The latest news on live theatre in Boston from Broadway shows on tour to regional theatre.
The Cape Playhouse announced Harold Wolpert, a three-time Tony Award-winning producer, as its new Managing Director as the longest continuously operating American summer theater approaches its 2027 Centennial.
Four new shows have been announced for October at Plymouth’s Spire Center - Big Yellow Taxi, Adam Exra Group, Bywater Call and Greg Piccolo and Heavy Juice.
Berkshire Theatre Group announced the cast and creative team for the regional premiere of THE AMERICAN FIVE, the Helen Hayes Award-winning play by Chess Jakobs, directed by Gerry McIntyre at The Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge.
Harbour Lights Theatre announced additional casting for its Adam Pascal-directed production of DEAR EVAN HANSEN, adding Chris Medlin, Victoria 'Tory' Vagasy, Dillon Klena, and Kayla Louison to the Hingham, MA staging.
The popular stage performer – an original cast member in the 2005 Broadway production of “Lennon” and the fifth Elphaba in “Wicked” – is currently making her Boston directorial debut with the Psych Drama Company production of “Frankie & Johnny in the Clair de Lune,” which will be at
Jacob's Pillow announced its 2026 Fall Season, featuring the world premiere of FRESH VOICES IN DANCE by Youth America Grand Prix's inaugural Choreography Fellows and a 40th anniversary program by Doug Varone and Dancers.
The Cape Playhouse announced full casting for INTO THE WOODS, led by Javier Muñoz as Baker, with Nick Adams, Alex Finke, Pearl Sun, and others in the Sondheim-Lapine classic.
The Academy of Music Theatre has announced that registration for two fall youth musicals will open next month.
Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, MA received a $125,000 Shubert Foundation grant supporting its 2026 season, a $5,000 increase over the prior year's award.
The world premiere stage adaptation of Black Swan, directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Sonya Tayeh, has officially opened at American Repertory Theatre.
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The Contemporary American Theater Festival announced full casts and creative teams for its 2026 mainstage season at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, W.
A free walk-about exhibit at the Church of the Transfiguration in Orleans, MA, will guide visitors through 250 years of American culture, science, faith, and politics.
Boston comedy veteran Tony V, known for appearances on Seinfeld and Late Night with Conan O'Brien, will headline a stand-up night at Samuel Slater's Restaurant at Indian Ranch, joined by Emily Ruskowski and host Ryan Ellington.
A documentary on pianist Emanuel Ax, featuring Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, and John Williams, will have its co-world premiere at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, followed by a talkback with Ax and director Joseph Levy.
North Shore Music Theatre will present Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat this summer, featuring a cast of 49 performers in NSMT's theater-in-the-round format.
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival will kick off its 94th summer season with Paul Taylor Dance Company performing in the Ted Shawn Theatre, alongside a Pillow debut from Shamel Pitts | TRIBE.
Boston Landmarks Orchestra, led by Music Director Christopher Wilkins, will present a free summer season marking its 25th anniversary, with performances at the DCR Hatch Memorial Shell and Boston neighborhoods, including a Juneteenth Celebration and Verdi's Requiem.
Puppet Showplace Theater announced its Summer 2026 season, featuring family performances, free outdoor shows at Emerson College, a Black puppeteers showcase, and evening programming for adults and teens in Boston.
Boston is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings.
Whether autobiographical like “Jersey Boys,” “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” and “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical,” or fictionalized like “Mamma Mia!,” jukebox musicals often rely on the drama of their source material as much as their familiar scores for success.
But in playwright Jonathan Spector’s “Eureka Day” – now being given a cleverly funny production by The Huntington at the Huntington Avenue Theatre through June 28 – they are also comic fodder for a trenchant story about a tempest over vaccination in a hyper-woke teacup.
Nantucket Performing Arts Center revealed two more additions to the Summer 2026 season, adding Emmy Award-winning comedian JB Smoove and a performance from Grammy Award winner Colbie Caillat.
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Eureka Day Theatre Workshop of Nantucket (6/04-6/20) |
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It's Raining Queens Regent Theater (6/26-6/26) |
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Golden Girls The Laughs Continue Emerson Colonial Theatre (11/28-11/28) |
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Start Making Sense: Talking Heads Tribute Provincetown Town Hall (6/20-6/20) |
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Mrs. Doubtfire - Ages 6 and Over Hanover Theatre (6/26-6/26) |
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Jagged Little Pill The Company Theatre (7/24-8/16) |
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Almost Queen: A Tribute to Queen Provincetown Town Hall (8/01-8/01) |
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Merrily We Roll Along Sullivan Rep (6/12-6/27) |
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Rendezvous with Rachel Revere™ Thacher Hall (7/26-7/26) |
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The American Five The Unicorn Theatre (6/18-7/11) |
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