Review: No One Should Pass by Emerson Colonial Theatre's PARADE
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Review: SpeakEasy Stage's Splendid A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE is Paul Daigneault's Fitting Farewell to the Company He Founded
What did our critic think of A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE at Roberts Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion At Boston Center For The Arts?
Review: 14TH ANNUAL 10 X 10 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL at Barrington Stage Company
BSC’s 2025 10X10 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL offers plenty of humor along with moments that will have audience members saying hmmh, topical relevant content, and something for just about everyone.
Review: LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL Makes Impressive Return to Merrimack Repertory Theatre
What did our critic think of LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL at Merrimack Repertory Theatre?
Review: Excellence Abounds in Actors' Shakespeare Project's Finely-Tuned Production of AUGUST WILSON'S THE PIANO LESSON
With its magnificent mounting of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson,” at Hibernian Hall in Nubian Square, Roxbury, through February 23, Actors’ Shakespeare Project has given Boston theatergoers the first must-see production of 2025.
Review: Company One Theatre's HAUNTED Uses Humor To Make Case for Indigenous Land Acknowledgments
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Review: Re-Imagined PETER PAN Takes Flight at Citizens Opera House
Theater fans have a long and affectionate history with the musical “Peter Pan,” and the J.
Review: CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY Comes To Moving Life At Lyric Stage Boston
What did our critic think of CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY at Lyric Stage Boston?
Review: A NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION WITH BERNADETTE PETERS AND THE BOSTON POPS
What did BroadwayWorld's critic think of A NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION WITH BERNADETTE PETERS AND THE BOSTON POPS at Boston Symphony Hall? Read the review here!
Review: American Repertory Theater's DIARY OF A TAP DANCER is Illuminating Look at Dance History
Get a ticket, if you still can, to her illuminating and immensely entertaining new play “Diary of a Tap Dancer” – being given its world premiere production by the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge through January 4, 2025 – and you’ll never forget it.
Review: Theater UnCorked's THE LION IN WINTER Roars with Royal Intrigue
Theater UnCorked has opened its sixth season with a sharp, searing production of “The Lion in Winter” that lays out a powerful story of a royal family struggling both with succession planning and with each other.
Review: Satire Aplenty in Moonbox Productions' THE THANKSGIVING PLAY
Thanksgiving pageants – complete with Pilgrims, Native Americans, and oddly over-stuffed turkeys – were once the order of the day at elementary schools, with centuries-old precepts presented as truths.
Review: Farcical Fun Behind Every Door in Lyric Stage Boston's Boisterous NOISES OFF
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Review: Superb SOJOURNERS is Moving Launch of The Huntington's Nine-Play Ufot Family Cycle
What did our critic think of SOJOURNERS at The Huntington?
Review: Greater Boston Stage Company's DINNER FOR ONE Serves Up the Laughs
A distant cousin of America’s New Year’s Eve Times Square ball-dropping tradition, “Dinner for One” is an iconic comedy sketch broadcast every New Year’s Eve in countries including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, and Estonia, and on other days of the year in Norway, Australia, and
Review: GALILEO’S DAUGHTER at WAM Theatre
GALILEO’S DAUGHTER is a strong representation of WAM theater’s mission and values that include “producing theatrical events for everyone, with a focus on women theatre artists and / or stories of women and girls”.
Review: A Stirring, Unforgettable TITANIC: THE MUSICAL at Bill Hanney's North Shore Music Theatre
More than 112 years after RMS Titanic – then the largest ocean liner afloat – struck an iceberg and sank on April 15, 1912, during its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York, the public’s fascination with its tragic story remains unabated.
Review: Thought-Provoking Humor Infuses the Huntington's NASSIM
What did our critic think of NASSIM at Calderwood Pavilion?
Review: Merrimack Repertory Theatre Makes THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE Worth Joining
What did our critic think of THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE at Merrimack Repertory Theatre?
Review: Moonbox Productions DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS is a Devilish Delight
What did our critic think of DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS at Moonbox Productions? Read the review.
Review: THE WEIR at Berkshire Theatre Group
THE WEIR promises an exploration of human connection, the echoes of personal haunting, and the mystical allure of Ireland's folklore, captivating audiences with its hauntingly evocative storytelling.
Review: Lyric Stage Company of Boston Keeps Things Flowing in Uproariously Funny URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL
What did our critic think of URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL at The Lyric Stage Company Of Boston?
Review: The Huntington's LEOPOLDSTADT is Heart-Rending Epic
Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard, 87, was the child of non-observant Jews whose family fled Czechoslovakia during World War II, just prior to Nazi occupation.
Review: PRIMARY TRUST at Barrington Stage Company
PRIMARY TRUST is a refreshingly intimate production.
Review: SpeakEasy Stage Company Serves Up Well-done LAUGHS IN SPANISH
What did our critic think of LAUGHS IN SPANISH at Roberts Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion At Boston Center For The Arts? SpeakEasy Stage Company is opening its 34th season, the final for artistic director Paul Daigneault, with a fresh, lively, and funny production of “Laughs in Spanish” that has so
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The Norwegians Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre (9/04-10/04) |
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show (All audience members regardless of age must have a ticket. Children under the age of 15 must be accompanied by an adult Emerson Colonial Theatre (10/27-10/27) |
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A Christmas Carol The Unicorn Theatre (12/03-12/20) |
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Oh, Mary! Emerson Colonial Theatre (12/21-1/03) |
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Come From Away North Shore Music Theatre (9/16-9/27) VIDEOS |
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Beetlejuice Boch Center Wang Theatre (2/09-2/21) |
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Buena Vista Orchestra Emerson Colonial Theatre (10/08-10/08) |
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Wicked Citizens Opera House (9/23-11/15) |
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Hadestown Emerson Colonial Theatre (11/10-11/14) |
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Little Bear Ridge Road SpeakEasy Stage Company (1/29-2/20) |