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Cape Rep Theatre continues its 2017 season with the 10-time Tony-winning musical, BILLY ELLIOT, THE MUSICAL, book and lyrics by Lee Hall, music by Elton John, now through August 27.

One of the nation's most innovative opera companies, Odyssey Opera, kicks off Trial by Fire: Joan of Arc and the Hundred Years' War, a season-long exploration of operatic works inspired by martyr, saint, and military leader Joan of Arc (1412-1431).

Broadway stars Rachel York and Rich Allegretto turn up the heat at Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston, starring in 42nd Street from August 3-13, 2017! 42nd Street closes out the company's 49th summer season at the Robinson Theatre (617 Lexington St.

Art and history, as vividly recalled in both the public oratory and private thoughts of Abraham Lincoln, will come alive at Chesterwood today, Aug.

The 2016 Jacob's Pillow Dance Award Winner, Camille A.

The Yard's Quality Time! Family Series presents Sokeo Ros and Case Closed!, which will bring a hip-hop dance performance to vineyard youth, followed by a family dance party with the company.

Get ready to "Twist and Shout" when the Emmy Award winning Fab Four brings "The Ultimate Tribute" to The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, Saturday, September 23 at 8 p.

A highlight of New England's holiday performance calendar, A Christmas Celtic Sojourn once again returns to The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, Monday, December 18 at 7:30 p.

Tickets are now on sale for South Shore Conservatory's (SSC) Festival Blues Brunch & JRP Festival on Sunday, September 24, with a variety of events and performances from 11 am to 6 pm, showcasing music throughout SSC's Hingham campus at One Conservatory Drive.

The fifth production of the Cape Playhouse season arrives as Gypsy takes the stage, the second musical in the historic theatre's 91st season.

Randy Rainbow kicked off his first New England tour in Boston last night with two shows at the Roberts Studio Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts.

From September 8 to October 7, 2017, SpeakEasy Stage Company will proudly present the Boston-area premiere of MEN ON BOATS, a comic adventure tale about an actual 1869 expedition to chart the Colorado River, brought thrillingly to life by a diverse non-male cast.

In a bizarre and unfortunate case of life imitating art, Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston found itself without its leading man only hours before the curtain going up on their season-ending production of 42nd STREET.

'THIS' a play by Melissa James Gibson (House of Cards) opened on the St.

Gloucester Stage Company continues its 38th season of professional theater on Cape Ann with Israel Horovitz's latest comedy, Out of the Mouths of Babes from August 11 through September 2 at 267 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA.

Under the direction of Trip Cullman, MOSCOW is a coruscating blend of juxtaposing anachronisms, fearless of being nasty and messy, and shows the heights theatre can reach when a playwright's singular voice is fleshed out by a director's pastiche concept.

The Brazen Belles are one of New England's premiere Burlesque troupes.

The new musical A Legendary Romance opened at Williamstown Theatre Festival last night and Broadwayworld was there.

The forced relocation of Japanese-Americans into internment camps through executive action by the President during World War II remains one of the most flagrant violations of civil liberties in American history.

Brown Box Theatre Project returns for a seventh year of Free Outdoor Shakespeare with their largest and most ambitious production yet.

Producer Mark Cortale has announced that Bob the Drag Queen, winner of RuPaul's Drag Race season 8, will make her debut at The Art House in Provincetown from August 15 - 31.

Mark Cortale, Producing Artistic Director of The Art House in Provincetown has announced that Beth Malone, Broadway star of Ring of Fire and Tony nominee for 2016's smash hit Fun Home, will make her Broadway @ The Art House series debut on August 20 at 7:00 PM for one show only, with Susan Draus at

Berkshire Theatre Group and Artistic Director/CEO Kate Maguire are excited to announce additions to the fall and winter seasons, as well as casting for the Fall production of David Auburn's Lost Lake at The Unicorn Theatre.

The music of James Taylor continues to be a part of the fiber of pop music culture and after thousands of performances over the past 30 years, Dave Binder continues to thrill audiences with his tribute to this iconic singer/songwriter.

Berkshire Theatre Group presents a free, staged reading of Dutch Masters by Greg Keller, directed by Andre Holland, this Today, August 4 at 2pm, as part of the summer reading series, No Boundaries in Art.