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The Gold Dust Orphans Take Flight in 'The Gulls'
Ryan Landry and the Gold Dust Orphans use every low tech trick in the book to turn Machine into a Hitchcockian aviary...
'A Kiss' To Build a Dream On
Craig Lucas' 'Prelude to a Kiss' concludes Huntington Theatre Company's season of American stories...
The 28th Annual Elliot Norton Awards
The Boston Theater Critics Association held the 28th Annual Elliot Norton Awards ceremony on Monday, May 17 at the newly refurbished Paramount Theatre....
Snee, Plum, and St. George Make 'Blithe Spirit' Blissful
Lyric Stage Company ends season on heavenly note with Noel Coward's classic comedy...
'Hot Mikado' Swings Gilbert & Sullivan
If you like your characters colorful and your music snazzy, boogie over to New Repertory Theatre at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown...
'August: Osage County' Ends Triumphant National Tour in Boston
Estelle Parsons recreates her acclaimed Broadway role as dysfunctional family matriarch to lead a sparkling touring cast in Tracy Letts' scathingly funny award winning drama...
Opening Night at Pops 125th Anniversary Celebration
The Boston Pops kicked off its 125th Anniversary Celebration in grand style with horse-drawn carriages, vintage fire truck, champagne, and balloons....
'The Great American Trailer Park Musical'
Palm trees, flamingos, and gnomes - oh, my! Boston area premiere of Off-Broadway hit at SpeakEasy Stage Company features agoraphobia, adultery, road kill, pole dancing, and much more. Throw in a bunch of Boston's best voices and you've got one heckuva musical that clicks on all cylinders!...
Mel Brooks Monster Musical Hits Boston
'The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein' transforms the Opera House into a Transylvanian castle with thunder, lightning, and a tap dancing Monster...
'Stop Kiss' Worthy Season Finale
Bad Habit Productions closes out its season of 'Outrageous Fortune' with a story about finding love and finding yourself in the process...
Harmony and Discord Combine in 'Opus'
New Repertory Theatre stages New England premiere of Michael Hollinger play that is like a musical composition; every note rings true and every silence speaks volumes...
'Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill' Triumphs
The Lyric Stage Company has a winning lineup with Director Spiro Veloudos, Musical Director Chauncey Moore, and Jacqui Parker delivering an amazing interpretation of the great jazz vocalist Billie Holiday...
Early Retirement Is Not For Everybody In New Play At MRT
Merrimack Repertory Theatre continues its long relationship with playwright Richard Dresser, commissioning and mounting this world premiere, the seventh of his plays featured on the Lowell stage. Their track record together has been strong, but The Last Days of Mickey and Jean isn't quite ready for ...
Huntington Hits Perfecta With 'Becky Shaw'
In 'Becky Shaw,' a bad date makes for a good play, with snappy writing, performances that pop, and food for thought...
A.R.T. Dusts Off Clifford Odets' 'Paradise Lost'
More than paradise has been lost in the contemporization of this 1935 play....
Imagination Reigns in 'The Lion King'
Long-running hit 'The Lion King,' back in Boston through March 21, proves why director and designer Julie Taymor rules the jungle...
Abundance of Heart in 'Stick Fly'
Lydia Diamond's tour de force focuses on upper class black family, but finds common ground with the broader human experience, showing once again that we are more alike than we are different...
Ryan Landry Unmasks 'Phantom of the Oprah'
The Gold Dust Orphans present international singing sensation Miss Varla Jean Merman in mash up of Broadway and daytime television...
The World Ends With a 'boom' Downstage@New Rep
Peter Sinn Nachtrieb's smart, post-apocalyptic comedy has New England premiere with strong ensemble, direction, and design...
'Black Pearl Sings!' Tells Soulful Story
This play with music digs deep into the heritage of song and shows how two diverse women discover and reclaim their own souls by helping each other find meaning in the tragedies and challenges of their lives....
'Dreamgirls' Lacks Soul
High-tech production values crush the heart of this national touring revival despite great voices and generally strong performances...
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The 'little show that could' transfers from off-Broadway cult status to Broadway to New England premiere at SpeakEasy Stage Company...
'All My Sons' - Still Awesome After All These Years
The Huntington Theatre Company presents another in its series of American stories by American writers for its 28th season. Arthur Miller's 1947 Tony Award-winning play 'All My Sons' aims a powerful lens at one family's quest for the American Dream and the repercussions of mixing politics and profit....
Fabel Directs Fantastic Foursome in 'Fabuloso'
An alternative lifestyle comedy that is long on laughs and absent politics is a welcome addition to the theatrical canon. The only messages here are of the life-is-short and it's-never-too-late variety....
Post-Apartheid Thriller 'Groundswell' in N.E. Premiere at Lyric Stage
Themes of oppression, hope, greed, and entitlement are skillfully woven together by South African playwright Ian Bruce, and Director Daniel Gidron's production crackles with astounding ensemble performances...
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