BWW Review: AMERICA V. 2.1: THE SAD DEMISE & EVENTUAL EXTINCTION OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO at Barrington Stage Company Packs far more than a 1 - 2 Punch.
This bold, brave, important, timely, and highly relevant story is a cautionary tale.
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BWW Review: A Nimble BAREFOOT IN THE PARK at Gloucester Stage Company
Gloucester Stage Company opens its 40th Anniversary Season with a nostalgic romp in the park, specifically Neil Simon's 1963 hit play, BAREFOOT IN THE PARK.
BWW Review: YERMA: Tragic Tale of a Woman's Obsession
YERMA, a play with music, adapted and translated by Melinda Lopez from Spanish poet/playwright Federico Garcia Lorca's 1934 work, is receiving its world premiere by the Huntington Theatre Company at the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts.
BWW Review: OKLAHOMA! at North Shore Music Theatre
Oklahoma! is the first musical written by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II.
BWW Review: N. E. Premiere of THE VIEW UPSTAIRS Coincides With LGBTQ Pride Month
Just in time for LGBTQ Pride Month, and on the cusp of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, SpeakEasy Stage Company presents the New England premiere of the Off-Broadway musical THE VIEW UPSTAIRS in the Plaza Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts.
BWW Review: HOLD THESE TRUTHS at Barrington Stage Company compels audiences to ask: Is this MY America?
Processing the powerful piece of theatre and important lesson in American History / civics HOLD THESE TRUTHS provides, the phrase: 'those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it' comes to mind.
BWW Review: THE NATURE PLAYS: World Premiere at Mount Auburn Cemetery
Playwright Patrick Gabridge, the 2018-2019 Mount Auburn Cemetery Artist-in-Residence, creates a series of site-specific plays which focus on the natural world of the 175-acre landscaped jewel in the heart of Cambridge.
BWW Review: THE WAVERLY GALLERY Opens Shakespeare & Company's 2019 Season with A Loud and Resounding WOW!
It is a challenge to convey in words the power, importance and relevance of this production.
BWW Review: THE GOAT OR, WHO IS SYLVIA? Provides a Rich and Powerful Opening to the 91st Season at Berkshire Theatre Group
THE GOAT OR, WHO IS SYLVIA? Is a quick paced juxtaposition of humor within rage, anger, and conflict all wrapped up in the trappings of civility.
BWW Review: WE LIVE IN CAIRO: You Say You Want a Revolution
Brothers Daniel and Patrick Lazour have found a creative home at the American Repertory Theater for the world premiere of their musical WE LIVE IN CAIRO.
BWW Review: PACIFIC OVERTURES: Lyric Stage's Sondheim Finale
Over the course of the last twenty years, Producing Artistic Director Spiro Veloudos has been a man with a mission.
BWW Review: Israeli Stage Bows Out With N.E. Premiere of THE RETURN
Even as Artistic Director and Founder Guy Ben-Aharon rings down the curtain on Israeli Stage after nine seasons, his final offering draws back the curtain to give us a peek at the human collateral damage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
BWW Review: KINKY BOOTS at Emerson Colonial Theatre
Often when you go to a Broadway show you want to be challenged, enthralled, and blown away.
BWW Review: OPENING NIGHT AT BOSTON POPS WITH BERNADETTE PETERS
Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Orchestra opened the 134th Spring Pops season with a 50th anniversary tribute to the watershed events of the summer of 1969, two stunning short films, a homegrown astronaut, and a celestial Broadway legend.
BWW Review: SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY: Light Privilege
SpeakEasy Stage Company presents the New England premiere of the 2018 Lucille Lortel Award-winner for Outstanding Play (tie), Jocelyn Bioh's SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MAN GIRLS PLAY, directed by Summer L.
BWW Review: THE EBONIC WOMAN: Gold Dust Orphans Superheroes Restore American Values
Never mind all those Marvel heroes and the new bladder buster movie 'Avengers: Endgame,' if you want to see a real heroine in action, line up for the Gold Dust Orphans' final show at the soon-to-be repurposed Machine Nightclub.
BWW Review: INDECENT: A Work of Art, A Story of Love
INDECENT is a beautiful work of art that exists in a realm above and beyond the conventional category of a play, or, in this case, a play with music.
BWW Review: BECOMING DR. RUTH: Rising From The Ashes to Washington Heights
New Repertory Theatre presents BECOMING DR.
BWW Review: CRY IT OUT Concludes Merrimack Rep's 40th Season
Merrimack Repertory Theatre concludes its 40th season with Molly Smith Metzler's CRY IT OUT, a delightful human comedy that surfs along on the waves of a burgeoning friendship between a pair of mothers of newborn babies, while also acknowledging the myriad challenges that lurk beneath the surface.
BWW Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET: Rock 'n' Roll Is Here To Stay
On December 4, 1956, at Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, a great moment in rock 'n' roll history occurred, almost by chance.
BWW Review: CAROLINE, OR CHANGE at Moonbox Productions
CAROLINE, OR CHANGE is Tony Kushner's (book and lyrics) semi-autobiographical, sung-through musical, with music by Jeanine Tesori (FUN HOME), that had its origins Off-Broadway in 2003, before transferring to Broadway in 2004 for 136 performances and receiving six Tony nominations.
BWW Review: Boston Playwrights' Theatre Concludes Season of New Plays With DEAD HOUSE
The Boston theater community is enriched by the presence of Boston Playwrights' Theatre, founded in 1981 at Boston University by Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott.
BWW Review: SYLVIA: The Lady Is A Tramp
Theater UnCorked drains the bottle of its inaugural season this weekend with a fully-staged production of SYLVIA, prolific playwright A.
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Harlem Quartet: Pushing Boundaries Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (8/10-8/10) |
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Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella Youth Edition North Shore Music Theatre (8/21-8/21) |
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Paris Kampanelas Paris Cabaret Starline Room Dinner Theatre (8/09-8/09) |
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Koe Wetzel & Shane Smith and The Saints Leader Bank Pavilion (8/19-8/19) |
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The Sound of Music Boch Center Wang Theatre (11/17-11/22) |
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Start Making Sense: Talking Heads Tribute Payomet Performing Arts Center (8/29-8/29) |
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The Norwegians Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre (9/04-10/04) |
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CCTP 2026 Season of New Plays Cape Cod Theatre Project (7/02-7/25) |
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Puppet Showplace Theater Presents: The Tiny Bird Show by Carole D'Agostino Puppet Showplace Theater (8/09-8/09) |
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Larry McCray Payomet Performing Arts Center (8/12-8/12) |