The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Boston.
Theater Uncorked returned to the First Church Cambridge this past weekend for two performances of a staged reading of ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, a 1963 play by Dale Wasserman, based on the novel of the same name by Ken Kesey.
The Central Square Theater, in conjunction with Catalyst Collaborative@MIT, has a corner on the market of blending art and science.
Thanks to Julianne Boyd and the team at Barrington Stage Company, Berkshire audiences can be transported back to a 'simpler time' through THE GLASS MENAGERIE.
A year ago, almost to the day, Alan Cumming made his debut with the Celebrity Series of Boston, performing his touring show SINGS SAPPY SONGS at Sanders Theatre.
Playwright/director Michael Gaucher and Bitter Bitch Productions bring a live edition of the beloved sitcom to the stage at Club Cafe.
There is much fun afoot in this cleverly written, earnestly acted, and crisply directed play being revived on the main stage at the Huntington Theatre Company.
At each turn, characters undergo significant changes in personality, demeanor, and motivation.
Embarking on its 28th season, SpeakEasy Stage Company presents the New England premiere of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning play BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY by Stephen Adly Guirgis.
Jekyll & Hyde opened last night at North Shore Music theatre (NSMT) to yet another standing ovation and thunderous applause.
Merrimack Repertory Theatre opens it 40th anniversary season with NATIVE GARDENS, #8 on American Theatre magazine's list of the top 10 most-produced plays of 2018-2019.
In news recently reported, the 2018-2019 season will be Zeitgeist Stage Company's last, after seventeen years of notable productions as an acclaimed stalwart of the Boston fringe theater scene.
What happens when you take an Oscar Wilde classic play from the Naughty Nineties, add about a dozen original musical numbers, and update the story and setting to London's swinging Carnaby Street in the sixties? Well, if you put it in the hands of Director/Choreographer Ilyse Robbins and Music Direct
HIR is anything but traditional.
Brookline playwright and former Huntington Playwriting Fellow Eleanor Burgess captures the zeitgeist in her fast-paced and intense new play, THE NICETIES, now receiving its world premiere by the Huntington Theatre Company at the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts.
Lyric Stage Company opens its 44th season with the Tony Award-winning (seven, including Best Musical) KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, directed and choreographed by Rachel Bertone, with music direction by Dan Rodriguez, who gets pizazz and a far bigger sound than anyone would expect from a five-piece orche
New Repertory Theatre presents the New England premiere of Young Jean Lee's STRAIGHT WHITE MEN, most recently seen on Broadway over the summer.
World premiere musical theater piece adapted by Davone Tines and Michael Schachter from 1931 Langston Hughes poem, 'The Black Clown.
The BERNSTEIN CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AT TANGLEWOOD concert was one of the largest and most significant performances taking place worldwide in recognition of what would have been Leonard Bernstein's 100th birthday.
The entire ensemble cast (all newcomers to BSC) deliver unquestionably high-quality performances.
If you are unnerved by dangling participles, musical compositions with un-resolved chords, or you like a play to flow logically along an expected rhythm or path and tie-up loose ends; HEISENBERG may leave you unfulfilled.
TRUE WEST is a dark, yet humorous play by the late Sam Shepard, one of America's foremost playwrights.
With HAIR, Peregrine Theatre Ensemble cements its place among a new generation of young regional companies who are fearless in their ambition, limitless in their energy, and highly skilled in drawing audiences into powerful, poignant moments.
This funny, powerful, and poignant journey with its twists and turns offers catharsis and understanding for those wise and brave enough to take it.
The entire company delivered high quality performances.
DANGEROUS HOUSE is a powerful and poignant piece that delivers an extremely important message that needs to be seen and heard.
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Puppet Showplace Theater Presents: A Pirate's Great Adventure by Peanut's Playhouse Uncommon Corner (7/25-7/25) |
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Steel Pulse: Reggae Against Racism Tour Payomet Performing Arts Center (8/04-8/04) |
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Alchemy: Classical Meets Jazz Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (8/14-8/14) |
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Unorthodox Huntington Theatre (4/29-5/30) |
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Circus & The Bard: The Next Chapter. Tina Packer Playhouse (7/16-7/26) |
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Duane Betts and Palmetto Motel Payomet Performing Arts Center (7/30-7/30) |
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Dirty Dancing Emerson Colonial Theatre (11/18-11/22) |
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ADAM EZRA GROUP Payomet Performing Arts Center (8/08-8/08) |
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Buena Vista Orchestra Emerson Colonial Theatre (10/08-10/08) |
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The Borromeo: Luminous Beauty Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (8/06-8/06) |
