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Broadway Diva Bernadette Peters Brings the Curtain Up
The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts in Worcester opens in grand style with featured artist Bernadette Peters and the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra on Friday, March 14, at 8:00 p.m.
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Didja Hear the One About…? 'The Clean House'
New Repertory Theatre production of Sarah Ruhl's play is both inspired and inspiring. It can't do your laundry, but it will make you laugh and just might cleanse your soul.
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Review: 'Camelot' at PPAC
The Classic Broadway musical still shines as the touring production plays Providence Performing Arts Center....
'Some Men' Stroll Down Gay Memory Lane
SpeakEasy Stage Company presents New England premiere of Terrence McNally's Off-Broadway play and spotlights nearly a century of U.S. gay history
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'The Scene' is Where It's At
Theresa Rebeck holds a mirror up to our culture and the reflection is not pretty, but her play is current, funny, honest, and hip
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'Some Things Are Private' at Trinity Rep
Deborah Salem Smith and Laura Kepley try their hand at exploring the age-old question: What is Art?...
Review: The Wedding Singer' at PPAC
The touring production of 'The Wedding Singer' provides a pleasant evening of musical theater ...
MRT Sends Up Pols in 'The Missionary Position'
'The Missionary Position' holds a mirror up to the American political process as it examines the role of religion on the campaign trail and raises the question of God's party affiliation...
'Tea at Five' at Foothills Theatre in Worcester
Amelia Broome makes her Foothills debut in one-woman show...
The Black Rep's 'The Bluest Eye'
Lydia Diamond's Adaptation of Toni Morrison's novel 'The Bluest Eye' has universal appeal as it tells the story of a little black girl in the early 1940's who believes that she could be loved, if only she looked like Shirley Temple....
Oh! The Towering Feeling! 'My Fair Lady' at Opera House
Cameron Mackintosh and the National Theatre of Great Britain bring award-winning production to Boston, featuring dazzling costumes and sets, creative choreography, outstanding direction and performances - the complete package!
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'The Little Dog Laughed' Also Snarls
This is not your mother's nursery rhyme. SpeakEasy Stage in Boston gives Douglas Carter Beane's twisted inside-Hollywood comedy its New England premiere....
2nd Story's 'Red Scare On Sunset'
Joanne Fayan flaunts her comedy chops, as she inhabits the character of Mary Dale, in Charles Busch's satirical look at 1950's Hollywood...
The Gamm's 'The Pillowman'
Artistic Director Tony Estrella realizes a personal goal in bringing Martin McDonagh's chilling play, 'The Pillowman' to The Gamm. ...
Trinity Rep's 'Richard III'
Kevin Moriarty has made 'Richard III' accessible to any audience, familiar with Shakespeare or not, which makes this production an unqualified success....
A Pinter Duet: The Lover & Ashes to Ashes
Rachel Harker and Stephen Russell are fine-tuned instruments under the direction of Rick Lombardo in Pinter Duet at New Rep Downstage
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'Angels in America' Comes to Boston
Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Angels in America, has long been my favorite play. Although I had never seen it performed live, I loved the HBO film adaptation and could not imagine how the show would function onstage, where the quick location changes couldn't happen as easily as on film...
Hypocrisy, Vanity, and Arrogance Skewered in 'The Misanthrope'
New Repertory Theatre continues exploring this season's theme of isolation and connection with Molière's The Misanthrope, using Constance Congdon's 19th century French setting
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What Ever Happened to My Plot?
Storylines as thin as the paper they are written on leave the casts of Boston's Adrift in Macao, Antoine Feval and Spamalot working hard to stay afloat....
Sisters of Swing! The Story of the Andrews Sisters
Amy Barker, Bridget Beirne, and Sarah Corey 'Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive' with the songbook of the Andrews Sisters at Foothills Theatre Company...
Wasserstein's 'Third' is First-Rate at Huntington Theatre
Wendy Wasserstein's final play is a treasure trove of rich characters and intelligent writing, mixed with humor, warmth, politics, and poignance
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The Power of Music is in Excellent 'Hands'
Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Lowell presents '2 Pianos, 4 Hands' and answers the musical question, 'How do you get to Carnegie Hall?' Practice, practice, practice!...
Pops Prep for New Year with Gershwin and Friends
For New Englanders, one of the best ways to ring in the New Year is to spend it at Symphony Hall with the world renowned Boston Pops. This year's program, which has been warming up for the big night in four sold-out weekend performances, will usher in 2008 with a swinging program called 'Gershwin an...
Judy Gold in '25 Questions for a Jewish Mother'
Judy Gold glitters in Boston premiere of Off Broadway hit
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A Dickens of a Season, Scrooged or Not
Whether you like your theatrical holiday fare to wax nostalgic or break with traditional sentiment, you're bound to find something in the Boston area to brighten your days now that the Winter Solstice is upon us. ...
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