BWW Review: THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND Rings Down the Curtain on Bad Habit Productions
Bad Habit Productions is about to drop the final curtain after ten years of delivering award-winning theater, but they are not taking the easy way out.
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BWW Review: MRS. PACKARD: Nevertheless, She Persisted
Before Senator Elizabeth Warren, another Elizabeth spoke out, despite being warned and threatened with commitment to an insane asylum.
BWW Review: Haitink Captivates Boston - Again
Boston Symphony Conductor Emeritus Bernard Haitink has sustained a mutually respectful relationship with the BSO and its audiences for over 40 years
BWW Review: World Premiere of Homegrown FINISH LINE
FINISH LINE, a documentary play about the 2013 Boston Marathon, focuses on the people whose lives were impacted by the bombings, allowing their voices to be heard on the stage of the Boch Center Shubert Theatre.
BWW REVIEW: CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTTIME Shines in Boston
The ingenious stage adaptation of Mark Haddon's popular mystery novel THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTTIME invites the audience into the challenging world of 15-year-old Christopher Boone (Adam Langdon on opening night) whose exceptional brain is trapped inside an emotionally stunted bod
BWW Review: SILENT SKY: Wishing on the Stars
Flat Earth Theatre presents the New England premiere of Lauren Gunderson's SILENT SKY, a historical drama about a trio of women astronomers who charted the heavens at the Harvard Observatory at the turn of the 20th century.
BWW Review: PRECIOUS LITTLE at Nora Theatre Company
Nora Theatre Company presents Madeleine George's PRECIOUS LITTLE, raising many big questions.
BWW Review: N.E. Premiere GRAND CONCOURSE at SpeakEasy Stage Company
SpeakEasy Stage Company began 2017 with the irreverent puppet show HAND TO GOD, but treads a decidedly more respectful path with the New England premiere of playwright Heidi Schreck's GRAND CONCOURSE.
BWW REVIEW: A.R.T.'s THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA Marks Life on the Edge
The Costa Verde Hotel on the cliffs high above Acapulco might as well be the end of the world for the tourists and American ex-patriots who converge there in Tennessee Williams' haunting and haunted THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA currently receiving a star-studded revival at the A.
BWW Review: Mwah! Love and Kisses to STAGE KISS
Playwright Sarah Ruhl's STAGE KISS is a rom-com that turns the world on with its smiles, laughs, and an abundance of kisses.
BWW Review: N.E. Premiere of Ike Holter's EXIT STRATEGY: This is Not a Drill
Zeitgeist Stage Company joins the ranks of prescient Boston theater companies with Ike Holter's EXIT STRATEGY, a play about the impending closing of a failing inner-city Chicago school, how it impacts the faculty and students, and the measures they take to fight back.
BWW Review: Suspenseful New Drama THE HONEY TRAP at Boston Playwrights' Theatre
Belfast native playwright Leo McGann and Director Adam Kassim have crafted a ready-for-prime-time taut, suspenseful drama about memories and guilt decades after the Troubles in Ireland.
BWW Review: THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE: Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears a Crown
ArtsEmerson presents the Druid Theatre Company production of Martin McDonagh's THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE, directed by Tony Award-winner Garry Hynes and featuring Tony Award-winner Marie Mullen.
BWW Review: World Premiere DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP at Fresh Ink Theatre Company
DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP invokes gender-bending, magical realism, and a real-life war hero, but has trouble staying afloat when the narrative jumps back and forth between two centuries.
BWW Review: New Rep's Prophetic Portraits Series: BRECHT ON BRECHT
BRECHT ON BRECHT is the second in New Rep's series of Prophetic Portraits, following Johnny Lee Davenport's acclaimed portrayal in last month's THURGOOD.
BWW Review: CABARET: Goosebumps and Goose-steps
Roundabout Theatre Company's North American tour of its award-winning CABARET revival is a stunning production that stands out in high relief to the theatrics playing in our nation's capital.
BWW Review: Georgia Lyman is THE ATHEIST: I'm a Believer
Ronan Noone is both an alumnus and adjunct assistant professor of the M.
BWW Review: INTIMATE EXCHANGES Reinforces the Idea That the Future is Unknowable
Character-driven Alan Ayckbourn play is a complex sequence of branching storylines, leading to numerous endings, with multiple characters played by two actors.
BWW Review: SOMETHING ROTTEN! National Tour Starts Here!
With nine Tony Award nominations under its belt, SOMETHING ROTTEN! closed on Broadway on January 1, 2017, and barely took a breather before hitting the road with three of its principal players reprising their roles.
BWW Review: They're Ba-a-a-ack: It's Winter Panto-time!
WINTER PANTO 2017: THE PRINCESS & THE PEA is served with a generous portion of political satire.
BWW Review: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Will Blow Your House Down
Edward Albee's 1962 barn-burner at the Lyric Stage Company is an emotional conflagration that rages and consumes everyone in its path.
BWW Review: Andrea Syglowski Holds the Keys to A DOLL'S HOUSE
Huntington Theatre Company's staging of a new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's classic drama, directed by Melia Bensussen, belongs to Andrea Syglowski and her formidable interpretation of Nora.
BWW Review: Johnny Lee Davenport Measures Up in THURGOOD
Johnny Lee Davenport and Director Benny Sato Ambush collaborate for a powerful production of George Stevens, Jr.
BWW Review: FAITHLESS: A Family in Crisis
FAITHLESS is an intimate study of a Boston Irish-Catholic family facing a crisis.
BWW Review: FINGERSMITH: A Twice-Told Tale
The American Repertory Theater reunites with Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Bill Rauch to present FINGERSMITH, Alexa Junge's adaptation of Sarah Waters' 2002 novel of the same name.
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Hamlet Tina Packer Playhouse (8/13-8/30) |
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The Notebook Emerson Colonial Theatre (12/08-12/20) |
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DALLOWAY: FIRST LOVE Gloucester Stage Company (8/13-8/29) |
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Wicked Citizens Opera House (9/23-11/15) |
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Puppet Showplace Theater Presents: Magnificent Monster Circus by CactusHead Puppets Puppet Showplace Theater (8/02-8/02) |
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The Who's Tommy Emerson Colonial Theatre (5/04-5/16) |
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Koe Wetzel & Shane Smith and The Saints Leader Bank Pavilion (8/19-8/19) |
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Celebrating Jewish Plays Tina Packer Playhouse (10/09-10/11) |
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Little Bear Ridge Road SpeakEasy Stage Company (1/29-2/20) |
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The Seth Rudetsky Concert Series featuring Lillias White '62 Center for Theatre & Dance (8/22-8/22) |