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.
Review: ANNIE at Greater Boston Stage Company
What did our critic think of ANNIE at Greater Boston Stage Company?
Review: Sullivan Rep's MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Shows Sondheim is Worth a Second Look
What did our critic think of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG at Sullivan Rep?
Review: A Thrilling BLACK SWAN at American Repertory Theater
What did our critic think of BLACK SWAN at American Repertory Theater?
Review: Emilio and Gloria Estefan Musical Will Have You ON YOUR FEET! in Beverly
Whether autobiographical like “Jersey Boys,” “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” and “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical,” or fictionalized like “Mamma Mia!,” jukebox musicals often rely on the drama of their source material as much as their familiar scores for success.
Review: EUREKA DAY is a Tempest in a Vaccination Teapot
But in playwright Jonathan Spector’s “Eureka Day” – now being given a cleverly funny production by The Huntington at the Huntington Avenue Theatre through June 28 – they are also comic fodder for a trenchant story about a tempest over vaccination in a hyper-woke teacup.
Review: DRIVING MISS DAISY at Barrington Stage Company
Cast and Crew deliver a high-quality production that is both simple and sublime; historically accurate, topically relevant; and well worth seeing.
Review: Darren Criss Kicks Off New Concert Dates in Boston
What did our critic think of AN EVENING WITH DARREN CRISS at Emerson Colonial Theatre?
Review: SELECTED SHORTS at The Adams Theater
Listening to SELECTED STORIES is a delight.
Review: JOHN & JEN at Berkshire Theatre Group
As BTG's Artistic Director, CEO Kate Maguire stated: 'Through moments of joy, heartbreak, humor and healing, JOHN & JEN explores the enduring connections between siblings, parents and children- the people who remain part of us across a lifetime.
Review: The Huntington's OEDIPUS EL REY Turns Tragedy Into Triumph
Playwright Luis Alfaro aimed high when he decided to bring Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex” from 429 BC into the 21st century with “Oedipus El Rey,” his contemporary retelling of the Greek tragedy set in a Los Angeles barrio.
Review: JON BATISTE Brings His Musical Genius to BOSTON POPS at Symphony Hall
What did our critic think of JON BATISTE BRINGS HIS MUSICAL GENIUS TO BOSTON POPS at Symphony Hall?
Review: SOMETHING ROTTEN! is Anything But at Lyric Stage Boston
When it comes to playwrights and poets, William Shakespeare towers above everyone else who has ever put pen to paper.
Review: Music Carries the Day in The Umbrella Stage Company's HAIRSPRAY
In most, if not all, other mountings of “Hairspray: The Broadway Musical,” Tracy Turnblad is tucked under her bedcovers when audiences first see the young heroine, ready to show off her high-teased bouffant and let loose with the first notes of the rousing opener, “Good Morning, Baltimore.
Review: August Wilson's GEM OF THE OCEAN at Actors' Shakespeare Project Has Glint of Greatness
What did our critic think of GEM OF THE OCEAN at Actors' Shakespeare Project?
Review: Dramatic Musical SWEPT AWAY Stays Afloat with Score by The Avett Brothers
The musical “Swept Away” tells the story of four whalers shipwrecked off New Bedford in 1888, making it especially resonant for local audiences, who can experience the musical drama in a well crafted New England premiere at SpeakEasy Stage Company in the Virginia Wimberly Theatre at the Calderwo
Review: WHO IS EARTHA MAE? at The Brickbox Theater
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you say the name Eartha Kitt? Those of us who are even remotely familiar with the late singer-dancer-actress will most likely say Catwoman, the iconic feline femme fatale she portrayed in the 1967 season of the ‘Batman’ television series, or her o
Review: Matthew Lombardo's WHEN PLAYWRIGHTS KILL Slays with Laughter
Seven years ago, an already hot summer in Boston heated up even more during a pre-Broadway tryout of a truncated version of playwright Matthew Lombardo’s “Tea at Five” at the Huntington Theatre when its star, Academy Award winner Faye Dunaway, was fired after allegations that she physically an
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Golden Girls The Laughs Continue Academy of Music Theatre (11/18-11/18) |
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Valerie June Payomet Performing Arts Center (8/30-8/30) |
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CCTP 2026 Season of New Plays Cape Cod Theatre Project (7/02-7/25) |
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Whale Jam Benefit Concert Dylan Burke Cisco Brewers Seaport (7/26-7/26) |
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Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird Huntington Theatre (10/08-11/08) |
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Guitar Women: An Evening with Sue Foley and Rory Block Payomet Performing Arts Center (8/24-8/24) |
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Renaissance String Quartet: Artistic Explosion Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (8/18-8/18) |
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Paris Kampanelas Paris Cabaret Starline Room Dinner Theatre (8/09-8/09) |
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Downtown with Imani Winds: Amplify Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (8/03-8/03) |
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show Spooktacular Tour with Patricia Quinn Emerson Colonial Theatre (10/27-10/27) |