perhaps know of someone who needs to be reminded that I’m OK, you’re OK, and being different doesn’t make you less than… get down to The Colonial Theatre.
Review: FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIRE DE LUNE at Shakespeare & Company
The two-hour play (presented with one 15-minute intermission) has earned widespread praise for its raw emotional depth, humor, and tender romance.
Review: Murkiness Mars Exiled Theatre's M: REFRACTIONS FROM AN EVIL ACT
In a program note for his latest play, “M: Refractions from an Evil Act” – being given its world premiere production by Exiled Theatre through August 9 at Boston Playwrights' Theatre, as part of the company’s New Play Incubator program – playwright James Wilkinson, an IRNE nominee for his
Review: IBOSS at Great Barrington Public Theatre
Thomas Kee's new play, iBOSS, deftly weaves themes of consciousness, sentience, technology, loss, suffering, love and need into a single, tautly constructed situation we all can relate to - an HR performance evaluation
Review: Company One Theatre's A NEW ERA is Fresh Look at Boston History
For the final production of its 27th season, Company One Theatre (C1), in partnership with the City of Boston Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture.
Review: LOVESONG at Berkshire Theatre Group
Intimate, reflective and emotionally layered, LOVESONG offers a 90-minute (presented in one act without intermission) poignant exploration of partnership, memory and the enduring tenderness that carries love across a lifetime.
Review: Hub Theatre Company's BUYER & CELLAR is fun look at a funny lady
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Review: A CHORUS LINE at Barrington Stage Company
The musical numbers overall are so well executed it would be unfair to single out any over the rest.
Review: A Thrilling PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
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Review: TWELFTH NIGHT at Shakespeare & Company
TWELFTH NIGHT is a fast-paced farce that may occasionally edge a tad over the top, but it is well designed, well staged and well presented.
Review: Gloucester Stage Company's BETRAYAL is True to Pinter
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Review: THE GREAT GATSBY Could be Even Better with Less Pop, More Punch
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Review: ESTATE SALE at Barrington Stage Company
I often look or ask for the take away message in a performance.
Review: THE AMERICAN FIVE at Berkshire Theatre Group
THE AMERICAN FIVE Intersects Black, Queer, and Jewish histories to showcase the collective work required to bring about societal change.
Review: Laughs Abound in THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP: A PENNY DREADFUL
What did our critic think of THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP: A PENNY DREADFUL at Central Square Theater?
Review: FIREFLIES at Shakespeare & Company
FIREFLIES is a delightful little feel-good piece that gives humorous, heartwarming, and character-driven romance.
Review: An Emotionally Affecting IN OLD AGE at Arts Emerson
Theatergoers who have come to love and respect Abasiama Bassey a central character in the emotionally resonant nine-part Ufot Family Cycle by first-generation Nigerian American playwright Mfoniso Udofia, will not want to miss the deeply moving “In Old Age,” the eighth and penultimate play in the
Review: THE ZIONISTS: A FAMILY STORM at Barrington Stage Company
THE ZIONISTS; A Family Storm represents a tremendous new piece of theater.
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The Norwegians Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre (9/04-10/04) |
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Covenant SpeakEasy Stage Company (9/25-10/17) |
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MOON MAN WALK Gloucester Stage Company (9/10-9/26) |
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The Who's Tommy Emerson Colonial Theatre (5/04-5/16) |
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CIVIL SPIES™ MIT Endicott House (9/17-9/17) |
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Floyd's Row at Harmony on the Green in Lexington Harmony on the Green (3/13-3/13) |
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Wicked Citizens Opera House (9/23-11/15) |
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Martha Graham Dance Company The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts (4/24-4/24) |
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Teatro La Plaza's Hamlet Huntington Theatre (3/04-3/07) |
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Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares Boston Center for the Arts (10/22-10/25) |