The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Boston.
Queer couples in the greater Boston area: if you are looking for a mushy, warm, romantic gay love story with a backbone and plenty of heartbreak that will make you want to cuddle up with your partner between now and Valentine's Day weekend, you couldn't do much better than Actors' Shakespeare Projec
David Valdes has seen the future and it doesn't look good.
Peter Sinn Nachtrieb's boom was the most produced American play of 2010.
One of the inescapable pillars of the human condition is the universal narcissism with which we consume media.
If you like your coming-of-age-on-the-mean-streets stories served with an extra side of red sauce, then Chazz Palminteri's semi-autobiographical A BRONX TALE is for you.
SpeakEasy Stage Company presents the New England premiere of Antoinette Nwandu's PASS OVER, in a co-production with The Front Porch Arts Collective.
MAYTAG VIRGIN is a slice of life, character-driven romantic comedy about two forty-something school teachers, both widowed, who meet cute in their connecting yards in a fictional town in Alabama.
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You know those cartoons where the little fish is eaten by a bigger fish and then, just when you think everything is going to be fine, that fish is eaten by an even bigger fish? That kind of sums up how Molly Smith Metzler's 2017 play, Cry It Out unfolds in its new production by Apollinaire Theatre C
Arguably, for a certain age group, there are no greater cultural influences than Harry Potter and Spongebob Squarepants.
In a recent review for Actors' Shakespeare Project's King Lear, I tried to boil down what an audience can expect from any piece the group presents.
From what I can tell, THE CHRISTMAS REVELS is one of those much-loved traditions that people look forward to revisiting year after year, like a performance of THE NUTCRACKER or A CHRISTMAS CAROL, or taking the kids to see Santa Claus.
New Repertory Theatre dusts off an old chestnut for a family-friendly, non-holiday, crowd-pleasing offering as their gift for the season.
As the year winds to a close, and the holiday hustle and bustle keeps us spinning our wheels, it can be a salve for the spirit and rest for the weary to sit in a darkened theater for a couple of hours.
The much-anticipated MOBY DICK (A Musical Reckoning), from the team that brought you NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 in 2015, has finally surfaced at the Loeb Drama Center of the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge.
There's not a Christmas tree in sight, but there's plenty of uplifting, feel good spirit in the Umbrella Stage Company's TUCK EVERLASTING, the third production of their inaugural season in their gleaming new building in Concord.
Space, the final frontier, has finally been explored by Ryan Landry and the Gold Dust Orphans, and their little dog, too.
DOLLY PARTON'S SMOKY MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS CAROL delivers on the simplicity of its message of faith, family, and love, especially during the holiday season, and is a reflection of the heritage and values of its namesake.
In order to write about Open Theatre Project's 7th Annual Slam Boston (a series of home-grown 10 minute plays hosted at Boston Playwright's Theatre), one must first open up the discussion of the 'D' word.
Merrimack Repertory Theatre presents the second installment of what will become a trilogy co-written by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, about the close-knit sisters from Jane Austen's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.
Producing Artistic Director Emeritus Spiro Veloudos is in the director's chair for AGATHA CHRISTIE'S MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS and stages Ken Ludwig's adaptation with distinct shadings of film noir and a who's who of Lyric Stage Company veterans (and a couple of newbies) on board to play the rogu
What do you get when you mix aspects of GYPSY, THE BAD SEED, and ALL ABOUT EVE with a heavy dose of camp and a soupçon of soap opera? RUTHLESS! THE MUSICAL, an all-female homage to overly-ambitious child actors, sleazy agents, poison pen critics, and jealous understudies that is a star vehicle for
A septuagenarian suffering from Alzheimer's may seem an unlikely hero, but in QUIXOTE NUEVO, playwright Octavio Solis' adaptation of Miguel Cervantes' DON QUIXOTE, a retired Mexican-American college professor fearlessly takes on the Border Patrol, aids migrants, and models the importance of resilien
a?oeUnlike any THE SEAGULL you can ever imaginea?? sums up the Arlekin Players Theatre production of Anton Chekhov's classic.
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show (All audience members regardless of age must have a ticket. Children under the age of 15 must be accompanied by an adult Emerson Colonial Theatre (10/27-10/27) |
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Dirty Dancing Emerson Colonial Theatre (11/18-11/22) |
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Lovesong The Unicorn Theatre (7/22-8/23) |
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HAIRSPRAY The Cape Playhouse (7/15-8/08) |
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Jazz at the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival: Steve Wilson, Renee Rosnes and David Wong Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (8/11-8/11) |
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Covenant SpeakEasy Stage Company (9/25-10/17) |
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Tuba Skinny Payomet Performing Arts Center (9/02-9/02) |
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Valerie June Payomet Performing Arts Center (8/30-8/30) |
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Moon Over Buffalo-The Cackeling Comical Cabaret On August 09, 2026 Paris Cabaret Starline Room Dinner Theatre (8/09-8/09) |
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Patty Larkin and Lucy Kaplansky Payomet Performing Arts Center (8/09-8/09) |
