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Music soars in Mary Zimmerman stage adaptation of "The Jungle Book" entering its final week at the Huntington Theatre Company in Boston, but this new theatrical version based on the Kipling and Disney classics is ultimately unfulfilling, needing more depth and heart.

Theatre on Fire opens its ninth season at the Charlestown Working Theater with Lauren Gunderson's "revenge comedy" that attacks the serious issue of spousal abuse from a feminist perspective.

New Repertory Theatre announces the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of Steven Dietz' dark comedy RANCHO MIRAGE, tonight, October 12 through November 3, 2013.

The Un-Common Theatre Company has announced its 2013-14 season of Improv Soup Shows and Soup Jrs.

Last night, Newsies cast members Jacob Guzman, David Guzman, and Iain Young traveled to Boston to see former cast member Kevin Carolan as Baloo in The Jungle Book at the Huntington Theatre Company.

The quirky revenge comedy production presented by Theatre on Fire, Exit, Pursued By A Bear written by Lauren Gunderson and directed by Darren Evans is coming to Charlestown Working Theater this October.

The American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theater School Institute for Advanced Theater Training announced today the productions for the 2013/14 Season.

David Wilson Barnes (Becky Shaw at Second Stage Theatre and London's Almeida Theatre) plays Charlie Duff, a burnt-out local newscaster who transforms first his community and then himself when he begins praying on-air in the Huntington Theatre Company's new production of Stephen Belber's moving new d

Berkshire Theatre Group and Artistic Director/CEO Kate Maguire have announced the full line-up of events for the 2013 Made in the Berkshires Festival being held from today, October 11 to October 13 at The Colonial Theatre, The Garage, and The Unicorn Theatre.

From November 8 through November 23, 2013, Simple Machine will present Henry James' The Turn of the Screw, adapted for the stage by Jeffrey Hatcher and directed by M.

On one fateful winter evening, a few weeks before Christmas in 1956, producer Sam Phillips managed to get all of his stars in one room.

Inspired by the enthusiastic response to last year's performance by Cuba's Coro de Entrevoces, WHAT and Harwich Junior Theatre again join forces to bring Sol y Canto to Wellfleet.

The American Repertory Theater (A.

Fiddlehead Theatre Company will proudly premiere Andrew Lippa's A Little Princess as their first production as the resident company at Boston's historic Strand Theatre (543 Columbia Road, Dorchester, MA) from November 21 -December 8, 2013.

David Wilson Barnes (Becky Shaw at Second Stage Theatre and London's Almeida Theatre) plays Charlie Duff, a burnt-out local newscaster who transforms first his community and then himself when he begins praying on-air in the Huntington Theatre Company's new production of Stephen Belber's moving new d

Is there a good and evil side to everyone? And can we always tell the difference? Stoneham Theatre is exploring the idea of good versus evil with a new adaptation of the classic story, Dr.

On November 1 and 3, 2013, the Handel and Haydn Society (H&H) welcomes conductor and former Music Director Grant Llewellyn to Symphony Hall in Llewellyn's first Boston appearance since 2008.

SECRETS & MOTION - a dance concert utilizing nontraditional lighting design and secrets, running November 1 and 2 at 8pm, at Boston University Dance Theater, 915 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215.

The Latina/o Theatre Commons, a new national advocacy initiative, will host an historical convening of 75 Latina/o actors, directors, producers, playwrights, designers, and scholars representing all regions of the United States.

Franklin Performing Arts Company (FPAC) opens its 23rd season with the Broadway and worldwide phenomenon, Les Miserables.

Boston Theater Company's inaugural production pares the original text of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet down to 90 minutes and brings it to modern audiences, telling the story as a political drama set to contemporary pop music.

WAM Theatre announces its Northeast regional premiere of "Emilie: La Marquise Du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight", written by Lauren Gunderson and directed by Kristen van Ginhoven.

The Huntington Theatre Company's production of The Jungle Book will play its 100th performance on Tuesday, October 8 at 7:30pm.

On October 25, at 8pm, the Brooklyn Academy of Music is presenting a sing-along screening of The Little Shop of Horrors.

Basic Training: Strengthening Your Administrative Core is a series of six workshops covering topics that are key to successfully mounting Theater Productions, either as one-time events or as part of the establishment and running of a company.