Review: Eddie Shields Excels in BREAKING THE CODE
What did our critic think of BREAKING THE CODE at Central Square Theater?
Boston Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Boston.
Our Boston Critics
View All ›
Review: Lyric Stage Boston's Latest Is ANGRY, RAUCOUS, AND SHAMELESSLY GORGEOUS
What did our critic think of ANGRY, RAUCOUS, AND SHAMELESSLY GORGEOUS at The Lyric Stage Company Of Boston?
Review: Full House Enjoys AN EVENING WITH DIONNE WARWICK at Groton Hill Music Center
As Dionne Warwick took the stage at Groton Hill Music Center in Groton recently, before she had sung a single word, she was met by a rousing standing ovation.
Review: Nothing to Protest in SUFFS
What did our critic think of SUFFS at Emerson Colonial Theatre?
Review: THE ANTIQUITIES Looks Back from the Future at SpeakEasy Stage
Playwright Jordan Harrison’s 2025 drama “The Antiquities” – being given a fine New England premiere at SpeakEasy Stage Company at the Roberts Studio Theatre in the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts through March 28 – uses history to explore where things went wrong.
Review: WAIT UNTIL DARK Brings Spine-Tingling Thrills to Stoneham
What did our critic think of WAIT UNTIL DARK at Greater Boston Stage Company?
Review: Umbrella Stage Company's TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Keeps Harper Lee Classic Vividly Alive
Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” about the fictional small town of Maycomb, Alabama, in the Depression-era South grappling with violence and racial inequality, along with issues of class, courage, and compassion, is a classic of modern American literature
Review: Apollinaire Theatre's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
What did our critic think of A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE at Apollinaire Theatre Company?
Review: Aimee Doherty Hits Homer with PENELOPE
At this time last year, the American Repertory Theater was premiering a stirring new dramatic adaptation of Homer’s “The Odyssey” by actor and playwright Kate Hamill, which moved back and forth between King Odysseus and Queen Penelope during a three-hour production with two intermissions.
Review: 15TH ANNUAL 10X10 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL at Barrington Stage Company
In the past, I have compared the 10x10 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL to dining at a Tapas restaurant, and it is.
Review: LITTLE WOMEN at Actors' Shakespeare Project
Louisa May Alcott’s novel “Little Women” has proven so enduringly popular since it was first published in 1868 that it has been turned into two plays, a musical, an opera, 11 different feature films and TV movies, three Japanese anime versions, and even a 12-part Korean streaming series.
Review: A Startling THE MODERATE at Central Square Theater
What did our critic think of THE MODERATE at Central Square Theater?
Review: AN EVENING WITH SUTTON FOSTER at Emerson Colonial Theatre
What did our critic think of AN EVENING WITH SUTTON FOSTER at Emerson Colonial Theatre?
Review: A Thrilling JOB at SpeakEasy Stage Company
What did our critic think of JOB at Roberts Studio Theatre?
Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC is Gorgeously Sung at the Citizens Opera House
What did our critic think of THE SOUND OF MUSIC at Citizens Opera House?
Review: NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH SETH MACFARLANE AND THE BOSTON POPS at Symphony Hall
Seth MacFarlane was in great voice when he took the stage at Symphony Hall recently for his sold-out New Year’s Eve concert with the Boston Pops, even if it wasn’t his most familiar voice.
Review: A Taut IS THIS A ROOM at Apollinaire Theatre Company
What did our critic think of IS THIS A ROOM at Apollinaire Theatre Company?
Review: American Repertory Theater's World Premiere is a Musical WONDER
What did our critic think of WONDER at American Repertory Theater?
Review: Gold Dust Orphans Sprinkle Holiday Fun with SWEENEY CLAUS: THE DEMON FATHER OF SLEET STREET
What did our critic think of SWEENEY CLAUS: THE DEMON FATHER OF FLEET STREET at Iron Wolf Theatre, South Boston Lithuanian Citizens Association?
Review: RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH at Merrimack Repertory Theatre
What did our critic think of RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH at Merrimack Repertory Theatre?
Review: Jessica Vosk Brings Music and Mirth to Berklee Performance Center With SLEIGH
What did our critic think of JESSICA VOSK SLEIGH at Berklee Performance Center?
Review: A SHERLOCK CAROL at Lyric Stage Boston
In playwright Mark Shanahan’s clever “A Sherlock Carol,” now at Lyric Stage Boston through December 21, when self-described “consulting detective” Sherlock Holmes hears a knock at his 221B Baker Street door, there’s not a band of Christmas carolers on the other side but rather a visitor
Review: The Huntington's FUN HOME Is That and More
What did our critic think of FUN HOME at The Huntington? A funeral home may seem an unlikely setting for a Broadway musical, but it turns out to be an ideal backdrop for the deeply moving “Fun Home.
Review: A Wistful SUMMER, 1976 at Central Square Theater
What did our critic think of SUMMER, 1976 at Central Square Theater?
Review: Little to Marvel at in SpeakEasy Stage's LIZARD BOY
Comic strips and cartoons have long been the basis for stage plays and musicals – from “It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman,” “Annie,” “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” and “Doonesbury” to “Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark” and “The SpongeBob Musical” – and, of
|
Golden Girls The Laughs Continue Academy of Music Theatre (11/18-11/18) |
|
Valerie June Payomet Performing Arts Center (8/30-8/30) |
|
CCTP 2026 Season of New Plays Cape Cod Theatre Project (7/02-7/25) |
|
Whale Jam Benefit Concert Dylan Burke Cisco Brewers Seaport (7/26-7/26) |
|
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird Huntington Theatre (10/08-11/08) |
|
Guitar Women: An Evening with Sue Foley and Rory Block Payomet Performing Arts Center (8/24-8/24) |
|
Renaissance String Quartet: Artistic Explosion Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (8/18-8/18) |
|
Paris Kampanelas Paris Cabaret Starline Room Dinner Theatre (8/09-8/09) |
|
Downtown with Imani Winds: Amplify Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (8/03-8/03) |
|
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Spooktacular Tour with Patricia Quinn Emerson Colonial Theatre (10/27-10/27) |