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Cast Set For 4-Star Solo Show Festival in Provincetown
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2025
As part of the 62nd season, the Provincetown Theater will produce the 5th annual 4-Star Solo Show Festival throughout the month of June at their playhouse at 238 Bradford Street in Provincetown, MA.
Club Passim's Annual Summer Boston Celtic Music Festival Returns For Fourth Of July Weekend
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2025
Passim’s Summer Boston Celtic Music Festival (BCMFest) will return to Harvard Square Sunday, July 6. The festival will celebrate Greater Boston’s rich Celtic music traditions with talented local musicians and will feature both free and ticketed shows.
Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame Partnering with Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2025
The Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame has announced a groundbreaking new partnership with the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University.
WAM Theatre Reveals Cast of Next Fresh Takes Reading ROOTED
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2025
WAM Theatre has announced casting for the June reading in their 2025 Fresh Takes Play Reading Series: Rooted written by Deborah Zoe Laufer (Be Here Now, The Last Yiddish Speaker), directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo (Far, Far Better Things, Sueño and Marisol), and features Jayne Atkinson, Jennie Jadow, and Hero Marguerite.
Review: Cynthia Erivo Brings Her Star Power to OPENING NIGHT AT POPS
by R. Scott Reedy - May 13, 2025
Conductor Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops set the mood for the recent Opening Night at Pops, featuring the luminous Cynthia Erivo, with a rhythmic “The Club” from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights” and the rousing “Gotta Dance” medley from “Jerome Robbins’ Broadway.”
Hit Broadway Musical WAITRESS Begins Performances In June
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2025
Bill Hanney's award-winning North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) to produce Sara Bareilles' hit Broadway musical WAITRESS to kick off the 70th Anniversary 2025 Subscription Season. The beloved musical begins performances on Tuesday, June 3, 2025 and will play through Sunday, June 15, 2025.
Video: Watch the Teaser Trailer for EISENHOWER: THIS PIECE OF GROUND
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2025
Watch the new teaser trailer video for Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground at New Los Angeles Repertory. Tony Award® winner John Rubinstein stars in a one-man tour de force about the five-star President who put people over party.
Beacon Hill Art Walk Returns in June
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2025
One of Boston’s most unique celebrations of the arts returns June 1, as the Beacon Hill Art Walk takes over the quiet streets and alleys of the beautiful cobble stoned neighborhood.
Guitarist Monster Mike Welch To Play At The Spire Center For Performing Arts
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2025
2019 Blues Music Award Winner Monster Mike Welch will play at the Spire Center for Performing Arts. Learn more about the upcoming performance and see how to purchase tickets.
Shakespeare & Company to Host Second-Annual Free Community Day
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2025
Shakespeare & Company will hold its second-annual Community Day, a free, family-friendly celebration. Learn more about the free event and see how to attend!
Marblehead School Of Ballet and BALAM Dance Theatre Will Perform in Dance For World Community Festival
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2025
The Marblehead School of Ballet and BALAM Dance Theatre's collaborative program has been selected to perform in José Mateo Ballet Theatre's 15th Annual Dance for World Community Festival. 
Springfield Chamber Players' Quartetto Mosso Returns To Longmeadow
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2025
he Springfield Chamber Players outreach ensemble, Quartetto Mosso returns to The Longmeadow Adult Center for the third consecutive year, with an outdoor performance.
Review: SpeakEasy Stage Company's JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING
by R. Scott Reedy - May 11, 2025
And when it comes to the humble Harlem hair salon in Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, now in its New England premiere at SpeakEasy Stage in the Roberts Studio Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA, through May 31, make that something to marvel at.
Review: Make a Reservation at THE SPITFIRE GRILL
by R. Scott Reedy - May 09, 2025
The musical “The Spitfire Grill” – with book and music by James Valcq and lyrics by the late Fred Alley, who also co-wrote the book – perfectly captures the small-town ethos of its rural Gilead, Wisconsin, setting.
Cast Set for THE ELEPHANT MAN at Berkshire Theatre Group
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2025
Berkshire Theatre Group has revealed the cast for its upcoming production of The Elephant Man. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.
Cast Set for THE LITTLE MERMAID At The Marilyn Rodman Performing Arts Center
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2025
The cast has been revealed for Disney's The Little Mermaid presented by Emerald City Theatrical at the Marilyn Rodman Performing Arts Center. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
Moonbox Productions Hosts 4th Annual Boston New Works Festival
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2025
Moonbox Productions has annoucned its 4th Annual Boston New Works Festival taking place in June at the Calderwood Pavilion and the Boston Center for the Arts. 
FPAC Launches Partnership with Rodman for Kids
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2025
The Franklin Performing Arts Company has announced the launch of a new partnership with Rodman for Kids. Learn more about the company and this new partnership here!
Storm Lever, Dillon Klena, and More Will Lead RENT at Cape Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - May 08, 2025
The Cape Playhouse will continue its summer season with the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical RENT about the timeless struggles and aspirations of young artists searching for love and purpose.
Jacob's Pillow Will Host Free Livestreams All Summer
by BWW News Desk - May 08, 2025
This summer, wherever you are, the Pillow is live. Jacob's Pillow Live returns as a bold digital initiative connecting global audiences to the energy, creativity, and community of the nation's longest-running dance festival.
Caroline Aaron Will Lead GB Public Theater's THE BEST MEDICINE
by BWW News Desk - May 08, 2025
Great Barrington Public Theater has cast its final show of the 2025 Summer Season. Caroline Aaron, from the hit Amazon series, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, will take the stage in Robin Gerber's latest solo show, The Best Medicine. 
Review: North Shore Music Theatre's THE SHARK IS BROKEN Looks Inside Jaws
by R. Scott Reedy - May 07, 2025
In the summer of 1975, moviegoers flocked to theaters to see “Jaws,” the story of the hunt for a man-eating great white shark attacking beachgoers at a summer vacation spot, making the picture the first summer blockbuster.
Spotlight: FOUNDING F%!#ERS at Greater Boston Stage Company
by BWW Special Offer - May 07, 2025
An irreverent romp through the American Revolution. By Conor Casey Directed by Weylin Symes World Premiere – Don Fulton New Works Project An irreverent romp through the American Revolution, this brand-new play offers a hilariously absurd take on Vermont’s own Ethan Allen and his encounters with the infamous turncoat Benedict Arnold.
Video: Watch Highlights From THE SHARK IS BROKEN at North Shore Music Theatre
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2025
In this comedy co-written by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon, the short tempers of Jaws stars Robert Shaw (father of co-writer Ian), Richard Dreyfuss, and Roy Scheider take center stage. Watch the video!
Photos: TWO STRANGERS Rehearsals at A.R.T.
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2025
American Repertory Theater at Harvard University’s is presenting Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York). Get a first look at rehearsal photos here and learn more about the production!

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