BWW Review: DANGEROUS HOUSE at Williamstown Theatre Festival Shines an Intensely Bright Light Over The Berkshires!
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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BWW Review: THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING at Williamstown Theatre Festival Takes Berkshire Audiences On An Unexpected Journey
The journey takes us to a small southern town, 1945.
BWW Review: WEST SIDE STORY at Barrington Stage Company
The notably attractive, and extremely talented ensemble plays out every moment of this classic so well it will delight the eyes and the ears of those that have seen the piece before, as well as those who are experiencing it for the first time.
BWW Review: MAMMA MIA at North Shore Music Theatre
Feeling down in the dumps? A little worn out and tired from a long summer? Ready for the Kids to just get back in school already? I have just the cure for you.
BWW Review: Linehan and Ellis March in Step in Reagle Music Theatre's THE MUSIC MAN
Mark Linehan and Jennifer Ellis march in step in a glorious rendering of Meredith Willson's THE MUSIC MAN to close out Reagle Music Theatre's 50th Anniversary Summer Season with a bang.
BWW REVIEW: MOULIN ROUGE Spins Wildly At Boston's Restored Emerson Colonial
The opulent, newly restored Emerson Colonial, the historic crown jewel among Boston's glittering theatrical houses, is the perfect setting for the equally opulent but imperfect stage adaptation of Baz Luhrmann's anachronistic 2001 movie musical MOULIN ROUGE.
BWW Review: DARK ROOM: World Premiere in Development at Bridge Repertory Theater
Olivia D'Ambrosio's vision for DARK ROOM is an artistic blend of spoken dialogue, choreographed movement, evocative sounds and music, and the best use of the architectural features of the space at the Multicultural Arts Center in East Cambridge.
BWW Review: Elements Theatre Company's BLITHE SPIRIT Is A Visual Feast of Noël Coward's Comedic Core
Elements Theatre Company's Blithe Spirit is a visual feast of a production that updates it female leads to heroines and strips the piece to its comedic core.
BWW REVIEW: ALADDIN Is a Manic Ride on Disney's Magic Carpet
The mania with which the late Robin Williams brilliantly voiced the Genie in the 1992 Disney animated film ALADDIN infuses every inch of Casey Nicholaw's high-octane Broadway musical production.
BWW Review: Gloucester Stage Presents N.E. Premiere of CYRANO
Timeless tale re-imagined with contemporary spin by Jason O'Connell and Brenda Withers.
BWW Review: Reagle Music Theatre's ANYTHING GOES: Seaworthy and 'See-worthy'
An energetic cast of nearly 40 performers and a 16-piece orchestra give the incomparable Cole Porter score of ANYTHING GOES its due.
BWW Review: Cape Cod Theatre Company's Triumphant BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Is A Fable For Our Time
Director Jane Staab's Beauty & the Beast is a fable for our time, emphasizing the humanity of its enchanted castle's 'objects' (and even its titular beast) through costume and demeanor, while stressing the power of kindness and the promise of change.
BWW Review: SHE DID ALL THAT - BETTY FORD: SPEAKING OUT, SAVING LIVES Premieres at Boston Playwrights' Theatre
Premiere of documentary play about the former First Lady takes us back to those saner days of yesteryear, when a Republican forced from office in ignominy was replaced by a decent man who tried to heal the nation.
BWW Review: BORN FOR THIS - A NEW MUSICAL: Awake and Sing!
ArtsEmerson presents the New England premiere of BORN FOR THIS - A NEW MUSICAL, based on the life story of Bebe Winans and his sister Cece Winans, offspring of a spiritual, musical Detroit family, who made a huge splash as teenagers on the Praise the Lord network of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker in the
BWW Review: THE ROYAL FAMILY OF BROADWAY at Barrington Stage Company
Barrington Theatre Company's (BSC) 2018 Season opening production 'The Royal Family of Broadway', is a wacky, wonderful, and highly entertaining 1920's era madcap musical romp.
BWW Review: The Boston Pops Orchestra Celebrates Bernstein and HAMILTON
The 133rd spring season of The Boston Pops Orchestra at Symphony Hall is winding down, but the final week is a whirlwind of activity, culminating in three performances of WEST SIDE STORY: In Concert, and an appearance by two of the stars of the groundbreaking HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL.
BWW Review: CALENDAR GIRLS: Make a Date With Some of Boston's Best
Greater Boston Stage Company has lined up a dream ensemble for their season finale, CALENDAR GIRLS, based on the 2003 Miramax motion picture.
BWW Review: A CHORUS LINE High Kicks Reagle Music Theatre's 50th Season
Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston, celebrating its 50th Anniversary Summer Season, was still in its first decade when A CHORUS LINE opened on Broadway in 1975, kicking off its run of 6,137 performances.
BWW Review: MAME at North Shore Music Theatre
The classic Musical 'Mame' opened the 2018 season last night at NSMT.
BWW Review: LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES: Bring on the Men
Artistic Director Lee Mikeska Gardner embraces the mission of The Nora Theatre Company to "promote the feminine voice" with an all-male production of LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, Christopher Hampton's 1985 adaptation from the novel by Choderlos de Laclos.
BWW Review: SWEENEY TODD IN CONCERT: Theater UnCorked Pops!
Boston's newest small theater company christened its inaugural season with a one-night only, pop-up musical benefit performance of SWEENEY TODD, THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET IN CONCERT on Saturday, June 2nd, at First Church Cambridge.
BWW Review: World Premiere of FALL: Arthur Miller's Sad Secret
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Arthur Miller was renowned and celebrated for his masterpiece DEATH OF A SALESMAN, as well as ALL MY SONS and THE CRUCIBLE, plays in which issues of morality took center stage.
BWW REVIEW: JAGGED LITTLE PILL Is a Lot to Swallow at A.R.T.
There's a lot to digest in the American Repertory Theater (ART) premiere of the new musical JAGGED LITTLE PILL, billed as a story of 'pain, healing, and empowerment' based on Alanis Morissette's landmark rock album of the same name.
BWW REVIEW: SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE Is Hot, Hot, Hot in Ogunquit's Off-Broadway Preview
An unequivocal hit is currently heating up the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine in preparation for its transfer Off-Broadway to Stage 42 in NYC July 6.
BWW REVIEW: ALLEGIANCE Is an Earnest Celebration of Resilience and Redemption
FDR called the attack on Pearl Harbor "a day that will live in infamy.
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Morphology Boston Playwrights Theatre (7/23-7/26) |
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Alchemy: Classical Meets Jazz Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (8/14-8/14) |
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Wicked Boston Opera House (9/23-11/15) |
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The Notebook Emerson Colonial Theatre (12/08-12/20) |
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Start Making Sense: Talking Heads Tribute Payomet Performing Arts Center (8/29-8/29) |
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Twelfth Night Arthur S. Waldstein Amphitheatre (7/04-7/26) |
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JAKE SHIMABUKURO Payomet Performing Arts Center (8/25-8/25) |
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The Seth Rudetsky Concert Series featuring Norm Lewis '62 Center for Theatre & Dance (8/08-8/08) |
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Adia & Clora Snatch Joy Huntington Theatre (11/24-12/13) |
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JOHN DOE Payomet Performing Arts Center (9/01-9/01) |